Curriculum Vitae
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Dr. Ahmed A. Alsaddique, FACS

King Fahad Cardiac Center&

College of Medicine

King Saud University

P.O.Box 7805

Riyadh 11472 Saudi Arabia

Email: alsadd@ksu.edu.sa

Alternate Email:dr.alsadd@outlook.com



Personal Data:

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Born on May 21, 1947

Al Jobail, Saudi Arabia

Citizenship: Saudi



Medical Education:

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Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

M.B, B.S 1973

Rotating internship

December 13 1973 to December 24 1974



Graduate Education:

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July 1-75 to June 30 76 Straight Surgery Internship

McLaren Regional Medical Center

A Michigan State University Affiliated Hospital

401 Ballenger Highway

Flint, Michigan 48502

USA

General Surgery Residency

July-1-76 to June-30- 81 McLaren Regional Medical Center

A Michigan State University Affiliated Hospital

401 Ballenger Highway

Flint, Michigan 48502

USA

July-1-81 to December-31-81 Clinical Instructor in Surgery

at Michigan State University & McLaren Regional Medical Center

January 1 82 to March -31-84 Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Residency

University of Alberta Hospital

Edmonton, Alberta Canada

September-3-93 to August-31-94 Sabbatical a Visiting Professor

at St. Vincent Hospital and Medical Center & Providence Hospital Portland, Oregon. U. S. A.



Certification: American Board of Surgery

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Licensure: Fully licensed to practice Medicine & Surgery in the USA

State of Michigan license number 4301 040528

State of Oregon license number 15801

State of Iowa license number 26255



Membership in Professional Organizations:

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Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

Founding Member Saudi Heart Association

Member of American Medical Association



Medical School Affiliation in Michigan:

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1- Clinical Instructor in Surgery for the Medical Students

Michigan State University

Flint Campus

1977 to 1980

2- Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery

Department of Surgery

Flint Campus

1980 to 1981



Professional Appointment:

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May 1, 84 to July15-86

Senior Registrar in Cardiac Surgery

Prince Sultan Cardiac Center (PSCC)

Riyadh

1984 to 1986 Established Cardiac Surgery at King Khalid University

Hospital while working at PSCC

May 1984 to Nov.1994 Chief Division of Cardiac Surgery

King Khalid University Hospital

Riyadh

Jan 2001 to Nov 2002 Assistant Program Director

General Surgery Training Program

Nov 2002 to March 2004 Director

Surgery Training Program

Present Position Professor and Head of Division of Cardiac Surgery

King Fahad Cardiac Center

& College of Medicine

King Saud University

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia



Research

Diastolic dysfunction and Diastolic heart failure in the postoperative heart is the area of my

interest. For the about 9 years we have been actively involved in the study of diastolic

dysfunction and diastolic heart failure in the post-operative heart with a team of

researchers from The University of Melbourne in Australia. We have jointly published on

the subject. We described for the first time the diagnostic features of diastolic heart

failure in the postoperative heart and subsequently wrote the management with the

University of Melbourne team. Both articles are in the European Journal of Cardiothoracic

surgery. Following that, we embarked on the Impact of Transthoracic

Echocardiography and Respiratory Ultrasound Assessment in Cardiac Surgery (ITRACS).

This study looked at the non-invasive monitoring of the cardiac surgical patient



International Meetings:

Following the publication of the articles about diastolic heart failure in the postop heart in the

European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, which is one of the major journals in the specialty

invitations to speak, started to come to speak in conferences about it

1- 4th Chinese Medical Congress in Beijing China on September

2- Montreal International Forum on Intensive Care Medicine held from June 1-2, 2011, in

Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

3- The International College of Surgeons 73rd. annual meeting in Portland Oregon USA June

8-11, 2011.

4- Ninth International Conference on Coronary Artery Disease (ICCAD 2011) Venice, Italy.

October 23-26, 2011

5- Eighth International Congress of Update in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery (UCCVS) held

on March 01-04, 2012 Antalya, Turkey.

6- Tenth International Conference on Coronary Artery Disease (ICCAD 2013) Florence, Italy.

