SyedMurfadPeerMD

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences.

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Dr. Syed Peer is a thoracic surgeon in Washington, DC and is affiliated with Children's National Hospital. He received his medical degree from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences and has been in practice 14 years. He specializes in pediatric cardiac surgery, and cardiovascular surgery and is experienced in pediatric / congenital cardiothoracic surgery, adult congenital cardiac surgery, and pediatric heart failure and transplantation.

University of MichiganFellowship, Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, 2015 - 2016
University of MichiganFellowship, Congenital Cardiac Surgery, 2014 - 2015
Childrens National Medical CenterFellowship, Congenital Cardiac Surgery, 2012 - 2014
Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and ResearchMCh, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2006 - 2009
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal UniversityMS, General Surgery, 2002 - 2005
Bangalore UniversityClass of 2003

PubMed

17 citations
Early primary repair of tetralogy of Fallot does not lead to increased postoperative resource utilization.
Syed Murfad Peer, David Zurakowski, Richard A. Jonas, Pranava Sinha
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2014-12-01
4 citations
Mechanical Circulatory Support for the Failing Fontan: Conversion to Assisted Single Ventricle Circulation-Preliminary Observations
Syed M. Peer, Kristopher B. Deatrick, Thomas J Johnson, Jonathan W. Haft, Francis D. Pagani
World Journal for Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery. 2018-01-01
1 citations
Mechanical support of pulmonary blood flow as a strategy to support the Norwood circulation-lumped parameter model study.
Syed Murfad Peer, Canberk Yildirim, Manan Desai, Karthik Ramakrishnan, Pranava Sinha
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 2022-06-15

Abstracts/Posters

Doppler Red Blood Cell Backscatter Monitoring for Real-time Assessment of Adequacy of Anticoagulation in an Extracorporeal Circuit: In-Vitro Study
Syed Peer, Teri Ulferts, Satoshi Miyairi, Pranava Sinha, Mechanical Support and Thoracic Transplantation Summit, 9/20/2024