Dr. Ahmar Nauman Tarique is a cardiologist and Associate Director in Clinical and Preventive Cardiology at Medanta – The Medicity, Gurugram. He has developed his clinical practice around heart failure, clinical cardiology, preventive cardiology, and the management of critically ill cardiac patients. He also heads Medanta’s Heart Command Centre and Cardiac Emergency Team, a dedicated programme for emergency cardiac care. His professional experience includes the assessment and management of patients requiring urgent and complex cardiovascular care, together with a strong focus on prevention and long-term cardiac health.

Dr. Tarique completed his MBBS at JJM Medical College, Davangere, followed by an MD in General Medicine from Mahatma Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Mumbai. He subsequently completed a Fellowship in Non-Invasive Cardiology at Medanta – The Medicity in 2011. His cardiology training also includes two years in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, where he worked as a House Officer in Cardiology at the Royal Victoria Infirmary from 2004 to 2005. In addition to hospital-based cardiac care, he has substantial experience in the emergency transport of critically ill cardiac patients and has personally undertaken more than 200 air evacuations of cardiac patients. He has also participated in charitable cardiac health camps in several cities and regions across India.

Educational Qualifications

• MBBS, JJM Medical College, Davangere, Karnataka — 2003
• MD in General Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Mumbai — 2010
• Fellowship in Non-Invasive Cardiology, Medanta – The Medicity, Gurugram — 2011

Fellowship & Areas of Interest

• Fellowship in Non-Invasive Cardiology
• Clinical Cardiology
• Preventive Cardiology
• Critical and Emergency Cardiology
• Heart Failure
• Cardiac intensive care and emergency cardiac management

Research Contributions & Publications

Dr. Tarique has been involved in publications, research studies, projects, and academic presentations in cardiovascular medicine. Documented areas of academic contribution include:

• Cardiovascular risk assessment and the predictive accuracy of cardiovascular risk scores in different populations.
• Management of stable angina in patients with Type 2 diabetes.
• Non-invasive assessment of saphenous vein graft patency in asymptomatic patients.
• Antiplatelet therapy in acute coronary syndrome.
• Management of acute coronary syndrome.
• Central aortic pressure and pulse wave velocity as prognostic indicators in hypertension.
• Cardiovascular risk stratification in South Asian populations.

Awards, Honours, and Recognitions

• Award for Poster Presentation at the 4th National Congress of the Indian Stroke Association, Hyderabad, in March 2009, for “Cerebrovascular Manifestations of Scorpion Sting.”
• Best Paper Presentation Award at MAPICON, Mahabaleshwar, in November 2009, for a case report on dimethyl-sulphate poisoning.

Specialization

• Clinical Cardiology
• Preventive Cardiology
• Critical Cardiology
• Critical and Emergency Cardiology
• Heart Failure
• Non-Invasive Cardiology

Associate Director, Clinical and Preventive Cardiology, Medanta – The Medicity, Gurugram. Dr. Tarique also heads the Heart Command Centre and Cardiac Emergency Team at Medanta.

Cardiology House Officer, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom — 2004 to 2005. This role formed part of his cardiology training in the UK.

He is trained and authorised for air evacuation of critically ill patients and has personally undertaken more than 200 air evacuations of critically ill cardiac patients between 2011 and 2016.

He has also participated in charitable cardiac health camps held in Patna, Purnea, Bhopal, Gwalior, Darjeeling, Siliguri, Jaipur, Biratnagar, and Gurugram.