Marwah Abdalla, MD
Locations and Appointments
CUIMC/Milstein Hospital Building
About Marwah Abdalla, MD
Marwah Abdalla, MD, MPH is a clinical cardiologist, cardiac intensivist, and Florence Irving Associate Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center. She is the Director of Education for the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and is a full-time faculty member in the Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health at Columbia. Her areas of expertise include critical care cardiology and hypertension. Dr. Abdalla is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology, and echocardiography. She is also an NIH funded clinical investigator with a research interest in the cardiovascular manifestations of hypertension, assessed by echocardiography, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, and sleep.
Dr. Abdalla received her Medical Degree and Masters in Public Health from Yale School of Medicine and Yale School of Public Health. She was an Intern, Resident, and Chief Resident at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. She completed her training as a cardiology Fellow and Chief Fellow at Columbia University Medical Center.
Board Certifications
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Internal Medicine
Expertise
Adult Cardiology
Critical Care Cardiology
Hypertension
Education
Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center
Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Internship: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Titles & Positions
Director of Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Education
Florence Irving Associate Professor of Medicine
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Education
- Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- Internship: Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center
Awards & Honors
- 2006 - Laboratory Medicine Award (Thesis Prize) Yale School of Medicine
- 2006 - Norma Bailey Berniker Prize (Thesis Prize) Yale School of Medicine
- 2008 - Martin P. Solomon Education Award Brigham and Womens Hospital
- 2009 - Residency Mentor Award Brigham and Womens Hospital
- 2012 - “Physician of the Year” New York Presbyterian-Columbia University
- 2012 - “Up and Coming, Future Stars of Cardiology”-Cardiosource Magazine
- 2012 - Columbia University Medical House Staff Fellow Award for Outstanding Teaching
- 2017 - Lewis Katz Cardiovascular Research Prize-Columbia University
- 2018 - Fellow, American Heart Association
- 2020 - Irene Ferrer Scholar Award in Gender-Specific Medicine
- 2021 - Daniel V. Kimberg Junior Faculty Teaching Award, Columbia University
- 2021 - Young Physician-Scientist Award, American Society for Clinical Investigation
- 2021-2023 - Ewig Clinical Education Scholar, Columbia University
- 2022 - VP&S Early Career Physician-Scientists Funding
- 2022-2025 - Irving Scholars Program, Columbia University
Titles & Positions
- Director of Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Education
- Florence Irving Associate Professor of Medicine
Board Certifications
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Internal Medicine