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Work Experience

Post-Graduate Surgical Training

8/20237/2024

Advanced Cardiac Surgery Fellow

Lankenau Heart Institute/Main Line Health

Non-ACGME advanced fellowship in minimally invasive cardiac surgery and complex aortic surgery.  The procedures focused on are MICS ( Mini-AVR, Mini-MV/TV repair, MAZE), open multivalvular repair, & aortic valve repair.  Complex aortic surgery includes open and hybrid procedures on the root and thoracic aorta.

8/20227/2023

Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellow

Cincinnati Children's Hospital

Non-ACGME fellowship in Congenital Heart Surgery covering the entire range of disorders.   Patients ranged from neonates to adults.

8/20187/2022

Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Three clinical years with rotations in pediatric and adult cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery, and transcather technology. In addition there are electives available in EBUS and the cardiac cath lab.

7/20127/2019

General Surgery Residency

UTSW/Parkland Hospitals

Rotations during the 5 clinical years include the general surgery services, trauma services, and surgical specialty services at Parkland Health & Hospital System, Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Children’s Health, and UT Southwestern University Hospitals.  Spent two years in the lab while in residency.

Education

20082012

Doctor of Medicine

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (regional campus)

Problem-based leaning curriculum for the first two years as compared to traditional medical education curriculum. In addition, two afternoons a month are dedicated to see patients at the department of health.  Years 3 & 4 are no different than the main campus.

20062007

M.S.

Georgetown University

(Special Master’s Program)

Concentration: Physiology and Biophysics

20022006

B.S.

University of Michigan

1. Cellular Molecular Biology

2. Biopsychology

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - Certified

  • American Board of Thoracic Surgery - Certified

Honors and awards

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Valedictorian

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Regional Campus

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Alpha Omega Alpha Society

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine:  Junior Inductee

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Co-Executive Chief

John Hopkins Cardiothoracic Fellowship

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Excellence in research award: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Clinical Congress 2017.  2017 Owen H. Wangensteen Scientific Forum. San Diego, Ca. Presentation titled: Device Choice Does Not Influence Outcomes After LVAD in Patients Bridged to Transplant or Destination Therapy

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2017 TTS Trinkle Banowsky Case Presentation Competition Winner

2017 Texas Transplant Society Annual Meeting. July 27-30. Galveston, TX.  Presentation titled: Cardiac Transplantation in Patients with Dextrocardia

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Best Oral research presentation

University of Texas Southwestern 19th Annual Research Forum.  Selected as the best oral presentation in the category of clinical sciences. Presentation titled: Surgical Anatomy of the Mitral Valve: Implications for Surgical and Percutaneous Treatment. 

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Class of 2012 Surgery Award

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Regional Campus:   Awarded in recognition for outstanding performance in the Integrated Surgery Clerkship

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Paul Liebman Award: Striving for Excellence and a Thirst for Knowledge

Award presented to two medical students in the second year class based on professionalism and academic achievements

Other Work experience

6/2024Present

Admin Editor and Chief (Cardiac/Congenital Heart Surgery)

StatPearls

Tasked with writing new articles & revising articles for the cardiac surgery section, as well as, revising old questions and writing new questions for the Cardiothoracic surgery question bank  used to prepare for board certification written exam.  

12/20236/2024

Editor and Chief (Cardiac/Congenital Heart Surgery)

StatPearls

StatPearls Website         

The primary role is to determine which questions from the central database are assigned to your specialty. Your job is to either add or remove questions.

Board review Link

StatPearls is a leading professional healthcare education and technology company. Along with an expansive array of point-of-care and educational activities, more than 8,000 authors and editors have published nearly 10,000 peer-reviewed PubMed-indexed articles on virtually every clinical topic in healthcare. Within StatPearls’ suite of educational resources are 550 board review courses and practice certification exams that include challenging second- and third-order case-based questions. This educational effort by thousands of specialty and subspecialty healthcare experts has made StatPearls the most comprehensive educational and point-of-care resource available.

StatPearls develops educational activities for health professionals in hospital, ambulatory, and community-based settings. StatPearls targets physicians, nurses, physician associates, nurse practitioners, pharmacists and a wide-range of other allied health professionals.

