Kamrouz Ghadimi | Scholars@Duke

Kamrouz Ghadimi
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Specialty Certifications & Education: Kamrouz (Kam) Ghadimi, M.D. is a Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist and Intensive Care Physician at Duke University Medical Center with board specialty certifications in Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Advanced Perioperative Echocardiography. He is a medical school graduate of Boston University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts, completed his surgical internship at the University of California Irvine Medical Center, and completed residency training in Anesthesiology at the Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Before coming to Duke University, Dr.Ghadimi completed a two-year advanced fellowship in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. During his fellowship, he was selected by faculty and peers to receive the prestigious Joel A. Kaplan, MD Award for Outstanding Fellow.

Clinical Practice: His expertise spans across the operating room and cardiothoracic surgical ICU settings, including care of the patient with mechanical circulatory support devices such as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and ventricular assist devices (VAD).

Research Interests: Dr. Ghadimi's research involves the optimization of perioperative outcomes, acquired disorders of bleeding related to surgery, and the critical care of patients undergoing transplantation. He is the recipient of several research grants establishing new perioperative care guidelines, developing novel therapeutic strategies to prevent adverse perioperative bleeding events, and optimizing end-organ function through pulmonary vasodilation. He has published several textbook chapters and written multiple peer-reviewed articles, which have been cited in high-impact factor journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation, and Nature Reviews.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic, Anesthesiology 2014

