About Me
Dr. Muhammad Ali, FACC, FESC
Since 01.07.2020 Specialist in internal medicine/cardiology
2017-2020 Senior physician at the Medical Clinic III - Cardiology, Angiology and Internal Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Halle (Saale), Proctor for WATCHMAN-LAA- Occluder
2018 Second doctorate at the medical faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
2018 Proctor for LAA-Occluder Implantation (Watchman Device), Boston scientific, Boston, USA.
2012-2017 Senior physician of the cardiology department, head of the cardiac catheter laboratory, Asklepios Harzkliniken Goslar
2011-2012 Senior physician at the Medical Clinic I (Internal Medicine-Cardiology), Meiningen Hospital
2010-2011: Senior physician at the cardiology department, Bad Liebenstein specialist clinic
2010: Specialist in internal medicine and cardiology, (Thuringia State Medical Association, Jena)
2006-2009: Further training as a specialist in cardiology at the University Hospital of Marburg
2006: Specialist in internal medicine (University of Damascus, Syria)
2002 Degree in human medicine with dissertation (MD) at the University of Tichreen, Latakia, Syria
Focus areas and certified qualifications
10/2024: Special award: Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FACC), Washington DC, USA.
05/2024 Certificate of Attendance EURO PCR, Paris France.
03/2024 Certificate of Attendance Cardiovascular Research technologies (CRT) 2024 Washington, DC, USA.
10/2023 Certificate of Attendance Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), San Francisco, USA.
07/2023 Certificate of Attendance Interventional Complications, Seattle, USA.
03/2023 Certificate of Attendance American College of Cardiology Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, USA.
11/2022 Certificate of Attendance American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Chicago, USA.
2020 Additional qualification in heart failure (German Society of Cardiology)
2019 Special award: Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC), Paris, France
2018 Certification for TAVI Edwards Sapien 3, Nyon, Switzerland
2017 Certification for MitraClip, Abott, Brussels, Belgium
2015 Certification for interventional closure of the left atrial appendage (WATCHMAN device), Boston Scientific, Paris, France
2014 Additional qualification in Interventional Cardiology (DGK, AGIK)
2014 Expertise in the use of X-rays in cardiological interventions, State Medical Association of Lower Saxony, Hanover
Memberships
German Society of Cardiology (DGK)
European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI)
Interventional Cardiology Working Group of the DGK (AGIK)
Professional Membership of The American Heart Association (AHA)
Membership of The American College of Cardiology (ACC)
Publications
1. Ali M, Rigopoulos AG, Mammadov M, Torky A, Auer A, Matiakis M, Abate E, Bakogiannis C, Tzikas S, Bigalke B, Sedding D, Noutsias M. Systematic review on left atrial appendage closure with the LAmbre device in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2020 Feb 12;20(1):78. doi: 10.1186/s12872-020-01349-9. Review. PubMed PMID: 32050904; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7017553.
2. Noutsias M, Melnyk H, Ali M, Daehnert I, Empen K, Sedding D, Rigopoulos AG. Dual device closure of a bilobar left atrial appendage with a plug (Watchman 2.5™ 30 mm) and a pacifier (Amulet™ 20 mm) device. Hellenic J Cardiol. 2020 Apr 15;. doi: 10.1016/j.hjc.2020.03.005. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32304818.
3. Ali M, Rigopoulos AG, Ali K, Ikonomidis I, Makavos G, Matiakis M, Melnyk H, Abate E, Mammadov M, Prüser JL, de Vecchis R, Wohlgemuth W, Manginas A, Bigalke B, Mavrogeni S, Sedding D, Noutsias M. Advancements in the diagnostic workup, prognostic evaluation, and treatment of takotsubo syndrome. Heart Fail Rev. 2019 Aug 1;. doi: 10.1007/s10741-019-09843-9. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PubMed PMID: 31372789.
4. Ali M, Rigopoulos A, Mammadov M, Matiakis M, Noutsias M. Ringworm on the legs of a patient after long-term intensive care unit residency. Clinical case reports and reviews. 2019 May; doi: 10.15761/CCRR.1000453.