October 13-16, 2013



The first paper of the ITRACS Project



Routine Transthoracic Echocardiography and Lung Ultrasound Monitoring after Cardiac

Surgery: Feasibility and Clinical Impact

Ahmed Alsaddique, Alistair Royse, Colin Royse, Abdulelah Mobeirek, Fayez El Shaer, Hanan

AlBackr, Mohammed Fouda & David J Canty

The paper was presented in the following meetings before its publication

1*. The preliminary results of the project was in Mediated poster presentation (Dr Andrea Bowyer

supervised by Dr David Canty) on Monday October 3rd 2011 at Hamilton Island, Queensland Australia:

The 11th Biennial meeting of the Cardiothoracic, Vascular and Thoracic Anaesthesia and Perfusion Special

Interest Group

2*. Poster presentation (David Canty) 24-31 May 2012 at Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia:

Melbourne Health Research Week

3. Oral presentation (Prof Alistair Royse) on Wed 12th October 2014 at Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition

Centre; Gold Coast Queensland, Australia: Australia and New Zealand Society of Cardio-thoracic Surgeons’

Annual Scientific Meeting Abstract published in Heart, Lung and Circulation Journal:

Alsaddique A, Canty DJ, Fouda M, Royse CF, Royse A. Impact of routine repeated transthoracic echocardiography

and lung ultrasound monitoring after cardiac surgery (ITRACS) – a prospective observational study in 91 patients.

Heart, Lung Circulation. 24:e60-e61 · December 2014

5. Accepted for poster presentation (Dr David Canty) April 12th 2015 atWashington Marriott

Marquis Washington, DC, USA, SCA/ICCVA 2015 37th SCA Annual Meeting & Workshops

6. Oral presentation (Dr David Canty) on Thu 14th May 2015 at King Cardiac Center

Special cardiothoracic surgery and intensive care lecture

7. Oral presentation (Dr David Canty) on Tue July 7th 2015 at Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia:

Biennial meeting of the Cardiothoracic, Vascular and Thoracic Anaesthesia and Perfusion Special Interest Group

8. Oral presentation (Dr David Canty) on 23rd August 2015 at Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore, India:

9th National perioperative TEE workshop-cum-CME under the banner of Indian Association of Cardiovascular

Thoracic Anaesthesiologists (IACTA) in collaboration with Indian Academy of Echocardiography (IAE),

International Society of Cardiovascular Ultrasound (ISCU) & University of Minnesota, USA



Publication accepted 29 August 2015 in Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anesthesia:

Alsaddique A, Royse A, Royse C, Mobeirek A, El Shaer F, Albackr H, Fouda M, Canty DJ. Repeated monitoring

with transthoracic echocardiography and lung ultrasound after cardiac surgery: feasibility and impact on diagnosis. J

Cardiovasc Thor Anesth. 2015; in-press (accepted for publication 29 August 2015)



​Ad Hoc Reviewer

1- European Journal of Cardiothoracic Journal

2- International Journal of Cardiology

3- Saudi Medical Journal



Publications

1- Canty DJ, Heiberg J, Tan JA, YY, Royse AG,, Royse CF, Mobeirek A, El Shaer F,

Albacker T, Nazer RI, , Fouda M, Bakir M., Ahmed A. & Alsaddique AA. Assessment of

Image Quality of Repeated Limited Transthoracic Echocardiography after Cardiac Surgery.

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Jun;31(3):965-972. doi 10. 1053/j-jvca.2016.

12.011. Epub 2016 Dec 16.*

2- Heiberg J, El-Ansary D, Royse CF, Royse AG, Alsaddique AA,& Canty DJ .

Transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography: a systematic review of feasibility

and impact on diagnosis, management and outcome after cardiac surgery.

