UChicago Medicine Faculty Physicians
Zaid Aziz, MD
Zaid Aziz, MD
UChicago Medicine Faculty Physicians
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Specialties
- Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Cardiology (Heart Care)
Locations
- Chicago - Hyde Park
- Flossmoor
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Zaid Aziz, MD, is a cardiologist specializing in cardiac electrophysiology (EP) and provides care for patients with cardiac conditions such as heart failure and cardiac rhythm abnormalities (arrhythmias). Dr. Aziz treats a wide range of arrhythmia-related disorders and performs catheter ablation for supraventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, ventricular tachycardia and more. He also has expertise in cardiac device management for patients with pacemakers, defibrillators, cardiac resynchronization therapies and left atrial appendage closure devices.
Along with his electrophysiology practice, Dr. Aziz is interested in investigating new therapies for patients with heart rhythm disorders. His research focuses on innovating complex arrhythmia treatments, including developing novel approaches to atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia ablations. Dr. Aziz is currently investigating the use of high-density, 3D anatomical mapping techniques to improve ablation outcomes. His work has been published in journals such as Circulation, Heart Rhythm, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, American Journal of Cardiology, Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology and JACC Clinical Electrophysiology. He was recently appointed to the editorial board for the Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology.
In addition to being committed to delivering high quality care to his patients, Dr. Aziz is passionate about educating cardiac fellows. As the director of UChicago Medicine’s clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellowship program, he mentors advanced EP fellows as they learn procedural skills, arrhythmia management, risk assessment and sudden cardiac death prevention. He also serves on national EP fellowship educational advisory committees to improve training for fellows. His dedication to advancing EP education is one of the many reasons Dr. Aziz received the Rory R. Childers Cardiology Teaching Award, the cardiology section's fellow's teaching honor.
Along with his electrophysiology practice, Dr. Aziz is interested in investigating new therapies for patients with heart rhythm disorders. His research focuses on innovating complex arrhythmia treatments, including developing novel approaches to atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia ablations. Dr. Aziz is currently investigating the use of high-density, 3D anatomical mapping techniques to improve ablation outcomes. His work has been published in journals such as Circulation, Heart Rhythm, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, American Journal of Cardiology, Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology and JACC Clinical Electrophysiology. He was recently appointed to the editorial board for the Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology.
In addition to being committed to delivering high quality care to his patients, Dr. Aziz is passionate about educating cardiac fellows. As the director of UChicago Medicine’s clinical cardiac electrophysiology fellowship program, he mentors advanced EP fellows as they learn procedural skills, arrhythmia management, risk assessment and sudden cardiac death prevention. He also serves on national EP fellowship educational advisory committees to improve training for fellows. His dedication to advancing EP education is one of the many reasons Dr. Aziz received the Rory R. Childers Cardiology Teaching Award, the cardiology section's fellow's teaching honor.
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Board Certifications
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
Languages Spoken
- English
Medical Education
- Rush Medical College at Rush University
Internship
- Rush University Medical Center
Residency
- Rush University Medical College
Fellowship
- Ascension St. Vincent Hospital; Saint Louis University School of Medicine; University of Chicago Medicine
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.