Omar K. Siddiqi, MD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Omar Siddiqi, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in Cardiovascular Medicine at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, and he is the Program Director of the Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship Program. As director of the cardiology fellowship curriculum, he is credited with developing an academic half day for cardiovascular medicine fellows, developing an echocardiography curriculum utilizing the CAE echocardiography simulator housed in the Solomont Simulation Center, and starting an Imaging Show and Tell conference. These efforts have been recognized with two Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship Faculty Teaching Awards which he won in 2015 and 2018. At the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, he serves as co-director of the second year medical school cardiovascular pathophysiology module. His research interests in medical education include the development of simulation-based curricula and the integration of team-based learning (TBL) in teaching ECGs. His clinical interests include cardiac amyloidosis and echocardiography, and he is an attending cardiologist in the BU Amyloidosis Center. His clinical research interests are around the assessment of novel therapies for the treatment of cardiac amyloidosis. He has served as Clinical Investigator of five studies, including two currently.

Publications

  • Published 3/30/2025

    Rao SV, Brooks MM, D'Agostino HEA, Steg PG, Simon T, Aronow HD, Goldsweig AM, Malik S, Alsweiler C, Ho KK, Dehghani P, Caixeta A, Quraishi AR, Robinson S, Traverse JH, Siddiqi O, Fergusson DA, Potter BJ, Schulman-Marcus J, Keating FK, Carson JL. Effect of Red Blood Cell Transfusion Strategy on Clinical Outcomes Among Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Revascularization: A Prespecified Analysis of the MINT Trial. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 Mar 30. PMID: 40159118.

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  • Published 1/7/2025

    Kogan M, Kimball SL, Purrington K, Cedor J, Siddiqi OK. Undocumented immigrants and advanced heart failure therapies. JHLT Open. 2025 Feb; 7:100207. PMID: 40144825.

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  • Published 1/12/2024

    Yurista S, Wadhera P, Eder RA, Elkayam U, Siddiqi OK. Peripartum HFpEF: Identification of a Novel Phenotype and the Need for Cardio-Obstetrics Management. JACC Adv. 2024 Feb; 3(2):100799. PMID: 38939402.

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  • Published 10/24/2023

    Gustine JN, Staron A, Mendelson L, Joshi T, Gopal DM, Siddiqi OK, Ruberg FL, Sanchorawala V. Predictors of treatment response and survival outcomes in patients with advanced cardiac AL amyloidosis. Blood Adv. 2023 Oct 24; 7(20):6080-6091. PMID: 37581513.

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  • Published 10/13/2023

    Hakim AD, Awili M, O'Neal HR, Siddiqi O, Jaffrani N, Lee R, Overcash JS, Chauffe A, Hammond TC, Patel B, Waters M, Criner GJ, Pachori A, Junge G, Levitch R, Watts J, Koo P, Sengupta T, Yu L, Kiffe M, Pinck A, Stein RR, Bendrick-Peart J, Jenkins J, Rowlands M, Waldron-Lynch F, Matthews J. Efficacy and safety of MAS825 (anti-IL-1ß/IL-18) in COVID-19 patients with pneumonia and impaired respiratory function. Clin Exp Immunol. 2023 Oct 13; 213(3):265-275. PMID: 37338154.

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Other Positions

  • Member, Amyloidosis Center
    Boston University

Websites

Education

  • Washington University School of Medicine, MD
  • University of Rhode Island, BS

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