Kamrouz Ghadimi | Scholars@Duke

Kamrouz Ghadimi
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Specialty Certifications & Education: Kamrouz (Kam) Ghadimi, M.D. is a Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Physician and Cardiovascular Anesthesiologist 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 at the Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Before coming to Duke University, Dr.Ghadimi completed a two-year advanced fellowship in Critical Care Medicine and Cardiovascular Anesthesiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).

Clinical Practice: Expertise spans across the cardiovascular operating rooms and cardiovascular/thoracic surgical ICU settings. This includes care of the bleeding patient, organ transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) or ventricular assist devices (VAD).

Research Interests: Patient-oriented research related to (1) the use of precision therapy to guide treatment of right-sided heart failure after advanced heart replacement therapies, and (2) acquired disorders of bleeding related to cardiovascular surgery.

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 - 2018
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Ghadimi, K, & Rajagopal, S. (2019, March). Nasally Inhaled Nitric Oxide for Sudden Right-Sided Heart Failure in the Intensive Care Unit: NO Time Like the Present. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia , 33 (3), 648-650. Full Text
  - Fierro, MA, Ehieli, EI, Cooter, M, Traylor, A, Stafford-Smith, M, Swaminathan, M, & Duke Critical Care Outcomes Research Endeavors (C-CORE) Group, . (2019, February). Renal Angina Is a Sensitive, but Nonspecific Identifier of Postcardiac Surgery Acute Kidney Injury. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia , 33 (2), 357-364. Full Text
  - Ivascu, NS, Fitzgerald, M, Ghadimi, K, Patel, P, Evans, AS, Goeddel, LA, Shaefi, S, Klick, J, Johnson, A, Raiten, J, Horak, J, & Gutsche, J. (2019, February). Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: A Review for Cardiac Anesthesiologists and Intensivists. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia , 33 (2), 511-520. (Review) Full Text
  - Barac, YD, Harpole, DH, Ghadimi, K, & Milano, CA. (2019, January 16). A One-Step Autotransplantation Can Facilitate the Excision of Cardiac Tumors Invading the Lung. Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ,. Full Text
  - Ghadimi, K, & Cappiello, JL. (2018, October). Intrapulmonary Milrinone for Cardiac Surgery Provides Insight Into Precision Delivery of Aerosolized Vasodilators. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia , 32 (5), 2139-2141. Full Text
  - Gutsche, JT, Ghadimi, K, Augoustides, JGT, Laudanski, K, Evans, A, Weiner, M, Raiten, J, Gordon, E, Milewski, R, Horak, J, Patel, P, & Ramakrishna, H. (2018, October). The Year in Cardiothoracic Critical Care: Selected Highlights From 2017. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia , 32 (5), 2037-2042. (Review) Full Text
  - Bottiger, BA, Nicoara, A, Snyder, LD, Wischmeyer, PE, Schroder, JN, Patel, CB, Daneshmand, MA, Sladen, RN, & Ghadimi, K. (2018, August 9). Frailty in the End-Stage Lung Disease or Heart Failure Patient: Implications for the Perioperative Transplant Clinician. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia ,. (Review) Full Text
  - Alexis-Ruiz, A, Ghadimi, K, Raiten, J, Mackay, E, Laudanski, K, Cannon, J, Ramakrishna, H, Evans, A, Augoustides, JG, Vallabhajosyula, P, Milewski, R, McDonald, M, Patel, P, Vernick, W, & Gutsche, J. (2018, June 6). Hypoxia and Complications of Oxygenation in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia ,. (Review) Full Text
  - Rao, V, Ghadimi, K, Keeyapaj, W, Parsons, CA, & Cheung, AT. (2018, June). 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 , 32 (3), 1452-1457. (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. (2018, February). The Year in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: Selected Highlights From 2017. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia , 32 (1), 1-13. (Review) Full Text
  - Ghadimi, K, & Welsby, IJ. (2018, February). Pro: Factor Concentrates are Essential for Hemostasis in Complex Cardiac Surgery. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia , 32 (1), 558-564. Full Text
  - McCartney, SL, Duce, L, & Ghadimi, K. (2018, February). Intraoperative vasoplegia: methylene blue to the rescue!. Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology , 31 (1), 43-49. (Review) Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Patel, PA, Bavaria, JE, Ghadimi, K, Gutsche, JT, Vallabhajosyula, P, Ko, HA, Desai, ND, Mackay, E, Weiss, SJ, & Augoustides, JGT. (2018, February). 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 , 32 (1), 586-597. (Review) 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, Quinones, QJ, & Karhausen, JA. (2017, August 1). 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 Link to Item
  - 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, 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
  - 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. (Review) 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
- Book Sections
  - Levy, JH, Ghadimi, K, Bailey, JM, & Ramsay, JG. (2017, December 6). Postoperative Cardiovascular Management. In Kaplan's Essentials of Cardiac Anesthesia for Cardiac Surgery (pp. 758-785). 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
- Conference Papers
  - Manning, M, Li, Y-J, Linder, D, Haney, J, Wu, Y-H, Podgoreanu, M, Schroder, J, Swaminathan, M, Milano, C, Welsby, I, Daneshmand, M, Stafford-Smith, M, & Ghadimi, K. (2017, November 14). Ultrafiltration on CPB Predicts AKI and Transfusion. Scientific Sessions of the American-Heart-Association / Resuscitation Science Symposium. Anaheim, CA. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS. Link to Item
  - Hashmi, NK, Ghadimi, K, Schroder, J, Levy, J, & Welsby, IJ. (2016, December 2). Three Factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrates in Cardiac Surgery: A Novel Algorithmic Approach to Perioperative Bleeding. 58th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the American-Society-of-Hematology (ASH). San Diego, CA. AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY. Link to Item
  - Ridley, C, Ghadimi, K, Kohl, B, & Horak, J. (2013, December). 293. Full Text
  - Finley, DS, Ghadimi, K, Melamud, O, & Clayman, RV. (2007, October 1). The case of the disappearing stent and the stent density-time continuum. MARY ANN LIEBERT INC. Link to Item

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Education, Training, & Certifications

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