Contact Information

kamrouz.ghadimi@duke.edu

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Clinical and Research Fellowship in Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 2013 - 2014
- Clinical and Research Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 2012 - 2013
- Residency, Anesthesiology, Western Pennsylvania Hospital 2009 - 2011
- Residency, Urologic Surgery, University of California at Irvine 2007 - 2008
- Internship, Surgery, University of California at Irvine 2006 - 2007
- M.D., Boston University 2006
Research
Selected Grants
- LEX-209 Octapharma awarded by Octapharma AG 2017 - 2020
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Journal Articles
  - McCartney, SL, Duce, L, & Ghadimi, K. (2018, February). Intraoperative vasoplegia: methylene blue to the rescue!. Current opinion in anaesthesiology , 31 (1), 43-49. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Rao, V, Ghadimi, K, Keeyapaj, W, Parsons, CA, & Cheung, AT. (2017, December 13). Inhaled Nitric Oxide (iNO) and Inhaled Epoprostenol (iPGI2) Use in Cardiothoracic Surgical Patients: Is there Sufficient Evidence for Evidence-Based Recommendations?. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia . (Review) Full Text
  - Evans, AS, Weiner, M, Patel, PA, Baron, EL, Gutsche, JT, Jayaraman, A, Renew, JR, Martin, AK, Fritz, AV, Gordon, EK, Riha, H, Patel, S, Ghadimi, K, Guelaff, E, Feinman, JW, Dashell, J, Munroe, R, Lauter, D, Weiss, SJ, Silvay, G, Augoustides, JG, & Ramakrishna, H. (2017, October 14). The Year in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: Selected Highlights From 2017. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia . Full Text
  - Karhausen, JA, Smeltz, AM, Akushevich, I, Cooter, M, Podgoreanu, MV, Stafford-Smith, M, Martinelli, SM, Fontes, ML, & Kertai, MD. (2017, October). Platelet Counts and Postoperative Stroke After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery. Anesthesia and analgesia , 125 (4), 1129-1139. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Levy, JH, Ghadimi, K, Quinones, QJ, Bartz, RR, & Welsby, I. (2017, October). Adjuncts to Blood Component Therapies for the Treatment of Bleeding in the Intensive Care Unit. Transfusion medicine reviews , 31 (4), 258-263. (Review) Full Text
  - Ghadimi, K, Quiñones, QJ, & Karhausen, JA. (2017, August). Identifying Predictors of Gastrointestinal Complications After Cardiovascular Surgery: How Do We Digest the Data?. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia , 31 (4), 1275-1277. Full Text
  - Teeter, EG, Dakik, C, Cooter, M, Samad, Z, Ghadimi, K, Harrison, JK, Gaca, J, Stafford-Smith, M, & Bottiger, BA. (2017, August). Assessment of Paravalvular Leak After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Transesophageal Echocardiography Compared With Transthoracic Echocardiography. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia , 31 (4), 1278-1284. Full Text
  - Patel, PA, Bavaria, JE, Ghadimi, K, Gutsche, JT, Vallabhajosyula, P, Ko, HA, Desai, ND, Mackay, E, Weiss, SJ, & Augoustides, JGT. (2017, June 7). Aortic Regurgitation in Acute Type-A Aortic Dissection: A Clinical Classification for the Perioperative Echocardiographer in the Era of the Functional Aortic Annulus. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia . (Review) Full Text
  - Patel, PA, Ghadimi, K, Coetzee, E, Myburgh, A, Swanevelder, J, Gutsche, JT, & Augoustides, JGT. (2017, June). Incidental Cold Agglutinins in Cardiac Surgery: Intraoperative Surprises and Team-Based Problem-Solving Strategies During Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia , 31 (3), 1109-1118. Full Text
  - Ghadimi, K, & Welsby, IJ. (2017, May 29). Pro: Factor Concentrates are Essential for Hemostasis in Complex Cardiac Surgery. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia . Full Text
  - Gutsche, JT, Ghadimi, K, Augoustides, JGT, Evans, A, Ko, H, Weiner, M, Raiten, J, Lane-Fall, M, Gordon, E, Atluri, P, Milewski, R, Horak, J, Patel, P, & Ramakrishna, H. (2017, April). The Year in Cardiothoracic Critical Care: Selected Highlights From 2016. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia , 31 (2), 399-406. (Review) Full Text
  - Ramakrishna, H, Gutsche, JT, Patel, PA, Evans, AS, Weiner, M, Morozowich, ST, Gordon, EK, Riha, H, Bracker, J, Ghadimi, K, Murphy, S, Spitz, W, MacKay, E, Cios, TJ, Malhotra, AK, Baron, E, Shaefi, S, Fassl, J, Weiss, SJ, Silvay, G, & Augoustides, JGT. (2017, February). The Year in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: Selected Highlights From 2016. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia , 31 (1), 1-13. (Review) Full Text
  - Ghadimi, K, Levy, JH, & Welsby, IJ. (2016, December). Perioperative management of the bleeding patient. British journal of anaesthesia , 117 (suppl 3), iii18-iii30. Full Text
  - MacKnight, BM, Maldonado, Y, Augoustides, JG, Cardenas, RA, Patel, PA, Ghadimi, K, Gutsche, JT, & Ramakrishna, H. (2016, August). Advances in Imaging for the Management of Acute Aortic Syndromes: Focus on Transesophageal Echocardiography and Type-A Aortic Dissection for the Perioperative Echocardiographer. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia , 30 (4), 1129-1141. (Review) Full Text
  - Ghadimi, K, Gutsche, JT, Ramakrishna, H, Setegne, SL, Jackson, KR, Augoustides, JG, Ochroch, EA, Weiss, SJ, Bavaria, JE, & Cheung, AT. (2016, July). Sodium bicarbonate use and the risk of hypernatremia in thoracic aortic surgical patients with metabolic acidosis following deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. Annals of cardiac anaesthesia , 19 (3), 454-462. Full Text
  - Ghadimi, K, & Welsby, IJ. (2016, June). New reversal agent for factor Xa inhibitors shows promise. Evidence-based medicine , 21 (3), 96-. Full Text
  - Lohrmann, GM, Atwal, D, Augoustides, JG, Askar, W, Patel, PA, Ghadimi, K, Makar, G, Gutsche, JT, Shamoun, FE, & Ramakrishna, H. (2016, June). Reversal Agents for the New Generation of Oral Anticoagulants: Implications for the Perioperative Physician. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia , 30 (3), 823-830. (Review) Full Text
  - Kertai, MD, Ji, Y, Li, Y-J, Mathew, JP, Daubert, JP, Podgoreanu, MV, & PEGASUS Investigative Team, . (2016, April). Interleukin-1β gene variants are associated with QTc interval prolongation following cardiac surgery: a prospective observational study. Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie , 63 (4), 397-410. Full Text
