Iqbal El-Assaad
Arab-American pediatric physician and researcher
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Iqbal Mahmoud El-Assaad (Arabic: إقبال محمود الأسعد, romanized: Iqbāl Maḥmūd al-Asʻad; also romanized as Iqbal Al Assad) is a Palestinian physician whose research has focused on cardiology. She was recognized as one of the youngest doctors in the world when she completed her medical training at age 20.
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| Born | February 2, 1993 Palestine |
Biography
Iqbal Mahmoud Al Assad was born February 2, 1993, in Palestine to a Palestinian father and a Lebanese mother.[1] Her father’s family is originally from Mughr al-Khayt, a village in Safed. At the time of the Nakba, her family sought refuge in the Beqaa region in Lebanon, where her grandfather and his children worked in agriculture.[2][3] She graduated from high school at age 12 and at age 20 had graduated from the Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar with a degree in general medicine.[4] She was honored as the youngest Arab doctor after completing her medical accreditation at the age of 20.[5] She has also been rated as one of the most influential women in the Arab world.[4]
She pursued a residency in pediatrics at Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital after witnessing the disparities in healthcare among the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.[6][7][8][9] She held the Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital and is scheduled to graduate in June 2020.[10] She plans to pursue a subspecialty fellowship in pediatric electrophysiology afterwards.
Awards
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Cardiology Outstanding Investigator Award. Project: "Patient and Neighborhood Level Characteristics as Predictors of Survival in Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Arrests"[11]
- Qatar foundation scholarship. Facilitated by the Lebanon Ministry of Education.[2]
Indexed publications
- El-Assaad, Iqbal; Al-Kindi, Sadeer G.; Oliveira, Guilherme H.; Houghtaling, Penny; Wilkoff, Bruce L.; Boyle, Gerard J.; Aziz, Peter F. (August 2015). "Pacemaker implantation in pediatric heart transplant recipients: Predictors, outcomes, and impact on survival". Heart Rhythm. 12 (8): 1776–1781. doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.04.045. ISSN 1556-3871. PMID 25956965.
- El-Assaad, Iqbal; Al-Kindi, Sadeer G.; Oliveira, Guilherme H.; Boyle, Gerard J.; Aziz, Peter F. (December 2015). "Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and wait-list outcomes in pediatric patients awaiting heart transplantation". Heart Rhythm. 12 (12): 2443–2448. doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.07.036. ISSN 1556-3871. PMID 26247317.
- El-Assaad, Iqbal; Al-Kindi, Sadeer G.; Abraham, JoEllyn; Sanatani, Shubhayan; Bradley, David J.; Halsey, Colby; Law, Ian H.; Balaji, Seshadri; Shetty, Ira (October 2016). "Use of dofetilide in adult patients with atrial arrhythmias and congenital heart disease: A PACES collaborative study". Heart Rhythm. 13 (10): 2034–2039. doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.07.016. ISSN 1556-3871. PMID 27435587.
- El-Assaad, Iqbal; Al-Kindi, Sadeer G.; Saarel, Elizabeth V.; Aziz, Peter F. (June 2017). "Lone Pediatric Atrial Fibrillation in the United States: Analysis of Over 1500 Cases". Pediatric Cardiology. 38 (5): 1004–1009. doi:10.1007/s00246-017-1608-7. ISSN 1432-1971. PMID 28374048.
- El-Assaad, Iqbal; Al-Kindi, Sadeer G.; Aziz, Peter F. (December 2017). "Trends of Out-of-Hospital Sudden Cardiac Death Among Children and Young Adults". Pediatrics. 140 (6): e20171438. doi:10.1542/peds.2017-1438. ISSN 1098-4275. PMID 29180463.
- El-Assaad, Iqbal; Al-Kindi, Sadeer G.; McNally, Bryan; Vellano, Kimberly; Worley, Sarah; Tang, Anne S.; Aziz, Peter F.; CARES Surveillance Group (October 2018). "Automated External Defibrillator Application Before EMS Arrival in Pediatric Cardiac Arrests". Pediatrics. 142 (4): e20171903. doi:10.1542/peds.2017-1903. ISSN 1098-4275. PMID 30262669.
- El-Assaad, Iqbal; Hood-Pishchany, M. Indriati; Kheir, John; Mistry, Kshitij; Dixit, Avika; Halyabar, Olha; Mah, Douglas Y.; Meyer-Macaulay, Colin; Cheng, Henry (2020-07-15). "Complete Heart Block, Severe Ventricular Dysfunction, and Myocardial Inflammation in a Child With COVID-19 Infection". JACC: Case Reports. 2 (9): 1351–1355. doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.023. PMC 7237189. PMID 32835278.
- El Assaad, Iqbal; Gauvreau, Kimberlee; Rizwan, Raheel; Margossian, Renee; Colan, Steven; Chen, Ming Hui (2020-07-01). "Value of Exercise Stress Echocardiography in Children with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy". Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 33 (7): 888–894.e2. doi:10.1016/j.echo.2020.01.020. ISSN 0894-7317. PMID 32279939.
