Professor, Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine

Thoracic Surgery

Bassam Omari works in the field of Thoracic Surgery. He received 1 awards: "Fellow (FACS)". Bassam Omari is also a published doctor. He has 35 paper published. The most recent paper is: Extracorporeal techniques during graft replacement of suprarenal abdominal aortic dissections. Bassam Omari is registered with Medicare.

Publications

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• Appropriate exposure and drainage for descending necrotizing mediastinitis.
• Thoracic Castleman's disease: implications for resection.
• Weight lifting, Marfan's syndrome, and acute aortic dissection.
• Method of repair of cocaine-induced chronic type A aortic dissection.
• Local transverse arch repair for type A aortic dissection.
• Characteristics of patients less than 45 years of age compared with older patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.
• Reversible snaring for proper prosthetic seating during valve replacement.
• Closure of short, wide patent ductus arteriosus with cardiopulmonary bypass and balloon occlusion.
• Coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with profound ventricular dysfunction.
• Ultrasonic debridement of mitral calcification.
• Primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the pulmonary hilum in an adult.
• Annular abscesses in surgical endocarditis: anatomic, clinical, and operative features.
• Effect of right atrial appendectomy on the release of atrial natriuretic hormone.
• Prospective, open-label investigation of the pharmacokinetics of daptomycin during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery.
• Left atrial undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma causing mitral valve obstruction.
• Midterm results of endovascular treatment of complicated acute type B aortic dissection.
• Benign esophagobronchial fistula with and without esophageal obstruction: two ends of the surgical spectrum.
• The correlation of near-infrared spectroscopy with changes in oxygen delivery in a controlled model of altered perfusion.
• Clinical patterns of surgical endocarditis.
• Endograft exclusion of acute and chronic descending thoracic aortic dissections.
• Administration of nesiritide in patients after coronary artery bypass surgery induces brisk diuresis.
• Pulmonary embolectomy for acute massive pulmonary embolism.
• Selective use of cardiopulmonary bypass in trauma patients.
• The presenting chest roentgenogram in acute type A aortic dissection: a multidisciplinary study.
• Reduction aortoplasty for moderately sized ascending aortic aneurysms.
• Extracorporeal techniques during graft replacement of suprarenal abdominal aortic dissections.
• Intra-aortic balloon pump: indications and complications.
• Suprarenal abdominal aortic dissection with retrograde formation of a massive descending thoracic aneurysm.
• Repair of left ventriculo-atrial fistulas due to posterior mitral annular abscesses.
• CT guided needle localization for video-thoracoscopic resection of pulmonary nodules.
• Guidewire knotting after carotid perforation.
• Survival after trauma pneumonectomy: the pathophysiologic balance of shock resuscitation with right heart failure.
• Pott's disease. A resurgent challenge to the thoracic surgeon.
• Predictive risk factors for periannular extension of native valve endocarditis. Clinical and echocardiographic analyses.

Schools

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• American University Of Beirut Faculty Of Medicine

• American University Beirut

• Harbor Ucla Mc

• St Francis Mc

• Case Western Reserve University

Procedures Preformed

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• Aortic Repair, Open or Repair of Arterial Aneurysm, Open
• Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
• Cardioverter-Defibrillator or Pacemaker Insertion, Removal or Repair
• Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery
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Doctors Specialties

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• Thoracic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• Case Western Reserve University - University Hospitals
• Harbor - UCLA Medical Center
• American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine

Hospital

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• Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
• Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
• Torrance Memorial Medical Center

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1528078425
Last Name Of The Provider	OMARI
First Name Of The Provider	BASSAM
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