Locations and Appointments
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
Specialties & Expertise
EDUCATION
- Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- Internship: Brigham and Women's Hospital
LEADERSHIP, TITLES & POSITIONS
- Director of Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Education
- Florence Irving Associate Professor of Medicine
- Co-Director, ColumbiaDoctors Hypertension Center
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
AWARDS & HONORS
- 2022 - 2025: Irving Scholars Program, Columbia University
- 2022: VP&S Early Career Physician-Scientists Funding
- 2021 - 2023: Ewig Clinical Education Scholar, Columbia University
- 2021: Daniel V. Kimberg Junior Faculty Teaching Award, Columbia University
- 2021: Young Physician-Scientist Award, American Society for Clinical Investigation
- 2020: Irene Ferrer Scholar Award in Gender-Specific Medicine
- 2018: Fellow, American Heart Association
- 2017: Lewis Katz Cardiovascular Research Prize-Columbia University
- 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
- 2009: Residency Mentor Award Brigham and Womens Hospital
- 2008: Martin P. Solomon Education Award Brigham and Womens Hospital
- 2006: Norma Bailey Berniker Prize (Thesis Prize) Yale School of Medicine
- 2006: Laboratory Medicine Award (Thesis Prize) Yale School of Medicine



