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Office
1514 Jefferson Hwy
Jefferson, LA 70121Phone+1 504-842-4000
Education & Training
- Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1984 - 1985
- The MetroHealth System/Case Western Reserve UniversityFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1982 - 1984
- Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1981 - 1982
- American University of Beirut Faculty of MedicineClass of 1979
Certifications & Licensure
- NY State Medical License 1982 - Present
- LA State Medical License 1986 - 2025
- OH State Medical License 1984 - 1986
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2012-2014
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
- Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trial of the SonRtip Lead and Automatic AV-VV Optimization Algorithm in the PARADYM RF SonR CRT-D Start of enrollment: 2012 Jan 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 48 citationsRelationships between the T-peak to T-end interval, ventricular tachyarrhythmia, and death in left ventricular systolic dysfunctionDaniel P. Morin, Marc N. Saad, Omar F. Shams, J. Sam Owen, Joel Q. Xue
Europace. 2012-08-01 - 51 citationsT-peak to T-end interval for prediction of ventricular tachyarrhythmia and mortality in a primary prevention population with systolic cardiomyopathyTodd M. Rosenthal, Paul F. Stahls, Freddy M Abi Samra, Michael L. Bernard, Sammy Khatib
Heart Rhythm. 2015-08-01 - 52 citationsCardiac contractility modulation: a novel approach for the treatment of heart failureFreddy Abi-Samra, David D. Gutterman
Heart Failure Reviews. 2016-07-09
Press Mentions
- Ochsner Performs First BR Procedure with New Pacemaker TechnologyMay 2nd, 2022
Other Languages
- French, Arabic
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