Anaesthesia. 2016 Oct;71(10):1210-21. doi: 10.1111/anae.13545. Epub 2016 Jun 25

3- Alsaddique AA, Royse AG, Royse CF, Mobeirek AF, El Shaer FA, AlBackr HB,Fouda MA

& Canty D. Routine Transthoracic Echocardiography and Lung Ultrasound Monitoring

after Cardiac Surgery: Feasibility and Clinical Impact. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2016

Apr;30(2):406-12. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2015.08.033. Epub 2015 Aug 29

4-

5- Alsaddique AA, Royse CF, Fouda MA, Royse AG & Al Ayoubi FZ (2013) Management

of Diastolic Heart Failure in the Postop Heart. 10th International Congress on Coronary

Artery Disease Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Coronary Artery

Disease (259-266) Bologna, Italy; Medimond

6- Alsaddique AA, Royse CF, Fouda MA & Royse AG (2012) Diastolic Heart Failure after

Cardiac Surgery. Coronary Artery Disease. Current Concepts in Epidemiology,

Pathophysilogy, Diagonostics & Treatment (229-256) Rijeka, Croatia,; In Tech

7- Abd-Alaal MM , Alsabban MA , Abbas OA , Alshaer AA , Alsaddique A , Fouda M .

Timing of revascularization after acute myocardial infarction Asian Cardiovasc Thorac

Ann 2010 Feb;18 (2): 118-21

8- Abdel-Aal M, ElNahal M, Sabban M, AlRahman YA, Bakir MB, Alsaddique AA, Fouda

MA & Alshaer AA Myocardial Revascularization in Patients with Severe Left Ventricular

Dysfunction; Is On Pump Beating the Preferable Technique J Egypt Society of

Cardiothorac Surge Vol 17, 2009 Number, (1-2):4-10

9- Alsaddique AA. Impact of Advances in Invasive Cardiology on Cardiac Surgery

Open Cardiovasc Med J. 2009; 3: 21-25

10- Jalal A, Bakir MB, Abbas O, Sabban MA, Abdal-Aal M, Awadallah YA. Alsaddique AA,

& Fouda MA Obesity is not a risk for increased mortality and morbidity in patients

undergoing open heart sugaryJ Egypt Society of Cardiothorac Surge Vol 15, 2009 Number,

(3-4):168-174

11-Alsaddique, AA Use of continuous subglottic suction in established ventilator associated

pneumonia Saudi J Anaesth 2009 April Vol 3 No.1 20-24

12-Alsaddique AA, Royse AG, Royse CF, Fouda MA. Management of diastolic heart failure

following cardiac surgery Eur J CAardiothorac Surg. 2009 Feb;35(2):241-9. Epub 2008

Dec 11

13-Alsaddique AA. Recognition of diastolic heart failure in the postoperative heart. Eur J

Cardiothorac Surg. 2008 Dec;34(6):1141-8. Epub 2008 Jun 24

14-Alsaddique AA, Furnary AP Left ventricular aneurysm in patients with previous cardiac

surgery. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2007 Aug;15(4):310-2

15-Alsaddique AA. Mitral valve replacement with the preservation of the entire valve

apparatus. Rev Bras Cir Cardiovasc. 2007 Jun; 22(2):218-223

16-Abdel-Aal M, Bakir BM, Jalal A, Alsaddique A, Alkhamees NH & Fouda M

Postoperative bleeding after myocardial revascularization in patients on clopidogrel 2007

Sept J Saudi Heart Assoc 19 (3) 138-141

17- Sabban MA, Jalal A, Bakir BM, Alshaer A, Abbas O, Abdel Aal, M Awadallah YA,

Alsaddique A Fouda MA. Comparison of neurological outcomes in patients undergoing

conventional coronary artery Bypass grafting, on-pump beating heart coronary bypass and

off-pump coronary bypass The Neurosciences J 2007; 12 (1):35-4

18-Ashour M, Hajjar W, Al-Kattan K, Essa M, Al-Motrafi AA, Alsaddique A, El-Bakry A

Intra-operative heparin release during lung surgery Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2004

May;25(5):839-43

19-Alsaddique AA. Medical liability. The dilemma of litigations. Saudi Med J. 2004

Jul;25(7):901-6

20- Sallam A, Bakir, B,Esmat A, Jalal A, Fouda M & Alsaddique A Cardiac surgery in the

elderly analysis of mortality and morbidity J. of Egypt Society of Cardiothoracic Surg

2004,Vol.XII January No. 1

21-Alsaddique AA. Graduate education in surgery in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The

challenge of growing pains. Saudi Med J. 2004 Apr;25(4):424-8

22-Alsaddique AA, Elsaegh MM, Fouda MA Aortic valve replacement in a patient with an

aberrant left coronary artery. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2003 Jun;11(2):169-70.