5. Muhammad Ali, Angelos G. Rigopoulos, Jan Lukas Prüser, Marios Matiakis, Khaldoun Ali, Alexander Vogt, Michel Noutsias. Acute Inferior Myocardial Infarction Presenting as Anterior ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction on ECG. World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases Vol.08 o.11(2018).DOI:10.4236/wjcd.2018.811050.
6. Muhammad Ali, Stephan Behrend, Olaf Wehmeyer, Andreas Luthe, Stefan Andreas Lange. Vntricular extrasytoles affect the diagnostic value of coronary computed tomography angiography in a patient with angina pectoris. International Journal of Current Research. Vol. 10, Issue, 10, pp.74222-74223, October, 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24941/ijcr.32597.10.2018.
7. Rigopoulos AG, Sakellaropoulos S, Ali M, Mavrogeni S, Manginas A, Pauschinger M, Noutsias M. Transcatheter septal ablation in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: a technical guide and review of published results. Heart Fail Rev. 2018 May 8. doi: 10.1007/s10741-018-9706-z. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PubMed PMID: 29736811.
8. Ali M, Lange SA, Wittlinger T, Lehnert G, Rigopoulos AG, Noutsias M. In-hospital mortality after acute STEMI in patients undergoing primary PCI. Heart 2017.
9. Rigopoulos AG, Ali M, Sakellaropoulos S, Matiakis M, Teren M, Pantazis A, Noutsias M. Speckle tracking imaging in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A powerful tool in search of an unfavorable substrate? Heart 2017.
10. Manginas A, Rigopoulos AG, Bigalke B, Sakellaropoulos S, Ali M, Mavrogeni S, Noutsias M. Takotsubo syndrome - adding pieces to a complex puzzle. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2017; 17(1):296.
11. Rigopoulos AG, Ali M, Sakellaropoulos S, Matiakis M, Teren M, Mammadov M, Ahmadzada B, Noutsias M. Diagnostic approaches for pericardial effusions: Beyond mere cytopathology. Heart 2017; [Epub ahead of print].
12. Rigopoulos AG, Ali M, Sakellaropoulos S, Matiakis M, Teren M, Pantazis A, Noutsias M. Speckle tracking imaging in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A powerful tool in search of an unfavorable substrate? Heart 2017; [Epub ahead of print].
13. Rigopoulos AG, Bakogiannis C, de Vecchis R, Sakellaropoulos S, Ali M, Teren M, Matiakis M, Tschoepe C, Noutsias M. Acute heart failure: An unmet medical need. Heart 2017; [Epub ahead of print].
14. Ali M., Ali K. Broken Heart Syndrome: Update. Review article. International Journal of Current Research. Vol. 9, Issue, 06, pp.52039-52044, June, 2017.
15. Ali M, Behrend S, Lange SA. Emergency Autotransfusion for Managing Iatrogenic Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusion. J Med Cases, 2017;8(4):114-116. doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/jmc2789w.
16. Ali M. Brugada Syndrome: Current Practices in Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment. Review article. International cardiovascular Forum Journal. 2016;9:3-7. DOI: 10.17987/icfj.v9i0.407.
17.Michel Noutsias 1,Angelos G Rigopoulos 2,Muhammad Ali 3,Joerg Ukkat 4,Daniel Sedding 5,Endres John 6. Acute myocardial ischemia in a patient with coronary-subclavian steal syndrome treated by retrograde percutaneous recanalization of the chronic total occlusion of the left subclavian artery. June 2020,Hellenic Journal of Cardiology62(1),DOI:10.1016/j.hjc.2020.06.006
18. Sakellaropoulos, S., Ali, M., Papadis, A., Mohammed, M., Mitsis, A., & Zivzivadze, Z. (2022). Is Long COVID Syndrome a Transient Mitochondriopathy Newly Discovered: Implications of CPET. Cardiology Research, 13(5), 264-267.
