Homa K. Ahmadzia, MD/MPH is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr Ahmadzia completed her undergraduate, medical school education, and Masters of Public Health at The George Washington University. She then completed her residency at Yale University where she was awarded the Outstanding Resident Teaching Award in both her second and third year of residency and also served as Administrative Chief resident. She completed her fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Duke University.

Dr Ahmadzia has presented her research at numerous national and regional conferences including the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, The Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine and The American Congress for Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She received the Charles B. Hammond Fund research award to fund her fellowship thesis project. She also attended the Excellence in Clinical Research course and NICHD Young Investigators Conference. During fellowship, she served on the Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine Global Health Committee. She has previously received the Clinical and Translational Science Institute KL2 Mentored Career Development Award through the GW-CNMC partnership with NIH and currently on a K23 Career Mentored Development Award from NHLBI. She has a specific clinic for Pregnancy and Hematology issues at GW. She also has other grant funded research from the FDA and Gates foundation as well as serves as the Medical Monitor for the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Unit Network.

Dr Ahmadzia’s clinical areas of interest include prenatal diagnosis, ultrasonography, management of high risk pregnancies, bleeding disorders and thrombophilias, preconception counseling and infectious diseases. She enjoys taking care of women during pregnancy and hopes to improve perinatal outcomes for women in the US and abroad through her clinical and research interests.

Present Position and Address Head of the Division of Acute Cardiology Deputy Head of Department for the Research Cardiology Department Cardiocenter Third Faculty of Medicine, Charles University University Hospital Kralovské Vinohrady Prague, Czech Republic Post Graduate Degrees Appointed as Professor of Internal Medicine at the Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic European Society of Cardiology Activities Councilor of the ESC Board 2018-2020 Member of Working group on Thrombosis Member of Acute Cardiovascular Care Association National coordinator of the ACS-STEMI Registry EORP Fellowships / Honours Fellow of European Society of Cardiology (since 2007) Award given by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of Czech Republic for extraordinary results in research, experimental development and innovation – awarded in the year 2015 Major Research Interest Acute coronary syndromes Acute cardiac care Antithrombotic therapy Cardiovascular disease in women Cardiogenic shock Major Scientific Activities Principal investigator (design, leadership, coordination): Multicenter randomized PRAGUE 8 study Multicenter randomized PRAGUE 18 study Multicenter double-blind randomized DAPT-SCHOCK-AMI (PRAGUE 23) study (ongoing)