Ahmed Asfari, M.D.

Associate Professor

Schools: Medical School
Departments: Pediatrics

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Education

Medical School: University of Aleppo Faculty of Medicine-Syrian Arab Republic (2009)
Residency: University of Kansas School of Medicine - Wichita (2014), Pediatrics
Fellowship: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/Arkansas Children's Hospital (2017), Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Other Post Graduate Training: University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Health Professional (2021)
Fellowship: University of Alabama Hospital (2024), Pediatric Cardiology

Publications

Hyperoxia During Neonatal Cardiopulmonary Bypass Is Associated With Worse Clinical Outcomes: A Multi-Institutional Study: Author Collaboration tC, Beshish AG, Kwiatkowski DM, Sznycer-Taub N, Costello JM, Jergel A, Gillespie S, Cashen K, Asfari A, Batsis M, Buckley JR, Chlebowski MM, Flores S, Goldshtrom N, Migally K, Mills KI, Radman MR, Reddy C, Shutes B, Riley CM, Narasimhulu SS, Mueller D, Amula V, Venkitachalam R, Joy BF, Karki KB, Leopold SM, Schramm JE, Capone CA, Aydin SI, Bakar AM, Leong K, Kulikowska A, Wing S, Mastropietro CW Journal of the American Heart Association 2025 Nov 15
Clinical and Risk Analytics Associations With Extubation Failure in Children Following Congenital Cardiac Surgery: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study, 2017-2020: Hames DL, Abbas Q, Asfari A, Borasino S, Diddle JW, Fu Y, Gazit AZ, Lipsitz S, Marshall AM, Reise K, Guerineau LR, Wolovits JS, Salvin JW Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2025 Sep 26 e1105-e1114
The Acidemia Index: A Near Real-Time Risk Analytics Algorithm is Associated With Measured Acidemia in Pediatric Critical Care Patients, a Multi-Center Validation Study: Asfari A, Gazit AZ, Futterman C, Kelly RB, Macfadyen A, Copper DS, Salvin JW, Szadkowski A, Borasino S, Wolovits J, Zaccagni HJ Critical Care Explorations 2025 Jun 7 e1281
Extubation Failure in Neonates Following Congenital Cardiac Surgery: Multicenter Retrospective Cohort, 2017-2020: Hames DL, Abbas Q, Asfari A, Borasino S, Diddle JW, Gazit AZ, Lipsitz S, Marshall A, Reise K, Guerineau LR, Wolovits JS, Salvin JW Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2025 May 26 e590-e599
Race and the Inaccuracy of Pulse Oximetry With Hypoxemia in a Pediatric Cardiac ICU: Coghill MT, Law MA, Webb LV, Asfari A, Borasino S Critical Care Explorations 2025 Mar 7 e1237
Automated spontaneous breathing trial performance tool is associated with improved outcomes following pediatric cardiac surgery: A single-center retrospective study from Alabama, USA: Clark MG, Borasino S, Zaccagni HJ, Payne S, Raper J, Loberger J, Hock KM, Asfari A Journal of Pediatric Critical Care 2025 Jan 12 1-7
A Near Real-Time Risk Analytics Algorithm Predicts Elevated Lactate Levels in Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Patients: Asfari A, Wolovits J, Gazit AZ, Abbas Q, Macfadyen AJ, Cooper DS, Futterman C, Penk JS, Kelly RB, Salvin JW, Borasino S, Zaccagni HJ Critical Care Explorations 2023 Dec 5 E1013
Plasma proteoglycan 4: a novel biomarker for acute lung injury after pediatric cardiac surgery: Asfari A, Doyle EA, Jay GD, Aristizabal N, Manchikalapati A, Rahman AK, Hock KM, Borasino S, Ambalavanan N, Schmidt TA, Rhodes LA Translational Pediatrics 2023 Sep 12 1668-1675
Risk factors for long post-operative hospital stays after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery in full-term neonates: Asfari A, Borasino S, Mendoza E, Hock KM, Huskey JL, Rahman AK, Zaccagni H, Byrnes JW Cardiology in the Young 2023 Mar 48
Norwood Operation: Immediate vs Delayed Sternal Closure: Asfari A, Jacobs JP, Byrnes JW, Borasino S, Prodhan P, Zaccagni H, Dabal RJ, Sorabella RA, Hammel JM, Smith-Parrish M, Zhang W, Banerjee M, Schumacher KR, Tabbutt S Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2023 Mar 115 649-654