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Arif Albulushi, MD

Assistant Professor and Consultant
National Heart Center, The Royal Hospital
Bowhser, Masqat, Oman

Dr. Arif Al-Bulushi is a Consultant Cardiologist and Cardiac MRI specialist at the National Heart Center, Royal Hospital in Muscat, Oman. His clinical and research work sits at the intersection of advanced heart failure, transplant cardiology, and multimodality imaging, with a strong focus on CMR tissue characterization and quantitative imaging.

He completed his cardiology and advanced imaging training in the United States, with dedicated experience in CMR, cardiac CT, and echo, followed by fellowship training in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology. At the National Heart Center, he plays a leading role in expanding the cardiac MRI program and integrating CMR into daily clinical pathways for cardiomyopathy, myocarditis, cardio-oncology, infiltrative diseases, and pulmonary hypertension.

Dr. Al-Bulushi’s research interests include myocardial fibrosis assessment using T1/ECV mapping, right-ventricular remodeling in advanced heart failure, CMR markers in transplant patients, and the interface between invasive hemodynamics and CMR-derived physiology. He has authored more than 55 peer-reviewed publications in major journals, including JACC, Circulation: Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Diabetology, CJC Open, Current Problems in Cardiology, and JASE. His CMR-related work spans cardiomyopathies, AI-assisted imaging analysis, pulmonary vascular disease, and prognostic markers of myocardial tissue abnormalities.

He is a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology, the American College of Cardiology, and the American Society of Echocardiography. Dr. Al-Bulushi is also an active reviewer for multiple imaging and heart-failure journals and has presented his work at regional and international scientific meetings. He is committed to advancing CMR accessibility, promoting imaging-guided clinical decision-making, and developing the next generation of cardiac MRI research within the Middle East.

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