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Zahi A. Fayad publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zahi A. Fayad sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 817 publications — 88th percentile

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Zahi A. Fayad D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zahi A. Fayad sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 136 D-Index — 90th percentile

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Overview

Zahi A. Fayad is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on subfields such as Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Immunology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Surgery.

Their recent papers cover topics related to COVID-19, medical imaging, and cardiovascular research. Notable publications include:

  • CT Imaging Features of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), 2020, Radiology
  • Chest CT Findings in Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19): Relationship to Duration of Infection, 2020, Radiology
  • Artificial intelligence-enabled rapid diagnosis of patients with COVID-19, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Association of Treatment Dose Anticoagulation With In-Hospital Survival Among Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19, 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Prevalence and Impact of Myocardial Injury in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Infection, 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology

The main subjects of Fayad's research explore a range of topics, including:

  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • COVID-19 diagnosis using AI
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, among whom the most frequent are Philip M. Robson, Girish N. Nadkarni, Adam Jacobi, Benjamin S. Glicksberg, and Willem J. M. Mulder.

Fayad's work is often published in a select group of journals, which include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Circulation
  • Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
  • European Heart Journal

The combination of their fields of study and publication venues reflects a cross-disciplinary approach integrating imaging techniques with cardiovascular and pulmonary medicine, particularly in the context of infectious diseases like COVID-19. Their focus on artificial intelligence applications in medical imaging also indicates an engagement with emerging technologies aimed at improving diagnostic processes.

Best Publications

  • From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient: a call for new definitions and risk assessment strategies: Part II.

    Morteza Naghavi;Peter Libby;Erling Falk;S. Ward Casscells;S. Ward Casscells

  • CT Imaging Features of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

    Michael Chung;Adam Bernheim;Xueyan Mei;Ning Zhang

  • 2010 ACCF/AHA Guideline for Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk in Asymptomatic Adults A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Philip Greenland;Joseph S. Alpert;George A. Beller;Emelia J. Benjamin

  • Chest CT Findings in Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19): Relationship to Duration of Infection.

    Adam Bernheim;Xueyan Mei;Mingqian Huang;Yang Yang

  • 2010 ACCF/AHA Guideline for Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk in Asymptomatic Adults

    Philip Greenland;Joseph S. Alpert;George A. Beller;Emelia J. Benjamin

  • Atherothrombosis and high-risk plaque: part I: evolving concepts.

    Valentin Fuster;Pedro R. Moreno;Zahi A. Fayad;Roberto Corti

  • Cholesterol Efflux and Atheroprotection Advancing the Concept of Reverse Cholesterol Transport

    Robert S. Rosenson;H. Bryan Brewer;W. Sean Davidson;Zahi A. Fayad

  • Association of Treatment Dose Anticoagulation With In-Hospital Survival Among Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19.

    Ishan Paranjpe;Valentin Fuster;Anuradha Lala;Adam J. Russak;Adam J. Russak

  • Social stress induces neurovascular pathology promoting depression.

    Caroline Menard;Caroline Menard;Madeline L. Pfau;Georgia E. Hodes;Veronika Kana

  • Long-term Air Pollution Exposure and Acceleration of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Inflammation in an Animal Model

    Qinghua Sun;Aixia Wang;Ximei Jin;Alex Natanzon

  • Artificial intelligence-enabled rapid diagnosis of patients with COVID-19.

    Xueyan Mei;Hao-Chih Lee;Kai-yue Diao;Mingqian Huang

  • Accuracy of 64-slice computed tomography to classify and quantify plaque volumes in the proximal coronary system: a comparative study using intravascular ultrasound.

    Alexander W. Leber;Alexander Becker;Andreas Knez;Franz von Ziegler

  • Multifunctional Gold Nanoparticles for Diagnosis and Therapy of Disease

    Aneta J. Mieszawska;Willem J. M. Mulder;Zahi A. Fayad;David P. Cormode

  • From Vulnerable Plaque to Vulnerable Patient—Part III: Executive Summary of the Screening for Heart Attack Prevention and Education (SHAPE) Task Force Report

    Morteza Naghavi;Erling Falk;Harvey S. Hecht;Michael J. Jamieson

  • Noninvasive in vivo human coronary artery lumen and wall imaging using black-blood magnetic resonance imaging

    Zahi A. Fayad;Valentin Fuster;John T. Fallon;Timothy Jayasundera

  • Prevalence and Impact of Myocardial Injury in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Infection.

    Anuradha Lala;Anuradha Lala;Kipp W. Johnson;James L. Januzzi;Adam J. Russak

  • Clinical imaging of the high-risk or vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque.

    Z. A. Fayad;V. Fuster

  • Imaging of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

    Javier Sanz;Zahi A. Fayad

  • Effects of Lipid-Lowering by Simvastatin on Human Atherosclerotic Lesions A Longitudinal Study by High-Resolution, Noninvasive Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Roberto Corti;Zahi A. Fayad;Valentin Fuster;Stephen G. Worthley

  • Safety and efficacy of dalcetrapib on atherosclerotic disease using novel non-invasive multimodality imaging (dal-PLAQUE): a randomised clinical trial

    Zahi A. Fayad;Venkatesh Mani;Mark Woodward;David Kallend

Frequent Co-Authors

Valentin Fuster
Valentin Fuster Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Edward A. Fisher
Edward A. Fisher New York University
David P. Cormode
David P. Cormode University of Pennsylvania
Juan J. Badimon
Juan J. Badimon Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Marc R. Dweck
Marc R. Dweck University of Edinburgh
Jagat Narula
Jagat Narula Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Girish N. Nadkarni
Girish N. Nadkarni Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Matthias Nahrendorf
Matthias Nahrendorf Harvard University
Erwin P. Bottinger
Erwin P. Bottinger Hasso Plattner Institute
John T. Fallon
John T. Fallon East Carolina University

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