Shabatun Islam
Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine
75 E. Newton St | (617) 638-8771shabatun@bu.edu

Sections
Cardiovascular Medicine
Biography
Shabatun Islam, MD is a cardiologist based in Boston, MA with subspecialties in heart failure and transplantation. She completed her fellowship on cardiovascular disease at Emory University School of Medicine from 2019 to 2023 and her residency in internal medicine at Boston University Medical Center from 2016 to 2019. She is a graduate of Boston University School of Medicine's Class of 2016. In addition, she completed another fellowship in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital from 2023 to 2024. Dr. Islam has numerous publications in reputable medical journals, with many focusing on cardiovascular disease and how it is influenced by social factors or linked with other conditions.
Publications
Islam SJ, Liu C, Mohandas AN, Rooney K, Nayak A, Mehta A, Ko YA, Kim JH, Sun YV, Dunbar SB, Lewis TT, Taylor HA, Uppal K, Jones DP, Quyyumi AA, Searles CD. Metabolomic signatures of ideal cardiovascular health in black adults. Sci Rep. 2024 Jan 20; 14(1):1794. PMID: 38245568.
Published on 1/4/2024Desai SR, Ko YA, Liu C, Hafeez Z, Park J, Faaborg-Andersen C, Alvi Z, Alras Z, Alkhoder AA, Martini A, Varughese A, Ejaz K, Cheung B, Wang M, Gold DA, Gold ME, Jain V, Vatsa N, Islam SJ, Almuwaqqat Z, Dhindsa DS, Mehta A, Kim JH, Wilson P, Waller EK, Vaccarino V, Quyyumi AA. Vitamin D Deficiency, Inflammation, and Diminished Endogenous Regenerative Capacity in Coronary Heart Disease. JACC Adv. 2024 Feb; 3(2):100804. PMID: 38939377.
Published on 7/28/2023Desai SR, Dhindsa DS, Ko YA, Sandesara PB, Mehta A, Liu C, Tahhan AS, Hayek SS, Ejaz K, Hooda A, Alkhoder A, Islam SJ, Rogers SC, Beshiri A, Murtagh G, Kim JH, Wilson P, Almuwaqqat Z, Sperling LS, Quyyumi AA. Aggregate Clinical and Biomarker-Based Model Predicts Adverse Outcomes in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease. Am J Cardiol. 2023 Sep 15; 203:315-324. PMID: 37517126.
Published on 1/3/2023Islam SJ, Kim JH, Li X, Ko YA, Baltrus P, Mitchell GF, Fox ER, Mujahid MS, Vaccarino V, Lewis TT, Taylor HA, Sims M, Quyyumi AA. Neighborhood characteristics and arterial stiffness among Black adults - Results from the Jackson Heart Study and Morehouse-Emory Cardiovascular Center for Health Equity. Vasc Med. 2023 Jun; 28(3):188-196. PMID: 36597615.
Published on 11/29/2022Dhindsa DS, Desai SR, Jin Q, Sandesara PB, Mehta A, Liu C, Tahhan AS, Nayak A, Ejaz K, Hooda A, Moazzami K, Islam SJ, Rogers SC, Almuwaqqat Z, Mokhtari A, Hesaroieh I, Ko YA, Sperling LS, Waller EK, Quyyumi AA. Circulating progenitor cells and outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease. Int J Cardiol. 2023 Feb 15; 373:7-16. PMID: 36460208.
Published on 7/18/2022Islam SJ, Malla G, Yeh RW, Quyyumi AA, Kazi DS, Tian W, Song Y, Nayak A, Mehta A, Ko YA, de Lemos JA, Rodriguez F, Goyal A, Wadhera RK. County-Level Social Vulnerability is Associated With In-Hospital Death and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19: An Analysis of the American Heart Association COVID-19 Cardiovascular Disease Registry. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2022 Aug; 15(8):e008612. PMID: 35862003.
Published on 3/30/2022Islam SJ, Mehta A. Discordance between estimated cardiovascular risk and subclinical atherosclerosis in psoriasis: when seeing helps believing. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2022 Mar 30; 29(4):588-590. PMID: 33624007.
Published on 1/1/2022Almuwaqqat Z, Kim JH, Islam SJ, Mehta A, Ahmad S, Wehbe M, Hazim K, Dhindsa D, Beydoun N, Lemma M, Ejaz K, Ali S, Alkhoder A, Tahhan AS, Zaheer E, Vatsa N, Ko YA, Sperling LS, Rye D, Quyyumi AA. Usefulness of Restless Legs Symptoms to Predict Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Men With Coronary Artery Disease. Am J Cardiol. 2022 Jan 01; 162:41-48. PMID: 34903345.
Published on 1/1/2022Quyyumi AA, Almuwaqqat Z, Islam SJ. The Vasculome, From Many, One. Clinical Investigations of Vascular Function. Elsevier. 2022.
Published on 9/22/2021Islam SJ, Beydoun N, Mehta A, Kim JH, Ko YA, Jin Q, Baltrus P, Topel ML, Liu C, Mujahid MS, Vaccarino V, Sims M, Ejaz K, Searles C, Dunbar SB, Lewis TT, Taylor HA, Pemu P, Quyyumi AA. Association of physical activity with arterial stiffness among Black adults. Vasc Med. 2022 Feb; 27(1):13-20. PMID: 34549642.