Dr. Wally Omar
Overview
Dr. Omar is the Director of Structural Heart Interventions at South Shore University Hospital. His clinical interests are in valvular heart disease, coronary artery disease, vascular disease, adult congenital heart disease, and mechanical circulatory support. Using transcatheter and electrosurgical techniques, he performs valve replacements and repairs, left atrial appendage occlusion, patent foramen ovale and atrial septal defect closures, as well as left ventricular septal reduction therapy. In addition, he performs complex coronary and endovascular interventions, including mechanical thrombectomy and renal artery stenting.
Dr. Omar is an active researcher and has designed, executed and enrolled patients in large-scale multicenter clinical trials. During a clinical and research fellowship in Structural Heart Interventions at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, he played a pivotal role in the execution of similarly large, multicenter clinical trials to assess the latest innovations in transcatheter heart surgeries. He served as an Instructor at Harvard Medical School and is currently an Assistant Professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.
Dr. Omar serves on the editorial board of several leading cardiovascular journals and has authored numerous peer-review articles in leading cardiac journals, in addition to textbook chapters and editorials. He is a member on national cardiovascular societies and works with colleagues across the country to bring the latest innovations in cardiac procedures to his patients.
His top areas of expertise are Heart Failure, Heart Attack, Angina, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 15 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
39 Brentwood Road, Suite 101, Bay Shore, NY 11706
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Omar has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
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Areas of Expertise
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- AnginaDr. Omar isExperienced. Learn about Angina.
- Aortic Valve ReplacementDr. Omar isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Replacement.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Omar isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- ApoplexyDr. Omar isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Omar isExperienced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- AtherosclerosisDr. Omar isExperienced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.