Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
·
2022 - Present
Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic,
Anesthesiology
Recent Scholarly Works
Variations in Intraoperative Opioid Use in Cardiac Surgical Patients With Midline Sternotomy.
Journal article Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth · April 24, 2026 High-dose opioid use in cardiac anesthesia has been challenged due to its association with increased postoperative complications. We retrospectively compared postoperative opioid consumption in a cohort of adult cardiac surgery patients who received low, m ... Full text Link to item CiteDynamic perioperative changes in baroreflex sensitivity predict postoperative pain.
Journal article Pain Med · April 1, 2026 OBJECTIVE: Although higher baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) is typically associated with reduced pain sensitivity, we previously reported that elevated preoperative BRS predicted greater postoperative pain after cardiothoracic surgery, a finding that challenge ... Full text Link to item CitePain Trajectories After Cardiac Surgery Performed Via Midline Sternotomy.
Journal article J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth · December 2025 OBJECTIVES: Acute pain after cardiac surgery performed via midline sternotomy is reported to be moderate to severe in intensity in up to three-quarters of patients in the early postoperative period. This work was designed to describe different pain traject ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Role of Preoperative Baroreflex Sensitivity on Persistent Postoperative Pain and Opioid Consumption after Thoracic Surgery
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2022View All Grants
Education
Cairo University, Kasr Al Ainy Medical School (Egypt) ·
2012
Ph.D.
Cairo University, Kasr Al Ainy Medical School (Egypt) ·
2001
M.S.