Sammy Elmariah, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Elmariah graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed his internal medicine residency training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He subsequently served as Chief Medical Resident at Lankenau Hospital. Dr. Elmariah completed his fellowship in cardiovascular medicine at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York where he also served as Chief Fellow. While a fellow, he also completed a Masters in Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Elmariah completed further fellowship training in interventional cardiology and structural heart disease at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

His clinical interest is in the management of valvular heart disease, coronary artery disease, and adult congenital heart disease. He performs transcatheter valve replacement, percutaneous coronary interventions (stents), and transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) and atrial septal defects (ASD).

Dr. Elmariah has a specific research interest in valvular heart disease. In addition to ongoing clinical investigation of valve calcification and the progression of aortic stenosis, Dr. Elmariah is evaluating the impact of transcatheter aortic valve replacement on myocardial metabolism and myocardial remodeling. Dr. Elmariah is an MGH Heart Center Hassenfeld Research Scholar and has been awarded the Jeremiah Stamler Distinguished Young Investigator Award and an American College of Cardiology Young Investigator Award.

Publications

  • Published 8/28/2025

    Elmariah S, Forouzannia SM, Leon MB, Van Mieghem NM. Early Interventions in Aortic Stenosis in Patients With HF. JACC Heart Fail. 2025 Aug 28; 13(10):102619. PMID: 40882485.

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  • Published 7/26/2025

    Lindman BR, Perry AS, Lance ML, Amancherla K, Kim N, Sheng Q, Lin P, Pfeiffer RD, Farber-Eger E, Fearon WF, Kapadia S, Kumbhani DJ, Gillam L, Mallugari RR, Gupta DK, Miller FJ, Vatterott A, Jackson N, Su YR, Tomasek K, Absi T, Freedman JE, Nayor M, Das S, Wells QS, Dweck MR, Gerszten RE, Gamazon ER, Tucker NR, Shah R, Elmariah S. Integrated multiomics of pressure overload in the human heart prioritizes targets relevant to heart failure. Nat Commun. 2025 Jul 26; 16(1):6889. PMID: 40715126.

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  • Published 7/7/2025

    Ghotbi E, Subhas N, Bancks MP, Elmariah S, Halperin JL, Bluemke DA, Kestenbaum BR, Barr RG, Post WS, Budoff M, Lima JAC, Demehri S. Bisphosphonate Use and Cardiovascular Outcomes According to Kidney Function Status in Post-Menopausal Women: An Emulated Target Trial from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Diagnostics (Basel). 2025 Jul 07; 15(13). PMID: 40647726.

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  • Published 5/27/2025

    Brown K, Xu K, Hahn RT, Pibarot P, Leipsic JA, Ma Y, Clavel MA, Elmariah S, Weissman NJ, Asch FM, Khalique OK, Leon MB, Cremer PC, Lindman BR, Alu MC, Douglas PS, Daubert MA. Impact of Coronary Artery Disease on Cardiovascular Outcomes Differs Between Men and Women With Severe Aortic Stenosis. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 Aug; 18(8):e014999. PMID: 40421543.

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  • Published 5/5/2025

    McCandless M, Otto S, Elmariah S, Langer N, Dupont PE. A comparison of laser, electrosurgical, and mechanical transcatheter traversal of calcified aortic valve leaflets. JTCVS Struct Endovasc. 2025 Jun; 6. PMID: 40761927.

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Education

  • University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, MD
  • Harvard School of Public Health, MPH
  • Emory University, BS

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