Sammy Elmariah MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine
150 S Huntington Avenue | (617) 726-6120sammy.elmariah@baiminstitute.org
selmariah@mgh.harvard.edu
Sections
Cardiovascular 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.
Education
Medicine-Internal, MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Clinical Research, MPH, Harvard School of Public Health
Biology, BS, Emory University
Publications
Sepucha K, Elmariah S, Valentine KD, Cavender MA, Chang Y, Devireddy CM, Dickert NW, Gama KD, Knoepke CE, Korngold E, Kumbhani DJ, Matlock DD, Messenger JC, Strong S, Thourani VH, Nathan A, Quader N, Brescia AA. The IMproving treatment decisions for Patients with AortiC stenosis Through Shared Decision Making (IMPACT SDM) Study: study protocol for a cluster randomized stepped wedge trial. Trials. 2024 Dec 18; 25(1):820. PMID: 39696639.
Published on 11/27/2024Reddy KP, Shultz K, Eberly LA, Khatana SAM, Fanaroff AC, Kumbhani DJ, Elmariah S, Fiorilli P, Herrmann H, Desai ND, Atluri P, Szeto WY, McCarthy F, Cohen DJ, Groeneveld PW, Giri J, Nathan AS. Contribution margins and utilization of transcatheter aortic valve replacement versus surgical aortic valve replacement in the Medicare population. Am Heart J. 2025 Mar; 281:59-70. PMID: 39613171.
Published on 11/18/2024Shimoda TM, Ueyama HA, Miyamoto Y, Watanabe A, Gotanda H, Kolte D, Latib A, Kaneko T, Zajarias A, Elmariah S, Takayama H, Tsugawa Y, Kuno T. Comparison of Transcatheter Versus Surgical Tricuspid Repair Among Patients With Tricuspid Regurgitation: Two-Year Results. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 Jan; 18(1):e014825. PMID: 39556351.
Published on 10/28/2024Van Mieghem NM, Elmariah S, Spitzer E, Pibarot P, Nazif TM, Bax JJ, Hahn RT, Popma A, Ben-Yehuda O, Kallel F, Redfors B, Chuang ML, Alu MC, Lindeboom W, Kolte D, Zahr FE, Kodali SK, Strote JA, Hermanides RS, Cohen DJ, Tijssen JGP, Leon MB. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Systolic Heart Failure and Moderate Aortic Stenosis: TAVR UNLOAD. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Mar 11; 85(9):878-890. PMID: 39480381.
Published on 10/28/2024Singh N, Cohen DJ, Shah MA, Kosinski AS, Brothers L, Vemulapalli S, Elmariah S. Trends, Predictors, and Outcomes of Bleeding Complications After Mitral Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair: TVT Registry Insights. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2024 Oct 28; 17(20):2337-2349. PMID: 39477637.
Published on 10/1/2024Kolte D, Elmariah S. Real-World Patient Eligibility for Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Interventions: Translating Trials to Clinical Practice. J Card Fail. 2024 Oct; 30(10):1273-1274. PMID: 39389737.
Published on 9/22/2024Spanos M, Gokulnath P, Li G, Hutchins E, Meechoovet B, Sheng Q, Chatterjee E, Sharma R, Carnel-Amar N, Lin C, Azzam C, Ghaeli I, Amancherla KV, Victorino JF, Garcia-Mansfield K, Pfeffer R, Sahu P, Lindman BR, Elmariah S, Gamazon ER, Betti MJ, Bledsoe X, Lance ML, Absi T, Su YR, Do N, Contreras MG, Varrias D, Kladas M, Radulovic M, Tsiachris D, Spanos A, Tsioufis K, Ellinor PT, Tucker NR, Januzzi JL, Pirrotte P, Jovanovic-Talisman T, Van Keuren-Jensen K, Shah R, Das S. Cardiomyocyte-derived circulating extracellular vesicles allow a non-invasive liquid biopsy of myocardium in health and disease. medRxiv. 2024 Sep 22. PMID: 39371135.
Published on 8/26/2024Zahr F, Elmariah S, Vemulapalli S, Kodali SK, Hahn RT, Anderson AS, Eleid MF, Davidson CJ, Sharma RP, O'Neill WW, Bethea B, Thourani VH, Chakravarty T, Gupta A, Makkar RR. Impact of Tricuspid Regurgitation on Outcomes of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement With Balloon-Expandable Valves. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2024 Aug 26; 17(16):1916-1931. PMID: 39197990.
Published on 7/29/2024Madanat L, Jabri A, Hanson ID, Khalili H, Rodés-Cabau J, Pilgrim T, Okuno T, Elmariah S, Pibarot P, Villablanca P, Abbas AE. Obesity Paradox in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2024 Sep; 26(9):1005-1009. PMID: 39073506.
Published on 7/16/2024Russo MJ, Elmariah S, Kaneko T, Daniels DV, Makkar RR, Chikermane SG, Thompson C, Benuzillo J, Clancy S, Pawlikowski A, Lawrence S, Luck J. Machine Learning Identification of Modifiable Predictors of Patient Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. JACC Adv. 2024 Aug; 3(8):101116. PMID: 39108421.