Associate Professor, Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School
Thoracic Surgery
Dr. Michel N. Ilbawi, MD
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Doctor Michel N. Ilbawi, MD is an expert in the field of Thoracic Surgery. He has 7 awards "America's Top Doctors", "Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors", "Chicago Mag - Children's Health", "Fellow (FAAP)", "Most Compassionate Doctor", "Fellow (FACS)" and "Fellow (FACC)". Michel N. Ilbawi is a published MD. He has 100 papers published. The most current publication "Detrimental effects of cardiopulmonary bypass in cyanotic infants: preventing the reoxygenation injury."
Publications
- Extended Application of the Hybrid Procedure in Neonates with Left-Sided Obstructive Lesions in an Evolving Cardiac Program.
- Significance of low peak Doppler velocity in the proximal sano conduit in hypoplastic left Heart syndrome.
- Staged biventricular repair for neonates with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, ventricular septal defect, and Aortic arch obstruction.
- Tracheal Compression Following Hybrid Procedure in an Infant With Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome.
- Perventricular closure of pulmonary stump in a 16-kg child.
- Perventricular melody Valve implantation in a 12 kg child.
- Systematic approach to Aortic valvuloplasty in children and young adults.
- Fate of Ventricular and Valve Performance Following Early Bidirectional Glenn Procedure After Norwood Operation Controlled for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndome Anatomic ...
- Single-Center Outcome Analysis Comparing Reintervention Rates of Surgical Arterioplasty With Stenting for Branch Pulmonary Artery Stenosis in a Pediatric Population.
- Tetralogy of fallot with atrioventricular septal defect: surgical strategies for repair and midterm outcome of pulmonary Valve-sparing approach.
- Is additional pulsatile pulmonary blood flow beneficial to patients with bidirectional Glenn?
- Shunt Reintervention and Time-Related Events After Norwood Operation: Impact of Shunt Strategy.
- Coronary Artery-to-Pulmonary Artery Fistula in a Case of Pulmonary Atresia With Ventricular Septal Defect.
- Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and Aortic Atresia-Mitral Stenosis Variant: Role of Myocardial Protection Strategy and Impact of Ventriculo-coronary Connections After ...
- Post-cardiotomy extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in neonates with complex single ventricle: analysis of outcomes.
- Ventriculocoronary artery connections with the hypoplastic left Heart: a 4-year prospective study: incidence, echocardiographic and clinical features.
- Aortic cusp extension valvuloplasty with or without tricuspidization in children and adolescents: long-term results and freedom from Aortic valve replacement.
- Transcription repression and blocks in cell cycle progression in hypoplastic left Heart syndrome.
- Repair of symptomatic neoAortic aneurysm after third-stage palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
- Experience with an alternative technique for the management of anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery.
- Pericardial tissue Valves and Gore-Tex conduits as an alternative for right ventricular outflow tract replacement in children.
- Intermediate results of the anatomic repair for Congenitally corrected transposition.
- Pericardial leaflet extension for Aortic valve repair: Techniques and late results.
- Selective tricuspidization and Aortic cusp extension valvuloplasty: outcome analysis in infants and children.
- Hypoplastic left Heart syndrome: feasibility study for patients undergoing completion fontan at or prior to two years of age.
- Mitral stenosis and Aortic atresia in hypoplastic left heart syndrome: survival analysis after stage I palliation.
- Recent advances in neonatal cardiac surgery.
- Cardiac ventricular aneurysm in a child.
- Hypoxia, reoxygenation and the role of systemic leukodepletion in pediatric Heart surgery.
- Pediatric myocardial protection: an overview.
- Reducing postischemic reperfusion damage in neonates using a terminal warm substrate-enriched blood cardioplegic reperfusate.
- The role of cardioplegia induction temperature and amino acid enrichment in neonatal myocardial protection.
- Isolated congenital absence of a single pulmonary Valve cusp.
- Modification of the subclavian patch aortoplasty for repair of Aortic coarctation in neonates and infants.
- Superiority of magnesium cardioplegia in neonatal myocardial protection.
- L-arginine, prostaglandin, and white cell filtration equally improve myocardial protection in stressed neonatal Hearts.
- Dose dependency of L-arginine in neonatal myocardial protection: the nitric oxide paradox.
- Detrimental effects of cardiopulmonary bypass in cyanotic infants: preventing the reoxygenation injury.
- Inverted left Atrial appendage: an unrecognized cause of left Atrial mass.
- Alternative techniques for surgical management of recoarctation.
- Diaphragm pacing with a quadripolar phrenic nerve electrode: an international study.
- Latent hypoparathyroidism in children with conotruncal cardiac defects.
- Double-horned or caplike right ventricle: diagnosis and operative treatment.
- Surgical techniques in partial anomalous pulmonary veins to the superior vena cava.
- Biventricular repair of hypoplastic right ventricle assisted by pulsatile bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis.
- Extended Aortic valvuloplasty for recurrent valvular stenosis and regurgitation in children.
- Transsternal repair of coarctation and associated cardiac defects.
- Management of hypoplastic Aortic arch associated with neonatal coarctation.
- Alternatives in biventricular repair of double-outlet left ventricle.
- Pacemaker implantation in infants and children: a simplified approach.