StatPearls’ continuing education mission is to enhance patient care through practice-relevant online professional medical education for healthcare professionals that maintains or improves their knowledge, skills, competence, performance, and coordination as healthcare teams.

The company believes that the expertise of our authors and editors should be shared as broadly as possible, and at the lowest possible cost. They use their platforms to offer learning opportunities for individual practitioners, schools, and hospital systems around the world.

Their focus is to use data and analytics to create the largest, most comprehensive, and continuously updated educational suite of peer-reviewed point-of-care activities for the benefit of health professionals worldwide.

February 2016July 2019

Hospitalist

Access Physcian

60 bed LTAC with 5 bed ICU included.

Worked as a hospitalist on weekends, as well as, took overnight call. Responsibilities involved rounding on patient’s when I served as a hospitalist, and responding to any in-house emergencies (hypotension, hypoxia, CVA, MI) while on overnight call. Procedures involved intubation and emergent central line placement, as well as, ventilator management.  This was a valuable experience as it kept my skills sharp while I was in the research lab.

Research Experience

August 2019July 2022

Fellow

Johns Hopkins

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

  • Clinical research in congenital heart disease.
  • Looking at practice patterns and center variation regarding surgical repair vs palliation for patients with Tetralogy of Fallot.
June 2015June 2017

Research Fellow

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Research Fellow Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery,

  • Basic Science: Used a Langendorff rat model to study the effects that Metformin has on cardiac metabolism, as well as, examined methods to improve cardiac preservation for transplant.
  • Clinical science: Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy, Blood Conservation, Transplant, Congenital Heart Disease.
  • Participated in both lung and heart donor Runs
20142015

Resident

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Department of Surgery, UT Southwestern

  • Quality Improvement Project: Instituted the use of Bear Huggers for all trauma patients coming into the trauma hall with a temperature less than 36 degrees Celsius.  Compared to previous studies, the institution of Bear Huggers resulted in patients warming to a normal temperature (37oC) in half the time(120 Vs 230 minutes).
May 2009July 2009

Research Intern

University of Michigan Medical Center

Division of Pediatric Cardiology

  • Examined the effects of systems factors(i.e. environment and personnel) on outcomes after cardiac arrest in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit.
May 2008May 2009

Research Intern

University of Miami Medical School

Plastic Surgery, Dr. Jason Pozner, Boca Raton, FL

  • Examined the effects of intensity and depth of fractionated laser treatment on collagen regeneration
January 2005August 2006

Research Associate

University of Michigan Medical Center

Division of Cardiology:

  • Responsibilities included training of new interns and supervision of two studies examining the effects of air pollution on endothelial functioning
September 2003January 2005

Research Intern

University of Michigan Medical Center

Division of Cardiology:

  • Responsibilities included compiling patient data, using SPSS to perform statistical tests, and assisting with writing protocols.

Professional Development

SELF is a one-year fellowship designed for all ASE members who wish to improve their teaching, education design, and leadership skills in surgical education. The Fellowship is designed as an ongoing self and mentored program throughout the course of one year. 

Goals of the program

    1. Provide tools necessary to enhance abilities as teachers and leaders in surgical education.
    2. Provide coaching/advising to all members who wish to improve an area of their teaching.
    3. Provide ASE onboarding guidance to new members
    4. Establish an invaluable, life-long network of colleagues who share their career aspirations and interests.

ASCENT provides foundational training in surgical education and simulation for residents, fellows, and early-career faculty. Designed to bridge the gap between interest and expertise, ASCENT responds to a documented national need for a standardized, accessible, high-impact simulation education curriculum.

Oral presentations

  1. Bard RL, Clarke NS. Resting heart rate and change in exercise heart rate as predictors of mortality in patients with heart failure. American Heart Association, November 2004; New Orleans, Louisiana.

  2. Bard RL, Gillespie BW, Clarke NS, Nicklas JM. Influence of VE/VCO2 slope on the prognostic ability of other clinical variables obtained during routine cardiopulmonary exercise testing in heart failure. American College of Cardiology, March 2005; Orlando, Florida.

