CURRICULUM VITAE

                                                                                    October 2024

Mazen Khalil, M.D.

OFFICE ADDRESS:              Memorial Health University Medical Center

                                                4700 Waters Ave,

                                                Savannah, GA

OFFICE PHONE NO.:           216-269-2915  

DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: 10/27/1977 Beirut, Lebanon

EDUCATION

09/95-06/98                  General Biology

                                    American University of Beirut

                                    Beirut, Lebanon

09/98-06/02                 Doctor of Medicine

                                    American University of Beirut

                                    Beirut, Lebanon

06/08-06/10                 Internal Medicine Residency

                                    University Hospitals, Case Medical Center

                                    Cleveland, OH

06/10-06/14                 Fellowship, Cardiovascular Medicine

                                    Emory University

                                    Atlanta, GA

06/14-06/15                 Fellowship, Interventional Cardiology

                                    Emory University

10/17-11/17                 One-month, Structural Fellowship

                                    Prairie Cardiovascular

09/18-06/21                 Master in Applied Science in Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality

                                    Johns Hopkins University

01/23-02/23                  Cardiac CT Level 2  training

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

11/16-present               South Carolina License 40107

                                    Prisma Health Richland

                                    Columbia, SC

7/15-present                 Ohio License 35.126696

St Rita Medical Center, Mercy Health

                                    Lima, Ohio

06/22-present               Tennessee License 65874

                                    Vanderbilt University Medical Center   

                                    Nashville, TN

06/23-present               Florida License 162892

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

11/19-07/22                 Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

                                    University of South Carolina/Prisma Health

                                    Columbia, SC

08/22-present               Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

                                    Vanderbilt University

                                    Nashville, TN

EMPLOYMENT/OTHER HEALTH CARE EXPERIENCE

07/15-11/16                 Attending Physician

                                    Mercy Health-St Rita’s Medical Center

                                    Lima, OH

11/16-09/19                 Attending Physician

                                    Columbia Heart

                                    Columbia, SC

10/19-07/22                 Clinical Assistant Professor

                                    University of South Carolina/Prisma Health

                                    Columbia, SC

08/22- 05/24                 Clinical Assistant Professor

                                    Vanderbilt University

                                    Nashville, TN

07/24-present               Professor of Clinical Medicine

                                    Mercer University       

                                    Savannah, GA

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

07/15-present               Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (ACC)

                                    American College of Cardiology

                                    Washington, DC

07/15-present               Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI)

                                    Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions

                                    Washington, DC

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

01/17-05/22                 Member of the Quality Improvement Committee of SCAI

                                    Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions

                                    Washington, DC

05/22-present               Member of the SCAI Think Tank

                                    Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions

                                    Washington, DC

Awards

06/10-06/12                Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) F32, NIH

                                    National Institute of Health(NIH)

                                    Bethesda, Maryland

06/11-06/12                 Fund for Innovative Teaching Grant Award,

Emory University        

Atlanta, GA

06/21-06/22                 2022 Faculty Teaching Award  

                                    University of South Carolina, School of Medicine

                                    Columbia, SC

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

06/08-06/10                 Internal Medicine Residency: teaching during daily rounds and dedicated educational sessions

                                    University Hospitals, Case Medical Center

                                    Cleveland, OH

06/10-06/14                 Fellowship, Cardiovascular Medicine: teaching during daily rounds and in the cath lab

                                    Emory University

                                    Atlanta, GA

06/14-06/15                 Fellowship, Interventional Cardiology: teaching in the cath lab

                                    Emory University

10/19-07/22                 Clinical Assistant Professor: teaching during daily rounds and in the cath lab

                                    University of South Carolina/Prisma Health

                                    Columbia, SC

08/22-present               Clinical Assistant Professor: teaching APPs during daily rounds, teaching fellows in cath lab

                                    Vanderbilt University/Maury Regional Medical Center

                                    Nashville, TN & Columbia, TN

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

1. Articles in Refereed journal

1. Proceedings from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) 2023 Think Tank – Peripheral Session on Peripheral Vascular Intervention Training – gaps and solutions. Nkechinyere N. Ijioma, MBBS1,  Lyndon C. Box, MD, Dmitriy N. Feldman, MD, Jay S. Giri, MD, Mazen K. Khalil, MD, Andrew J. Klein, MD, Faisal Latif, MD,  Jun Li, MD, Sahil A. Parikh, MD. JSCAI, In Press
2. Disparities in Utilization of Advanced Structural Heart Cardiovascular Therapies. Andrew M. Goldsweig, MD, MSc, Megan Coylewright, MD, Ramesh Daggubati, MD, James B. Hermiller, MD, Howard C. Herrmann, MD, , Aaron Horne, MD, Mazen Khalil, MD, , Binita Shah, MD, Triston B. B. J. Smith, MD, , Molly Szerlip, MD. JSCAI. Vol 2(1) Jan 2023.
3. PCI Readmission Reduction Toolkit. Online Course. Course Leader Mazen Khalil, MD

Course faculty in alphabetical order: Mazen Abu-Fadel, Jayant Bagai, Craig Beavers, Christine Gasperetti, Mazen Khalil, Alex Lee. October 2021. https://scai.org/clinical-practice/quality-improvement/quality-improvement-tools/pci-readmission-reduction-toolkit.

4. How to Prevent and Treat No Reflow Using Evidence-Based Measures. Mazen Khalil, MD, Tamara Atkinson, MD, FSCAI, Faisal Latif, MD, FSCAI. 22 Nov 21. https://scai.org/how-prevent-and-treat-no-reflow-using-evidence-based-measures
5. Quality Initiatives to Prevent and Manage Major Femoral Access-Site Bleeding. Mazen Khalil, MD, Jayant Bagai, MD, FSCAI, Faisal Latif, MD, FSCAI. 08 Aug 21. https://scai.org/quality-initiatives-prevent-and-manage-major-femoral-access-site-bleeding
6. Risk and clinical outcomes of acute myocardial infarction and acute ischemic stroke following Gram-Negative blood stream infection. Vinh-An D Vo , Mazen K Khalil , Majdi N Al-Hasan.  Int J Cardiol Hypertens 2021 Jan 23;8
7. Nonvariceal upper GI hemorrhage after percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction: a national analysis over 11 months. Bilal M, Samuel R, Khalil MK, Singh S, Parupdui S, Abougergi MS. Gastrointest Endosc. 2020 Feb 1
8. Radiation Safety: Are You Doing Enough to Protect Yourself and Your Staff? February 05, 2018. Mazen Khalil, MD and Jay Bagai, MD, FSCAI. http://www.scai.org/QITTip/radiation-safety-are-you-doing-enough-to-protect-y
9. Poldip2 Controls Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Migration by Regulating Focal Adhesion Turnover and Force Polarization. Datla SR, McGrail DJ, Vukelic S, Huff LP, Lyle AN, Pounkova L, Lee M, Seidel-Rogol B, Khalil MK, Hilenski LL, Terada LS, Dawson MR, Lassègue B, Griendling KK. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2014 Jul 25.
10. Paravalvular leak: a commentary. Khalil MK, Lerakis S. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2014 Jun;12(6):647-8.
11. Mortality rate in patients with diastolic dysfunction and normal systolic function. CM Halley, PL Houghtaling, MK Khalil, JD Thomas, WA Jaber. Archives of internal medicine. 2011; 171 (12), 1082
12. Adjunctive treatment with ticagrelor, but not clopidogrel, added to tPA enables sustained coronary artery recanalisation with recovery of myocardium perfusion in a canine coronary thrombosis model.  K Wang, X Zhou, Y Huang, M Khalil, D Wiktor, JJJ van Giezen, MS Penn. Thrombosis & Haemostasis. 2010 sep; 104 (3), 609
13. Critical Role for Leukocyte Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1α Expression in Post-Myocardial Infarction Left Ventricular Remodeling.  F Dong*, M Khalil*, M Kiedrowski, C O'Connor, E Petrovic, X Zhou, MS Penn. Circulation research. 2010 feb; 106 (3), 601-610
    1. *These authors contributed equally to the work
14. Exploitation of stem cell homing for gene delivery. MS Penn, MK Khalil. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy. Informa UK Ltd 2008; 8 (1), 17-30
15. Trends in epidemiology and management of breast cancer in developing Arab countries: a literature and registry analysis NS El Saghir, M Khalil, T Eid, AR El Kinge, M Charafeddine, F Geara, M .International Journal of Surgery 5 (4), 225-233
16. Effects of young age at presentation on survival in breast cancer. N El Saghir, M Seoud, M Khalil, M Charafeddine, Z Salem, F Geara, A Shamseddine. BMC cancer 6 (1), 194
17. Cisplatin plus vinorelbine (PVn) as a salvage regimen for refractory breast cancer
    A Chehal, A Taher, M Khalil, A Shamseddine. The Breast 13 (5), 421-424
18. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: 24 years of experience at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. Journal of clinical apheresis 19 (3), 119-124. Ali Shamseddine, Teddy Saliba, Elie Aoun, Aref Chahal, Nagi El‐Saghir, Ziad Salem, Ali Bazarbachi, Mazen Khalil, Ali Taher

2. Book Chapters

1.  Khalil MK and Jaber WA.  Cardiac risk stratification for non-cardiac surgery.  In Hobbs, R (2^nd Ed.), Current Clinical Medicine (pp. chapter 17).  Cleveland, OH: Saunders, Elsevier.

3. Abstracts

1. Mortality among patients with aortic stenosis after gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Poster presentation. Mazen K. Khalil MD, Hata Mujadzic MD, Marwan S. Abougergi MD. JSCAI,1 (2022) 100246. Poster presentation SCAI 2022
2. Risk of acute myocardial infarctions and acute ischemic strokes following gram-negative blood stream infections. Vinh-An Vo, Mazen Khalil and Majdi N. Al-Hasan. Jacc March 24, 2020. ACC 2020
3. Poldip 2 Regulates Adhesion and Spreading of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Through Its Interaction With Kindlin-2 and Talin. Mazen K Khalil, Bernard Lassegue, Daniel McGrail, S Raju Datla, Alejandra San Martin, Michelle Dawson, Kathy Griendling Accepted for poster presentation in AHA 2012
4. Role of Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1α in Leukocyte Recruitment to Sites of Vascular Injury and Atherosclerotic Progression in ApoE-/SRB – mice.  Feng Dong, Mazen Khalil, Saif Anwaruddin,  Marc S Penn. Presented at ATVB 2012
5. Halley C, Khalil M, Thomas J, Jaber W.  Abnormal diastolic function in diabetic patients with normal systolic function: Lessons about prevalence and prognosis.  J Am Coll Cardiol 2008; 51:110A.
6. Khalil MK, Dong F, Zhou X, Penn MS. Critical role for leukocyte Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1α expression in post-MI left ventricular remodeling.  Circulation 2008;118:S352A1586.
7.  Khalil MK, Anwaruddin S, Dong F, Penn MS. Role of Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1α (HIF-1α) in plaque rupture and survival in ApoE^-/SRB^– mice.  Circulation 2008;118:S308A508.
8. Zhou X, Khalil M, Lee K, Wang K, Penn MS.  Decreased parasympathetic tone worsens left ventricular remodeling following myocardial infarction.  J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;51:182A.
9. Wang K, Zhou X, Huang Y, Khalil M, Wiktor D, Penn MS.  Adjunctive infusion of AZD6140, but not clopidogrel, with t-PA enables sustained coronary artery recanalisation in a canine model of myocardial infarction.  European Heart Journal 2008;29:201A.
10. El-Saghir N, Khalil M, Rahman A, El Kinge E, Seoud M, Geara F, Charafeddine M, Shamseddine AI.  Patterns of breast cancer care in Arab countries.  UICC World Cancer Congress 2006;96-2:IA.
11. Halley CM, Khalil M, Thomas J, Jaber W.  Impact of diastolic dysfunction on mortality in patients with normal systolic function: Observations from 36,419 echocardiographic studies.  Circ 2007;116:2279A.
12. M. A. Seoud, M. Khalil, N. El- Saghir, Z. Salem, M. Charafeddine, J. Abbas, M. Sidani, A. Shamseddine. Young age is not always an adverse prognostic factor in breast cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2005 ASCO Annual Meeting Proceedings. 2005;23:16S.825A
13. Seoud M, Abbas J, Khalil M, Charafeddine M, Salem Z, El-Saghir N, Geara F, Shamseddine A.  Clinical characteristics of breast cancer patients diagnosed and treated at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) from 1990-2001.  Proc Am Soc Clin Oncol 2003;22:85A.

Presentations at Scientific Meetings

AHA 2008 Scientific Sessions: Oral Presentation

Title: Critical role for leukocyte Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1α expression in post-MI left ventricular remodeling

SCAI 2022 Scientific Sessions: Oral Presentation

May 2022

Title: The PCI Was Successful, but the Patient Is Back in the ER: Minimizing Readmissions

Reviewership

Reviewer for the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.

Languages

English(advanced), French(advanced), Arabic(advanced), Spanish(beginner)

Hobbies

Soccer, Swimming, Reading, Music

Volunteer experience

06/03-03/06                 Co-Founder of a Volunteer Outreach Clinic that operated in underserved suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon.