Sohail Jalal, M.D.

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

• Memorial Herman Hospital System – Memorial City Hospital, Southwest Hospital, Hermann Hospital, Northwest, Katy Hospital

• Methodist Hospital System – Sugarland Hospital, West Houston Hospital, Willowbrook Hospital

• West Houston Medical Center

• Christus St. Catherine's Hospital

• North Cypress Medical Center

• Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center

EDUCATION

• House Physician May Hospital. Lahore, Pakistan

• House Surgeon May Hospital. Lahore, Pakistan

• Internship in Internal Medicine. Cook County Hospital. Chicago, Illinois

• Residency in Internal Medicine. University of Missouri Affiliated Hospitals. Kansas City, Missouri

• Fellowship in Cardiology/Electrophysiology. University of Colorado Health Science Center. Denver, Colorado

• Fellowship electrophysiology. Case Western University. Cleveland, OH

CERTIFICATIONS

• American Board of Internal Medicine

• American Board of Cardiovascular Diseases

• American Board of Clinical Electrophysiology

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION

• American Heart Association

• Houston Electrophysiology Society

• Harris County Medical Society

• American Medical Association

• Texas Medical Association

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Teaching rounds in Cardiology Inpatient and Consult Services  
  Introduction to Clinical Medicine Lecturer

• ECG Internship

• Cardiology/Fellows Core Lecture

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Columbia West Houston Medical Center. 1996 – 1997. Director – Interventional Electrophysiology Lab

• Hermann Hospital. 1995 – 1996. Director – Electrophysiology Lab
  

  PRESENTATIONS
  Combination Quinidine Mexiletine Therapy Does Not Suppress Ventricular Tachycardia Induction When IV Procainamide First Fails. 64th Sci Sessions, American Heart Association, November 11, 1991, Anaheim, Ca.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Jalal Sohail, Reiter MJ, Easley A, Williams G. Effects of Acute Ventricular Dilation on Ventricular Fibrillation Threshold in Isolated Rabbit Hearts. Amer J. Physiol: Heart and Circul Physiol, 1992, Vol 263, pages H 1306-H 131 O.

2. Naccarelli GV, Dougherty AH, Jalal S, Shih HT. Antiarrhythmic treatment of patient with left ventricular dysfunction. New Trends in Arrhythmia 1991; 7:321-336.

3. Naccarelli GV, Dougherty AH, Jalal S, Shih HT, Wolbrette O, Wiggins S, Gilman J.The cardiac arrhythmia suppression trial CAST: Its effect on antiarrhythmic development and prescribing habits of physicians.. Hosp Form.

4. Naccarelli GV, Dougherty AH, Jalal S, Shih H.T. Types 1A antiarrhythmic agents in the post-CAST era. Hosp Form.

5. Jalal Sohail, Naccarelli GV, Dougherty AH, Shih HT.  Is electrophysiologic testing necessary for risk stratification of the post MI patient?  JMI.

6. Jalal Sohail, Naccarelli GV, Dougherty AH, Shih HT. Ecaninide: An Update post-CAST. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiology.

7. Shih HT, Drtil A, Jalal Sohail, Dougherty AH, Wolbrette O, Naccarelli GV. Atrioventricular block with prolonged H.A interval and cycle length during slow-fast atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia: Evidence for  His bundle as the distal insertion site of the slow pathway. Circulation 90:8.215, 1994.

8. Wolbrette O, Naccarelli GV, Dougherty AH, Shih HT, Jalal Sohail, Drtil A., Beveridge T, Montgomery B, Patock T, Worldwide Jewel Investigators.Pectoral versus abdominal ICD implant-Is there a difference in patient morbidity?
    PACE 18: 1780; 1995.

9. Naccarelli GV, Dougherty AH, Jalal S, Shih HT, Wolbrette D. Paroxysmal supraventircular tachycardia: Compartive role of therapeutic methods-drugs, devices and ablation. In Interventional Electrophysiology: A Textbook. Saksena S. luderitz B. (Editors), Futura Publishing Co., Inc. Armonk, N.Y., 1995, pp 381-390.

10. Jalal S, Naccarelli GV, Dougherty AH, Shih, HT. Role of electrophysiologic testing after MI J Myocardial Ischemia 6:30-40, 1994.

11. Jalal S. Naccarelli GV, Wolbrette O, Dougherty AH. Maintaining sinus rhythm after atrial fibrillation. Choices in Cardiology, 1993; 7(12): 386.389

12. Naccarelli GV, Dougherty AH, Wolbrette O, Jalal S, Shih HT. Advances in implantable cardioverter defibrillators. In: Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Philadelphia, J.B, Lippincott Co., 1994.

13. Naccarelli GV, Shih HT, Jalal S. Sinus node reentry and atrial tachycardias. In: From Cell to Bedside. Zipes DP, Jalife J. (Eds). W. B. Saunders Co., Philelphia, 1995, pages 607-61

OTHER PROJECTS AND WORKS IN PROGRESS
1. Medtronics Subcutaneous Versus Submuscular Pectoral ICD  Implantation Defibrillation Threshold Determination. 08/01/1996 – 12/01/1997.

2. Evaluation of Efficacy of the Coprdis Webster Diagnostic /Ablation Themocouple Catheter for Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation. 5/31/1997 to 09/30/1997.

3. Medtronic Radiofrequency Ablation Catheters: Performer Learning Curve Study. 07/01/1996 to 10/05/1996.

4. Medtronical Model Number 6945 RV-SVC ICD Lead Study. 11/28/1997 to 03/03/1998

5. The Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure (SCD-HeFT) Trial. 09/16/1999 to present.

6. St. Jude ICD Study: Effects of High Voltage Shocks on Morphology Discrimination Using a Dedicated Bipolar Lead. 04/10/2000 to present.

7. St. Jude ICD Study: The Effect of Sensing Configurations on Morphology Discrimination Performance. 4/10/2000 to present.

8. Biotronik Phylax A V Clinical Investigation Study. 01/31/2000 to present.

9. Medtronic Model 6944 RV-SVC lead Study. 02/01/99 to present.