Syed Hasan, MD, FACC

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Get to know Interventional Cardiologist Dr. Syed Hasan, who serves patients in Illinois.

Dr. Hasan is a triple board-certified interventional cardiologist with Duly Health and Care, operating out of the office in Elgin, Illinois. He believes in pro­vid­ing high qual­i­ty and indi­vid­u­al­ized patient care based on a strong doc­tor-patient rela­tion­ship and the most up-to-date information.

Seeing adults, Dr. Hasan is also affiliated with Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital, Advocate Sherman Hospital, AMITA Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center Elk Grove Village, AMITA Health Saint Joseph Hospital Elgin, and AMITA Health St. Alexius Medical Center Hoffman Estates.

With clinical interests in all aspects of general and interventional cardiology, he specializes in coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and structural heart disease. He also has a special interest in atrial septal defect (ASD) and patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure, Mitr­a­Clip, VSD clo­sure, transcatheter aortic valve replacement, left atri­al appendage clo­sure,  as well as other aspects of com­plex coro­nary and struc­tur­al heart interventions.

A Chicagoland native, Dr. Hasan grew up in the western suburbs. After attending the University of Illinois College of Medicine, he completed his internal medicine residency at the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University in Chicago. He then did his general cardiology training at the University of Illinois at Chicago and his interventional cardiology training at Strong Memorial Hospital.

Board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, and interventional cardiology, he is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.

Holding fellowship status, Dr. Hasan is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) and a Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (FSCAI).

Interventional cardiology is a branch of cardiology that deals specifically with the catheter based treatment of structural heart diseases. An interventional cardiologist is a cardiologist with one to two years of additional education and training in diagnosing and treating cardiovascular disease as well as congenital (present at birth) and structural heart conditions through catheter-based procedures, such as angioplasty and stenting.

On a more personal note, Dr. Hasan is fluent in English, Urdu, and Hindi.

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