Abdelrahman Ibrahim Abushouk

Abdelrahman I. Abushouk, MD I Email: Aabushou@bidmc.harvard.edu

Education

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBCh), Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. I officially graduated with Excellence with Honors in June 2016 (Among top Class Graduates; Summa Cum Laude).

Current Position

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow at PERFUSE Study Group, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
• Associate Editor-in-Chief at WikiDoc Foundation (WikiDoc.org)
• Guest Executive Editor, Current Pharmaceutical Design, Bentham Science Publishers, UAE
• Review Editor, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (Cardio-Oncology Section), Frontiers Publishers, Switzerland.

Research Impact

• My research has shown the value of iFR and MD-CT in the assessment of challenging coronary lesions (bifurcation and chronic total occlusion).
• Our research established the non-inferiority of TAVR to SAVR in low-to-moderate risk patients with aortic stenosis and compared the outcomes of different valves.
• In cardio-oncology, we assessed the burden of cardiac tumors and cancer-related cardiac death.
• Through basic research, we uncovered the value of some therapeutics as diosmin, metformin, and telmisartan in preventing chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity.
• Research cited in 12 national/international guidelines, drug updates, and state policies.
• Overall, my research was cited about 800 times according to Google Scholar and 600 times according to Scopus Database (h-index: 13-16).
• More than 30 papers listed by the NICE Guidelines website as reliable sources of evidence.
• Research covered in Scientific American and Atlas of Science magazine.

Awards, Grants, and Scholarships

1. Nominee for Fulbright Award 2018 - Binational Fulbright Commission in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt
2. Research Support Grant - Deanship of Scientific Research, King Faisal University, SA (Grant No. 160021)
3. Research Support Grant - Deanship of Scientific Research, King Saud University, SA (Grant No. RGP-018)
4. Excellence and Scholastic Outstanding Achievement Award (For ranking among the top students in my Bachelor Degree Class), Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt (March 2016).
5. Publons Peer Review Awards (Publons – Clarivate Analytics^®): In 2018 and 2019 in the fields of Clinical Medicine (Global rank: 2) and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Global rank: 22).
6. Best Poster Presentation Award - American College of Cardiology Conference (Sep, 2017, Riyadh, KSA); 5000 USD and the abstract is published under the Best Posters Section of JACC.
7. Young Investigator Award - 11^th World Stroke Congress 2018, World Stroke Federation (Montreal, Canada). The abstract is now published in the International Journal of Stroke.
8. IBRO Full Scholarships (travel, accommodation and training) on immunohistochemistry and confocal microscopy (Cape Town University, SA & Mohamed V University, Morocco).

Authored Pages

• Dilated Cardiomyopathy
• Dressler's Syndrome
• Beriberi