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Office
9500 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44195Phone+1 800-223-2273Fax+1 216-986-1191
Education & Training
- Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1995 - 1997
- Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1990 - 1995
- University of HawaiiInternship, Transitional Year, 1989 - 1990
- Damascus University Faculty of MedicineClass of 1987
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1992 - Present
- OH State Medical License 1993 - 2025
- HI State Medical License 1989 - 1991
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
- Distinguised Service Award Syrian American Medical Society, 2009
- Distinguised Service Award Tuzla University, 2009
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Transfemoral aortic valve replacement in a nonagenarian with aortic stenosis and cardiac amyloidosis: case report.Deena Akras, Keith Bullinger, Meera Kondapaneni, Aisha Siraj, Rami Akhrass
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2022-03-09 - 1 citationsEmergency cardiac surgery in patients on oral anticoagulants and antiplatelet medications.Rami Akhrass, Marc Gillinov, Faisal G. Bakaeen, Deena Akras, Scott J. Cameron
Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2022-01-01 - Retention of Bovie scratch pad radio-opaque marker during VATS Pleurodesis: case reportDeena Akras, Daniel P. Raymond, Rami Akhrass, Sudish C. Murthy
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2021-05-05
Journal Articles
- Preservation of the anterior epicardial fat pad paradoxically decrease atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgeryJE Cummings MD, IS Gill MD, Rami Akhrass MD, M Dery MD, LA Biblo MD, KH Quan MD, PACE, 1/1/2002
- Durability of Combined Aortic and Mitral Valve RepairA. Marc Gillinov MD, Eugene H. Blackstone MD, Jennifer A. White MD, Rami Akhrass MD, Micheal Howard MD, Delos M. Cosgrove MD, Ann Thorac Surg, 1/1/2002
- Two Internal Thoracic Grafts Are Better Than OneBruce W. Lylle MD, John H. Arnold MD, Floyd D. Loop MD, Rami Akhrass MD, and Delos M. Cosgrove MD, J Thorac Cardiovascular Surg, 1/1/1999
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Lectures
- SAMS-Past, Present and FutureOrlando, FL - 1/1/2012
- Innovations in Cardiac SurgeryLas Vegas, NV - 1/1/2011
- Innovations in Cardiothoracic SurgeryTuzla, Bosnia, 2009; Damascus, Syria, 2009; Lattakia, Syria, 2009 - 1/1/2009
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Other Languages
- Arabic
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