George M. Nassar, MD

Professor of Clinical Medicine , Academic Institute
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College


Education & Training

Clinical Fellowship, Emory University
Internship, Emory University
MD, American University of Beirut
Publications

De Novo Fibrinogen A Alpha Chain Amyloidosis in a Kidney Transplant Patient: Case Report and Literature Review
Khaja, T, Truong, L & Nassar, G 2023, , Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease, vol. 10, pp. 20543581231209207. https://doi.org/10.1177/20543581231209207

Discovery of a large axillary artery vascular malformation during the evaluation of a patient with hemodialysis access-induced distal ischemia: Implications on pathophysiology and management
Evans, A, Nguyen, B & Nassar, G 2021, , Seminars in Dialysis, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 380-383. https://doi.org/10.1111/sdi.12999

ASDIN white paper: Management of cephalic arch stenosis endorsed by the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology*
Beathard, GA, Jennings, WC, Wasse, H, Shenoy, S, Falk, A, Urbanes, A, Ross, J, Nassar, G, Hentschel, DM, Sachdeva, B, Chan, MR, Salman, L & Asif, A 2023, , Journal of Vascular Access, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 358-369. https://doi.org/10.1177/11297298211033519

ASDIN white paper: Assessment and management of hemodialysis access-induced distal ischemia by interventional nephrologists
Beathard, GA, Jennings, WC, Wasse, H, Shenoy, S, Hentschel, DM, Abreo, K, Urbanes, A, Nassar, G, Dolmatch, B, Davidson, I & Asif, A 2020, , Journal of Vascular Access, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 543-553. https://doi.org/10.1177/1129729819894774

The effect of angioplasty of single arteriovenous fistula-associated stenosis on arteriovenous fistula blood flow rate
Nassar, GM, Beathard, G, Nguyen, DT & Graviss, EA 2020, , The journal of vascular access, pp. 1129729819901223. https://doi.org/10.1177/1129729819901223

Exploring correlations between anatomic characteristics of dialysis arteriovenous fistula stenosis and arteriovenous fistula blood flow rate (Qa)
Nassar, GM & Beathard, G 2020, , Journal of Vascular Access, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 60-65. https://doi.org/10.1177/1129729819851323

Long-term Safety of Epoetin Alfa-epbx for the Treatment of Anemia in ESKD: Pooled Analyses of Randomized and Open-label Studies
Wish, JB, Rocha, MG, Martin, NE, Reyes, CRD, Fishbane, S, Smith, MT & Nassar, G 2019, , Kidney Medicine, vol. 1, no. 5, pp. 271-280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xkme.2019.06.009

Management of transposed arteriovenous fistula swing point stenosis at the basilic vein angle of transposition by stent grafts
Nassar, GM, Beathard, G, Rhee, E, Khan, AJ & Nguyen, B 2017, , Journal of Vascular Access, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 482-487. https://doi.org/10.5301/jva.5000770

Endovascular stents in the management of dialysis vascular access
Nassar, GM 2017, . in Innovations in Dialysis Vascular Access Surgery. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. pp. 267-290.

Open Repair and Venous Inflow Plication of the Arteriovenous Fistula Is Effective in Treating Vascular Steal Syndrome
Patel, MS, Davies, MG, Nassar, GM & Naoum, JJ 2015, , Annals of Vascular Surgery, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 927-933. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2014.12.042

Percutaneous Thrombectomy of AVF: Immediate Success and Long-term Patency Rates
Nassar, GM, Rhee, E, Khan, AJ, Nguyen, B, Achkar, K & Beathard, G 2015, , Seminars in Dialysis, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. E15-E22. https://doi.org/10.1111/sdi.12336

Outcomes of Cephalic Arch Stenosis With and Without Stent Placement after Percutaneous Balloon Angioplasty in Hemodialysis Patients
Dukkipati, R, Lee, L, Atray, N, Kajani, R, Nassar, G & Kalantar-Zadeh, K 2015, , Seminars in Dialysis, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. E7-E10. https://doi.org/10.1111/sdi.12310

Outcomes of arteriovenous grafts following simultaneous thrombectomy and stent graft placement across the venous anastomosis
Nassar, GM, Suki, D, Rhee, E, Khan, AJ, Nguyen, B & Achkar, K 2014, , Seminars in Dialysis, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 639-644. https://doi.org/10.1111/sdi.12254