  3. Brook RD, Bard RL, Clarke NS, Duong N, Patel S, Rubenfire M, Wakefield T, Eagle K. Comparison of a novel atherosclerosis screening technique, carotid plaque area, versus coronary calcium score for identifying underlying coronary artery disease.  American College of Cardiology, March 2005; Orlando, Florida.

  4. Bard RL, Clarke NS, Rubenfire M, Eagle K, Brook RD. Utility of C-Reactive Protein Measurement in Risk Stratification During Primary Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. American Society of Hypertension, May 2005; San Francisco, California.

  5. Pozner J, Simonelic K, Lennox K, Clarke NS, Glanz S, Goldberg, D. Variable Pulse Width Fractional Er:YAG Resurfacing:  Histologic  and Clinical Evaluation.  The American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery Annual Conference. April 2009; National Harbor, Maryland. 

  6. Gaies MG, Clarke NS, Gurney JG, Donohue JE, Charpie JR, Hirsch JC. Variables Influencing Outcome of Cardiac Arrest in a Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit  American Heart Association, November 2010; Chicago, Illinois 

  7. Clarke NS, Holmes C, Powell L, Peltz M, Jessen M. Metformin Alters Myocardial Substrate Selection During Normokalemia and Potassium Cardioplegia. North Texas American College of Surgeons. February 2016  Dallas, Texas

  8. Clarke NS, Chen E, Peltz M. Salvage Cardiac Transplantation in a Patient with Persistent Endocarditis Complicated by Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia;  Texas Transplant Society Abstract & Case Presentation Competition July 28-31, 2016.  Fort Worth, Tx

  9. Bajona P, Clarke NS, Jessen M.   Catastrophic Aortic Re-Operations: Getting in and Getting Out. European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery 30th Annual Meeting October 16, 2016. Barcelona, Spain

  10. Holmes CT, Clarke NS, Powell L,  Jessen ME, Peltz M. Influence of Diabetic Treatment on Substrate Selection in a Ex-vivo Coronary Artery Bypass Model. 12th Annual  Academic Surgical Congress. February 7-9, 2017. Las Vegas, Nevada

  11. Bajona P, Clarke NS. ECMO Cannulation Strategies. Pediatric- Neonatal and Adult ECMO Course. March 27-29, 2017. Dallas, Texas.

  12. Bajona P, Helmer S, Turer A, Clarke NS . Septal Myectomy After Failed Alcohol Ablation. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Comprehensive Management of a Complex Disease -NYU Langone Medical Center; May 6-7, 2017. New York, New York

  13. Clarke NS, Price J, Proszynski J, Wait MA, Peltz M, Huffman LC, Ring WS, Jessen ME, Bajona P. Surgical Anatomy of the Mitral Valve: Implications for Surgical and Percutaneous Treatment. 19th Annual Surgical Research Forum; May 24, 2017. Dallas, Texas

  14. Clarke NS, Murthy RA, Guleserian KJ. Left Superior Vena Cava: Incidence and Management in Patients Undergoing Repair of Partial Veins. Parkland Surgical Society Meeting; July 20-22, 2017. Dallas, Texas

  15. Clarke NS, Drazner MH, Jessen ME, Peltz M. Cardiac Transplantation in Patients with Dextrocardia. Texas Transplant Society Annual Meeting. July 2017. Galveston, Texas 

  16. Clarke NS, Pruszynski J, Drazner M, Huffman LC, Peltz M.  Device Choice Does Not Influence Outcomes After LVAD in Patients Bridged to Transplant or Destination Therapy.  Clinical Congress 2017; October 22-26, 2017 . San Diego, CA

  17. Clarke, NS.  A Case of Post-Partum Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection.  Broccoli Aortic Surgery Lecture October 24, 2019 Baltimore, Maryland

  18. Clarke, NS. A Case of Post-Partum Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection. Cardiac Surgery Lectureship November 14, 2019 Baltimore Maryland

  19. Clarke, NS.  A Case of Post-Partum Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection. Blalock Lectureship November 21, 2019 Baltimore Maryland

Poster Presentations

  1. Clarke NS, Bard RL. Prognostic ability of the oxygen uptake efficiency slope in patients with heart failure. American College of Sports Medicine, Midwest Chapter. Ball State University 2005.

