Walid Ibrahim, MD, FACC

Dr. Ibrahim Walid, MD, MBBS, FACC, is a distinguished Interventional Cardiologist and accomplished academic physician currently serving as the Associate Medical Director and Interventional Cardiologist at Jackson North Hospital in Miami, Florida. With extensive expertise in performing complex cardiac interventional procedures—including left and right heart catheterization, primary PCI, Impella and intra-aortic balloon pump support, and embolectomy—he is recognized for his clinical excellence and commitment to advancing cardiovascular care. Dr. Walid is also board-certified in Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Medicine, Internal Medicine, Nuclear Cardiology, and Medical Quality.

Dr. Walid completed his Interventional Cardiology and General Cardiology fellowships at Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami, following earlier training as Chief Resident of Quality and Patient Safety at the VA in Detroit and Internal Medicine residency at Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center. His international medical career began at the University of Khartoum in Sudan and continued through extensive postgraduate training at Weill Cornell Medical College–affiliated programs in Doha, Qatar. His broad clinical foundation reflects over a decade of medical practice across diverse healthcare systems in the Middle East and the United States.

In addition to his clinical roles, Dr. Walid is deeply invested in medical education. He currently serves as an Associate Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Ross University School of Medicine and has held previous academic appointments at Wayne State University School of Medicine and Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar. He has contributed significantly to medical training through teaching, mentoring, and participation in quality-improvement initiatives, particularly in patient safety, hospital medicine, and the optimization of clinical workflows.

A prolific researcher and published author, Dr. Walid has contributed numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, abstracts, and case reports across cardiology, internal medicine, and hospital quality improvement. He serves on the Editorial Board of Clinical Trials in Degenerative Diseases and has been recognized with multiple awards, including Best Presentation at the First Qatar Conference of Internal Medicine and distinction as a Leading Physician of the World. His professional memberships include the American College of Cardiology—where he is a Fellow (FACC)—the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and the American College of Physicians. Dr. Walid is widely respected for his clinical leadership, dedication to academic medicine, and commitment to delivering high-quality, patient-centered cardiovascular care.

• Medical Education: University of Khartoum School of Medicne
• Residency: Detroit Medical Center
• Fellowship: Jackson Memorial Hospital, Jackson Memorial Hospital

• Cardiovascular Disease
• Internal Medicine
• Interventional Cardiology
• Echocardiography
• Nuclear medicine

• Nominated for the Medical Prize in Internal Medicine upon graduation from medical school
• Co-author of a poster presentation awarded Best Presentation at the First Qatar Conference of Internal Medicine, Doha, Qatar (2013)
• Received the ExcellenceAward for significant contributions to the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Weill Cornell University Medical College, affiliated with Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar (2013)
• Raza T, Fareed S, Ibrahim W,Elkhider H. "Scimitar Syndrome: Report of a RareAnomaly.
• Recognized as a Leading Physician of the World by the International Association of Healthcare Professionals for 2017

• MemberoftheAmerican College of Physicians (ACP)
• Memberofthe SudaneseAmerican MedicalAssociation (SAMA)
• MemberoftheAmerican College of Cardiology (ACC)
• Fellowof theAmerican College of Cardiology (FACC)
• Memberofthe Society of CardiovascularAngiography and Interventions (SCAI)

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES/ABSTRACTS

1. Le, P. H., Lê, T. T., Vance, J. W., Allen, D., & Walid, I. (2025). Incidental identification of an aorto-right ventricular fistula formation years post-TAVR. *Advancements in Health Research*, 2. https://doi.org/10.4081/ahr.2025.36.

2. Ibrahim, W., Alnajar, A., & Mendoza, C. E. (2021). Bioprosthetic valve battles: The destiny of the dysfunctional valve. *Journal of Cardiac Surgery*, 36(12), 4732-4733. doi: 10.1111/jocs.16034. Epub 2021 Oct 1. PMID: 34596905.

3. Abugroun, A., Taha, M., Daoud, H., & Ibrahim, W. (2020). Giant right atrium: A long-term complication of rheumatic heart disease. *Oxford Medical Case Reports*, Issue 2, February 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omaa011.

