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Ahmad Darwazah

Ahmad Khaled Darwazah, PhD,FRCS

Makassed Hospital- Ramallah Hospital
Mount of olives
Jerusalem  
Israel
0545613232
00970595023686 (alternative)
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Role: 
Surgeon - Cardiothoracic

Background

Ain Shams University /Egypt MB,BCH 1980
Ain Shams University /General Surgery MSc 1984
Ain Shams University /Cardiothoracic 1985-1986
Glasgow Royal Infirmary /Cardiothoracic 1986-1987
Western Infirmary / cardiothoracic 1988
St,Georges Hospital UK /General surgery 1989
Ain Shams Uni.Cardioth/Doctorate Degree 1991
Fellow of the royal college of Surgeons (Ed) UK 1997
Makassed Hospital / Jerusalem 1999

Other Interests

myocardial revascularization among Low EF patients
minimal invasive valve surgery
continuing medical education
Fungal endocarditis
Off -pump coronary artery surgery
Myocardial preservation
Cardiac tumors

travelling

Research

Publications

 

1)Fournier’s gangrene.

A.K.Darwazah

A case report accepted by the Royal College of Surgeons in England.

As part of overseas training scheme 1998.

 

2) Correlation between Clinical & Postmortem Findings in cases with valve replacement. A.Nassar, A.K.Darwazah & M.Khalifa

The New Egyptian J of Medicine Vol 17 no.1. 1992

 

 

3) Cardiac Valve replacement Combined with myocardial Revascularization.

 

T.Zagloul,M, E 1 Saegh , H.Ali,E.Moustafa & A.K.Darwazah. Accepted by the first scientific congress of the Middle East and North African chapter of the international Society of Cardiovascular.

Surgery 1992 , published in the Egyptian heart Journal vol.xxxxiv 1994 103-108

 

4) The use of Serum Creatine Kinase – MB in the evaluation of Myocardial Preservation after Nifedipine Cardioplegia.

A.H.Elhossary  M.Efiky  , A.K.Darwazah  S.Salama & L.Aboelmaged.

Menouflia Med.Journal Vol1.5 1 Jan.1993

 

5) Early experience of Minitracheostomy after open heart surgery.

     A.K.Darwazah. Accepted by the 16th international Annual Ain Shams Medical congress, 255-260

 

6) Abdominal Complications in open heart surgery.

A.K.Darwazah , A.Kerdany , W.Osman , T.Zagloul , H.Elsayed.

Accepted by the 16th international Annual Ain Shams medical congress 249-254

 

7) Right Atrial myxoma : A rare type of tumor.

A.K.Darwazah . O.Refai , Ezzedin moustafa , A.Shoeb , H.Elsayed.

Accepted by the 1st Egyptian Cardiothoracic Meeting 1994.

 

8) Hyperramylasemia & Pancreatitis after Cardiopulmonary bypass. A.K.Darwazah , A.Kerdany , G.Fouad , O.Eldermerdash,M.Tantawy

  Accepted by the 1st Egyptian Cardiothoracic Meeting 1994.

 

9) Fungal Endocarditis : A case of unusual treatment.

    A.K.Darwazah , Ezzeldin, A. Shoeb , M. Tantawy.

    Accepted by the Menouflia Med.J . Vol 5. No.2 1993.

 

10) Surgery of parenchmatous Schistomisis & Its relation to tuberculosis & bronchogenic Carcinoma.

 Ezzeldin Moustafa , A.Aly , A.K.Darwazah , Z.Kamar , A.Sarwat.

 Accepted by XXIX World Congress of international College of Surgeon.London.England 1994.

 

11) Experience of close Mitral Valvotomy for Tight Mitral Stenosis.

      A.L.Dokhan . A.K.Darwazah , H.Gaajer.

M.Medical J.Vol. 6.No.2 1994.143-151

 

12) Surgical Replacement of Benign Oesophageal Stricture ( A series of 19 pateints)

  M.Badawi , A.Elsaid & A.K. Darwazah.