  2. Clarke NS, Holmes C, Powell L, Jessen ME, Peltz M. Metformin Alters Myocardial Substrate Selection During Normokalemia and Potassium Cardioplegia. 18th Annual Surgical Research Forum; Dallas, Tx; May 25, 2016

  3. Clarke NS, Drazner MH, Jessen ME, Peltz M. Cardiac Transplantation in a Patient with Situs Inversus Totalis and Congenitally Corrected Transposition. Texas American College of Surgeons. February 2017 Austin, Texas

  4. Clarke NS, Drazner MH, Jessen ME, Peltz M. Cardiac Transplantation in a Patient with Situs Inversus Totalis and Congenitally Corrected Transposition. ISHLT 37th Annual Meeting April 5-8 2017, San Diego CA.

  5. Clarke NS, Price J, Proszynski J, Wait MA, Peltz M, Huffman LC, Ring WS, Jessen ME, Bajona P. Surgical Anatomy of the Mitral Valve: Implications for Surgical and Percutaneous Treatment. American Association of Thoracic Surgeons Mitral Conclave 2017.  April 27-28, 2017. Boston

Video Presentations

  1. Clarke NS, Drazner MH, Jessen ME, Peltz M. Cardiac Transplantation in a Patient with Situs Inversus Totalis and Congenitally Corrected Transposition. American Association of Thoracic Surgeons Centennial 2017 April 29-May 3 2017. Boston, MA.

Abstracts

  1. Bard RL, Clarke NS. Resting heart rate and change in exercise heart rate as predictors of mortality in patients with heart failure.  Circulation 2004: 110:III-476

  2. Bard RL, Gillespie BW, Clarke NS, Nicklas JM. Influence of VE/VCO2 slope on the prognostic ability of other clinical variables obtained during routine cardiopulmonary exercise testing in heart failure. J Am Coll Cardiol 45;3,134A,2005.

  3. Brook RD, Bard RL, Clarke NS, Duong N, Patel S, Rubenfire M, Wakefield T, Eagle K. Comparison of a novel atherosclerosis screening technique, carotid plaque area, versus coronary calcium score for identifying underlying coronary artery disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 45;3,419A,2005.

  4. Bard RL, Clarke NS, Rubenfire M, Eagle K, Brook RD. Cardiovascular risk stratification obtained by Framingham risk score and C-reactive protein measurement. Amer J Hypertens. 2005: 18:A224

  5. Gaies MG, Clarke NS, Gurney JG, Donohue JE, Charpie JR, Hirsch JC. Variables Influencing Outcome of Cardiac Arrest in a Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit  Circulation 122: A10316

  6. Holmes, C.; Powell, L.; Clarke, N.S.; Jessen, M.E.; Pelts, M. Influence of metformin and insulin on myocardial substrate oxidation under conditions encoutnered during cardiac surgery. Surgery. 2018, 163, 436–443.

  7. Nicholas Clarke, Jessica E. Pruszynski, Mark Drazner, Lynn C. Huffman, Matthias Peltz. Device Choice Does Not Influence Outcomes after Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) in Patients Bridged to Transplant or Destination Therapy. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 225, Issue 4, Supplement 1, 2017, Page S28,

  8. Clarke, N.S. et al.  Pressure Control as a Risk Factor for Stroke in LVAD Patients- Single Center Experience  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Volume 37, Issue 4, S31

Peer Reviewed publications

  1. Bard RL, Rubenfire M, Eagle K, Clarke NS, Brook RD. Utility of C-Reactive Protein measurement in risk stratification during primary cardiovascular disease prevention. Am J Cardiol. 2005;95:1378-1379.

  2. Brook RD, Bard RL, Patel S, Rubenfire M, Clarke NS, Kazerooni EA, Wakefield TW, Henke PK, Eagle KA. A negative carotid plaque area test is superior to other noninvasive atherosclerosis studies for reducing the likelihood of having underlying significant coronary artery disease. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2006;26:656-662.

  3. Bard RL, Gillespie BW, Clarke NS, Egan T, Nicklas JM. Determining the best ventilatory efficiency measure to predict mortality in patients with heart failure. J Heart Lung Transplantation. 2006; 25(5):589-95.

