Name: Heart & Vascular Institute
Address: 22720, Dearborn, Michigan Avenue, Suite 200, Dearborn, Michigan, 48124, United States
Telephone: 313-791-3000

Profile

The Heart & Vascular Institute provides expert cardiovascular care across six locations with full diagnostic capabilities. As southeast Michigan’s only cardiology group serving every hospital, it offers broad access to specialists, advanced expertise, and innovative treatments.

Dr. Mahir Elder, president and CEO, also serves as chief of cardiology at Corewell Health Dearborn Hospital and professor of medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine, where he has earned multiple teaching awards. He is also a clinical professor at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and the incoming president of the international Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) Consortium®. Dr. Elder has been named an Hour Detroit Top Doc for 15 consecutive years, twice recognized by Crain’s as a Healthcare Hero, and honored with the People’s Choice Compassionate Doctor Award.

Dr. Tamam Mohamad, vice president and chief financial officer, is an interventional cardiologist and professor of medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine. He is director of professional career development for Wayne State’s Department of Internal Medicine and president of the Michigan Chapter of the National Arab American Medical Association. Dr. Mohamad has authored more than 70 peer-reviewed publications and multiple book chapters. He is the founder of the Michigan Advanced Peripheral and Pulmonary Embolism Conference, the first of its kind in the Midwest.

Dr. Amir Kaki, vice president and chief medical officer, is an interventional cardiologist and clinical professor at Wayne State University. He directs complex and high-risk PCI and mechanical circulatory support and serves as associate director of interventional cardiology at Henry Ford St. John Hospital. He has the distinction of being the first doctor in the world to successfully implant the world’s smallest heart pump. His expertise is in the treatment of complex coronary disease, mechanical circulatory support devices, and ECMO. He leads numerous clinical trials and is an innovator in the field of interventional cardiology.