Yassir Nawaz
Advanced in Atrial Fibrillation
Advanced in Atrial Fibrillation

Overview

Dr. Nawaz specializes in coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease and structural heart interventions. His clinical interests include complex coronary and structural heart interventions. Dr. Nawaz obtained his medical degree from King Edward Medical University. He completed his residency in internal medicine from Abington Memorial Hospital and pursued further training in cardiology by completing his cardiology fellowship at Lehigh Valley Hospital. He trained at Newark Beth Israel medical center and completed another fellowship in interventional cardiology. He is board certified by the American Board of internal Medicine in internal medicine, cardiology, interventional cardiology, echocardiography and nuclear cardiology.

Dr. Nawaz is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation. His top areas of expertise are Coronary Heart Disease, Atherosclerosis, Angina, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 11 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
King Edward Medical College, 2006 - Doctor Of Medicine
Residency
Abington Memorial Hospital, 2012
Specialties
Interventional Cardiology
Cardiology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in PA
Fellowships
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, 2016
Hospital Affiliations
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Geisinger-Community Medical Center
Regional Hospital Of Scranton
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Geisinger Community Medical Center - Cardiology
1800 Mulberry Street, Scranton, PA 18510
Other Locations
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center - Cardiology
1000 East Mountain Boulevard, Wilkes Barre, PA 18711

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


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