Ahmed A Tawakol, MD

Ahmed A Tawakol, MD

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4.901754 average rating from 57 patient reviews

Specialties

Affiliation

Mass General Brigham

Provider Locations

  • Waltham, MA

Dr Tawakol graduated from Stanford Medical School and did his Medical Residency and Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He subsequently completed training in Nuclear Cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, after which he joined the Cardiology Division staff. His clinical focus is in nuclear cardiology and general cardiology, with a special focus on the identification of patients at highest risk for atherothrombotic event.

Dr Tawakol's research interest is in imaging of atherosclerosis. His work has focused on developing novel diagnostic approaches and novel treatment strategies for atherosclerosis. To that end, Dr Tawakol has developed and validated molecular methods to characterize atherosclerotic plaques, and has made seminal observations validating the use of FDG-PET imaging for the measurement of atherosclerotic plaque inflammation. Currently, he is leading several multi-center trials to evaluate interventions targeting plaque inflammation and is evaluating the potential clinical role of vascular PET imaging for improving the identification of patients at highest risk for atherothrombotic events.

Education & Training

  • Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital, Nuclear Cardiology, 2000
  • Fellowship: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Vascular Medicine, 1999
  • Fellowship: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Cardiology, 1998
  • Residency: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Internal Medicine, 1995
  • Internship: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Internal Medicine, 1993
  • Medical Education: Stanford University School of Medicine, 1992

Board Certifications

  • Nuclear Cardiology, Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology (CBNC)
  • Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine

Languages Spoken

  • English

Age Group Treated

  • Adults

Patient Feedback

4.901754 average rating from 57 reviews

  • MGH has great staff - I've been treated many times by your staff and have always felt that I had the right treatment.

    2026-07-29

  • Excellent experience.

    2026-07-23

  • Dr. Tawakol is great. He is patient, respectful, knowledgeable and explains things in a way that is clear and that I can easily understand.

    2026-07-20

  • Dr. Tawakol is one of the best doctors I've ever seen because he speaks to me with respect, shows true compassion and never talks down to me. He takes time, is patient and makes me at ease with what's going on with my health status.

    2026-07-15

  • Prompt, thorough, professional, knowledgeable, and committed to my comfort in understanding the procedure. All were patient and kind

    2026-07-13

  • I found this doctor to absolutely be the most wonderful person ever. He just treated me, he called me his, well, I'm forgetting the blank, I'm blanking on the, what do you call me, I guess his, his, one of the best he'd ever heard. And that made me feel so good. He called me, that's I'm blanking on the, what did he call me, his, anyway, it just, it was such a great thing. I should have written it down, obviously, but my memory keeps blanking on me, but it was a really wonderful experience. And my son was there to hear it. And I tell you, the two of us really, really were very genuinely pleased and happy that he was my doctor. So I give him all pluses, all pluses on this one. It's just great.

    2026-06-26

  • The doctor explained my health condition problems and suggested remedial actions in easily understandable language.

    2026-06-20

  • Wonderful doctor and nice office staff

    2026-06-18

  • Dr Tawakol & [redacted] NPA are outstanding.

    2026-05-14

  • He has been following the progress of my heart since I got the surgery! Good

    2026-05-13

  • Very helpful and very concerned about giving the best medical care possible

    2026-05-12

  • Dr. Ahmed Tawakol is absolutely amazing. He is deeply knowledgeable, highly skilled, compassionate, and consistently acts with the highest integrity. Deeply grateful for all he does.

    2026-04-21

  • Dr Tawakol is extremely knowledgeable and thorough. A great doctor who takes his time with patient history and exam.

    2026-04-28

  • very good provider

    2026-04-16

  • Excellent care

    2026-04-15

  • Everything was on time and great experience. The Dr. Was very clear and knowledgeable

    2026-04-15

  • Love the doctor who explains exactly with layman's terms

    2026-04-13

  • He is an excellent cardiologist! And he is great person!

    2026-04-02

  • Dr. Tawakol is a wonderful, brilliant physician. He explains everything explicitly and always leaves me with a plan going forward. I feel very fortunate to have him as my cardiologist.

    2026-03-30

  • everything went very well

    2026-03-30

  • Dr. Tawakol provided excellent advice that was easy to understand and will help me achieve my goal for better health. Thank you Dr. Tawakol. [redacted]

    2026-01-29

  • Dr. Tawakol is always caring and encouraging. He takes the time to fully understand my concerns and to thoroughly explain my medical situation. He always goes the extra mile.

    2026-01-25

  • I felt well taken care of. He was concerned and I was reassured.

    2026-01-22

  • Very satisfied.

    2026-01-21

  • Dr. Tawakol is one of the best cardiologists I have visited. He is really concerned about my heart health and has given me many professionally good advice, from which I benefit a lot.

    2026-01-18

  • I respect Dr Tawakol. He does a great job. Would recommend him to others

    2026-01-14

  • Dr. Ahmed Tawakol is absolutely fabulous, absolutely wonderful. He's given my mother incredibly good care over many years, consistently, absolutely the best. And we thank him for all his caring and all his work, all his knowledge, and all his dedication. He's absolutely amazing. We appreciate him very much.

    2025-12-28

  • excelent

    2025-12-09

  • Dr Tawakol is a great listener. He explains his rationale for the medications prescribed and lifestyle advice. He thoroughly explains his plan of care in a thoughtful manner. Professional, kind, intelligent!

    2025-10-22

  • I believe the doctor was extremely patient, very informative, was receptive to any questions I had. I could not have been happier in my experience with this doctor, period.

    2025-10-22

  • MassGen has great staff and great facilities - I spent over 30 years working in lesser developed countries and I know how bad medical treatment can be, so rating MGH is a piece of cake

    2025-10-16

  • Dr Tawakol is superb. Thoughtful, caring, clear, and exceptionally skilled.

    2025-09-25

Accepted Insurance

  • Tufts Medicare Preferred
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield NH
  • Wellpoint
  • Multiplan
  • Medicare ACO
  • Medicaid ME
  • Tufts Health Plan
  • Senior Whole Health
  • Cigna
  • TriCare
  • WellSense NH
  • Medicaid NH
  • MassHealth
  • Commonwealth Care Alliance
  • Maine Community Health Options
  • Aetna
  • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
  • United Health Care
  • Beech Street
  • Mass General Brigham Health Plan
  • Fallon Health
  • Coventry
  • Medicaid CT
  • Medicare
  • Railroad Medicare
  • Medicaid RI
  • WellSense
  • Humana
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
  • Medicaid VT