19 Facts About Shahbudin Rahimtoola

Shahbudin Rahimtoola was a cardiologist based in Los Angeles, United States.

Shahbudin Rahimtoola served as a Distinguished Professor at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California.

Shahbudin Rahimtoola was born in October 1931 to family in Bombay.

Shahbudin Rahimtoola received the MRCP from the Royal College of Physician of Edinburgh in 1963 and he was awarded the Fellowship [FRCP] in 1972.

Shahbudin Rahimtoola then moved to California, where he was chief of the Division of Cardiology at the University of Southern California from 1980 to 1992.

Shahbudin Rahimtoola served on the editorial board of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Shahbudin Rahimtoola has been termed as a 'contemporary giant' in field of Muslim contribution to medical research.

Shahbudin Rahimtoola has been labelled as 'Cardiologist of the World' and 'Father of Research' by the European Heart Journal in 2013.

Shahbudin Rahimtoola has been at the forefront of numerous awards and citations principally from his research and teaching career.

In teaching, Shahbudin Rahimtoola was recipient of the William Osler Award from the University of Miami.

Shahbudin Rahimtoola received the Gifted Teacher Award from the American College of Cardiology in 1986.

In 1989 Rahimtoola was the recipient of the James B Herrick Award from the American Heart Association.

Shahbudin Rahimtoola was conferred the Master of the college from the American College of Cardiology in 1999.

In 2000 Shahbudin Rahimtoola was conferred the Special Recognition Award from Hamdan Medical Award in the Middle East.

In 2016 Shahbudin Rahimtoola was conferred the 'Distinguished Fellowship' Award at the World Congress of International Academy of Cardiology in Boston.

Shahbudin Rahimtoola has been author of some prominent textbooks used in postgraduate study of Cardiovascular Medicine namely Coronary Bypass Surgery, Infective Endocaritis, Controversies in Coronary Heart Disease and Valvular Heart Disease.

Shahbudin Rahimtoola has been co-author of Shock in Mycardial Infarction, Acute Myocardial Infarction, 1st and 2nd editions, Techniques and Applications of Interventional Cardiology, Heart Failure and New Ischemic Syndromes.

Shahbudin Rahimtoola remained Principal of the Dow Medical College and Medical Superintendent of the Civil Hospital there.

Shahbudin Rahimtoola passed away on 9 December 2018 aged eighty seven at his residence in Palos Verdes Estates, California.