Doctor's Bio
Dr. Jalal K. Ghali is board-certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular medicine. As principal investigator, Dr. Ghali has conducted over 200 clinical trials predominantly in heart failure and has contributed to the medical literature more than 200 publications, predominantly in the field of heart failure. He has been serving on the editorial board of several prominent journals such as the American Heart Journal, the European Journal of Heart Failure, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology Heart Failure, and the American Journal of Cardiology. He has served as a member of several steering committees, adjudication committees, and data and safety monitoring boards in various heart failure trials. He has served as Chief of Cardiology at DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital in Detroit and Mercer University in Macon.
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Affiliations
Morehouse
Education & Training
- Medical School: ECFMG - Educational Commission For Foreign Medical Graduates
- Internship: Cook County Hospital
- Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Fellowships
Mount Sinai Hospital
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Lorundrostat in Participants With Uncontrolled Hypertension and Treatment-Resistant Hypertension: The Launch-HTN Randomized Clinical Trial.
Saxena M, Laffin L, Borghi C, Fernandez Fernandez B, Ghali JK, Kopjar B, Polu K, Roger SD, Slingsby BT, Strutz F, Vogt L, Weir MR, Rodman D,
JAMA. 2025;334(5):409-418.
PMID: 40587141 - Abdominal Compared With Coronary Artery Calcification and Incident Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Black Adults.
Abe TA, Yan F, Olanipekun T, Blaha M, Effoe V, Udongwo N, Mentz RJ, Oshunbade A, Terry JG, Ghali JK, Yimer WK, Kamanu C, Onuorah I, Hall M, Onwuanyi A, Correa A, Echols M
Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging. 2024;17(12):e016775.
PMID: 39601135 - COVID-19 Prevention and Mitigation Decision-Making Processes While Navigating Chronic Disease Care: Perspectives of Black Adults with Heart Failure and Diabetes.
Johnson LCM, Josiah Willock R, Simmons S, Moyd S, Geiger D, Ghali JK, Quarells RC
Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities. 2025;12(1):181-190.
PMID: 38702490 - Novel pharmacotherapeutic options for the treatment of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.
Lyonga Ngonge A, Nyange C, Ghali JK
Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy. 2024;25(2):181-188.
PMID: 38465412 - Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Improved Stroke Risk Assessment in Hypertensive Black Adults.
Abe TA, Olanipekun T, Yan F, Effoe V, Udongwo N, Oshunbade A, Thomas V, Onuorah I, Terry JG, Yimer WK, Ghali JK, Correa A, Onwuanyi A, Michos ED, Benjamin EJ, Echols M
American journal of hypertension. 2024;37(4):290-297.
PMID: 38236147 - Trends and Outcomes of ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Among Young Women in the United States.
Abe T, Olanipekun T, Adedinsewo D, Ogunmoroti O, Udongwo N, Effoe V, Rice B, Onuorah I, Ghali JK, Mehta PK, Michos ED
Journal of the American Heart Association. 2023;12(5):e026811.
PMID: 36847058 - Contemporary Pharmacologic Management of Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Review.
Egbuche O, Hanna B, Onuorah I, Uko E, Taha Y, Ghali JK, Onwuanyi A
Current cardiology reviews. 2020;16(1):55-64.
PMID: 31288726 - Norepinephrine Versus Epinephrine in Cardiogenic Shock After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Do We Have an Answer?
Effoe VS, Ghali JK
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2018;72(19):2412.
PMID: 30384900 - Early Recognition of Heart Failure: A Call for Action.
Ghali JK
Journal of cardiac failure. 2018;24(5):310-312.
PMID: 29597049 - Circulating T-Cell Subsets, Monocytes, and Natural Killer Cells in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Results From the Multicenter IPAC Study.
McTiernan CF, Morel P, Cooper LT, Rajagopalan N, Thohan V, Zucker M, Boehmer J, Bozkurt B, Mather P, Thornton J, Ghali JK, Hanley-Yanez K, Fett J, Halder I, McNamara DM,
Journal of cardiac failure. 2018;24(1):33-42.
PMID: 29079307
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