Firas Kaddouh, MD

• Professional Background

  Education

  • 2021 - MHS - Master of Health Science - Yale University School of Medicine
  • 2000 - M.D. - Doctor of Medicine - University of Damascus Faculty of Medicine

  Highlights

  2016 / UMass Medical School- Neurology Dept. - Excellence in Medical Knowledge

  2014 / Canton Medical Education Foundation - Resident Teacher of the Year

  2013 / Canton Medical Education Foundation  - Resident Teacher of the Year

  2012 / Canton Medical Education Foundation - Resident Teacher of the Year

  2014 / Canton Medical Education Foundation - Excellence in Ambulatory Care

  Appointments

  • 2021 - Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery - Neurocritical Care - Ut Health San Antonion Long School of Medicine, San Antonio, Texas
  • 6/2021 - Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology - Neurocritical Care - Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
  • 6/2021 - Clinical Coach for ILCE Program - Department of Medical Education - Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
  • 6/2021 - Clinical Coach for MCE Program- Department of Medical Education - Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
  • 6/2019 - Clinical Fellow - Neurocritical care and Emergency Neurology - Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
  • 6/2017 - Resident- Department of Neurology - University of Massachusetts Med. School, Worcester, MA
  • 6/2014 - Resident- Department of Internal Medicine - Canton Medical Education Foundation, Canton, OH

• Instruction & Training

  • 2021, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery- Neurocritical Care, UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine, San Antonio, TX
  • 6/2021, Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology- Neurocritical Care , Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
  • 6/2021, Clinical Coach for ILCE Program- Department of Medical Education, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
  • 6/2021, Clinical Coach for MCE Program- Department of Medical Education , Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
  • 6/2019, Clinical Fellow - Neurocritical care and Emergency Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
  • 6/2017, Resident- Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Med. School, Worcester, MA
  • 6/2014, Resident- Department of Internal Medicine, Canton Medical Education Foundation, Canton, OH

• Service

  School

  8/2021 – Primary Member – IRB - University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

  8/2021 – Alternate Member – IRB - University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

  6/2021 – Faculty Senator - University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

  1/2021 – Member – Mortality Committee - University Hospital System, San Antonio, TX

  1/2021 – Member – Bioethics Committee -University Hospital System, San Antonio, TX

  1/2021 – Member – Resuscitation Committee - University Hospital System, San Antonio, TX

  5/2021 – Chair – Targeted Temperature Management subcommittee - University Hospital System, San Antonio, TX

  11/2021 – Chair – Pharmacy & Therapeutic Neuro Subcommittee - University Hospital System, San Antonio, TX

  2/2021 – Voting Member – Drug Utilization Committee - University Hospital System, San Antonio, TX

  Institutional

  6/2021 / Member – Neurocritical Care (NCC) Fellowship Competency Committee  / Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

  6/2021 / Fellow and Attending Member – NCC Fellowship Program Evaluation Committee / ​Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

  Service to the Profession

  2/2021 / Member – Graduate Medical Education Committee / Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)

  6/2021 / Reviewer for Stroke Journal /American Heart Association 

  Community Service

  6/2020 / Medical Intensive Care Unit- COVID ICU /  Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

  5/2020 / Medical Intensive Care Unit- COVID ICU / Cony Island Hospital, Brooklyn, NY

  4/2020 / Medical Intensive Care Unit- COVID ICU /Queens County Hospital, Queens NY

   

• Publications

  SCEINTIFIC PUBLICATIONS:

  1. Brown SC, Cormier J, Tuan J, Lier, AJ, McGuone D, Armstrong PM, Kaddouh F, Parikh S, Landry ML, Gobeske, KT. Four Human Cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Connecticut, USA, during a Larger Regional Outbreak, 2019. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2021;27(8):2042-2051.
  2. Sheth KN, Mazurek MH, Yuen MM, Cahn BA, Shah JT, Ward A, Kim JA, Gilmore EJ, Falcone GJ, Petersen N, Gobeske KT, Kaddouh F, Hwang DY, Schindler J, Sansing L, Matouk C, Rothberg J, Sze G, Siner J, Rosen MS, Spudich S, Kimberly WT. Assessment of Brain Injury Using Portable, Low-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging at the Bedside of Critically Ill Patients. JAMA Neurol. 2020 Sep 8: e203263.
  3. Ammar AA, Ammar MA, Owusu KA, Brown SC, Kaddouh F, Elsamadicy AA, Acosta JN, Falcone GJ. Andexanet Alfa Versus 4-Factor Prothrombin Complex Concentrate for Reversal of Factor Xa Inhibitors in Intracranial Hemorrhage. Neurocrit Care. 2021 Jan 6.
  4. Radcliffe C, Lier A, Doilicho N, Parikh S, Kaddouh F. Bordetella bronchiseptica: a rare cause of meningitis. BMC Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 3;20(1):922.
  5. Hill MD, Goyal M, Menon BK, Nogueira RG, McTaggart RA, Demchuk AM, Kaddouh, F, Poppe AY, Lopez GA, English J, Tymianski M; ESCAPE-NA1 Investigators. Efficacy and safety of nerinetide for the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke (ESCAPE-NA1): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2020 Mar 14;395(10227):878-887.
  6. Ghasemi M, Kaddouh F, Deb A, Owegi MA. Delayed-onset MRI findings in acute chorea related to anoxic brain injury. Clin Imaging. 2018 Mar-Apr; 48:22-25.

  POSTER PRESENTATIONS:

  1. Mazurek, MH; Cahn, BA; Yuen, MM; Shah, JT; By, S; Hu, HH; Welch, EB; Lazarus, C; Dyvorne, H; Ward, A; Timario, N; Falcone, GJ; Gordon‐Kundu, B; Gilmore, EJ; Hwang, DY; Kim, JA; Kaddouh, F; Gobeske, K; Sharma, R, Schindler, JL; Matouk, C; Hebert, R; Wira, C; Sze, G; Rosen, M; Kimberly, WT; Sheth, KN. “Appearance of Intracerebral Hemorrhage on Low‐Field, Point‐of‐Care Magnetic Resonance”. The145th Annual Meeting of the American Neurological Association (ANA), September 2020.
  2. Yuen, MM; Cahn, BA; Mazurek, MH; Shah, JT; By, S; Hu, HH; Welch, EB; Lazarus, C; Dyvorne, H; Ward, A; Timario, N; Falcone, GJ; Gordon‐Kundu, B; Gilmore, EJ; Hwang, DY; Kim, JA; Kaddouh, F; Gobeske, K; Sharma, R, Schindler, JL; Matouk, C; Hebert, R; Wira, C; Sze, G; Rosen, M; Kimberly, WT; Sheth, KN. “Intracerebral Hemorrhage and Clinical Outcome on Low Field, Portable, Point‐of‐Care Magnetic Resonance Imaging”. The145th Annual Meeting of the American Neurological Association (ANA), September 2020.3.Mazurek, MH; Yuen, MM; Cahn, BA; Shah, JT; By, S; Hu, HH; Welch, EB; Lazarus, C; Dyvorne, H; Ward, A; Timario, N; Falcone, GJ; Gordon‐Kundu, B; Gilmore, EJ; Hwang, DY; Kim, JA; Kaddouh, F; Gobeske, K; Sharma, R, Schindler, JL; Matouk, C; Hebert, R; Wira, C; Sze, G; Rosen, M; Kimberly, WT; Sheth, KN. “Low‐Field, Point‐of‐Care Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Subdural Hematoma”. The145th Annual Meeting of the American Neurological Association (ANA), September 2020.
  3. Traner, C; Kaddouh, F; Falcone, G. “Powassan Virus: A Diverse Appearing Encephalitis”. The 72nd Annual American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Meeting, Toronto, ON, April 2020.
  4. Ghasemi, M; Kaddouh, F; Deb, A; Owegi, M. “Delayed-onset MRI Findings in Acute Chorea Related to Anoxic Brain Injury”. The 14th World Congress on Neurology and Neurological Disorders, July 2017.
  5. Kim, EK; Valizadeh, N; Mayasi, Y; Eleftheriou, E; Kaddouh, F; Hannoun, A; Patti, J; Azeem, M; Kao, T; Hohler, A; Fischer, M; Desai, S; Deb, A. “Going Global in Neurology: An Innovative Neurology Curriculum for Trainees in Resource-Limited Settings”.  The 69th Annual American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Meeting Science Program, Boston, MA, April 2017.
  6. Li, Y; Kaddouh, F; Lozano, D; Jun-O’Connell, A; Ramzan, M. “Intracerebral Hemorrhage Due to Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome in the Setting of Antipsychotic Medication”. The 68th Annual American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Meeting, Vancouver, CA, April 2016.
  7. Kaddouh, F; Carandang, R; Bassil, R; Hall, W; Muehlschlegel, S. “Early, but not Delayed, Global Brain Edema Independently Predicts Short- and Long-term Outcomes after Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: a 5-year Cohort Study”. The 13th Annual Neurocritical Care Society Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ, October 2015.
  8. Bassil, R; Kaddouh, F; Carandang, R; Hall, W; Muehlschlegel, S. “Validation of the Verbal Subscore Equation to Estimate Total GCS in Intubated and Non-Intubated Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Patients”. The 13th Annual Neurocritical Care Society Meeting, Scottsdale, AZ, October 2015.
  9. Kaddouh, F; Tunguturi, A; Patel, A; DeGrush, E; Mandelbaum, M; Eleftheriou, E; Goddeau, R. “Bilateral Carotid Artery Thrombi Following Cisplatin-Based Chemotherapy”. The 67th Annual American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Meeting, Washington, DC, April 2015.
  10. Kaddouh, F; Rowley, G; Chakka, A. “Wait Wait Don’t Send Her to the Cath Guy, We Got A Much Bigger Fish to Fry” A case of splenic abscess and sepsis. The Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) Research Day, Rootstown, OH, May 2014.
  11. Mascarell, S; Uy, J; Kaddouh, F; Fogelfeld, L. “The Decision to Perform Thyroidectomy in Patients with Follicular lesions on Undetermined Significance or Non-diagnostic FNAs”. The 14th International Thyroid Congress, Paris, France, September 2010.