A comparison between the HeRO graft and conventional arteriovenous grafts in hemodialysis patients
Nassar, GM, Glickman, MH, Mclafferty, RB, Kevin Croston, J, Zarge, JI, Katzman, HE, Peden, EK, Lawson, JH, Martinez, JM & Thackeray, L 2014, , Seminars in Dialysis, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 310-318. https://doi.org/10.1111/sdi.12173

Preventing and Treating Inflammation: Role of Dialysis Access Management
Nassar, GM 2013, , Seminars in Dialysis, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 28-30. https://doi.org/10.1111/sdi.12023

Bardoxolone methyl in type 2 diabetes and stage 4 chronic kidney disease
De Zeeuw, D, Akizawa, T, Audhya, P, Bakris, GL, Chin, M, Christ-Schmidt, H, Goldsberry, A, Houser, M, Krauth, M, Lambers Heerspink, HJ, McMurray, JJ, Meyer, CJ, Parving, HH, Remuzzi, G, Toto, RD, Vaziri, ND, Wanner, C, Wittes, J, Wrolstad, D, Chertow, GM, Toto, B, McCullough, P, Ivanovich, P, Ketteler, M, Lachin, J, McGill, J, Agarwal, R, Anker, S, Arenillas, JF, Januzzi, J, Jardine, A, Kasner, S, Kissela, B, Kolansky, D, Mann, J, Thadhani, R, Champion de Crespigny, P, Chan, DT, DAlmeida, E, Fraser, I, Gray, N, Holt, S, Irish, A, Isbel, N, Kerr, P, Packham, D, Phoon, R, Pollock, C, Roger, S, Suranyi, M, Walker, R, Wittert, G, Yue, D, Balcke, P, Prager, R, Schernthaner, G, Schernthaner, G, Sunder-Plassmann, G, Jadoul, M, Krzesinski, JM, Peeters, P, Van der Niepen, P, Van Gaal, L, Van Vlem, B, Warling, X, Chow, S, Cournoyer, S, Dumas, R, Jolly, S, Levin, A, McMahon, A, Mehta, H, Ooi, TC, Perkins, D, Roy, L, Sapir, D, Tam, P, Bartaskova, D, Hemzsky, L, Kubina, D, Szabo, M, Tesar, V, Combe, C, Faller, B, Fauvel, JP, Halimi, JM, Hourmant, M, Le Meur, Y, Urena-Torres, P, Zaoui, P, Al-Sarraf, S, Burst, V, Degenhardt, S, Kempe, HP, Kleophas, W, Kosch, C, Krumme, B, Kuhlmann, M, Pistrosch, F, Rambausek, M, Schmidt-Guertler, H, Segiet, T, Sommerer, C, Vielhauer, V, Beberashvili, I, Benchetrit, S, Herskovits, T, Karnieli, E, Levin-Iaina, N, Mosenzon, O, Tsur, A, van Dijk, DJ, Wainstein, J, Yagil, Y, Yerushalmi, Y, Colussi, G, Conte, G, Di Luca, M, Giovambatista, C, Messa, P, Pani, A, Pisani, A, Rapana, MR, Ruggenenti, P, Villa, G, Zoccali, C, Correa-Rotter, R, Diaz-Escobedo, SL, Garcia, P, Gonzalez Galvez, G, Obrador Vera, GT, Rico, R, Calero, F, Cigarran, S, de Alvaro, F, de Francisco, AL, Egido, J, Fernandez, E, Fernandez Vega, F, Fort, J, Galan Serrano, A, Gorriz Teruel, JL, Martinez, I, Martinez Castelao, A, Munar, MA, Navarro, J, Nieto, J, Osuna, A, Pascual, J, Portoles, J, Praga, M, Vallés, M, Fellstrom, B, Frisenette-Fich, C, Hadimeri, H, Stenvinkel, P, Svensson, M, Weiss, L, Adamson, K, Dornhorst, A, El