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    Abbas Haider Zaidi, MD

    Cardiologist
    Provider Profile

    Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803

    Biography

    Dr. Abbas H. Zaidi, MD, MSc is an Assistant Professor at Thomas Jefferson University, and a pediatric cardiologist serving as the medical director of the outpatient cardiology at Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Health in Wilmington, DE. He completed his medical school at Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan, residency at Emory University in Atlanta, and Cardiology Fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital, including a senior fellowship in cardiac pathology and outpatient cardiology. He worked as an attending at Boston Medical Center before joining Nemours in 2020. He has vast experience caring for diverse patients from rural villages in Pakistan to inner-city urban populations at Boston Medical Center. His research interests include understanding gaps in care with follow-up adherence for patients and how they relate to social determinants of health. He is a learning health systems researcher and was awarded a K12 grant through AHRQ as part of the PEDSnet collaborative. He also completed Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS) course at Thomas Jefferson University and obtained a Master's in population health.

    Fellowship

    • Congenital Cardiac Pathology - Boston Children's Hospital, 2013
    • Ped. Outpatient Cardiology - Boston Children's Hospital, 2020
    • Pediatric Cardiology - Boston Children's Hospital, 2019

    Internship

    • The Children's Hospital Pakistan Inst., Med. Serv, 2012

    Residency

    • General Pediatrics - Egleston Children's Hospital At Emory University, 2016

    Education

    • M.D. - Aga Khan University, 2010

    Board Certifications

    • American Board of Pediatrics/General Pediatrics
    • American Board of Pediatrics/Pediatric Cardiology

    • Trends in Gaps of Care for Patients With Congenital Heart Disease: Implications for Social Determinants of Health and Child Opportunity Index; Journal of the American Heart Association; (2024).

    • Social Determinants of Health Including Child Opportunity Index Leading to Gaps in Care for Patients With Significant Congenital Heart Disease; Journal of the American Heart Association; (2024).

    • Trends in Gaps of Care for Congenital Heart Disease Patients: Implications for Social Determinants of Health and Child Opportunity Index; Unknown Source; (2024).

    • Is Family History for the Management of Cardiovascular Health in Youth Still Relevant in Clinical Practice?; Current Atherosclerosis Reports; (2024).

    • Parent and Primary Care Clinician Perceptions About Pediatric Hypertension; JAMA Network Open; (2024).

    • Prevalence of High Blood Pressure Among Youth in India and Association With Future Cardiovascular Disease; JAMA network open; (2022).

    • Clinical syndromic phenotypes and the potential role of genetics in pulmonary vein stenosis; Children; (2021).

    • Ascending aorta size at birth predicts white matter microstructure in adolescents who underwent fontan palliation; Journal of the American Heart Association; (2018).

    • Echocardiographic characteristics of annulo-leaflet mitral ring; Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography; (2015).

    • Postmortem imaging in congenital heart disease: Preliminary experience; Acta Radiologica; (2015).

    • Giant aneurysm of the atrial appendages in infants; Annals of Pediatric Cardiology; (2014).

    • Preliminary experience with porcine intestinal submucosa (CorMatrix) for valve reconstruction in congenital heart disease: Histologic evaluation of explanted valves; Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery; (2014).

    • Effect of percutaneous mitral vavuloplasty on pregnant mother and foetus - a tertiary care hospital experience from a developing country; Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association; (2011).