 Accepted for publication Jan.1995.Men.Med.J

 

13) Right Thoracotomy As Safer approach in redomitral Valve replacement.

H.Elsayed, A.K.Darwazah.

Texas Heart Institute Journal Vol.23.No.2.1996

 

 

 

14) Variables Affecting the outcome of Chest trauma.

       A.K.Darwazah . A.A.Taleb , A.L.Dokhan M.Badawi and H.Y Mamoud.

    XXIII.Med.J. Vol.7 No. 1 1995.

 

15) Thoracoscopy in undiagnosed Pleural effusion.

 A.L.Dokhan, A.M.Aziz, A.K.Darwazah .AA Taleb. B Badawi ,M.Abdul.

Men.Med. J . Vol.6.No.1 1994.

 

 

16) Surgical Management of Ebstein anatomy: A 22 years experience.

     S.Azab, A Elkerdany , A El-nori , A.K.Darwazah.

     J.Egypt Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery 1997. Vol.V January No.1

 

 

17) MiniVersus Standard Stenotomy in aortic Valve replacement.

     A.K.Darwazah & M.Osman.

Men.Med. J. Vol.10 No.1 Jan.1998.(supplement)

 

 

18) Effect of Modified Crystalloid Cardioplegia As A Myocardial Preservative on surgical outcome.

A.K.Darwazah , H. ElShahawy , K.Mansour , H.Abdel-Rahman & T.Elsaegh.

Accepted by the fourth Egyptian Cardiothoracic meeting 1997.

 

 

19) Candida Parapsilosis : Unusual organism causing prosthetic valve endocarditis.

A.K.Darwazah , G.Berg & B. Faris.

 J.infection.1999;38,130-131

 

 

20) Valve replacement in children. Shibin Elkom experience.

       A.K.Darwazah .

Accepted in September 1998.During the Egyptian Society meeting of cardiothoracic surgery in Shibin Elkom Menofia.

 

 21) Postoperative Antiarrythmic effects of digoxin in patients with reduced left ventricular undergoing coronary bypass grafting.

 H.El-Sadek , A.Darwazah . D.Bimmer , C.Schmitz , A.Wetz.

Accepted in the 5th International ESCVS congress 2001.

 

 22) Efficacy and safety of Diltiazem verses Digoxin in the prophylaxis of ventricular and supraventriular tachycadias after coronary artery bypass grafting.

H.El-Sadek , A.Darwazah , D. Dimmel , C. Schmitz , A.Wetz

Accepted in the 19th Annual meetings of Arabmed in London 27-29 Sep.2002

 

23) local Fibrinolysis with Fragmentation : An Effective method of treatment of pulmonary Embolism.

M-El-Sadek , A.Darwazah , I.Islim , A.L.ElHaj  A.Welz.

Accepted in the 19th Annual meetings of Arabmed in London 27-29 Sep.2002.

 

 

24) Aorto-right atrial fistula: a complication of prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis. A case report.

A K Darwazah, M Kiswani ,H Ismail, M Hawari, S Awad

J Heart Valve Dis. 2006 Jan ;15(1): 142-5

 

 

25)  Visceral  Leishmaniasis complicated by fungal pulmonary valve endocarditis.

A K Darwazah , M Hawari, Z Qaqa , R Abu Shama, B Sharabati

J Infect. 2006 ; 53,e185-e189

 

 

26) Multiple left ventricular myxoma arising from the interventricular septum and ventricular trabeculae: a case report.

A K Darwazah, M Hawari , I Hussein, H El-Hassan

Heart Surg Forum.2006 ; E 587-9

 

 

 

27)  Myocardial revascularization in patients with low ejection fraction OR =35% :effect of pump technique on early morbidity and mortality.

