Hamid Taheri, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Hamid Taheri, MD, FACC, FSCAI Board Certification(s):Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center Internship: George Washington University Residency: George Washington University Fellowship: George Washington University, Cardiology; Northwestern University, Interventional Cardiology

Dr. Hamid Taheri is one of the founding members of Virginia Cardiovascular Associates. Board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Interventional Cardiology, he is currently the Medical Director of the Intensive Care Unit at Prince William Hospital. An active member of several committees dedicated to improving cardiac performance at Inova Heart & Vascular Institute at Inova Fairfax Hospital and Prince William Hospital, he is also a fellow of American College of Cardiology as well as Society of Coronary Angiography and Intervention.

Dr. Taheri has served as principal investigator for large clinical trials and is an assistant clinical professor of medicine at the George Washington University, where he is involved with teaching residents and fellows. He is currently the Vice President of Prince William County Medical Society and serves as a delegate to the Medical Society of Virginia. His research on Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy received the Clinical Sciences Research Award.

After earning an undergraduate degree in Biology and Chemistry with honors from University of Houston, Dr. Taheri attended medical school at the University of Texas in San Antonio before moving to Washington, D.C. to complete his Internal Medicine residency at the George Washington University. He completed a fellowship in Cardiovascular Medicine at the George Washington University, a fellowship in Cardiac MRI at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland and an Interventional Cardiology fellowship at Northwestern University.

As one of the busiest interventional cardiologist at Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Dr. Taheri has a greater than 95% success rate. He has been recognized as one of the top cardiologist in the area by Washingtonian Magazine, as well as the Consumer's Research Council of America. His interests include treatment of coronary artery disease, cardiac imaging, endovascular coronary interventions, peripheral vascular interventions, and pacemaker implantation.