ChawkiFEl ZeinMDFACS

Thoracic Surgery • Falls Church, VA

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Co-Director, Inova Children's Heart Center Chief, Congenital Heart surgery LJ Murphy Inova Children's Hospital

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Office
3300 Gallows Road
Falls Church, VA 22042
Phone+1 703-776-6558

Education & Training

Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1997 - 1999
American University of Beirut Faculty of MedicineClass of 1992

Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 2001 - 2026
VA State Medical License 2024 - 2026
TN State Medical License 2023 - 2025

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Rare association of aortic atresia with balanced superior-inferior ventricles: case report of successful neonatal biventricular repair and review of the literature.
Puja Mehta Mather, Luca Vricella, Chawki El-Zein, Kirsten Borsheim, Eleanor Ross
Cardiology in the Young. 2024-10-14
1 citations
Atrial Septal Defect Stent Compression During Resuscitation of an Infant With Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome.
Chawki Elzein, Emily Pena, Narutoshi Hibino, Dhaval Patel, Luca Vricella
World Journal for Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery. 2024-09-01
A novel miniaturized adult pacemaker system for small neonates with congenital heart block.
Emily A Pena, David G Gamboa, Frank J Zimmerman, Narutoshi Hibino, Chawki F El-Zein
JTCVS Techniques. 2024-02-01

Professional Memberships

Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Member
Congenital Heart Surgeons Society
Member
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Member
World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
Member
European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Member
American College of Surgeons - ACS
Fellow

Other Languages

Arabic, French