Usman Baber

Associate Professor of Medicine

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Expertise

MI/ACS Antiplatelet Anticoagulation Coronary Interventions Intervention Vascular Disease and Surgery Carotid Artery Disease

Biography

Personal History

Dr. Usman Baber is a Cardiologist and an Interventional Cardiologist based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.¹

Academic History

Dr. Baber earned his bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from Rice University in 1999 and graduated as a Doctor of Medicine from UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2004. During his fellowship training he also earned a master’s degree in biostatistics from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University in 2010.¹

Career Overview

Dr. Baber is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and serves as the Director of Interventional Cardiology and the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. Prior to joining the University of Oklahoma, Dr. Baber served as the Director of Cath Lab Quality and Outcomes Research within the Cardiovascular Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.¹

From a clinical standpoint Dr. Baber focuses on complex, high-risk coronary interventions. His research interests include clinical and translational projects related to bleeding, thrombosis and platelet function. Most recently Dr. Baber served as the Chair of the Clinical and Data Coordinating Center for the international, randomized TWILIGHT trial, which was published in the NEJM in 2019.¹

He is a frequent lecturer at international cardiology conferences, serves on the Editorial Boards of numerous peer-reviewed journals and teaches clinical trial design and biostatistics for the interventional cardiology board review course sponsored by the American College of Cardiology.¹

Career Timeline

1995 - 1999: Bachelor’s Degree Biochemistry, Rice University
2000 - 2004: Doctor of Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center
2009 - 2010: Master of Science Biostatistics, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
2011 - Present: Assistant Professor, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Recognition