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Talha Niaz, M.B.B.S.

  1. Echocardiographer
  2. Pediatric Cardiologist
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  1. Rochester, Minnesota

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Talha Niaz, M.B.B.S., is a Pediatric, Fetal and Genetic Cardiologist who specializes in multimodality cardiovascular imaging of the fetus, child, and young adults. He also specializes in Vascular Cardiology and Cardiovascular Genetics, and a large part of his clinical practice includes caring for children and young adults with genetically mediated structural heart diseases, including rare and undiagnosed conditions.

Dr. Niaz obtained his residency training in pediatrics and subspeciality training in pediatric cardiology at Mayo Clinic. He then obtained his advanced non-invasive cardiac imaging and cardiovascular genetics training at Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine.

As a Cardiovascular Geneticist, Dr. Niaz specializes in the diagnosis and management of patients with conditions that are associated with aortic dilation, aortic aneurysm, and aortic dissection. Moreover, he specializes in the care of the patients with structural heart diseases and associated genetic conditions or syndromic disorders like Williams-Beuren syndrome, Turner syndrome, DiGeorge Syndrome and other chromosomal disorders. As a Vascular Cardiologist, Dr. Niaz focuses on the care of patients with arterial or venous aneurysms.

  1. Alagille syndrome
  2. Aortic aneurysm
  3. Aortic dissection
  4. Arterial aneurysm
  5. Arterial tortuosity syndrome
  6. Arteritis
  7. Bicuspid aortic valve
  8. Cardiomyopathy
  9. Chromosomal disorders
  10. Congenital heart defects in children
  11. Cutis laxa
  12. DiGeorge syndrome
  13. Elastin arteriopathy
  14. Fetal heart disease
  15. Genetic disorder
  16. Holt-Oram syndrome
  17. Kabuki syndrome
  18. Loeys-Dietz syndrome
  19. Marfan syndrome
  20. Microdeletion syndromes
  21. Microduplication syndromes
  22. Myhre syndrome
  23. Noonan syndrome
  24. Thoracic aortic aneurysm
  25. Thoracic aortic dissection
  26. Turner syndrome
  27. Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
  28. Williams syndrome
  1. Echocardiogram
  2. Fetal echocardiogram
  3. Genetic testing
  • Cardiovascular Genetics and care of children with genetic and inherited structural heart diseases.
  • Genetic Aortic Conditions: Marfan Syndrome, Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS type IV), Loeys-Dietz-syndrome, Turner syndrome, Bicuspid aortic valve, Familial thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissection (FTAAD), Arterial tortuosity syndrome, FLNA arteriopathy, Myhre syndrome, FBLN4/EFEMP2/Cutis laxa.
  • Syndromic and Genetic Disorders with Structural Heart Diseases: Williams-Beuren syndrome, ELN arteriopathy, Alagille syndrome, DiGeorge Syndrome/22q11.2 deletion syndrome, Kabuki syndrome, Holt-Oram Syndrome, Noonan Syndrome and related disorders (RASopathies), Microdeletion/microduplication syndromes, Chromosomal disorders.
  • Genetic Cardiomyopathies: Disorders of the myocardium, including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, restrictive cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, left ventricular non-compaction and metabolic cardiomyopathy.
  • Rare and Undiagnosed Cardiac Disorders.
  • Gene Therapy for Inherited Cardiovascular Disorders.
  • Fetal Cardiology and Fetal Cardiovascular Intervention.
  • Echocardiography: transthoracic, transesophageal and fetal.
  • Cardiac MRI and CT in pediatric and adult congenital heart diseases.
  1. 2022
    Advanced FellowshipCardiovascular Genetics Fellowship, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine
  2. 2021
    FellowPediatric Cardiology, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  3. 2018
    ResidentPediatric and Adolescent Medic, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  4. 2015
    Research TraineeDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
  5. 2014
    Medical SchoolPunjab Medical College
  6. 2008
    HSSCPunjab College of Science
  7.  
    Masters - Virology and Gene Therapy Track Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Certifications

  1. 2022
    Pediatric CardiologyAmerican Board of Pediatrics
  2. 2018
    Pediatrics (Archived)American Board of Pediatrics

Awards and honors

  1. 2024
    Outstanding Early Career Pediatric Clinician AwardMayo Clinic
  2. 2022
    Young Investigator Award FinalistAmerican Academy of Pediatrics
  3. 2022
    The Marfan Foundation and GenTAC Aortic Summit - Science in Paris Scholarships AwardThe Marfan Foundation
  4. 2022
    Reed Pyeritz and Jane Tumpson Physician Scholarship AwardThe Marfan Foundation
  5. 2021
    Kathleen H. Rhodes Award for Excellence in Education Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
  6. 2019
    Young Investigator Award by American Academy of PediatricsAmerican Academy of Pediatrics
  7. 2018
    James W. DuShane Award in recognition of excellence in Medical EducationDepartment of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
  8. 2018
    C. Anderson Aldrich Award in recognition of excellence in Medical ResearchDepartment of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
  9. 2018
    Gunnar B. Stickler Award in recognition for excellence in Patient CareDepartment of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
  10. 2015
    Young Investigator Award Competition FinalistAmerican Academy of Pediatrics
  11. 2014
    Best Medical GraduatePunjab Medical College
  12. 2014
    Gold Medal in PediatricsPunjab Medical College
  13. 2014
    Gold Medal in Community MedicinePunjab Medical College
  14. 2014
    Gold Medal in PathologyPunjab Medical College
  15. 2014
    Gold Medal in AnatomyPunjab Medical College
  16. 2014
    Gold Medal in BiochemistryPunjab Medical College
  17. 2014
    Gold Medal in PhysiologyPunjab Medical College
  18. 2014
    Silver Medal in Internal MedicinePunjab Medical College
  19. 2008
    Merit No. 1 out of 18,623 candidates in MCATUniversity of Health Sciences
  20. 2008
    1st Position in HSSCBoard of Intermediate Education

Professional memberships

  1. 2023 - present
    Course DirectorCongenital Heart Center Grand Rounds
  2. 2022 - present
    MemberSociety for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
  3. 2022 - present
    MemberAmerican Society of Echocardiography
  4. 2022 - present
    MemberMontalcino Aortic Consortium
  5. 2021 - present
    MemberAmerican Society of Gene & Cell Therapy
  6. 2018 - present
    MemberAmerican Heart Association
  7. 2017 - 2018
    Resident, Member BoardMN American Academy of Pediatrics
  8. 2017 - 2018
    Member of the boardMN American Academy of Pediatrics
  9. 2016 - present
    MemberMidwest Pediatric Cardiology Society
  10. 2015 - present
    MemberAmerican Academy of Pediatrics

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