
Armaan Akbar
@armaan_akbar
MS4, Pozefsky Research Scholar @HopkinsMedicine, B.S. Neuroscience @Pitt
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14-08-2023 14:30:48
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Thoughts on the July Effect? These researchers debunk the idea that the influx of trainees from July to September negatively impacts patient outcomes in lung transplantation recipients. Read in #JTCVS Open: doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon… Andrew Kalra Armaan Akbar Errol L. Bush, MD, FACS


Congratulations to Andrew Cameron who was named as the 8th director of Hopkins Surgery today!! Dr. Cameron has been interim director since 2021. He is also surgeon-in-chief of The Johns Hopkins Hospital, chief of the Div. of Transplant, & professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins Medicine




Johns Hopkins Cardiothoracic Surgery Hanghang Wang (王行行), MD, PhD kicking off #WTSA2024 50th Anniversary Scientific Sessions highlighting the variability of mitral valve repair rates: both increasing volume and experience correlate with mitral valve repair rates and more than half of the repairs are by 15% of surgeons!


richard dunku nudotor rocked his Western Thoracic Surgical Association presentation on CMS OpenPayments reported payments by medical industry companies to thoracic surgery program directors. Trainees benefit from industry support but can the trainees at different programs benefit equally? Let’s ask more questions!


Had a spectacular time celebrating our graduating chiefs Thaniyyah Ahmad Salman . Up next for Dr. Ahmad is Stanford congenital fellowship and for. Zaheer a job at Penn State in adult cardiac. They have left their imprint on Johns Hopkins Cardiothoracic Surgery !


Great work by our trainees on dcd and impact on multi organ outcomes Johns Hopkins Cardiothoracic Surgery Hopkins Surgery …. Application season is right around the corner 😉 😉. Be on the lookout for these super ⭐️s.Alice Zhou Armaan Akbar Jessica Ruck

Congratulations to our faculty Dr. Sung-Min Cho Sung-Min Cho, Associate Professor, chairing the first ever guidelines for neurological monitoring and management of adult patients receiving ECMO! Johns Hopkins Medicine Johns Hopkins ACCM Johns Hopkins Neurology Residency Johns Hopkins Neurosciences Critical Care

Very excited to share our work looking at outcomes of expanded criteria heart donation in adults with congenital heart disease, out now in John Thompson! Johns Hopkins Cardiothoracic Surgery Alice Zhou Ahmet Kilic Ari Cedars

Incredible presentation on outcomes of non-intubated ECMO patients as a bridge to heart transplantation by rising star 💫, Hopkins medical student Armaan Akbar! 🔥🫀 under the mentorship of Ahmet Kilic


Enjoyed leading an educational simulation lab on coronary anastomosis with Drs. Jennifer Lawton and Glen Whitman this morning. Some technical tricks and wisdom for CABG. Johns Hopkins Cardiothoracic Surgery


Made possible by our amazing mentors! Check out our paper below. Armaan Akbar Jessica Ruck Emily Larson Betsy King, MD PhD

Congratulations to our newest residents! Robert Semco Armaan Akbar 🔥🎉 Welcome to the team! Columbia Surgery Columbia Cardiothoracic Surgery



Our rockstar Harvard Medical School student Robert Semco on palliative care in CT surgery: Despite rising consults for post-cardiotomy shock, only 25% of these patients receive palliative care nationally. Underutilized and overdue. Incredible and important work, Rob! Mentored by our own


🎉 A huge congratulations to our incredible Program Director, Ahmet Kilic, on his recent well-deserved promotion to Professor of Surgery! A remarkable achievement that reflects his leadership, dedication, and impact on trainees and the field of CT surgery. Hopkins Surgery