- Transmediastinal repair of complex coarctation and interrupted Aortic arch.
- Tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary Valve. Should Valve insertion be part of the intracardiac repair?
- Echocardiographic diagnosis of right ventricular rhabdomyoma in two infants.
- Neointimal obstruction of Carpentier-Edwards Valved conduit in two patients with modified Fontan procedure.
- Comparison of the sutureless and suture-type epicardial electrodes in pediatric cardiac pacing.
- Primary vascular tumors of the Heart in infancy. Report of a case with successful surgical management.
- Management of Hemophilus influenza pericarditis.
- Masked subAortic stenosis in ostium primum atrial septal defect: recognition and treatment.
- Unusual mitral Valve abnormalities complicating surgical repair of endocardial cushion defects.
- The role of the Glenn shunt in patients undergoing the Fontan operation.
- Two-dimensional echocardiographic and angiocardiographic diagnosis of subpulmonary stenosis due to tricuspid Valve pouch in complete transposition of the great arteries.
- Diaphragm pacing in infants and children: report of a simplified technique and review of experience.
- The surgical management of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction due to tricuspid Valve pouch in complete transposition of the great arteries.
- Modified Blalock-Taussig shunt in newborn infants.
- Tracheoplasty with pericardial patch for extensive tracheal stenosis in infants and children.
- Surgical management of anomalous left coronary artery with mitral insufficiency in infancy: contribution of echocardiography.
- In utero diagnosis of pericardial tumor with successful surgical repair.
- Phrenic nerve pacing in infants and children: a review of experience and report on the usefulness of phrenic nerve stimulation studies.
- Two dimensional echocardiography in evaluation of right Atrial masses: five cases in pediatric patients.
- Surgical management of occluded conduits after the Fontan operation in patients with Glenn shunts.
- Recurrent sepsis from retained endocardial electrode in children: successful removal with cardiopulmonary bypass.
- Successful surgical repair of Aortic atresia associated with normal left ventricle.
- Dwarfism with elevated levels of plasma growth hormone.
- The oxidation of acetoin to CO 2 in intact animals and in liver mince preparation.
- Blunt trauma to abdomen and chest. (Review of a 7-year experience and report of 3 interesting cases in childhood).
- Changing hemodynamics in a patient with labile hypertension.
- Meckel''s diverticulum. Review of a 30-year experience.
- Effect of bile duct ligation and ligation of the portal vein on liver regeneration in rats.
- Surgical approach to severely symptomatic newborn infants with tetralogy of Fallot and absent pulmonary Valve.
- Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome (Kawasaki disease): delayed Aortic and mitral insufficiency secondary to active valvulitis.
- Repeat median sternotomy in pediatrics: experience in 164 consecutive cases.
- Successful reinnervation of the diaphragm after phrenic nerve transection.
- Hemodynamic effects of intravenous nitroglycerin in pediatric patients after Heart surgery.
- Diaphragmatic pacing in infants: techniques and results.
- Surgical management of infants with complex cardiac anomalies associated with reduced pulmonary blood flow and total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage.
- Development of neo-coarctation in patients with transposed great arteries and hypoplastic Aortic arch after Lecompte modification of anatomical correction.
- Experience with St. Jude Medical Valve prosthesis in children. A word of caution regarding right-sided placement.
- Factors that exaggerate the deleterious effects of pulmonary insufficiency on the right ventricle after tetralogy repair. Surgical implications.
- Persistent low cardiac output after the Fontan operation. Should takedown be considered?
- Effects of elevated coronary sinus pressure on left ventricular function after the Fontan operation. An experimental and clinical correlation.
- Use of a counterpulsation balloon as a substitute for the pulmonic Valve: a new application.
- Long-term results of porcine Valve insertion for pulmonary regurgitation following repair of tetralogy of Fallot.
- The Damus-Stansel-Kaye procedure. Should the Aortic valve or subAortic valve region be closed?
- Valve replacement in children: guidelines for selection of prosthesis and timing of surgical intervention.
- Management of recurrent coarctation of the aorta: a new experimental technique.
- Preparation of the left ventricle for anatomical correction in patients with simple transposition of the great arteries. Surgical guidelines.
- Factors influencing coronary vascular resistance during hypothermia.
- Comparison of single versus multidose blood cardioplegia in arterial switch procedures.
- Arterial switch in simple and complex transposition of the great arteries.
Schools
American University Of Beirut Faculty Of Medicine
American University Hospital
Case Western Reserve University Hospital
Case Western Reserve
Children39s Memorial Hospital
Procedures Preformed
- Cardioverter-Defibrillator or Pacemaker Insertion, Removal or Repair
- Chest CT (incl. Heart and Lungs)
- Insertion of Epicardial Lead for Pacemaker or Cardioverter and-or Defibrillator
- Valve Repair or Replacement (Aortic, Mitral, Tricuspid, and Pulmonary)
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Conditions Treated
- Aortic Ectasia
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
- Cardiomegaly
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiac Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors
- Chicago Mag - Children's Health
- Fellow (FAAP)
- Most Compassionate Doctor
- Fellow (FACS)
- Fellow (FACC)
Education
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Case Western Reserve University - University Hospitals -
American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine
Hospital
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Rush University Medical Center -
Advocate Christ Medical Center -
University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System -
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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