Title
Medical Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support
Professor, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Patient Care Emphasis
Diagnostic and therapeutic advances for cardiomyopathies (heart muscle disease), Pediatric Heart Failure and Transplant, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Ventricular Assist Devices, and Cardio-oncology
Location
University of Baghdad, Iraq
American Board of Pediatrics, Cardiology Subspecialty
Basheer Hospital, Jordan
Basheer Hospital, Jordan
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital - Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Certificates in Neonatal Advanced Life Support (NALS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Advanced Cardiac Life Support
American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Cardiology, American Medical Association, American Society of Pediatric Care Medicine
Absi M, Kumar ST, Sandhu H. The Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation-Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Prolonged Cardiac Arrest in Pediatric Patients: Is it Time to Expand It? Pediatr Emerg Care. 2017 Sep;33(9):e67-e70. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000923. PMID: 27741068.
Absi M, Bocchini C, Price JF, Adachi I. F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positive emission tomography/CT imaging for left ventricular assist device-associated infections in children. Cardiol Young. 2018 Oct;28(10):1157-1159. doi: 10.1017/S1047951118000628. Epub 2018 Jul 20. PMID: 30027859.
Absi M, Sainathan S, Beasley G, Boston U. Use of a novel antiplatelet agent cangrelor in an infant supported with a ventricular assist device. Artif Organs. 2020 May;44(5):532-533. doi: 10.1111/aor.13613. Epub 2020 Jan 19. PMID: 31957028.
