Email

arasekh@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Medicine-Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

O'Quinn Medical Tower (Clinic)

6624 Fannin, #2480
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-5570

Clear Lake (Clinic)

450 Medical Center Blvd., Ste. 510
Webster, TX 77598
United States
Phone: (713) 798-5570

HCA Healthcare Clear Lake Hospital (Hospital)

500 W. Medical Center Blvd.
Webster, TX 77598
United States
Phone: (281) 332-2511

CHI St. Luke's Health (Hospital)

6720 Bertner Ave.
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 355-1000

HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center (Hospital)

1313 Hermann Dr.
Houston, TX 77004
United States
Phone: (713) 527-5000

Education

MD from University of Paris 13, Bobigny School of Medicine

05/1991 - Paris, France

Residency at The Graduate Hospital Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

06/1994 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States

Fellowship at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Texas Heart Institute, Baylor College of Medicine

06/1997 - Houston, Texas United States

Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine

Fellowship at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Texas Heart Institute, Baylor College of Medicine

07/1999 - Houston, Texas United States

Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Section of Electrophysiology

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine

1994 & 2007

American Board of Internal Medicine

Cardiovascular Disease

November 1997 & 2007

American Board of Internal Medicine

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

November 2013

Professional Interests

• Sudden cardiac death
• Atrial fibrillation
• Ablation of arrhythmias
• Device therapy for congestive heart failure
• Management of coronary artery disease

Professional Statement

Abdi Rasekh is an interventional cardiologist and electrophysiologist. He received his doctor of medicine degree from the University of Paris XIII where his thesis won the Bronze Medical Award for Clinical Research. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at the Graduate Hospital of University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He completed a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases at Baylor College of Medicine and served as the chief interventional cardiology fellow at the Texas Heart Institute. He completed a clinical electrophysiology fellowship at the Texas Heart Institute in 1999.

Dr. Rasekh's interest include sudden cardiac death, atrial fibrillation, ablation of arrhythmias, device therapy for congestive heart failure and management of coronary artery disease. He has been the author and co-author of several articles in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters. Dr. Rasekh is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Interventional Cardiology and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology. He is a fellow of American College of Cardiology. He is also a member of Heart Rhythm Society.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Rasekh A. Lanfranchi J, Morere J "Metastatic Cardiac Lesions. Role of Ρericardioscopy & Echocardiography." Medical Thesis, Bibliotheque Central de la fa. 1991 May;
• Zaqqa M, Afshar H, Rasekh A, Khoshnevis R, Vaughn WK, Massumi A "Predictors of conversion to sinus rhythm using ibutilide for atrial fibrillation or flutter.." Am. J. Cardiol.. 2000 Jan 1;85(1):112-4, A9. Pubmed PMID: 11078250
• Afshar H, Rasekh A, Treistman B, Van Leeuwen C, Duncan JM, Massumi A "Cryoablation of incessant ventricular tachycardia: case report and long-term follow-up.." Tex Heart Inst J. 2000;27(1):52-4. Pubmed PMID: 10830630
• Gamssari F, Mahmood H, Ho JS, Villareal RP, Liu B, Rasekh A, Garcia E, Massumi A "Rapid ventricular tachycardias associated with cilostazol use.." Tex Heart Inst J. 2002;29(2):140-2. Pubmed PMID: 12075874

Languages

French, Farsi