Muhammed Saric, M.D., Ph.D.
Muhammed Saric, M.D., Ph.D.
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York,
NY
USA
Biographical Sketch: Muhamed Saric, MD, PhD, is the Director of Noninvasive Cardiology and a Professor of Medicine at New York University Langone Medical Center. He was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. His primary interest is the use of 3D echocardiography in guiding percutaneous repairs of structural heart disease. At NYU, he was part of the team that performed the first transseptal transcatheter mitral valve replacement in the world on June 15, 2016 using Caisson valve system. He was the irst to describe the tilt-up-then-left or TUPLE maneuver, which improves the diagnosis of patent foramen ovale and atrial septal defects (ASDs), and facilitates their repair. He was the chairman of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) guidelines committee for the use of echocardiography in the evaluation of a cardiac source of embolism. He has received multiple teaching awards including the 2017 Richard Popp Excellence in Teaching Award from the American Society of Echocardiography.
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