Ali Farzad, MD
Emergency medicine physician & Associate Professor. Medical education and consulting aimed at improving quality and patient care.
I am a board-certified emergency physician and medical educator based in Dallas, Texas. I completed fellowship training in cardiovascular emergencies at the University of Maryland/Shock Trauma and teach emergency medicine with a focus on cardiovascular care, including advanced ECG interpretation.
Over the past decade, I have led education programs, developed clinical pathways, and supported quality improvement and implementation efforts in a variety of settings. My goal is straightforward: teach practical skills, mentor developing clinicians, and help teams deliver safer, more consistent care.
How I Can Help
Education & Mentorship
High-yield emergency medicine and ECG education for students, residents, and faculty. Emphasis on pattern recognition, clinical reasoning, and bedside decision-making.
Clinical Leadership
Leadership experience in emergency medicine administration and quality improvement. Work includes pathway development, implementation support, and performance improvement across teams.
Medicolegal Consulting
Objective case review and peer review rooted in current emergency medicine practice and accepted standards. Support for case evaluation, written opinions, and testimony when appropriate.
Innovation & Collaboration
Clinical insights for health-tech, AI, and projects that require real-world emergency medicine perspective. I help innovators design, validate, and implement tools that enhance patient care and experience.
I have worked in clinical emergency medicine since 2010, with more than 15 years of experience in high-acuity emergency care. As core faculty and an Associate Professor, I teach medical students and residents with particular focus on cardiovascular emergencies and ECG interpretation.
My work also includes educational publishing, quality improvement, medicolegal case review, and collaboration with health-tech teams.
What I Work On
EM Cardiology & ECG Education
Honored to work with Dr. Amal Mattu and the ECGWeekly.com team on case-based emergency cardiology education. I also created ECG STAT, a bedside ECG interpretation guide and teaching platform designed to extend this approach and make high-quality ECG education easier to use in clinical practice. ECG STAT has been a long-term project of mine, built to help clinicians develop reliable pattern recognition and decision-making in acute care.
CorePendium & Academic Work
I am also honored to serve as Associate Editor for the Cardiovascular Disorders section of CorePendium, EM:RAP’s online emergency medicine textbook, and to contribute to educational work that supports how our field teaches and learns. I believe the next phase of medical education will combine strong scholarship with thoughtful digital design and responsible use of AI. The goal is simple: more usable, up-to-date references for emergency and acute care clinicians.
Quality & Clinical Administration
I collaborate with cardiology and emergency medicine teams on care pathways and system-level improvement for high-risk cardiovascular presentations seen in the emergency department. This work spans time-sensitive syndromes across acute ischemia, thromboembolism, aortic disease, atrial arrhythmias, and decompensated heart failure, with emphasis on pathway development and implementation support.
Medicolegal & Industry Consulting
I provide objective medicolegal case review and peer review, including plaintiff and defense work when appropriate. My approach emphasizes accuracy, clarity, and clinical realism. I also collaborate with technology and AI teams to integrate emergency medicine expertise into product development, with attention to clinical usefulness and workflow fit.
