Dr.Mohammad Shihata - CV

1. Mohammad Shihata, FRCSC, MD
Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi Arabia
Madinah Cardiac Center
E-Mail: mshihata@gmail.com
Career Appointments
• Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Taibah University
(2013 - current).
• Cardiac Surgeon, Madinah Cardiac Center (2013 - current).
• Visiting Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon, KFSHRC, Jeddah, 2014
Education
• Medical School (MBBS) – King Abdulaziz University – Jeddah, KSA. (1996 - 2003).
• General Surgery , Taibah University, Madina (2003 - 2005).
• Cardiac Surgery Residency, University of Alberta (2005 - 2011).
• FRCSC, Cardiac Surgery, (June 2011).
• MSc Clinical Epidemiology , Faculty of Public Health, University of Alberta (2008).
• Pediatric cardiac surgery fellowship, University of Alberta (July 2011 – June 2012).
• Pediatric cardiac surgery fellowship, Advocate Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL.
Interests
• Neonatal cardiac surgery .
• Adult congenital heart disease.
• Valvular reconstructive surgery.

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• Organ protection during cardiac surgery.
• Outcome research in cardiac surgery.
Awards
• Award of excellence from the Ministry of Higher Education for graduating from Medical
School with honors.
• The Cardiac Surgery divisional award for the highest score on the American Board
Thoracic Surgery in training exam. (2009 - 2011).
• The Marshall C. Hunting award for excellence in vascular surgery (2010).
Academic and Professional development
• Appointed Resident Representative - Residency Training Program Committee.
• Appointed Representative of Saudi Physicians in Edmonton by the Saudi Arabian
Cultural Bureau.
• Re-designed and updated the Cardiac Surgery Divisional Website.
• Organized the Academic Half Day sessions for the academic year (2008 - 2009) .
• Mentoring summer research students. Project on cerebral protection during aortic arch
surgery (2009).

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Publications and Abstracts
• Spontaneous closure of atrial septal defects within the oval fossa.
Azhari N, Shihata MS, Al-Fatani A. Cardiol Young. 2004 Apr;14(2):148-55.
• Ex vivo bilateral pulmonary embolectomy for donor lungs prior to transplantation.
Shihata M, Ghorpade N, Lien D, Modry D. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Jun;85(6):2110-2.
• Bilateral diaphragmatic plication in the setting of bilateral sequential lung transplantation.
Shihata M, Mullen JC. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Mar;83(3):1201-3.
• Repair of an acute type A aortic dissection combined with an emergency cesarean section in a
pregnant woman.
Shihata M, Pretorius V, MacArthur R. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2008 Oct;7(5):938-40. Epub
2008 Jun 26.
• Penetrating nail injury to the right ventricle associated with thrombus formation.
Shihata M, Ghorpade N. J Card Surg. 2010 Mar;25(2):179. Epub 2010 Feb 9.
• Selective antegrade cerebral perfusion during aortic arch surgery confers survival and
neuroprotective advantages.
Shihata M, Mittal R, Senthilselvan A, Ross D, Koshal A, Mullen J, MacArthur R.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Apr;141(4):948-52.
• Deep and Superficial Sternal Complication Following Cardiac Surgery – A retrospective Analysis
From a Canadian Institution.
Deb S, Pretorius V, Shihata M, MacArthur R.
Poster presentation at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress. October 24 – 25 , 2009
• Fifteen Year Outcomes of Univentricular Repairs
Shihata M, A. Senthilsilvan, Ross DB, Joffe A, Rebeyka IM
Tom Williams Surgical Research Day, 2011
• Staged Biventricular Repair for Neonates with Complex Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction,
Ventricular Septal Defect, and Aortic Arch Obstruction.
Mohammad Shihata, Chawki Elzein, Tarek Hosayni, Michel Ilbawi, Ann Thorac Surg. 2014

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References
• Dr. Zohair Al- Halees, MD, FRCSC, FACS
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon; Director of King Faisal Heart Institute, King Faisal
Specialist Hospital & Research Center. alhalees@kfshrc.edu.sa , P.O.Box 3354, Riyadh
11211, KSA, Tel. (00966 1 4427470), Fax : (00966 1 4427482)
• Dr. Ivan Rebeyka, FRCSC, MSc
Clinical Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Head of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Stollery
Children’s Hospital. 3H2.04 - Walter C Mackzenzie Health Sciences Centre, University
of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2R7 Tel: 780.407.8033, Fax: 780.407.8052;
Ivan.Rebeyka@albertahealthservices.ca
• Dr. Hani K. Najm, FRCSC, MD, MSc
Consultant and Head of Cardiac Surgery Division, Department of Cardiac Sciences; King
Abdulaziz Cardiac Center, haninajm@hotmail.com,. P.O.Box 7805, Riyadh 11472, KSA,
Tel. (00966 1 2520088), Ext (6751),Fax (6700).
• Dr. Roderick MacArthur, FRCSC, Program Director, Division of Cardiac Surgery,
University of Alberta 3H2.11 WMC, 8440-112 Street, Edmonton, AB T6G 2B7, Phone:
780-407-7454, Fax: 780-407-2184, Roderick.macarthur@albertahealthservices.ca
• Dr. Michel Ilbawi , MD, FAHA, Director of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Advocate
Children’s Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL, USA, 60453
Phone: 708-684-3029, Fax: 708-684-4068, amilbawi@yahoo.com