BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH - Methodist Hospital
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Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, First, Middle): Hassoun, Heitham T.<br />
2006-Present American Physiological Society<br />
2006-Present International Society of Endovascular Specialists<br />
2006-Present Society for Vascular Surgery<br />
• Member, International Relations Committee (2010-2013)<br />
2007-Present National Kidney Foundation<br />
2007-Present Eastern Society for Vascular Surgery<br />
B. Selected Peer-reviewed Publications<br />
1. Safi HJ, Letsou GV, Iliopoulos DC, Subramaniam MH, Miller CT, Hassoun, HT, Asimacopoulos PJ, and Baldwin<br />
JC: Impact of retrograde cerebral perfusion on ascending aortic and arch aneurysm repair. Ann Thoracic Surgery,<br />
63:1601-1607, 1997.<br />
2. Toursarkisian B, Hassoun HT, Hagino RT, Godsey J, and Sykes MT: Efficacy of infrainguinal bypass for limb<br />
salvage in young diabetic patients. J Diabetes Complications, 14:255-258, 2000.<br />
3. Hassoun HT, Kone BC, Mercer DW, Moody FG, Weisbrodt NW, Moore FA: Postinjury multiple organ failure: The<br />
role of the gut. Shock, 15:1-10, 2001.<br />
4. Hassoun HT, Weisbrodt NW, Mercer DW, Kozar RA, Moody FG, Moore FA: Inducible nitric oxide synthase<br />
mediates gut ischemia/reperfusion induced ileus only after severe insults. J. Surg. Res. 97:150-154, 2001.<br />
5. Hassoun HT, Moore FA, Kozar RA, Weisbrodt NW, Kone BC: α-Melanocyte stimulating hormone protects against<br />
mesenteric ischemia-reperfusion injury. Amer. J. Physiol., 282:G1059-G1068, 2002.<br />
6. Kozar RA, Hu S, Hassoun HT, DeSoignie R, Moore FA: Specific intraluminal nutrients alter mucosal blood flow<br />
during gut ischemia/reperfusion. JPEN, 26:226-229, 2002.<br />
7. Safi HJ, Miller CC, Estrera AL, Huynh TT, Porat EE, Hassoun HT, Buja LM: Chronic aortic dissection not a risk<br />
factor for neurologic deficit in thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 23:244-250,<br />
2002.<br />
8. Hassoun HT, Kozar RA, Kone BC, Safi HJ, Moore FA: Intraischemic hypothermia differentially modulates<br />
oxidative stress proteins during mesenteric ischemia/reperfusion. Surgery. 132:369-376, 2002.<br />
9. Kozar RA, Schultz SG, Hassoun HT, DeSoignie R, Weisbrodt NW, Haber MM, Moore FA: The type of sodiumcoupled<br />
solute modulates small bowel mucosal injury, transport function and ATP after ischemia/reperfusion<br />
injury in rats. Gastroenterology. 123:810-816, 2002.<br />
10. Safi HJ, Miller CC, Huynh TT, Estrera AL, Porat EE, Win nerkvist AN, Allen BS, Hassoun HT, Moore FA: Distal<br />
aortic perfusion and cerebrospinal fluid drainage for thoracoabdominal and descending thoracic aortic repair: ten<br />
years of organ protection. Ann Surg. 238:372-381, 2003.<br />
11. Attuwaybi BO, Hassoun HT, Zou L, Kozar RA, Kone BC, Weisbrodt NW, Moore FA: Hypothermia protects<br />
against gut ischemia/reperfusion induced impaired intestinal transit by inducing heme oxygenase-1. J Surg Res.<br />
115:48-55, 2003.<br />
12. Hassoun HT, Fischer UM, Attuwaybi BO, Moore FA, Safi HJ, Allen SJ, Cox CS: Regional hypothermia reduces<br />
mucosal NF-κB and PMN priming via gut lymph during canine mesenteric ischemia/reperfusion. J Surg Res.<br />
115:121-126, 2003.<br />
13. Kozar RA, Holcomb JB, Hassoun HT, Macaitis JM, DeSoignie R, Moore FA: Superior mesenteric artery occlusion<br />
models shock-induced gut ischemia-reperfusion. J Surg Res. 116:145-150, 2004.<br />
14. Hassoun HT, Miller CC, Huynh TT, Estrera AL, Smith JJ, Safi HJ: Cold visceral perfusion improves early survival<br />
in patients with acute renal failure after thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg. 39:506-512, 2004.<br />
15. Attuwaybi BO, Kozar RA, Moore-Olufemi SD, Sato N, Hassoun HT, Weisbrodt NW, Moore FA: Heme oxygenase-<br />
1 induction by hemin protects against gut ischemia/reperfusion injury. J Surg Res. 118:53-57, 2004.<br />
16. Safi HJ, Huynh TT, Hassoun HT, Miller CC, Estrera AL: Preventing renal failure in thoracoabdominal aortic<br />
aneurysm repair. Pers Vasc Surg Endovasc Ther 16:3-13, 2004.<br />
17. Moore-Olufemi SD, Kozar RA, Moore FA, Sato N, Hassoun HT, Cox CS Jr, Kone BC: Ischemic preconditioning<br />
protects against gut dysfunction and mucosal injury after ischemia/reperfusion injury. Shock 23:258-63, 2005.<br />
18. Huynh TT, Miller CC, Estrera AL, Mohamed SG, Hassoun HT, Sheinbaum R, Porat EE, Safi HJ: Correlations of<br />
cerebrospinal fluid pressure with hemodynamic parameters during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Ann<br />
Vasc Surg 19:1-6, 2005.<br />
19. Hassoun HT, Dake MD, Svensson LG, Greenberg RK, Cambria RP, Moore RD, Matsumura JS: Multi-institutional<br />
pivotal trial of the zenith tx2 thoracic aortic stent graft for treatment of descending thoracic aortic aneurysms:<br />
clinical study design. Pers Vasc Surg Endovasc Ther 17 (3): 255-64, 2005.<br />
20. Hassoun HT, Mitchell RS, Makaroun MS, Whiting AJ, Cardeira KR, Matsumura JS: Aortic neck morphology after<br />
endovascular repair of descending thoracic aneurysms. J Vasc Surg, 43:26-31, 2006.<br />
21. Hassoun HT, Matsumura JS: The Cook TX2 thoracic stent graft; preliminary experience and trial design. Semin<br />
in Vasc Surg 19:32-39, 2006.