Iqbal Mahmoud Al Assad

Iqbal Mahmoud Al Assad (Arabic: إقبال محمود الأسعد) is a physician pursuing a pediatric cardiology fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital (graduating in June 2020). She was recognized as one of the youngest doctors in the world when she completed her medical training at age 20. Her name is also seen as Iqbal El-Assaad in some sources.

Biography

Iqbal Mahmoud Al Assad was born February 2, 1993 in Palestine, but became a refugee in Lebanon.[1][2] 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.[3] She was honored as the youngest Arab doctor after completing her medical accreditation at the age of 20.[4] She has also been rated as one of the most influential women in the Arab world.[3]

She pursued a residency in pediatrics at Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital after witnessing the disparities in healthcare among the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.[5][6][7][8] She held the Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital and is scheduled to graduate in June 2020.[9] 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"[10]
  • Qatar foundation scholarship. Facilitated by the Lebanon Ministry of Education.[1]

Indexed publications
  • Trends of Out-of-Hospital Sudden Cardiac Death Among Children and Young Adults.[11]
  • Lone Pediatric Atrial Fibrillation in the United States: Analysis of Over 1500 Cases.[12]
  • Pacemaker implantation in pediatric heart transplant recipients: Predictors, outcomes, and impact on survival.[13]
  • Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and wait-list outcomes in pediatric patients awaiting heart transplantation.[14]
  • Use of dofetilide in adult patients with atrial arrhythmias and congenital heart disease: A PACES collaborative study.[15]
  • Automated External Defibrillator Application Before EMS Arrival in Pediatric Cardiac Arrests.[16]

References
  1. "Palestinian child prodigy becomes doctor at age 20". The National. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  2. "Iqbal Al Assad". Global Influence. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  3. "2017.most.powerful.arab.women-67.Iqbal Al Assad". ArabianBusiness.com. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  4. "20-year-old Palestinian girl becomes youngest Doctor in the World". The Siasat Daily. 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  5. "arab.power100.2015-6.Iqbal Al Asaad". ArabianBusiness.com. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  6. "Dr. Iqbal El Assaad, MD - Locations". Vitals.
  7. "Dr. Iqbal El Assaad, MD – Cleveland, OH | Pediatrics on Doximity". Doximity. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  8. "Dr. Iqbal El Assaad, MD - Reviews - Cleveland, OH". www.healthgrades.com. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  9. "Iqbal El-Assaad | Harvard Catalyst Profiles | Harvard Catalyst". connects.catalyst.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  10. "Cardiac Center at CHOP". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
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