4. Subahi, A., & Ibrahim, W. (2018). Diltiazem-associated cardiogenic shock in thyrotoxic crisis. *American Journal of Therapeutics*, 25(6), e666-e669. doi: 10.1097/MJT.0000000000000739.

5. Kaki, A., Subahi, A., Shokr, M., Ibrahim, W., et al. (2019). Impella-induced incessant ventricular tachycardia. *Ochsner Journal*, 19(3), 248-251. doi: 10.31486/toj.18.0018.

6. Ibrahim, W., Adam, O., Mohamed, A., et al. (2020). Challenges in an X + Y ambulatory model. *Clinical Teacher*, 17(2), 185-189. doi: 10.1111/tct.13029.

7. Ibrahim, W., Osman, L., & Subahi, A. (2018). Larval infestation of chronic ischemic leg ulcer. *BMJ Case Reports*, 2018. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-223535. PMID: 29321204.

8. Akintoye, E., Briasoulis, A., Orhurhu, V., Ibrahim, W., Kumar, K., Nas, H., & Weinberger, J. (2017). Impact of hospital ownership on in-patient mortality and cost of hospitalization in patients admitted for heart failure: Insight from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS). *Journal of the American College of Cardiology*, 69(11), 770. doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(17)34159-1.

9. Ibrahim, W., Abubakar, H., Osman, L., & Sheikh, M. (2017). Metastatic adenocarcinoma of the lung presenting as deep vein thrombosis: An evidence of anchoring bias. *Clinical Trials Degenerative Disease*, 2, 36-39.

10. Subahi, A., Hassan, A. A., Abubakar, H., & Ibrahim, W. (2017). Isolated left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) and recurrent strokes: To anticoagulate or not anticoagulate, that is the question. *BMJ Case Reports*. Published online first: October 13, 2017. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-220954.

11. Ibrahim, W., Hossam, A., Osman, L., Hassan, A., Subahi, A., & Osman, A. M. (2017). Deep vein thrombosis is not always simple: A rare presentation of a common disease. *Diagnostic Error in Medicine*, 4(4), eA43-eA124. doi: 10.1515/dx-2017-0034.

12. Hassan, A. A., Ibrahim, W., Subahi, A., & Mohamed, A. (2017). "All that glitters is not gold": When hyperammonaemia is not from hepatic etiology. *BMJ Case Reports*. Published online May 22, 2017.

13. Sheikh, M. A., Shokr, M., Ibrahim, W., & Cardozo, S. (2017). Fibrin sheath-associated endovascular infection of the heart: The Trojan horse of indwelling central venous catheters. *BMJ Case Reports*, 2017. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-219060. PMID: 28420633.

14. Mahmoud, A. N., Elgendy, I. Y., Mentias, A., Saad, M., Ibrahim, W., Mojadidi, M. K., Nairooz, R., Eshtehardi, P., Anderson, R. D., & Samady, H. (2017). Percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting for unprotected left main coronary artery disease. *Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions*. doi: 10.1002/ccd.26970. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 28296170.

15. Ibrahim, W., Mohamed, A., Sheikh, M., Shokr, M., Hassan, A., Wienberger, J., & Afonso, L. C. (2017). Antiplatelet therapy and spontaneous retroperitoneal hematoma: A case report and literature review. *American Journal of Case Reports*, 18, 85-89. PMID: 28119516.

16. Ibrahim, W., Elzouki, A. N., Husain, A., & Osman, L. (2015). Varicella zoster aseptic meningitis: Report of an atypical case and literature review. *American Journal of Case Reports*, 16, 594-597. doi: 10.12659/AJCR.894045. PMID: 26342350.

17. Khan, F. Y., Dosa, K., Fuad, A., Ibrahim, W., Alaini, A., Osman, L., Albadri, M., & Yassin, M. A. D. (2017). Disseminated tuberculosis among adult patients admitted to Hamad General Hospital, Qatar: A five-year hospital-based study. *Mycobacterial Diseases*. Volume 6 Issue 2, 1000212.

