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Office
1000 E Mountain Blvd
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
Summary
- Raised in Chicago and now a General Surgery Resident located in Northeastern Pennsylvania with professional interest in: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Structural Heart Disease, Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, TAVR, Critical Care, Robotic Surgery, Medical Education and Mentoring.
Education & Training
Geisinger Health System (Wilkes Barre)Residency, Surgery, 2022 - 2027
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and ScienceClass of 2022
University of Illinois at ChicagoBS, Neuroscience , Summa Cum Laude, 2014 - 2018
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 2022 - 2023- American College of SurgeonsAdvanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
- American Heart AssociationAdvanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
- American Heart AssociationBasic Life Support (BLS)
- American Heart AssociationPediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Dean’s List University of Illinois at Chicago, 2015-2018
- Chicago Consular Corps Scholarship 2017
- DIS Pioneer Scholarship Danish Institute for Study Abroad, 2016
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Single Center Experience with Incidence, Impact and Predictors of Biliary Complications in Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Transplantation.Omar Bushara, Jonathan Alhalel, Jes Sanders, Hooman Azad, Thomas Cerri
Progress in Transplantation. 2022-09-01
Abstracts/Posters
- Surgical Repair of Gastric Perforation Following Sleeve GastrectomySalmaan Zafer, Veronica Guerrero, Rosalind Franklin University of Medical Science M3 Clinical Poster Day, North Chicago, Illinois, 6/2021
- Improved Patient Survival in DCD Liver TransplantationO. Bushara, J. Alhalel, H. Azad, T. Cerri, S. Zafer, J.C Caicedo, 2021 American Transplant Congress, Virtual, 6/2021
- Ischemic Cholangiopathy, Biliary Complications, and Long-Term Outcomes of Patients Receiving Liver Transplants from Donors who underwent Cardiac DeathSalmaan Zafer, Thomas Cerri, Juan Caicedo-Rojas, Amna Daud., Northwestern University Transplant Outcomes Research Collaborative (NUTORC), Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, 8/9/2019
Authored Content
- Discover Study Abroad Official BlogAugust 2016
Research History
- Research Intern - Northwestern Memorial Hospital Comprehensive Transplant Center2019 - 2021
- Research Assistant - UIC College of Medicine, Department of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery2015 - 2021
Professional Memberships
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Other Languages
- Urdu
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