  4. Bard RL, Gillespie BW, Clarke NS, Egan T, Nicklas JM. Combining peak oxygen consumption and ventilatory efficiency in the prognostic assessment of patients with heart failure. Int J Cardiol. 2007 Feb 15

  5. Gaies MG, Clarke NS, Donohue JE, Gurney JG, Charpie JR, Hirsch JC. Personnel and unit factors impacting outcome after cardiac arrest in a dedicated pediatric cardiac intensive care unit. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. 2012;13(5):583-588.

  6. Clarke NS, Murthy R, Hernandez J, Megison S, Guleserian KJ. Aortoesophageal Fistula in a Child With Undiagnosed Vascular Ring: Life-Threatening or Lethal? The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2016;102(4):e325-327.

  7. Clarke NS, Murthy R, Guleserian KJ. Scimitar syndrome with atrial fibrillation: Repair in an adult. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2016;152(5):e105-e107.

  8. Chen E, Clarke N, Huffman L, Peltz M. Transplantation in a patient on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with infective endocarditis, pericarditis and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2017 Mar 1;24(3):462-463. Chen E, Clarke N, Huffman L, Peltz M. Transplantation in a patient on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with infective endocarditis, pericarditis and heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. 2016.

  9. Clarke NS, Reznik SI, Jessen ME, Murthy R. Coxiella burnetti-associated thoracic endovascular stent graft infection. J Card Surg. 2017 Aug;32(8):506-507. doi: 10.1111/jocs.13170. Epub 2017 Jun 26. PubMed PMID: 28651298.

  10. Clarke NS, Murthy RA, Guleserian KJ. Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava: Incidence and Management in Patients Undergoing Repair of Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2017 Jul;8(4):440-444. doi: 10.1177/2150135117708706. PubMed PMID: 28696881.


  11. Bajona P, Clarke N. Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Preface. Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2017, Jul; 6(4): 296-297.

  12. Clarke NS, Karamlou T, Vaughn G, Lamberti J, Murthy R. Mixed Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return With Ascending and Descending Vertical Veins. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2017 Sep;8(5):633-634. doi: 10.1177/2150135117717267. PubMed PMID: 28901227.

  13. Price J, Clarke N, Turer A, Quintana E, Mestres C, Huffman L, Peltz M, Wait M, Ring WS, Jessen M, Bajona P.  Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: review of surgical treamtent.  Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2017 Jan 1 PubMed PMID: 28901158.

  14. Holmes C, Powell L, Clarke NS, Jessen ME, Peltz M. Influence of metformin and insulin on myocardial substrate oxidation under conditions encountered during cardiac surgery. Surgery. 2018 Feb;163(2):436-443 PubMed PMID: 29241990.

  15. Clarke NS, El-Said H, Lamberti JJ, Murthy RA. Per-Ventricular Insertion of Melody Valve-in-Valve in the Neoaortic Position in a Single-Ventricle Patient. Innovations (Phila). 2018 Feb 9. PubMed PMID: 29432364.

  16. Clarke, N.S., Murthy, R. & Jessen, M.E. Retrosternal lead placement: an attractive alternative to subcutaneous tunneling.  Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2018) 34: 402. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-017-0601-3

  17. Murthy, R. A., Clarke, N. S., & Kernstine, K. H. (2018). Minimally Invasive and Robotic Esophagectomy: A Review. Innovations, 13(6), 391–403. https://doi.org/10.1097/IMI.0000000000000572

  18. Clarke, NS, Sengupta, A, Miller, A, Jessen, ME, Murthy, RA. Aspergillus aortitis & aortic valve endocarditis after coronary surgery. J Card Surg. 2019; 34: 871‐ 874. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.14125

  19. Etchill E, Clarke N, Giuliano K, Lawton J, Choi CW. Post-partum spontaneous coronary artery dissection refractory to conservative management. Glob Cardiol Sci Pract. 2020 Dec 31;2020(3):e202034.

