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Asma Zainab, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology & Critical Care, Academic Institute
Assistant Clinical Member, Research Institute
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College


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Biography

Dr. Zainab is an anesthesiologist at Houston Methodist where she is also an intensivist in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit. Prior to joining Methodist in 2006, she was an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.

Description of Research

Dr. Zainab´s research is focused on investigations of the underlying pathological processes in critical care medicine, specifically with regard to acute lung injury, ventilator-induced lung injury, and ARDS.  She is currently working on the development of computational lung model for ARDS as well as biomarkers in acute lung injury She is also working in collaboration with the Department of Radiology on creating AI model for predicting ARDS outcomes. 

Areas Of Expertise

Critical care medicine Acute care Insulin resistance Hyperglycemia Cardiac critical care
Education & Training

Clinical Fellowship, Saint Louis University
Residency, Forest Park Hospital
MD, Fatima Jinnah Medical College for Women
Publications

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Cardiology
Zainab, A, Tuazon, D & Gooch, M 2023, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, no. 19.4.

Withdrawing extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) against a family's wishes: Three permissible scenarios
Bibler, TM & Zainab, A 2023, , Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, vol. 42, no. 7, pp. 849-852. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2023.03.014

Development and Validation of a Risk Score for Respiratory Failure After Cardiac Surgery
Zainab, A, Graviss, E, MacGillivray, T, Fatima, S, Nguyen, DT & Masud, FN 2022, , Annals of Thoracic Surgery, vol. 113, no. 2, pp. 577-584.

Development and Validation of a Risk Score for Respiratory Failure After Cardiac Surgery
Zainab, A, Nguyen, DT, Graviss, EA, Fatima, S, Masud, FN & MacGillivray, TE 2022, , Annals of Thoracic Surgery, vol. 113, no. 2, pp. 577-584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.03.082

Development and Validation of a Risk Score for Respiratory Failure After Cardiac Surgery
Zainab, A, Nguyen, DT, Graviss, EA, Fatima, S, Masud, FN & MacGillivray, TE 2022, , The Annals of thoracic surgery, vol. 113, no. 2, pp. 577-584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.03.082

The Role and Impact of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Critical Care
Ratnani, I, Tuazon, D, Zainab, A & Uddin, F 2018, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 110-119. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcj-14-2-110

How New Support Devices Change Critical Care Delivery
Zainab, A, Tuazon, D, Uddin, F & Ratnani, I 2018, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 101-109. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcj-14-2-101

Updates on critical care management of cardiovascular patients.
Masud, F, Zainab, A, Ratnani, I, Perme, C & Vykoukal, D 2011, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 28-32. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcj-7-4-28

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