APCNA Executive Team

APCNA Executive Team

Syed Arman Raza, FACC President

Dr. S. Arman Raza graduated from Dow Medical College in 2001 and pursued an
Internal Medicine residency at Michigan State University followed by a General
Cardiology and Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth
University in Richmond, VA. Dr Raza has been in private practice in Houston, TX, and
is a managing partner of a mid-sized cardiology group. In addition to his clinical practice,
he serves as Core Faculty for the Internal Medicine residency program at the University
of Houston/HCA Houston-Kingwood. He holds a Clinical Associate Professor title at
the University of Houston as well.

Danyal Khan, MD, FACC Secretary

Dr. Danyal Khan graduated from Aga Khan University Medical College in 1993.
He completed his Pediatric Residency at Penn State Univ Hershey Medical College
in 1998 and his Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at Univ of Miami Jackson Memorial
Hospital in 2001. He has been practicing at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami
since then. He is board certified in Pediatric Cardiology and in Adult Congenital Heart
Disease. He has been involved with APCNA since 2003 and he has served as chairman
of APCNA committees.

Musa Khan, MD, FACC Treasurer

Dr. M. Musa Khan graduated from Dow Medical College in 1985. He went to the United
Kingdom and completed his MRCP in 1989. He then moved to the United States and did
his residency at Pen State University, Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania. He completed
his fellowship in Cardiovascular diseases and Intervention cardiology at the Baylor College
of Medicine, Methodist Hospital in Houston Texas in 1997 and joined the private practice
on Lufkin Texas. Dr Musa Khan is a clinical Assistant professor of Cardiology at The
Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He is the senior partner at the Heart Institute
of East Texas. He is the director of the Cardiac Cath Lab and Interventional Cardiology
Services at Memorial Saint Luke’s Episcopal Hospital in Lufkin Texas. He has served as the
chief of medical staff and served on various medical staff committees.

Mahawash Kassi, MD, FACC President-Elect 2024-2025

Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Clinical Expertise and Innovation Track, HM

Institute for Academic Medicine Houston Methodist Hospital. Assistant Clinical
Member, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Weill Cornell Medical College. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine,
Texas A&M University College of Medicine, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant
Cardiologist. Dr. Mahwash Kassi is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant
cardiologist at Houston Methodist Hospital. She graduated from Aga Khan University
Medical College in 2010. Completed her residency and cardiology training at Houston
Methodist Hospital and Advanced HF training at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

Dr. Khurram Moin , MD, FACC
Executive Director

Dr. Khurram Moin graduated from Dow Medical School in 1989. He did his Internal Medicine Training at WCMCNY Medical College, Valhalla, NY, and his Nuclear Med Fellowship at Univ of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
He completed a Cardiology Fellowship at the SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY. He did Advanced Cardiac ImagingFellowship Including Cardiac MRI, St Francis Medical Ctr, The Heart Ctr of Long Island, Roslyn, NY. & Interventional Cardiology Fellowship, Borgess Med Ctr, Michigan State University, Kalamazoo, MI. Currently In Private Practice, in Orlando, FL. Dr. Khurram Moin has played a major role in establishing the APCNA Cardiac supplies bank. He was APCNA president from 2014-2015

APCNA Pacemaker Project

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