Matthew Whitlock

The Stanford South Asian Translational Heart Initiative, located in Portola Valley, California, is dedicated to addressing the heightened risk of heart and vascular diseases among South Asians from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, and Sri Lanka. Through targeted treatment plans and comprehensive evaluations, the initiative aims to enhance understanding of risk factors and promote heart-healthy lifestyles within this population. In addition to offering specialized cardiology services, the initiative provides lifestyle advice, dietary counseling, and educational resources tailored to South Asians. Patients benefit from a multidisciplinary approach that includes access to specialists, genetic counseling, and participation in active clinical trials, ensuring coordinated and quality care. Generated from the website

Dr. Fahim Abbasi specializes in diagnosis and treatment of prediabetes and insulin resistance. Dr. Abbasi has a special interest in prevention of diabetes and cardiovascular disease through lifestyle modifications.

Eleanor Levin completed her undergraduate degree at Stanford, Phi Beta Kappa in Human Biology with Distinction, and her MD at UCSF as a Phi Beta Kappa Scholar. Her first internship was at Children's Hospital of San Francisco in pediatrics and her second at the Cleveland Clinic in internal medicine. She completed internal medicine training at Georgetown University and cardiology fellowship at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. At GW she undertook an advanced fellowship in echocardiography and lipids following her general cardiology fellowship. After fellowship training, Dr. Levin joined the GW faculty as an assistant professor of medicine in the Lipid Research Clinic.