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Javed Butler, M.D.
The Emory Clinic
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Heart Failure Research


Specialties


Internal Medicine (Board certified since 1995)
Cardiology (Board certified since 1998)
Nuclear Cardiology (Board certified since 2006)



Area of Clinical Interest


atherosclerosis
cardiac transplant
cardiology - general
heart failure/heart transplant
ultrafast CT scan





Hospital Affiliation(s)


Emory University Hospital
Emory University Hospital Midtown



Additional spoken language(s)


 Urdu



Addresses Locations


Emory University Hospital Midtown
550 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta , GA 30308 Map to the office
(404) 686-7885



Year started practicing at Emory

2006



Education


Medical School
Aga Khan University Medical College, Pakistan 1990

Internship
Yale University Health Sciences, New Haven, CT 1994

Residency
Yale University Health Sciences, New Haven, CT 1995

Fellowship
Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, TN 1998



Organizational Leadership Memberships

American College of Cardiology

American Heart Association

Heart Failure Society of America

International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Society of Cardiac CT



Awards

Cited Best Doctor in America, 2005
Roche CTRD Young Investigator Award, 1999


Major or Recent Publications

Anemia in heart failure may warrant more aggressive listing for cardiac transplantation . Transplantation Proceedings 2006;38(5),1499-500.

B-Blocker Therapy for Heart Failure: Should Therapeutic Target be Dose or Heart Rate Reduction? . Congestive Heart Failure 2006;12(4),206-10.

Effect of age on outcomes after left ventricular assist device placement . Transplantation Proceedings 2006;38(5),1496-8.