Waqas Malick, MD

Dr. Waqas Malick is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Malick attended medical school at New York University School of Medicine, where he served as student body president. He was elected to the Gold Humanism Honor Society and received the Alumni Association Award for significant contributions to his medical school class. He completed residency in Internal Medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. He then went on to complete cardiology fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, where he served as Chief Fellow in his final year. He then pursued further training with a research fellowship in lipoprotein metabolism and cardiovascular prevention. 

Dr. Malick’s clinical practice focuses on cardiovascular prevention and management of lipoprotein disorders, as well as general non-invasive cardiology. He is an active participant in research in cardiometabolic disease. He has served as a sub-investigator on multiple clinical trials assessing the efficacy and impact of novel lipid lowering pharmacotherapies in patients with complex and high-risk lipoprotein disorders, including the OCEAN(a) Outcomes, ARCHES-2, HORIZON-Lp(a), and other trials. His research interests include lipoprotein(a), a relatively novel lipid biomarker associated with increased cardiovascular risk. As a fellow, he was awarded the Glorney-Raisbeck Cardiovascular Research Fellowship grant to research the intersection between lipoprotein(a), inflammation, and coronary atherosclerosis. Dr. Malick has been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of American College of Cardiology and Journal of Clinical Lipidology. In his free time, Dr. Malick enjoys spending time with family, reading, cooking, and training for triathlons and other endurance sports, as these interests intersect with his passion for cardiovascular prevention.