Kossi, M, Gnudi, L, Hendry, B, Johnson, A, Joseph, F, Kalra, P, Marshall, S, Mikhail, A, Myint, KS, Soran, H, Taal, M, Zehnder, D, Abbott, L, Acharya, A, Ahmed, Z, Aiello, J, Akom, M, Ali, S, Alzohaili, O, Anderson, L, Anderson, S, Anger, M, Appel, G, Arakaki, RF, Arif, A, Assefi, AR, Atray, N, Awad, A, Barranco, E, Belledonne, MO, Belo, D, Bernardo, M, Bernstein, R, Bhalla, V, Bhatia, D, Black, RM, Block, G, Blondin, J, Blumenthal, SS, Bononi, P, Brantley, RR, Bresssler, P, Broumand, V, Brusco, O, Buerkert, J, Burgos-Calderon, R, Campbell, R, Canas, G, Cangiano, J, Cherlin, R, Chilakapati, V, Comunale, R, Coyne, D, Crawford, PW, Darwish, R, Deeb, W, Denker, PS, Desai, S, Desouza, C, Diamond, S, Dixon, BS, Durham, JH, Eisner, G, Elder, JG, El-Shahawy, M, Fadda, G, Fitz-Patrick, D, Fonseca, V, Fraser, NJ, Frei, G, Fried, L, Galindo-Ramos, E, Germain, M, Ghantous, W, Gilbert, JM, Gillum, D, Godwin, J, Goel, A, Goldfarb, DS, Graf, RJ, Greenwood, T, Guasch, A, Hanna, A, Harper, K, Herman, T, Hilton, T, Hines, T, Hoggard, J, Hootkins, R, Huseman, R, Israelit, A, Jamal, A, Kant, K, Kaptein, E, Kathresal, A, Kaupke, J, Kaveh, K, Kaye, W, Keightley, GE, Keith, K, Khairullah, Q, Kondle, V, Kopyt, N, Krishna, G, Lawrence, MK, LeBeau, M, Leehey, DJ, Levine, MM, Levinson, D, Lew, SQ, Lewis, D, Linfert, D, Liss, K, Lund, R, Madeleine, P, Mahmood, K, Martin, ER, Martinez, C, Mayeda, SO, Mendez, R, Middleton, J, Molitch, ME, Moncrief, J, Moustafa, M, Muoneke, R, Murray, AV, Murugan, TS, Nammour, TM, Nassar, G, Navaneethan, S, Newman, J, Nossuli, A, Nwakoby, I, Osama, S, Ouseph, R, Parker, J, Parnes, E, Patel, N, Pergola, P, Perlman, A, Perry, RG, Petrillo, R, Prabhakar, S, Purighalla, RS, Quesada-Suarez, L, Rabiei, A, Raskin, P, Rastogi, A, Reisin, E, Rekhi, A, Rivera-Colon, L, Rizk, D, Rodelas, R, Roer, D, Rosas, S, Ross, DL, Rovner, S, Sackel, H, Sader, S, Santos, P, Schmidt, R, Shafik, S, Shakeel, M, Sharon, Z, Silva, AL, Silva, A, Singh, B, Smith, M, Solomon, R, Soman, S, Spinowitz, B, Sprague, SM, Spry, L, Stonesifer, L, Streja, D, Suchinda, P, Sun, C, Thakar, CV, Trespalacios, F, Tumlin, JA, Van Buren, P, Vernace, M, Vicks, S, Warren, M, Weiss, D, Welker, J, Winston, JA, Wombolt, DG, Wood, M, Wu, M, Wynne, A, Yu, H & Zabaneh, RI 2013, , New England Journal of Medicine, vol. 369, no. 26, pp. 2492-2503. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1306033

Venous angioplasty
Nassar, GM 2012, . in Vascular Access for the General Nephrologist. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. pp. 291-305.

Characteristics of biofilm on tunneled cuffed hemodialysis catheters in the presence and absence of clinical infection
Ramanathan, V, Riosa, S, Al-Sharif, AH, Mansouri, MD, Tranchina, A, Kayyal, T, Abreo, AP, Aslam, S, Nassar, GM & Darouiche, RO 2012, , American Journal of Kidney Diseases, vol. 60, no. 6, pp. 976-982. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2012.06.003

Geringere anzahl von dosisveränderungen bei einmal monatlicher verabreichung von C.E.R.A. bei patienten mit chronischer niereninsuffizienz
Mann, JFE, De Francisco, A, Nassar, G & Canaud, B 2012, , Nieren- und Hochdruckkrankheiten, vol. 41, no. 9, pp. 367-374. https://doi.org/10.5414/NHX01452

Fewer dose changes with once-monthly C.E.R.A. in patients with chronic kidney disease
Mann, JFE, de Francisco, A, Nassar, GM & Canaud, B 2011, , Clinical Nephrology, vol. 76, no. 1, pp. 9-15. https://doi.org/10.5414/CN106847