Dr. Mohammed Al-Hijji

Dr. Mohammed Al-Hijji is a consultant in interventional and structural cardiology at the Heart Hospital part of Hamad Medical Cooperation in Qatar. He currently serves as the program director of cardiology fellowship and he is the lead of structural heart disease and valve programs at the heart hospital. He received his medical degree with academic distinction in 2011 from Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (WCM-Q). Dr. Al-Hijji pursued his postgraduate Internal Medicine training at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland where he completed his internal medicine training. He then joined Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Medicine for cardiovascular diseases, interventional cardiology, and advanced interventional cardiology in structural heart disease fellowships. He is American Board Certified in Internal Medicine, General Cardiology, Echocardiography, and Interventional Cardiology. He has special interest in transcatheter interventions in structural heart disease such as transcatheter valvular replacement or repair, paravalvular leak closure, septal defects closure, left atrial appendage closure, septal reduction therapy for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and pulmonary veins as well as pulmonary arteries dilatation and stenting. He also specializes in complex percutaneous coronary arteries interventions and mechanical support devices implantation. He has special clinical and translational research interest in developing advanced valvular solutions to improve their longevity and performance. He is exploring the utility of 3-dimensional printing of cardiac tissue to streamline transcatheter procedures and improve its safety and efficacy. He is also involved in multiple outcome research in the field of interventional cardiology. To date, Dr. Al-Hijji has more than 90 peer review publications in addition to numerous book chapters and abstracts. Over the years, he has presented at many international cardiovascular conferences. He is ranked as assistant professor at WCM-Q for his academic contributions in cardiac research and teaching.