Farouk Pirzada, MD
Farouk Pirzada, MD
About Farouk Pirzada, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine Boston University School of Medicine. Lecturer of Medicine Harvard Medical School. Practices clinical cardiology at MassGeneral Hospital. Special interests are in Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrilators. Clinical case mix is between interventional cardiology and Electro-physiology.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Cardiology
- Pacemakers
- Defibrillators
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- Urdu
Locations
Electrophysiology Lab/Arrhythmia Service
55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114-2696
Phone: 617-726-5037
Phone: 781-979-3440
Fax: 781-979-0258
Medical Education
- MD, University of Kashmir
- Residency, Government Medical College
- Residency, Tufts Medical Center
- Residency, VA Boston Healthcare System
- Fellowship, Boston Medical Center
American Board Certifications
- Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna Health Inc.
- AllWays Health (NHP) - ACD
- AllWays Health (NHP) - PBO
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Blue Care 65
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Indemnity
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Managed Care
- Blue Cross Blue Shield - Partners Plus
- BMC HealthNet Mass Health MCO/ACO
- Cigna (PAL #'s)
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Fallon Community HealthCare
- Great-West Healthcare (formally One Health Plan)
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan - PBO
- Health Care Value Management (HCVM)
- Humana/Choice Care PPO
- Maine Community Health Options (MCHO)
- MassHealth
- Medicare
- Medicare - ACD
- OSW - Maine
- OSW - New Hampshire
- OSW - Rhode Island
- OSW - Vermont
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
- Railroad Medicare
- Railroad Medicare - ACD
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Unicare
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - ACD
- United Healthcare (non-HMO) - PBO
- Well Sense Pediatrics
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
Interested in long time lead performance.
Publications
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Select Publications:
- Pirzada et al Traumatic ventricular septal defect. Sequential hemodynamic observations. New England J. Med. 291:892-895. 1974.
- Pirzada F.A. et al :Experimental myocardial infarction XIII: Sequential alteration in left ventricular pressure-length relationship in acute phase. Circulation 53:970-=875,1976.
- Pirzada FA et al Experimental myocardial infarction XIV. Accelerated myocardial stiffening related to coronary reperfusion following ischemia. CHEST 74:190-195,1978.
- Pirzada et al. Clinical experience with steroid-eluting unipolar electrodes. Pace 11:(Part II) 1739-1744,1988.