Welcome to Pressure Check Houston

Khurram Nasir (MD MPH Msc) is the is a William A. Zoghbi, MD Centennial Chair in Cardiovascular Health, Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, and Chief of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Wellness at DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center at Houston Methodist. He is also the Director for Center for Cardiovascular Computational Health & Precision Medicine (C3-PH) at Houston Methodist. Dr. Nasir received his MD from Pakistan, followed by Master’s degree in public health at John Hopkins University. Dr. Nasir completed his internal medicine residency at Boston Medical Center and cardiology fellowship at Yale University. His research interest focuses on cardiovascular prevention, population health, big data applications and health equity and research efforts supported by 3 NIH RO1’s and 1 large multisite PCORI Contract.

Zulqarnain Javed (PhD, MBBS, MPH) is a clinical epidemiologist and population health scientist with a focus on health disparities and patient centered outcomes. Dr. Javed currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cardiology at Houston Methodist Hospital. He also serves as the Houston Methodist site Program Manager for the PRESSURE CHECK study - a national, multi-center study to address disparities in blood pressure control. Dr. Javed's work has previously been supported by the National Institutes of Health and Association for Prevention Teaching and Research.