18. Rahil, A. I., Othman, M., & Ibrahim, W., Mohamed, M. Y. (2014). Brucellosis in Qatar: A retrospective cohort study. *Qatar Medical Journal*, 2014(1), 25-30. doi: 10.5339/qmj.2014.4.

19. Al-Ani, A. M., Khan, F. Y., Elzouki, A. N., Hajri, M. A., & Ibrahim, W. (2014). Epidemiology of hydatid disease in Qatar: A hospital-based study from 2000 to 2013. *Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine*, 7S1, S85-S87. doi: 10.1016/S1995-7645(14)60209-1.

20. El-Menyar A, Rahil A, Dousa K, Ibrahim W, Ibrahim T, Khalifa R, Abdel Rahman MO. "Low Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Males and Females from a Sunny, Rich Country." *Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal*. 2012;6:76-80. doi: 10.2174/1874192401206010076. Epub 2012 Jun 27. PMID: 228337.

Poster Presentations

1. Almohanadi M, Ibrahim W. "Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration of Gastric Fundal Varices: A Single Center Experience from Qatar." Poster presented at the American College of Gastroenterology's 79th Annual Scientific Meeting; Philadelphia, PA, 2014.

2. Raza T, Fareed S, Ibrahim W, Elkhider H. "Scimitar Syndrome: Report of a Rare Anomaly." Poster presented at the First Qatar Conference of Internal Medicine; Doha, Qatar, 2013.

3. Ibrahim W, Hossam A. "DVT is Not Always Simple." Presentation at the Michigan Local ACP Meeting, Traverse City, 09/2017.

4. Ibrahim W, Omer Alrawi. "Granulomatous Nephrotic Syndrome Secondary to Sarcoidosis." Presentation at the National Kidney Foundation's 2017 Spring Clinical Meetings, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin, Orlando, FL, 04/2017. Affiliation: Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI.

5. Ibrahim W, Muhammed A. "Think Beyond the Obvious: A Case of Spontaneous Retroperitoneal Hematoma in a Patient on Dual Antiplatelet Therapy." Presentations at ACP Resident’s Day 2016 and Quest Resident Research Day 2016, Livonia, MI and DMC/Wayne State University, respectively, April 2016.

6. Emmanuel Akintoye, MD, MPH; Alexandros Briasoulis, MD, PhD; Vwaire Orhurhu, MD, MPH; Walid Ibrahim, MD; Kartik Kumar, MD; Hala Nas, MD; Jarrett Weinberger, MD. "Impact of Hospital Ownership on In-Patient Mortality and Cost of Hospitalization in Patients Admitted for Heart Failure: Insight from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS)." *Journal of the American College of Cardiology*, 2017; 69(11):770. DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(17)34159-1.

7. Ibrahim W, Omer Alrawi. "Granulomatous Nephrotic Syndrome Secondary to Sarcoidosis." Presentation at Quest Resident Research Day 2017, DMC/Wayne State University, May 2017.

Oral Presentations

1. Ibrahim W, Neil M. "Perianal Crohn's Disease: Case Presentation, Evaluation, and Management." Oral presentation at the First Oxford Partnership with Qatar Meeting; Doha, Qatar, 2013.

2. Ibrahim W. "Decoding Troponin: Clinical Insights and Challenges in the Era of High Sensitivity Assays—An Internal Medicine Perspective." Speaker at the 6th Qatar International Internal Medicine Conference, 2025.

Quality Improvement Projects

1. Abubaker A.I. Hassan, Walid Ibrahim, Ahmed Subahi, Abdelaziz Mohamed. "Decreasing the Number of Inappropriate Proton Pump Inhibitor Prescriptions in the Medical Floors at Detroit Receiving Hospital."

2. Walid Ibrahim, Omer Alfaroug Adam, Abdelaziz Mohamed, Ahmed Subahi, Abubaker Ahmed, Eugene Verkhovsky, Neelima That, Jarret Weinberger, Diane Levine. "Ensuring Patient Care and Optimizing Resident Satisfaction in an X+Y Clinic Model: Current Problems and Proposed Solutions." Wayne State University/Detroit Medical Center/Internal Medicine Department.