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 4/8/2025

    Kany S, Rämö JT, Playford D, Strange G, Hou C, Jurgens SJ, Nauffal V, Cunningham JW, Lau ES, Butte AJ, Ho JE, Olgin JE, Elmariah S, Lindsay ME, Chan YK, Stewart S, Ellinor PT, Pirruccello JP. New Threshold for Defining Mild Aortic Stenosis Derived From Velocity-Encoded MRI in 60,000 Individuals. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Apr 08; 85(13):1387-1399. PMID: 40175013.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 3/30/2025

    Tanguturi VK, Abou-Karam R, Cheng F, Duan R, Inglessis I, Langer N, Yucel E, Passeri J, Hung J, Elmariah S. Electronic Provider Notification to Facilitate the Recognition and Management of Severe Aortic Stenosis: a Randomized Clinical Trial. Circulation. 2025 Mar 30. PMID: 40159132.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 3/19/2025

    Kolte D, Marquis-Gravel G, Stebbins A, Vekstein AM, Vemulapalli S, Elmariah S. Temporal Trends in 1-Year Cause-Specific Mortality After TAVR: Insights From the STS/ACC TVT Registry. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 Apr 28; 18(8):1013-1024. PMID: 40117414.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 2/25/2025

    Bansal K, Rawlley B, Majmundar V, Beale R, Shah M, Kosinski AS, Gupta T, Gilani F, Anwaruddin S, Khera S, Vemulapalli S, Elmariah S, Kolte D. Out-of-Hospital 30-Day Mortality After Mitral TEER: Insights From the STS/ACC TVT Registry. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 Apr 14; 18(7):882-894. PMID: 40117403.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 1/9/2025

    Vedantam K, Torres CA, Elmariah S, Villablanca P, Goessl M, Zajarias A, Leon MB, Beohar N. Racial Disparities Among Patients Undergoing Balloon-Expandable Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. J Soc Cardiovasc Angiogr Interv. 2025 Feb; 4(2):102495. PMID: 40109708.

    Read at: PubMed

View All 199 Publications:   View Full Profile in BUMC

Websites

Education

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

View all profiles