Timir Paul, MD, PhD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI, FAHA
Program Director, Professor of Medicine, Interventional Cardiology
Positions
- Program Director – UTHSC-Nashville Cardiology Fellowship Program
- Chair – Promotion and Tenure Committee, UTHSC-Nashville
- Governor-Elect – ACC Tennessee Chapter
Education & Training
- Medical School
- Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Graduate School
- MPH, Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
- PhD, Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
- Residency
- Internal Medicine Resident, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
- Fellowship
- Cardiovascular Disease Fellow, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, LA
- Interventional Cardiology Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Clinical Interests
- Coronary and peripheral interventions via radial artery
- Complex coronary interventions with hemodynamic supports
- Endovascular interventions for peripheral arterial disease
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedures
Research Interests
- Embolic Protection Device
- Vein Graft Intervention
- Coronary Microvascular Disease
- Contrast Associated Nephropathy
- Peripheral Arterial Diseases, Renal Artery Stenosis
- Preventive Cardiology
- Subclinical Atherosclerosis
Awards & Honors
- Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
- Dean’s Distinguished Research Award – East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine
- Emerging Leader Mentorship Circle Member – Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
- Excellence in Teaching Award (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) – East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine
- National Young Leadership Recognition – Cardiovascular Research Technologies Foundation
- Scarlet Sash Society Honor for Special Recognition as an Outstanding Educator and Mentor (2019, 2020, 2021) – East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine
- American College of Cardiology Leadership Forum 2022 and 2023
- ACC Program Director GME Leadership Council
- Visiting Professor, Cardiology Grand Rounds, University of Arizona
- Attending of the Year (2024-2025) – UTHSC-Nashville Cardiology Fellowship
Editorial Boards
- American Journal of Cardiology
- PLOS ONE – Academic Editor
- Biomarker Insights
- Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
- Journal Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention
- Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
- Heart International