J Card Surg 2006 Jan-Feb;21(1):22-7

A K Darwazah , R Abu Sham’a, E Hussein , M Hawari , H Ismail

 

 

28) Congenital Circumflex coronary arteriovenous fistula with aneurysmal termination in the pulmonary artery

A K Darwazah , I Hussein , M Hawari .   Tex Heart Inst J . 2005;32(1):56-9

 

29)  Coronary Endarterectomy on Beating Heart, Is It Worth Doing?  

AK Darwazah,  RA Abu Sham’a,  IH Yassin.    

J. Card. Surg 2007; 22: 69-72.

 

 

30)  Off-pump coronary bypass in multivessel  disease. Effect of ejection fraction on early and midterm mortality and morbidity.

A.K.Darwazah, R.A.Abu Shama, Y.Abu Snaineh, M.Kiswani ,A.Farhoud

Accepted by the 55th  international congress,St Petersburg,2006

Abstract in Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 5(Suppl.1)S137(2006).   

J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 2008 ;49(4 ) :519

 

 

31) The use of off-pump Cardiopulmonary Bypass In Emergency Myocardial Revascularization.

A.K. Darwazah, Raed A Abu Sham’a, I. Isleem B. Hanbali, B. Jaber.

Accepted by the 7th International Congress on Coronary Artery Disease in Venice, ITALY 2007. 

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2009;Apr; 17(2):133-8

 

 

32) Surgical intervention to remove an entrapped fracture guidewire during angioplasty .

A.K.Darwazah, Aloul  J, R Abu Shama, Eida M, Ismail H

J Card Surg. 2008 Mar-Apr;23(3):177-9.

 

 

33) Myocardial Revascularization in Porcelain Aorta .Impact of age on conduct of surgery.

A K Darwazah , R Abu Shama ,B Hanbali

Minerva Chirugica  2007 ,Vol 60 Dec –Page 503.

 

 

34) Iatrogenic Right Coronary Artery Dissection with Retrograde Extension to the right coronary sinus .

A K.Darwazah A, R.Abu Shama, Yassin I, Ismail I.

J Card Surg. 2007 Nov-Dec;22(6): 526-8

 

 

35) Combined Surgical treatment of constrictive tuberculous pericarditis and myocardial revascularization.

A. K. Darwazah , R. Abu Shama, J Aloul,N S Kamal,B Sharabati

Ind J Thorac and Card Surg.2007  Oct-Dec; 23(4): 263-267.

 

 

36) Left internal Mammary Artery Atherosclerosis, twenty three years after repair of Aortic coarctation..

A K Darwazah, Saleh Shehadeh, Barakat Sharabati, Raed Abu Shama

Ann Thorac Surg 2008; 86:1991-4

 

37) Congenital absence of the left pericardium associated with Sinus Venosus Defect in a deaf-mute patient.

A K Darwazah, M H ElSayed , A Yosri, A Ghoneim

CHIRURGIA 2008; 21

 

38) The use of off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery among patients with malignant disease.

A K Darwazah, M Osman, B  Sharabati

J Card Surg 2009 Jan 20 (Epud ahead of print )

 

 

 

39) Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular risk factors among Palestinians of East Jerusalem.

R AbuShama , A K Darwazah, F H Kufri, I H Yassin , N Torok

East Med Health J 2009;15(6):1464-1473

 

 

 

40) Acute Fulminating mitral valve Endocarditis causing left ventricle to right trial fistula in a patient with B thalassemia Major..

A K Darwazah ,K Helwa , B Sharabati

 J Heart Valve Dis 2010 Jul; 19(4): 434-7 .

 

41) Conservative management of left atrial thrombus after CABG in a patient with normal mitral valve .

A K Darwazah

J Cardiovasc Surg  2009 Dec;50(6):821-2

 

42) Emergency Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery After Failed Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

A K Darwazah , I Islim , B Hanbali, R AbuShama, J Aloul

J  Cardiovasc Surg 2009 Dec;50(6):795-800

 

 

43) Pedunculated Endocardial Left Ventricular Fibroma:Presenting with cerebral and Bilateral Periphral Embolization.

