Rafic Berbarie, M.D.

Associate Professor

School: Medical School
Department: Internal Medicine

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Biography

Rafic Berbarie, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and a member of the Division of Cardiology. His interests include echocardiography, medical teaching, and all areas of general cardiology, including coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, cardiac symptom evaluation, cardiac risk factor management, and arrhythmias.

Originally from Miami, Dr. Berbarie received a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Texas at Dallas and earned his medical degree at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. He completed internal medicine residency training at Baylor University Medical Center, where he also received advanced training through a fellowship in cardiology and served as Chief Fellow.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in cardiovascular disease, Dr. Berbarie joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2021.

Dr. Berbarie has published numerous academic articles on a variety of cardiology topics in peer-reviewed journals.

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Featured Publications

Embolization of a stent from an arteriovenous graft into the right ventricle in a patient on chronic hemodialysis.: Fazel P, Schussler JM, Berbarie RF, Hamman BL, Fenves AZ, Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 2011 Apr 24 2 94-5
Computed tomography coronary angiographic demonstration of a single coronary artery with the right coronary artery arising as a continuation from the left circumflex coronary artery.: Berbarie RF, Anderson AS, Schussler JM, Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2007 Jun 69 7 940-1
Measurement of right ventricular volumes before and after atrial septal defect closure using multislice computed tomography.: Berbarie RF, Anwar A, Dockery WD, Grayburn PA, Hamman BL, Vallabhan RC, Schussler JM, Am J Cardiol 2007 May 99 10 1458-61
Use of multislice computed tomographic coronary angiography for the diagnosis of anomalous coronary arteries.: Berbarie RF, Dockery WD, Johnson KB, Rosenthal RL, Stoler RC, Schussler JM, Am J Cardiol 2006 Aug 98 3 402-6
Dramatic RV volume reduction following atrial septal defect closure demonstrated by multi-slice CT volume rendering.: Berbarie RF, Anwar A, Dockery WD, Grayburn PA, Vallabhan RC, Schussler JM, Clin Cardiol 2006 Aug 29 8 372
Frequency of atrial fibrillation in patients having mitral valve repair or replacement for pure mitral regurgitation secondary to mitral valve prolapse.: Berbarie RF, Roberts WC, Am J Cardiol 2006 Apr 97 7 1039-44
Preoperative exclusion of significant coronary artery disease by 64-slice CT coronary angiography in a patient with a left atrial myxoma.: Berbarie RF, Aslam MK, Kuiper JJ, Matter GJ, Martin AW, Roberts WC, Schussler JM, Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 2006 Apr 19 2 121
Quiz page. Secondary hypertension with contralateral pheochromocytoma and aldosteronoma.: Berbarie RF, Emmett M, Breslau NA, Am J Kidney Dis 2005 Jul 46 1 A51, e1-3
Transesophageal echocardiographic visualization of a rupturing thoracic aortic aneurysm in progress.: Berbarie RF, Schussler JM, Hamman BL, Echocardiography 2005 Mar 22 3 277-8
Monitoring brain PO2, PCO2, and pH during graded levels of hypoxemia in rabbits.: Martinez-Tica JF, Berbarie R, Davenport P, Zornow MH, J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 1999 Oct 11 4 260-3

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