Noted Texas cardiologist, hospital founder dies at 82

Lubbock, Texas-based cardiologist Mohammad Shoukfeh, MD, died Jan. 22 at 82, according to an obituary published on Lubbock Online.

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Dr. Shoukfeh attended medical school in Syria before completing an internal medicine residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. He went on to complete a fellowship in interventional cardiology. 

Dr. Shoukfeh worked in interventional cardiology at Cardiology Associates before opening his private practice, Texas Cardiac Center, in 1999. 

He was a founder of the Lubbock Heart Hospital, where he ran the most active cardiovascular research program in Lubbock. 

After practicing in Lubbock for 44 years, Dr. Shoukfeh retired in 2020. 

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