Dawood Darbar
Professor of medicine and pharmacology and chief of cardiology
Biography
Through state-of-the-art therapies like atrial fibrillation ablation, Dr. Dawood Darbar helps treat patients with arrhythmias. Darbar is an expert in the assessment and management of patients with inherited heart rhythm disorders, such as long QT syndrome and Brugada syndrome.
Darbar specializes in the genetics and ablation of arrhythmias, insertion of pacemakers and defibrillators, as well as cardiac rhythm monitoring.
He has completed cardiology and electrophysiology fellowships at the Mayo Clinic, and is board certified in Internal Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology, Cardiology and Clinical Electrophysiology.
At UIC’s College of Medicine, Darbar is professor of medicine and pharmacology and chief of cardiology.
Subject areas:
- Obesity
- Atrial fibrillation
- Genetics
Areas of Expertise
In the News
New mutation raises risk for AFib, heart failure for people of color
May 5, 2021
Can obesity limit antiarrhythmic drug effectiveness?
November 27, 2019
AFib linked to family history in blacks, Latinos
September 21, 2018