A K Darwazah, J Shoeb, S Eissa

 Ann of Thorac Surg 2010 Mar; 89(3): 965-7 .

 

44) Emergency Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Off-pump versus On-pump.

A K Darwazah . Review Article . Valves and Chambers, the Journal of Cardiology

Sep, 2010 .

 

45) Myocardial revascularization using on-pump beating heart among patients with left ventricular dysfunction.

A K Darwazah, V Bader , I Isleem , K Helwa .

J Cardiothorac Surg 2010 ; 10(5): 109 .

 

 

47) Surgical Removal of Myxoma attached at Junction of Inferior Vena cava and right Atrium.

A K Darwazah , M Eida , M Batrawy.

Accepted Tex Heart Inst  J 2010 .

 

 

 

48)  Surgical Management of Double-Chambered Right Ventricle in Adults.

A K Darwazah , M Eida , V Bader , M Khalil

 Tex Heart Inst J 2011 ; 38(3) : 301-4

 

49)  Detrimental effect of Cardiopulmonary Bypass(CPB) on Malignant Disease.

A K Darwazah , S Shehata

  J Cardiothorac Surg 2011 Feb 4;6:13

 

50) Congenital Intrathoracic Kidney in a patient undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery .

A K Darwazah , A Yosri

  J Card Surg 2011 Mar ; 26(2):172-5

 

51) Spontaneous Bilateral Subdural Hematomas of the Posterior Cranial Fossa after Aortic Valve replacement.

A K Darwazah , Mua’allem N, M Eida , V Bader , M Batrawy

 Chirurgia 2012; 25(1):55-7

 

52) Challenges encountered among patients with Autoimmune disease undergoing open heart surgery.

A K Darwazah

 Chirurgia 2012; 25(1): 83-4

 

53) Surgical Treatment of Circumflex Coronary Aneurysm with Fistulous connection to Coronary Sinus  Associated with Persistent left Superior vena Cava.

A K Darwazah , M Eida , M Batrawy , I Isleem , N Hanbali

Accepted 2011 J Card Surg

 

54) Split right coronary artery associated with atherosclerosis

A K Darwazah

 Chirurgia 2012; 25(4):291-3

 

 

55) Hematological Malignancies: A real Challenge to Cardiac Surgeons

A K Darwazah

 J of Hematological Malignancies  June 2012, Vol. 2, No. 2

 

56) Surgical Management of Coronary Artery Disease Associated with Malignancy.

A K Darwazah

 J  Cardiac Surgery 2012 Sep;27(5):581-8.

 

57)  Recurrent pannus formation causing prosthetic aortic valve dysfunction: Is excision without valve re-replacement applicable?

A K Darwazah

J Cardiothoracic Surg. 2012  Jun 29;7(1):62.

 

58) Giant Left atrium associated with massive thrombus formation.

A K Darwazah, H ElSayed

Thrombosis J 2013;11:1-5.

 

59) Double-Balloon Valvuloplasty of Calcified Bioprosthetic Pulmonary Valve Twenty-Three Years after Implantation.

M ElSayed, A K Darwazah , H El Sayed

J of Heart Valve Disease 2013; 22:265-269.

 

60) Genuin Palestinian cabbage: Myth or fact. Comparison between Palestinian and Belgian coronary artery bypass grafting.

Salameh B, Darwazah A K, Verhaaren H, VanNooten G.

World J of Cardiovasc Dis. 2013; 3: 50-61.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research:

 

1)-Analysis of cases of Aortic incompetence.

A.K.Darwazah , M.Moustafa , H.Elsayed.

A thesis submitted for partial fulfilment of the master degree in general surgery (1984- Ain Shams University, Cairo – Egypt.)

 

2- Evaluation of pancreatic Enzyme Activation Following Coronary Artery bypass grafting using Tap Assay.

