Dr. Hisham Ahamed is a Clinical Associate Professor of Cardiology at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, and a leading expert in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, cardiovascular genetics, and advanced cardiac imaging

Qualifications:

• MBBS – J.S.S. Medical College, Mysore (Gold Medalist)
• MD (Internal Medicine) – Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai (Gold Medalist)
• DM (Cardiology) – Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi (Gold Medalist)
• Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology – Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
• Advanced Fellowship in Cardiac MRI – Red Cross Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal

Areas of Expertise:

• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) and Inherited Cardiomyopathies
• Cardiovascular Genetics and Genomics
• Cardiac Amyloidosis
• Advanced Cardiac Imaging (MRI, Echocardiography)
• Interventional Cardiology

Key Roles:

• Director, Amrita Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center
• Co-Director, Amrita Amyloid Center
• Clinical Lead, Cardiovascular Genomics
• Co-Founder & Secretary, National Cardio-Oncology Society (India)

Notable Achievements:

• Established India’s first HCM Center of Excellence (2013) under mentorship of Dr. Barry J. Maron (Tufts HCM Center, Boston)
• Set up the first dedicated Cardio-Oncology service in India
• Organized India’s first National Cardio-Oncology Summit (2017)
• Organized India’s first Amyloid Summit (2023)
• Multiple international speaker invitations at HCM Summits (Boston, 2017–2024)

Awards & Honors:

• Gold Medals in Pathology, Internal Medicine, and DM Cardiology
• Best Case Presentation Awards – IAE Madurai (2016), HFCON (2019)
• Best Case Award, Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (London, 2024)

Publications & Contributions:

• Chapter Author: “Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy” – Tandon’s Textbook of Cardiology (2018)
• Multiple papers presented internationally in cardiovascular genomics and inherited cardiac diseases