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Dr. Fahad Abdulaziz Alfares

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MD. Teaching Assistant of Pediatric

الكليات الصحية
King Saud University, P. O. Box 2925, Riyadh 11461
falfares@ksu.edu.sa
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 Contact Information

Work: King Saud Univeristy

College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics - Genetics Unit

Email : falfares@ksu.edu.sa

EDUCATION 

2005-2012        Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery 
                        King Saud University College of Medicine
                          Riyadh, SA

LICENSURE

2019-2022        Florida Board of Medicine Medical License 
2016-2019        State of Illinois Medical License  
2017                 United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1, 2 and 3          

TRAINING  EXPERIENCE

July 2019-present        Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship
                                  Holtz Children's Hospital, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine 
                                     Miami, USA

July 2016- June 2019   Pediatric Residency
                                   University of Illinois at Chicago
                                      Chicago, USA 

 

May 2014-April 2016    Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Pediatric Cardiology 

            Children's National Medical Center

Washington D.C, USA

 

Sep 2012-April 2014    Pediatric Resident                                    

King Khalid University Hospital,

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

Sep 2012-present        Teaching Assistant of Pediatrics                             

King Saud University, College of Medicine

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

        

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

2019-present        Member, American College of Cardiology

2016- present        Member, American Academy of Pediatrics                    

2011- present        Member, Saudi Pediatric Association 

 

PUBLICATIONS

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

  1. Alfares FA, Omer JS, Mustafa A, AlFawaz T.“ Mycobacterium Bovis Pyomyositis of Unusual Site in 5 months old child”. Curr Pediatr Res 2013:17(2):125-127

 

  1. Alfares FA, Raddaoui E,  El Mouzan M, Alangari A. “Ménétrier’s disease in a Saudi child.” Saudi Med J 2013; Vol .34 (11): 1192-1194.

 

  1. Costello JP, Olivieri LJ, Su L, Krieger A, Alfares F, Thabit O, Marshall MB, Yoo SJ, Kim PC, Jonas RA, Nath DS. “Incorporating Three-Dimensional Printing Into A Simulation-Based Congenital Heart Disease and Critical Care Training Curriculum for Resident Physicians”. Congenit Heart Dis. 2015 Mar-Apr;10(2):185-90

 

  1. Kurkluoglu M, Hynes CF, Alfares FA, El-Sayed Ahmed MM, Peer SM, Zurakowski D, Jonas RA, Nath DS. “Choice of Peripheral Venoarterial Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation Cannulation Site in Patients Above 15 kilograms”. J Card Surg. 2015 May;30(5):461-5

 

  1. Alfares FA, Hynes CF, Ansari G, Chounoune R, Ramadan M, Shaughnessy C, Reilly B,  Zurakowski D, Jonas RA, Nath DS. “Outcomes of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury following congenital heart surgery, a contemporary experience”. J Saudi Heart Assoc. 2016 Jan;28(1):1-6

 

  1. Diab YA, Ramakrishnan K, Alfares FA, Hynes CF, Chounoune R, Shankar V, Kanter JP, Nath DS. “Transcatheter treatment of thrombosis in the single ventricle pathway: An institutional experience.” Congenit Heart Dis. 2016 Jan;11(1):39-44.

 

  1. Ahmed MES, Alfares FA, Hynes CF, Ramakrishnan K, Louis C, Dou C, Costello JP, Zurakowski D, Jonas, RA, Nath DS. “ Timing of Gastrostomy Tube Feeding In Three-Stage Palliation of Single Ventricle Physiology”. Congenit Heart Dis. 2016 Jan;11(1):34-8

 

  1. Jordan CP, Alfares FA, Nath DS, Berul CI. “A Rationale for Minimally Invasive Permanent Pediatric Pericardial Pacing Device Implantation”. The Journal of Innovations in Cardiac Rhythm Management, 6 (2015), 2026–2029

  2. Olivieri LJ, Su L, Hynes CF, Krieger A, Alfares FA, Ramakrishnan K, Zurakowski D, Marshall MB, Kim PCW, Jonas RA, Nath DS. Just-in-time training using 3D printed cardiac models after congenital cardiac surgery. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2016 Mar;7(2):164-8

 

  1. Ramakrishnan K, Alfares FA, Hammond-Jack K, Endicott K, Nettleton M, Zurakowski D, Jonas RA, Nath DS. Optimal timing of pulmonary banding for newborns with single ventricle physiology and unrestricted pulmonary blood flow. Pediatr Cardiol. 2016 Mar;37(3):606-9

 

  1. Alfares FA, Jones MB, Ramakrishnan K, Endicott KM, Zurakowski D, Shankar V, Nath DS. Perceptions of Bedside Cardiac Critical Care Registered Nurses on 24 Hour Attending Intensivist Coverage. Congenit Heart Dis. 2016 Jul;11(4):354-8

 

  1. Jones MB, Ramakrishnan K, Alfares FA, Endicott KM, Oldenburg G, Berger JT, Shankar V, Nath DS, Diab YA. Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome: An Under-Recognized Cause of Major Bleeding in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2016 Nov;7(6):711-716.

 

  1. Diab YA, Ramakrishnan K, Ferrell B, Chounoune R, Alfares FA, Endicott KM, Rooney S, Corcoran J, Zurakowski D, Berger JT, Shankar V, Nath DS. IV Versus Subcutaneous Enoxaparin in Critically Ill Infants and Children: Comparison of Dosing, Anticoagulation Quality, Efficacy, and Safety Outcomes. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2017 May;18(5):e207-e214

 

  1. Oliveri LJ, Zurakowski D, Ramakrishnan K, Su L, Alfares FA, Irwin MR, Heichel J, Krieger A, Nath DS. Novel, patient- centered display of 3D heart models in the postoperative care setting improves CICU caregiver confidence and handoff. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2018 Mar;9(2):206-213

 

ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS

 

  1. Alfares FA, Alhasan SA, and Alhusain MA. “The Role of Consanguinity in Transmitting Genetic Diseases, Are Saudis Aware?”. Poster presentation, presented in the 5th Pan Arab Human Genetics Conference and 2013 Golden Helix Symposium, Dubai.

 

  1. Alfares FA, Costello JP, Olivieri LJ, Su L, Krieger A, Thabit O, Marshall MB, Yoo SJ, Kim PC, Jonas RA, Nath DS. “Feasibility of Synthetic High-Fidelity Ventricular Septal Defects (VSD) Models for Simulation and Education”. Poster presentation, presented at George Washington Research Day 2015, Washington D.C

 

  1. Hynes CF, Ramakrishnan K, Alfares FA, Endicott KM, Hammond-Jack K, Zurakowski D, Jonas RA, Nath DS. Risk of Tumor Transmission After Thoracic Allograft Transplantation from Adult Donors with Central Nervous System Neoplasm-A UNOS Database Study. ISHLT 36th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions , April 27-30, 2016 in Washington, DC.

 

ORAL PRESENTATION

  1. 3D Virtual/Printed Heart Models in Congenital Cardiac Surgery. Presented at the Cardiac Research Meeting, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington D.C., August 2015

    3D Printed Heart Models in Intensive Care Unit Workflow. Presented in NPCNA Annual Conference, Washington D.C., October 2015