     A.K.Darwazah, H.Taylor.

 London 1989  St.George’s hospital. United Kingdom

 

 

3-The use of Oxygenating Cardioplegia in myocardial protection in valve replacement.

 A.K.Darwazah . T.Zaghloul , E.Moustafa , H.Elsayed.

 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the Doctorate degree in cardiothoracic surgery, Ain Shams University, 1991. Egypt

 

4-Role of magnesium in cardioplegia solution for myocardial Preservation in open heart surgery.

G.Elkadi , Ezzeldin moustafa , A.K.Darwazah , M,Moustafa.

Research done at department of cardiac surgery. Ain Shams  university 1994. Egypt

 

 

5-Radial artery Versus Internal mammery Artery in Coronary Artery bypass Graft.

J. Berg , A .Darwazah

    Involved in the research done at the western infirmary 1996-97.

 

 

6-Toronto Stentless aortic Valve Vs prosthetic Valve.

J. Berg, A .Darwazah

    Research done at western infirmary.1997.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Educational Information

Education:

 

Premedical education.

 

Ain Shams university,Cairo/Egypt

Basic sciences.                                                      1974

 

Medical education.

 

Ain Shams university                                          1975-1980

Medical school  

 

Post Graduate training:

Internship

 

El Demardash hospital                                        March 1981

Ministry of health ,Cairo

 

El Koba Hospital                                                 September 1981

Ministry of Health,Cairo

 

Residency:

 

Cardiothoracic surgery                                      March 1982-85

Ain-Shams University

 

Pediatric cardiac surgery                                   1985-86

Ain-Shams university .

 

Heliopolis Cardiac Center                                  April 1986-September 86

 

 

 

Hospital Appointments:

 

Glasgow Royal Infirmary                                    October 1986-June 87

Registrar Cardiothoracic Surgery

 

Glasgow Western Infirmary                               July 1987-August 87

Registrar Cardiothoracic surgery

 

Glasgow Royal Infirmary                                    May 1988-October 88

Registrar Cardiothoracic surgery

 

 

Law hospital/SCOTLAND                                August 1988-October 88

Senior HO/ general surgery

 

Law Hospital/ SCOTLAND                                  October 1988-Dec.88

Registrar General Surgery

 

St.George Hospital/LONDON/UK.                       1989

Registrar in General Surgery

 

Ain-Shams University hospital                              1990-1991

Research Registrar in Cardiothoracic surgery

 

Queen Elizabeth hospital Birmingham/UK          1995

Registrar Cardiothoracic surgery

 

Sheffield University hospital/UK                            1995

Registrar Cardiothoracic Surgery

 

Glasgow Western Infirmary                                    August 1996-Jan 97

Senior registrar / cardiothoracic surgery

 

Makassed  Hospital / Jerusalem                  April – 1999- 2007

Chief of Cardiac Surgery Department

Working in Cooperation with

United Nation Development Program.(UNDP)

 

Ramallah Hospital – Palestinian Medical Complex         2009

Chief of Cardiac Surgery Department

 

 

 

Academic Appointments:

 

Assistant Lecturer                                                  1991-1992

Cardiothoracic surgery

Menoufia university Egypt

 

Lecturer

Cardiothoracic surgery                                         1992-1997

Menoufia university

 

Lecturer

Pediatric Cardiac surgery                                     1993

Ain-Shams University Egypt

 

 

Assistant Professor

Cardiothoracic Surgery                                          1998

Menoufia University Egypt

 

Associate Clinical Professor

Cardiothoracic surgery                                            1999

Al-Quds University / Jerusalem

 

 

 

 

Practice Areas

  • Cardiac
  • Critical Care
  • Endocarditis
  • Heart failure
  • Professional Affairs
  • Minimally Invasive
  • Valve disease
  • Tricuspid valve disease
  • Coronary disease
  • Great vessels
  • Education