Mohammed Abdulrazzaq, MBChB

  • Assistant Clinical Professor

Dr. Mohammed Abdulrazzaq is a staff cardiologist and advanced cardiac imaging specialist at the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System in Tucson as well as an assistant professor in the Division of Cardiology in the Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson. He joined the SAVAHCS and UArizona faculty in August 2021, having served briefly prior to that as an attending cardiologist at Buffalo General Hospital and Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, New York, while doing his advanced cardiac imaging fellowship there with the University at Buffalo, also known as the State University of New York at Buffalo or SUNY Buffalo. He also completed his cardiovascular disease fellowship at the University at Buffalo (third year of fellowship training), and Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio (first and second year of fellowship training). His residency training in internal medicine was at the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn Program (SUNY Downstate). Dr. Abdulrazzaq earned his medical degree from University of Baghdad College of Medicine in Iraq in 2006.

Research Interests: 

Dr. Abdulrazzaq is involved in research in multiple aspects of clinical cardiology. He participated in numerous conferences and has authored or co-authored numerous articles and case reports. Among his published works:

  • “The Role of Echocardiography in Evaluation of Athletic Heart: A Scoping Study” | International Journal of Clinical Research & Trials, Vol. 5 (2020), Article ID 5:IJCRT-153, 7 pages. DOI: 10.15344/2456-8007/2020/153
  • “Primary Mural Endocarditis Caused by Streptococcus pyogenes” | CASE (Philadelphia). Oct. 16, 2019; 3(6): 259-262. eCollection 2019 Dec. PMID: 32002480 PMCID: PMC6985001 DOI: 10.1016/j.case.2019.09.001
  • “One down, one to go: coronary anomaly dual LAD blood supply with worsening chronic stable angina and 100% occluded left short LAD type IV variant” | Oxford Medical Case Reports. May 25, 2018; 2018(5):omy011. eCollection 2018 May. PMID: 29977575 PMCID: PMC6007371 DOI: 10.1093/omcr/omy011
Degrees
  • MBChB: University of Baghdad College of Medicine, Baghdad, Iraq, 2006
Honors and Awards
  • First in Service Certificate of Recognition, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, February 2022
Residency
  • State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn Program (SUNY Downstate), Internal Medicine, 2014-2017
Fellowship
  • University at Buffalo (State University of New York at Buffalo), Buffalo, NY, Advanced Cardiac Imaging, 2020-2021
  • University at Buffalo (State University of New York at Buffalo), Buffalo, NY, General Cardiology, 2019-2020
  • Wright State University, Dayton, OH, General Cardiology, 2017-2019
Board Certifications
  • Certification Board of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, APCA, January 2022
  • American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, January 2021
  • Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology, APCA, January 2021
  • American Board of Echocardiography Certification, September 2019
  • American Board of Internal Medicine, October 2017