  BOOKS, CHAPTERS & MANUSCRIPTS:

  1. Kaddouh, F; Blumenfeld, H. “Brainstem III: Internal Structures and Vascular Supply” A book Chapter. Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases 3rd Edition. Editors: Hal Blumenfeld. Sunderland (MA): Sinauer Associates. (In print)
  2. Kaddouh, F; Weaver, J; Muehlschlegel, S. “CSF Aspiration” A book Chapter. Irwin and Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine. Editors: Richard S Irwin, James M. Rippe. Philadelphia (PA): Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. (Manuscript)
  3. Bassil, R; Kaddouh, F; Greer, D; Muehlschlegel, S. “Neurogenic Shock”. A Book Chapter. Civetta, Taylor and Kirby’s Critical Care 5th Edition. Editors: Andrea Gabrielli, Mihae Yu, A. Joseph Layon. Philadelphia (PA): Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. (Manuscript)
  4. Kaddouh, F; Daoud, S. “Comprehensive Study of Vitiligo: Review of The Literature”. Graduation Thesis. University Hospital for Dermatological and Venereal Diseases in Damascus, Syria, September 2007.

• Clinical

  Agency:  SIREN: The Strategies to Innovate Emergency Care Clinical Trials Network / I.D.#: NIH# U01NS099046 / Title:“BOOST-3: Brain Oxygenation Optimization in Severe TBI, Phase 3” /Site P.I.:  Emily J. Gilmore, M.D./ Role: Co-Investigator / Project period: 3/2020-present

  Agency:  Biogen /I.D.#:252BN201; EudraCT 2018-003858-24 /Title: “ASTRAL: A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of BIIB093 in Participants with Brain Contusions” /Site P.I.: Jennifer A. Kim, M.D., Ph.D. /Role: Co-Investigator / Project period: 10/2019-present

   

   

   

   

   

  Board Certifications

  • 2018 - American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
  • 2014 - American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)