23- Bakir B, Abdel Aziz A, Alsaatli A, Samarkandi A, Alsaddique A & Fouda A.

Hemodynamic changes in off pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) J. Egypt Society of

Cardiothoracic. Surg 2002, Vol X April No.2

24-Alsaddique AA CarboMedics bileaflet prosthesis, experience with 165 uneventful

implants. Cardiovasc Surg. 2002 Oct;10(5):512-6 Erratum in: Cardiovasc Surg. 2003

Feb;11(1):101

25-Alsaddique AA. Ischemic preconditioning: the endogenous power--a review of the

literature. Angiology. 2000 May;51(5):355-60

26-Kader A, Al-Shamiri M, Alsaddique A, Hafeez MA, Yamany H Pericardial Tamponade:

A Manifestation of Pericardial Sac Sarcoma-A Case Report. Echocardiography. 1996

May;13(3):287-292

27-Wasfy I, Nouh M.S. Fouda M.A., .Alshemmairi M Alsaddique A Myocardial Bridges,

Their Clinical Implications and Prognostic Signs Annals of Saudi Medicine, Vol 16, No.5

28-Maher S Alsaddique A .Arafa M &.Ukra, H Congenital Coronary Artery Pulmonary

Artery Fistula Causing Steal Phenomenon Saudi Heart J:Vol.6 No1:22-27 1994

29-Nouh MS, Arafah MR Alsaddique AA Trauma and Pseudoaneurysm of the Left

Ventricle, Clinical Implications and Morbidity Pattern Saudi Heart Journal Vol 4 No 1 May

1993

30- Chidambaram M, Akhtar MJ, al-Nozha M, Alsaddique A. Relationship of atrial fibrillation

to significant pericardial effusion in valve-replacement patients. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.

1992 Apr;40(2):70-3.

31-Dobbinson T Alsaddique A &.Wareham E Alteration in Haemostatic Variables

Associated with Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery in Saudi Arabia .Saudi Medical

Journal 1991; 12(6): 471-476

32-Khan MA, Noah MS, Alsaddique A, Sharaf el-Deane MS. Constrictive pericarditis as a

complication of closed chest injury. Injury. 1988 Jan;19(1):39-40.

33- The papers on diastolic heart failure after cardiac surgery found were translated into foreign

languages like Chinese, Korean and German and are in some German Textbooks of the

specialty.



Citations in Major Textbooks & Chapters in European Published Books

1- Bonow, Robert, Douglas L. Mann, Douglas P. Zipes, Peter Libby Braunwald'sHeart

Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine 9th Edition. Expert Consult Premium

Edition, Philadelphia; Elsevier Saunders, 2012, Postop Morbidity 104 Alsaddique AA.

2- Lemmer Jr. John, Gus Vlahakes Handbook of Patient Care in Cardiac Surgery7th edition,

Philadelphia; Lippincott William &Wilkins, Postoperative complications involving the

heart and lungs; low cardiac output due to diastolic dysfunction Alsaddique AA

3- Alsaddique AA, Royse CF, Fouda MA & Royse AG (2012) Diastolic Heart Failure after

Cardiac Surgery. Coronary Artery Disease. Current Concepts in Epidemiology,

Pathophysiology, Diagnostics & Treatment (229-256) Rijeka, Croatia,; In Tech

4- Alsaddique AA, Royse CF, Fouda MA, Royse AG & Al Ayoubi FZ (2013) Management of

Diastolic Heart Failure in the Postop Heart. 10th International Congress on Coronary

Artery Disease Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Coronary Artery

Disease (259-266) Bologna, Italy; Medimond