Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
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2022 - Present
Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic,
Anesthesiology
Recent Publications
Pain Trajectories After Cardiac Surgery Performed Via Midline Sternotomy.
Journal Article J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth · August 14, 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 CitePerioperative Bleeding Risk in Lung Transplantation After Previous Cardiothoracic Surgery.
Journal Article Clin Transplant · April 2025 INTRODUCTION: Previous cardiothoracic surgery (CTS) is associated with a significant risk of perioperative bleeding in lung transplantation (LT). The types of prior surgery have not been well-defined. We aimed to quantify the risk of perioperative bleeding ... Full text Link to item CiteNoninvasive assessment of temporal dynamics in sympathetic and parasympathetic baroreflex responses.
Journal Article Physiol Meas · March 27, 2025 Objective.The baroreflex maintains cardiovascular stability by modulating heart rate, myocardial contraction, and vascular tone. However, noninvasive assessment of its sympathetic vascular and myocardial branches often overlooks their time-dependent interp ... 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, Training & Certifications
Cairo University, Kasr Al Ainy Medical School (Egypt) ·
2012
Ph.D.
Cairo University, Kasr Al Ainy Medical School (Egypt) ·
2001
M.S.