  - Ramakrishna, H, Gutsche, JT, Evans, AS, Patel, PA, Weiner, M, Morozowich, ST, Gordon, EK, Riha, H, Shah, R, Ghadimi, K, Zhou, E, Fernadno, R, Yoon, J, Wakim, M, Atchley, L, Weiss, SJ, Stein, E, Silvay, G, & Augoustides, JGT. (2016, January). The Year in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: Selected Highlights From 2015. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia , 30 (1), 1-9. (Review) Full Text
  - Ghadimi, K, Gutsche, JT, Setegne, SL, Jackson, KR, Augoustides, JGT, Ochroch, EA, Bavaria, JE, & Cheung, AT. (2015, December). Severity and Duration of Metabolic Acidosis After Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest for Thoracic Aortic Surgery. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia , 29 (6), 1432-1440. Full Text
  - Ghadimi, K, & Thompson, A. (2015, June). Update on perioperative care of the cardiac patient for noncardiac surgery. Current opinion in anaesthesiology , 28 (3), 342-348. (Review) Full Text
  - Gutsche, JT, Patel, PA, Cobey, FC, Ramakrishna, H, Gordon, EK, Riha, H, Sophocles, A, Ghadimi, K, Fabbro, M, Al-Ghofaily, L, Chern, S-YS, Cisler, S, Sahota, GS, Valentine, E, Weiss, SJ, Andritsos, M, Silvay, G, & Augoustides, JGT. (2015, February). The year in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: selected highlights from 2014. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia , 29 (1), 1-7. (Review) Full Text
  - Patel, PA, Gutsche, JT, Vernick, WJ, Giri, JS, Ghadimi, K, Weiss, SJ, Jagasia, DH, Bavaria, JE, & Augoustides, JGT. (2015, February). The functional aortic annulus in the 3D era: focus on transcatheter aortic valve replacement for the perioperative echocardiographer. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia , 29 (1), 240-245. (Review) Full Text
  - Raiten, JM, Ghadimi, K, Augoustides, JGT, Ramakrishna, H, Patel, PA, Weiss, SJ, & Gutsche, JT. (2015, January). Atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: clinical update on mechanisms and prophylactic strategies. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia , 29 (3), 806-816. (Review) Full Text
  - Gutsche, JT, Erickson, L, Ghadimi, K, Augoustides, JG, Dimartino, J, Szeto, WY, & Ochroch, EA. (2014, December). Advancing extubation time for cardiac surgery patients using lean work design. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia , 28 (6), 1490-1496. Full Text
  - Ghadimi, K, Vernick, WJ, Horak, J, Gutsche, JT, Hanif, H, Tagarakis, GI, Whitlock, RP, & Augoustides, JG. (2014, October). CASE 12--2014. Inferior vena cava compression by retroperitoneal hematoma during cardiopulmonary bypass. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia , 28 (5), 1403-1409. Full Text
  - Gutsche, JT, Ghadimi, K, Patel, PA, Robinson, AR, Lane, BJ, Szeto, WY, & Augoustides, JGT. (2014, August). New frontiers in aortic therapy: focus on deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia , 28 (4), 1159-1163. (Review) Full Text
  - Ramakrishna, H, Ghadimi, K, & Augoustides, JGT. (2014, February). Incidental moderate mitral regurgitation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: update on guidelines and key randomized trials. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia , 28 (1), 189-193. (Review) Full Text
  - Ramakrishna, H, Kohl, BA, Gutsche, JT, Fassl, J, Patel, PA, Riha, H, Ghadimi, K, Vernick, WJ, Andritsos, M, Silvay, G, & Augoustides, JGT. (2014, February). The year in cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia: selected highlights from 2013. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia , 28 (1), 1-7. (Review) Full Text
  - Gutsche, JT, Feinman, J, Silvay, G, Patel, PP, Ghadimi, K, Landoni, G, Yue, Y, & Augoustides, JGT. (2014, January). Practice variations in the conduct of hypothermic circulatory arrest for adult aortic arch repair: focus on an emerging European paradigm. Heart, lung and vessels , 6 (1), 43-51.
  - Gutsche, JT, Ghadimi, K, Patel, PA, Robinson, AR, Lane, BJ, Szeto, WY, & Augoustides, JGT. (2014). New frontiers in aortic therapy: Focus on deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia , 28 (4), 1171-1175. Full Text
  - Gutsche, JT, Riha, H, Patel, P, Sahota, GS, Valentine, E, Ghadimi, K, Silvay, G, & Augoustides, JGT. (2014, January). Major themes for 2013 in cardiothoracic and vascular anaesthesia and intensive care. Heart, lung and vessels , 6 (2), 79-87.
  - Ghadimi, K, Patel, PA, Gutsche, JT, Sophocles, A, Anwaruddin, S, Szeto, WY, & Augoustides, JGT. (2013, December). Perioperative conduction disturbances after transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia , 27 (6), 1414-1420. (Review) Full Text
  - Ramakrishna, H, Reidy, C, Riha, H, Sophocles, A, Lane, BJ, Patel, PA, Andritsos, M, Ghadimi, K, & Augoustides, JGT. (2013, February). The year in cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia: selected highlights from 2012. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia , 27 (1), 86-91. (Review) Full Text
  - Reidy, C, Sophocles, A, Ramakrishna, H, Ghadimi, K, Patel, PA, & Augoustides, JGT. (2013, February). Challenges after the first decade of transcatheter aortic valve replacement: focus on vascular complications, stroke, and paravalvular leak. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia , 27 (1), 184-189. (Review) Full Text
  - Augoustides, JGT, Patel, P, Ghadimi, K, Choi, J, Yue, Y, & Silvay, G. (2013, January). Current conduct of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in China. HSR proceedings in intensive care & cardiovascular anesthesia , 5 (1), 25-32.
  - Ghadimi, K, Gosalia, AR, & Troianos, CA. (2011, November). Echo rounds: Intraoperative delineation of mitral annuloplasty dehiscence using three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography. Anesthesia and analgesia , 113 (5), 1013-1015. Full Text
  - Ghadimi, K, Welsby, IJ, Levy, JH, & Dombrowski, KE. Andexanet alfa for the reversal of Factor Xa inhibitor related anticoagulation. Full Text
- Other Articles
  - Ghadimi, K, Levy, JH, & Welsby, IJ. (2016, May). Prothrombin Complex Concentrates for Bleeding in the Perioperative Setting. Anesthesia and analgesia , 122 (5), 1287-1300. (Review) Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Ghadimi, K, Dombrowski, KE, Levy, JH, & Welsby, IJ. (2016, January). Andexanet alfa for the reversal of Factor Xa inhibitor related anticoagulation. Expert review of hematology , 9 (2), 115-122. (Review) Full Text

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Education, Training, & Certifications

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Journal Articles

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