Azita Moalemi, MD, FACC

“Our mission is to advance the health of our patients through compassionate, competent and comprehensive cardiac and vascular care.”

Board Certification

• Cardiovascular Disease

Areas of Expertise

• Cardiology
• Vascular Care

Research Fellow

National Institutes of Health, NHLBI
Senior Research Fellow, Cardiac MRI
Bethesda, MD
1998

Fellowship

George Washington University Hospital
Cardiovascular Medicine
Washington DC
1997

Residency

Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University
Internal Medicine
New York, NY
1995

Internship

George Washington University Hospital
Internal Medicine
Washington, DC
1994

Medical School

University of Maryland School of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
1992

Undergraduate School

University of Maryland
Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry
College Park, MD
1988

Inova Alexandria Hospital
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Virginia Hospital Center

American College of Cardiology (ACC)
Fellow

“Normal triglyceride levels and coronary artery disease events: the Baltimore Coronary Observational Long-Term Study” Journal of the American College of Cardiology (1998): Miller, M., Seidler, A., Moalemi, A., Pearson, T.A.

George Washington School of Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor

Dr. Moalemi was born in Tehran and left Tehran at the age of 12. She lived in 3 South American countries before coming to the United States and hence is fluent in Spanish. She is a busy mother of three children, one in college and two still at home. Her main hobby is reading. She is an ardent reader of American history, biographies, scientific breakthroughs and social psychology.

Dr. Moalemi went to medical school at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and completed her first two years of internal medicine residency at George Washington University Hospital. She completed her senior year at the Mount Sinai University of New York. Dr. Moalemi’s fellowship training in cardiology was completed at George Washington University Hospital. She served as Senior Cardiology Research Fellow at the National Institutes of Health where she obtained additional training and certification in the field of nuclear cardiology and cardiac MRI. Dr. Moalemi is board certified in Cardiology and Nuclear Cardiology and is a registered vascular interpreter. She is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a speaker in the field of heart disease. She lived in South America and completed her primary and middle school education in South America and hence is fluent in Spanish.

Dr. Moalemi serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at George Washington School of Medicine and was named a Washingtonian Magazine 2016 Top Doctor.

Dr. Moalemi is highly regarded by her peers and her patients. You can read her reviews at Vitals.com, Ratemds.com, and Healthgrades.com.