  20. Clarke, NS, Jagannathan, G, Lawton, JS. Long-term consequences of transradial catheterization on the radial artery. J Card Surg. 2021; 1- 3. doi:10.1111/jocs.16049

  21. Giuliano K, Canner JK, Scully BB, Clarke N, Fraser CD 3rd, Ravekes W, Mettler B, Jacobs ML, Sen DG. Epstein-Barr Virus Predicts Malignancy After Pediatric Heart Transplant, Induction Therapy and Tacrolimus Don't. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Sep 23:S0003-4975(21)01598-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.08.038. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34563503

  22.  Clarke NS, Thibault D, Alejo D, Chiswell K, Hill KD, Jacobs JP, Jacobs ML, Mettler BA, Gottlieb Sen D. Contemporary Patterns of Care in Tetralogy of Fallot: Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Data. Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 Jun 22:S0003-4975(23)00611-2. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2023.05.035. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37354966. (presented at STS 2023)

  23. Yamashita Y, Sicouri S, Kjelstrom S, Montone G, Dokollari A, Ridwan K, Clarke N, Rodriguez R, Goldman SM, Ramlawi B. Direct aortic cannulation versus femoral arterial cannulation for early outcomes in acute type A aortic dissection: A study-level meta-analysis. Perfusion. 2024 Mar 27:2676591241241422. doi: 10.1177/02676591241241422.  PMID: 38537032.

  24. Yamashita Y, Sicouri S, Dokollari A, Ridwan K, Clarke N, Rodriguez R, Goldman S, Ramlawi B. Double arterial vs. single axillary cannulation in acute type A aortic dissections: a meta-analysis. Future Cardiol. 2024 Apr 25;20(5-6):305-316. doi: 10.1080/14796678.2024.2367875. Epub 2024 Jul 4. PMID: 38963122; PMCID: PMC11318748.

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OTHER PUBLICATIONS

  1. Aziz J, DeCampli W, Clarke NS. Henry the Hypoplastic Hippo.  ISBN-13: 979-8356865336

Drawings for publications

Published in Schwartz's Principles of Surgery 11th Edition; Chapter 20 Congenital Heart Disease

Service & Leadership

7/2020July 2022

ICU Subgroup Committe

Johns Hopkins

Meet at least once a month to discuss how we can improve ICU care.  Created standardized protocols for management of things such as postoperative atrial fibrillation prophylaxis. Created flow sheets as to how events should be bumped up appropriately.

July 2020July 2022

House Staff Council - CVTS Representative

Johns Hopkins

We provide house staff representation on major Hopkins institutions' committees including the Medical Board, the Administrative Committee, and the Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC). In so doing, the Council provides input into policies on patient care, the community, and decisions affecting the house staff such as the efficient use of house staff time, and salary and benefits planning.

We also represent the house staff in broader issues concerning their working conditions and well-being.

August 2016June 2017

Research meeting coordinator

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Planned/coordinator weekly presentations for all of the residents who were on research sabbatical.

20152018

General Surgery Residency Interview Committee

UT southwestern Medical Center

Interviewed medical school students applying for general surgery residency.  Involved with the final rank session.

August 20132018

Volunteer

UT southwestern Medical Center

Medical Student Suturing and Knot Tying Sessions

At the beginning of the MS3's surgical rotation, myself and fellow residents would hold a suture and knot tying session to help students learn these skills. This allows the students to be able to participate more while in the operating room. 

20112012

President of Academic sScieties

Regional Campus: UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

Coordinated with the 3 honor societies at the regional campus. Oversaw the individual society leaders. Ensured integration of these societies with the main campus academic societies.

Professional Societies

Alpha Omega Alpha

American College of Surgeons

American Medical Association

International Society of Heart and Lung Transplant

Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Association for Academic Surgery (AAS)

Association for Surgical Education (ASE)

University of Michigan Alumni Association

Certifications

2008 – Present

Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Professionals: CPR, AED.

2010 – Present

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)

2016 – Present

Atricure Maze 4 Certification

2016 – Present

State of Texas Medical License
2019 - Present

State of Maryland Medical License
2022-2023

State of Ohio Medical License
2022-Present

State of Kentucky Medical License
2023-Present

State of Pennsylvania Medical License
2024-Present

State of  Florida Medical License
2024-Present

State of Nebraska Medical License
2024-Present

State of  Illinois Medical License