Cardiology
Yousif Ahmad, MD, PHD
Assistant Professor, Medicine
San Francisco, CA
Yousif Ahmad, MBBS, PhD, is an interventional cardiologist at UCSF specializing in complex coronary artery disease, chronic total occlusions (CTOs), and valvular heart disease. He treats patients with persistent arterial blockages using advanced percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) techniques, including complex and high-risk PCI (CHIP) and dissection strategies for CTOs. Ahmad also manages structural heart disease through procedures like transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and othe
7+
Years in Practice
Credentials
Board Certifications
- Interventional Cardiology
Education & Training
- The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom BMedSci 12/2007 Medical Sciences
- MBBS, University of Nottingham
- The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom MRCP 02/2012 Internal Medicine
- PhD, Aortic and Coronary Physiology, Imperial College London
- Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom Fellowship 09/2015 Cardiology
Peer Recognition
- American College of Cardiology — Young Author Achievement Award
2019
- American College of Cardiology — Leadership Accelerator Award
2024
- American College of Cardiology — Award
- American Heart Association — Samuel A. Levine Early Career Clinical Investigator Award
2018
- American Heart Association — Award
Recognition & Leadership
Awards & Honors
- EuroPCR 2018 Young Investigator Award
- Royal Society of Medicine 2018 President's Medal
- American Heart Association 2018 Samuel A. Levine Early Career Clinical Investigator Award
- American College of Cardiology 2019 ACC Young Author Achievement Award
- Cardiovascular Research Technologies (CRT) 2021 Young Leadership Program
Clinical Focus
Subspecialties
Interventional Cardiology
Conditions & Treatments
Valvular Heart DiseaseCoronary Artery DiseaseHeart Attack & Acute Coronary SyndromeAdvanced Heart FailureCoronary InterventionStructural Heart Disease
Practice Details
Hospital Affiliations
- UCSF Medical Center
Languages
English
Experience
7+ years in practice