Saif-Eddin Malhas, MD
Pulm/CCM PGY4
Personal Statement:
What are your hobbies and favorite activities outside of medicine?
- Table tennis, Soccer, and Video games.
What made you decide to rank UT Health San Antonio?
- The program offers great and diverse training that covers all fields of Pulm/Crit, especially in POCUS and Pulm HTN which, was the main criterion for me to rank programs, but my decision to rank UT #1 was finalized after my interview, which showed a great family like atmosphere among current fellows, attendings and program leadership.
Hometown:
- Nablus, Palestine
Education
Residency: The University of Toledo. Toledo, Ohio.
Medical School: An-Najah National University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Palestine.
Research
What are your clinical interests?
- POCUS, Pulmonary Hypertension, right heart catheterization, TEE.
Awards & Accomplishments
- 2022 Midwest Clinical and Translational Research Meeting of CSCTR and MWAFMR Trainee Abstract Award.
Publications
High-Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen versus Non-Invasive Ventilation in Subjects with COVID-19: A Systematic
Review and Meta-analysis of Comparative Studies. Respiratory Care.
Pulse versus nonpulse steroid regimens in patients with coronavirus disease 2019: A
systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Medical Virology.
Balanced Crystalloids versus Normal Saline in Adults with Sepsis: A
Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Clinical Medicine.
Triglyceride-Glucose Index for Early Prediction of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A
Meta-Analysis of 121,975 Individuals. Journal of Clinical Medicine.
LOW-DOSE ASPIRIN AND MORTALITY IN PATIENTS WITH CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019: A META-ANALYSIS. Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
PRONE POSITIONING IN NON-INTUBATED PATIENTS WITH COVID-19: A
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS. CHEST.
Clinically Significant Gastrointestinal Bleeding Using Proton Pump Inhibitors or Histamine Type-2 Receptor Antagonists
in Patients Intubated for Over 48 Hours: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. American Journal of Therapeutics.
ACUTE THROMBOSIS OF A LONGSTANDING UNRETRIEVED INFERIOR VENA CAVA FILTER
PRESENTING AS A CASE OF ORTHOSTATIC SYNCOPE. Journal of Experimental Medicine.
OSELTAMIVIR AND REMDESIVIR AS A TARGETED COMBINATION THERAPY FOR A YOUNG
AND PREVIOUSLY HEALTHY ADULT WITH ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME SECONDARY TO
FLURONA. Journal of Experimental Medicine.