Dr. Amal Mattu

Amal Mattu, MD, FAAEM, FACEP, is an emergency medicine physician with a subspecialty focus in emergency cardiology. He is a Distinguished Professor of University of Maryland-Baltimore, a Tenured Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and Vice Chair of Academic Affairs in the Department of Emergency Medicine. His clinical work centers primarily focuses on emergency cardiovascular care and advanced electrocardiography interpretation, but he also has academic interests in faculty development, risk management, and geriatric emergency care. A recognized leader in academic emergency medicine, he founded and co-directs the Emergency Cardiology Fellowship and directs the Faculty Development Fellowship and Emergency Medicine Risk Management Fellowship at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He has provided more than 3000 hours of CME via lectures, podcasts, and videocasts; and his ECGWeekly.com website trains more than 25,000 clinicians in intermediate and advanced electrocardiography. He has received more than 20 teaching commendations, including 11 national teaching awards, and is the only physician to earn the top education honors from both ACEP and AAEM. Dr. Mattu earned his MD from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, completed an Emergency Medicine residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, and completed the ACEP/Emergency Medicine Foundation Teaching Fellowship with a focus on emergency cardiology.