• Co-Leader: Cardiovascular Disease Program

Institution: MGH

• Co-Director, Cardiac MR-PET-CT Program
• Associate Director, Nuclear Cardiology
  

Background:
Dr. Tawakol is a graduate of Stanford Medical School. He completed Medical Residency, Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship and Vascular Medicine Fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and completed a Nuclear Cardiology Fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

He is currently Co-Director of Cardiac MR-PET-CT at MGH and Co-Director of CIMIT’s Cardiovascular Disease Program. Dr Tawakol’s research focus is in translational and clinical studies using multi-modality imaging techniques, utilizing positron emission tomography (PET) in combination with CT and MR. Dr. Tawakol’s imaging targets are characterization of myocardial blood flow and metabolism, and atherosclerotic plaques.