Amani Khalouf, MD, joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine as an Instructor in October 2025. She was born and raised in Damascus, Syria before moving to the United Arab Emirates in 2013 to pursue her medical degree in Medicine and Surgery in University of Sharjah, UAE, while simultaneously working on basic cellular research in modifying biological pathways involved in Obesity. Dr. Khalouf graduated with Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery in 2019 and joined Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi for Emergency Medicine Residency. During her residency, she served in acute stepdown units of COVID 19 patients during the COVID 19 outbreak. Meanwhile, Dr. Khalouf cultivated her interest in Cardiac Critical Care and was involved in multiple research projects including COVID 19 patients and Cardiac patients. She then moved to the USA for further training and completed her Internal Medicine Residency training in Rochester General Hospital, NY in 2025. She has special interest in autonomic dysfunction groups and POTS patients.
Education
- MD: University of Sharjah, University City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (2019)
- Residency, Internal Medicine: Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, NY (2025)
Selected Publications
Khalouf, A., Abuzaid, A. S., & Altibi, A. (2025). Editorial: Unveiling the clinical implications of left atrial remodeling assessment methods. International Journal of Cardiology, 418, 132575. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2024.132575
Hashem, A., Khalouf, A., Mohamed, M. S., Adra, S., Alkhatib, D., Ismayl, M., Kashou, A., Rai, D.,
Depta, J. P., Sulaiman, S., Goldsweig, A. M., & Balla, S. (2024). Early vs. late transcatheter aortic valve replacement in acute heart failure hospitalizations: A comparative nationwide analysis. Journal of Cardiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jjcc.2024.08.007
Hashem, A., Khalouf, A., Mohamed, M. S., Nayfeh, T., Elkhapery, A., Zahid, S., Altibi, A.,
Thyagaturu, H., Kashou, A., Anavekar, N. S., Gulati, M., & Balla, S. (2024). Racial, ethnic and sex disparity in acute heart failure patients with COVID-19: A nationwide analysis. Heliyon, 10(15),
e34513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e34513
Hashem, A., Khalouf, A., Agrawal, A., Mohamad, M. S., Nayfeh, T., Kashou, A., … & Goel, S. S. (2024). Feasibility and safety of intracardiac echocardiography guidance in mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair: analysis of the National Inpatient Sample data from 2015 to 2020. Current Problems in Cardiology, 49(1), 102042
Verghese, B. G., Mohamed, M. S., Hashem, A., Khalouf, A., & Phatak, P. (2024, March). Should primary care physicians consult on their admitted patients? A single-center survey study. In Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings (Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 269-272). Taylor & Francis.
Hashem, A., Khalouf, A., Mohamed, M. S., Nayfeh, T., Elkhapery, A., Elbahnasawy, M., Altibi, A.,
Rai, D., Deshwal, H., Feitell, S., & Balla, S. (2024). COVID-19 infection is associated with increased in-hospital mortality and complications in patients with acute heart failure: Insight from national inpatient sample (2020). Journal of Cardiac Failure, 30(1), 195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2023.10.191
Khalouf, A., El Shaer, A., & Alkhouli, M. (2022). Edge-to-edge repair of a Quadricuspid valve wit torrential regurgitation: Complementary roles of Transesophageal echo, intracardiac echo, and invasive hemodynamics. Structural Heart, 6(1), 100017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shj.2022.100017
Ellahham, S., Khalouf, A., Elkhazendar, M., Dababo, N., & Manla, Y. (2022). An overview of radiation-induced heart disease. Radiation Oncology Journal, 40(2), 89-102. https://doi.org/10.3857/roj.2021.00766