Professor, Department Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Norton Children’s Hospital

Special interests

• Complex neonatal cardiac surgery
• Valvular disease in children
• Single ventricle palliation
• Pediatric heart transplant

Education

• Medical degree – Damascus University School of Medicine
• General surgery training – University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA
• Thoracic surgery training –  Oregon Health Sciences University 
• Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto. 

Certifications

• American Board of General Surgery
• American Board of Thoracic Surgery
• American Board of Thoracic Surgery, Congenital Cardiac Surgery
• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Cardiac Surgery

Professional activities

• Editorial Board of the Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, World Journal of Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery
• Reviewer for Circulation, the Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, the Annals of Thoracic Surgery, European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery and World Journal of Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery.
• Guest speaker at numerous national and international conferences
• Author of numerous peer-reviewed articles in medical journals, book author and author of book chapters.

 Selected Publications:

PubMed