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Hasan Alam, MD, General Surgery, Chicago, IL

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General Surgery Chicago, IL

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Loyal and Edith Davis Professor and Chair. Department of Surgery, Northwestern Medicine. Surgeon-in-Chief, Northwestern Memorial Hospital

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  • Office

    Loyal and Edith Davis Professor and Chair of Surgery
    Surgeon-in-Chief, Northwestern Memorial Hospital/ Feinberg School of Medicine
    Chicago, IL 60611
    Phone+1 312-926-4962

Summary

  • Dr. Hasan Alam is a general surgeon in Chicago, IL and is affiliated with Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He received his medical degree from Aga Khan Medical College and has been in practice 27 years. He specializes in trauma surgery & surgical critical care and is experienced in minimally invasive surgery, trauma and surgical critical care, shock, education, and general / gastrointestinal surgery. He has more than 400 publications and over 17000 citings, with an h-index of 66.

Education & Training

  • MedStar Health/Washington Hospital Center
    MedStar Health/Washington Hospital CenterFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 1998 - 1999
  • MedStar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital
    MedStar Health/Georgetown-Washington HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1992 - 1998
  • Aga Khan Medical College
    Aga Khan Medical CollegeClass of 1990

Certifications & Licensure

  • IL State Medical License
    IL State Medical License 2020 - 2026
  • MI State Medical License
    MI State Medical License 2012 - 2022
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2005 - 2021
  • DC State Medical License
    DC State Medical License 1997 - 2020
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Valproic Acid Treatment Attenuates Degenerative Brain Lesions, Neuroinflammation, and Apoptosis in Long-Term Survival Model of Traumatic Brain Injury, Hemorrhagic Shoc...  
    Vahagn C Nikolian, Hasan B Alam, Journal of The American College of Surgeons
  • Immunopharmacology and Inflammation Inhibition of Peptidylarginine Deiminase Alleviates LPS-Induced Pulmonary Dysfunction and Improves Survival in a Mouse Model of Let...  
    Hasan B Alam, Aaron Williams, Xiuzhen Duan, Yongqing Li, ScienceDirect

Authored Content

  • Valproic Acid Treatment Attenuates Degenerative Brain Lesions, Neuroinflammation, and Apoptosis in Long-Term Survival Model of Traumatic Brain Injury, Hemorrhagic Shock, and Polytrauma in SwineOctober 2018

Press Mentions

  • http://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2016/10000/News__A_Cool_Way_to_Save_Trauma_Patients.1.aspx
    http://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2016/10000/News__A_Cool_Way_to_Save_Trauma_Patients.1.aspxSeptember 23rd, 2020
  • Experts Call for Systematic Approach to Reduce Injury Deaths
    Experts Call for Systematic Approach to Reduce Injury DeathsFebruary 14th, 2020
  • Dr. Hasan Alam on QuickClot, the "Golden Hour", and EPR
    Dr. Hasan Alam on QuickClot, the "Golden Hour", and EPRNovember 14th, 2017
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Grant Support

  • Modulation Of Acetylation In The Treatment Of Lethal Hemorrhagic ShockNational Institute Of General Medical Sciences2009–2012
  • Induced Hypothermic Arrest In Traumatic ShockNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2005
  • Induced Hypothermic Arrest In Traumatic ShockNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2002–2004

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