Main Interests
In her varied travels to local communities and other states, Dr. Fergus gives lectures and participates in conferences about disease processes involving African Americans and other high risk groups. She has organized several health fairs and Women’s Expos.

Awards
Dr. Icilma Fergus attended Harlem Preparatory School where she was the Valedictorian and became the first person from this school to achieve such high scores on her SATs, whereupon she was awarded a number of scholarships and awards including a United Federation of Teachers scholarship.

In 1993, she was awarded the Davidoff Teaching award for excellence and appointed as Chief Medical Resident.

She was awarded Lang Research Center grant in 2001 for work involving measuring of mitral regurgitation and cardiac volumes in heart failure patients with 3 Dimensional Echocardiography.

National Recognition
She has appeared on numerous radio and TV talk shows including a recently repeatedly run show on Heart Disease in Women on QPTV, seen in Queens and parts of Brooklyn. She was recently quoted in a news magazine Smarthealth which is distributed to 10,000 seniors in Queens.

Recent Research and publications
Abraham, S, Suri, R, Messineo, F and Fergus, I, Advanced Heart Failure with or without Dysynchrony and response to Biventricular Pacemaker Therapy for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Agno, F, Reichert , S, Abraham, S and Fergus, I, Primary Cardiac Chondroblastic Osteosarcoma in a 40 year old male submitted to ACP August 2006.

Work in Progress, Takayshu’s Disease: A Fulminant course diagnosed at age 40

Past Publications

• Hypertension in Diastolic Heart Failure –Two patterns of LV filling and Decreased Atrial Ejection function – submitted to Journal of the American College of Cardiology


• April 2006, Right Atrial Leiomyoma extending to the RVOT: Incidental finding on routine 2D ECHO. Submission to American Journal of Cardiology


• July 2005, Leiomyomatosis:Iliac vein to Right-ventricular Outflow Tract, Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine, Vol 2, No 7


• May 2004, Fluoroscopic Balloon Guided Trans-esophageal Echocardiography in a Zencker’s Diverticulum, JASE


• 2003, A Diagnosis by Complimentary use of Transesophageal and Transthoracic Echocardiography. Echocardiography—Vol. 20, No. 5


• May, 2002, Hypertension in Heart Failure Patients with Normal LVEF is Characterized by Decreased Atrial Ejection Function and Two Distinct Patterns of Abnormal LV Filling in Addition to LVH. Accepted for presentation at the American society of Hypertension May 18, 2002. American Journal of Hypertension, Vol 15, No.4, 168A.


• Dec, 2001, Increased Left Atrial Volume is not associated with Depressed Atrial Contractile Function in Acute Diastolic Dysfunction. Submitted to American Society of Echocardiography


• 2000, What is the Relationship between Mitral Annular Size and Severity of Mitral Regurgitation in Ischemic and Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy? Journal of Cardiac Failure Vol. 6, No. 3 Suppl 2


• 1999, Is a High Pulse Pressure in Hypertension Associated with Altered Left Ventricular Structure of Function? Abstract presented at the American College of Cardiology Published in JACC


• 1998, Is the J- Shaped Curve of Hypertension Outcome Associated With Differences in Left Ventricular Structure and Function? Abstract and Symposium: The American Heart Association


• 1997, Exercise Training in Patients with Severe Congestive Heart Failure: Enhancing Peak Aerobic Capacity While Minimizing the increase in Left Ventricular Wall Stress. JACC 29 (3)


• January 1996, Quality of Life in Elderly Patients with Congestive Heart Failure: Effects of ACE Inhibitors. Drugs and Aging


• March 1995, Does Low Level Training Increase Peak Aerobic Capacity in Patients With Congestive Heart Failure? Abstract and Symposium: American College of Cardiology

Professional Affiliations/Committees
2000–2002	Hispanic Medical Association
2000-Present	American Society of Hypertension
1999-Present	American Society of Echocardiography
1996-Present	American College of Cardiology (Fellow)
1996-Present	Association of Black Cardiologists
2001-Present	Queens Clinical Society
2002-Present	National Medical Society
2002-Present	House staff Evaluation committee, NYHQ
2000-Present	Cardio Research Inc., NYHQ
2004-Present	Women Heart Advantage program
2006	Board of Directors - Association of Black Cardiologists
Education
1987	Biopsychology, Barnard College, Columbia University
1992	Down State Medical Center, SUNY - Brooklyn
Boards	Certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology