Habib Samady, MD, FACC

Clinical Trials

• Physiologic Assessment of Coronary Stenosis Following PCI
• Microvascular Assessment of Ranolazine in Non-Obstructive Atherosclerosis (MARINA)
• Wall Shear Stress and Neointimal Healing Following PCI in Angulated Coronary Vessels

Media Releases

Get to know Interventional Cardiologist Dr. Habib Samady, who serves patients in Gainesville, Georgia. 

Dr. Samady, a board certified interventional cardiologist, serves as President of the Georgia Heart Institute in Gainesville, Georgia. 

In his current role, he works with physicians, administrators, frontline staff, and researchers to oversee clinical, administrative, research and educational activities for the Georgia Heart Institute. He is also Director of the Georgia Center for Cardiovascular Biomechanics & Data Modeling, and serves as an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine.

Before joining Northeast Georgia Health System, Dr. Samady served as Professor of Medicine and Director of Interventional Cardiology at Emory University School of Medicine for more than a decade. In that role, he performed complex coronary interventions, oversaw the Emory cardiac catheterization laboratories for four hospitals, and trained clinical cardiologists and interventional cardiology fellows. He helped establish Emory University’s complex coronary center and its women’s heart disease invasive program, leading them to rank among the top programs in the nation.

In regards to his educational background, Dr. Samady went to medical school at the University of Sheffield Medical School in England and did residency training in London and in Sheffield. He subsequently went on to complete his residency in internal medicine and chief residency at the University of Connecticut, before doing fellowships in general cardiology, nuclear cardiology, and interventional cardiology at Yale University in Connecticut.

In pursuit of clinical excellence, the doctor is board certified in interventional cardiology by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.

Interventional cardiology is a branch of cardiology that deals specifically with the catheter based treatment of structural heart diseases. An interventional cardiologist is a cardiologist with one to two years of additional education and training in diagnosing and treating cardiovascular disease as well as congenital (present at birth) and structural heart conditions through catheter-based procedures, such as angioplasty and stenting.

Recognized as one of the foremost international experts in coronary physiology, Dr. Samady guides a leading international clinical research program and is extensively published with more than 400 publications and abstracts. He is Deputy Editor for the Journal of American College of Cardiology Cardiovascular Interventions, the nation’s leading academic journal for interventional cardiology, and co-editor of a major textbook, Interventional Cardiology, McGraw Hill. 

Furthermore, Dr. Samady is co-founder of Covanos Inc., a computational diagnostic cardiovascular imaging start-up company and is involved in a number of other start-ups.

When he’s not caring for patients or at work, Dr. Samady enjoys spending time with his wife, Heather, an anesthesiologist, and their three teenage children. He plays soccer, tennis, hikes, and skis.

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