Omar Barakat, MD, FRCS
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Education

  • Medical School:

    Aleppo University Medical School

  • Residency:

    Aleppo University Hospital
    Medical College of Pennsylvania (General Surgery)

  • Fellowships:

    The University of Texas Medical School at Houston (Transplant Surgery)
    The Texas Heart Institute (Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Assist Devices)
    State University of New York (Cardiovascular Surgery Research)

Academic & Clinical Affiliations

Honors, Awards and Memberships

Publications

Manisundaram, N., Portuondo, J. I., Erstad, D. et al. (2023). Pretreatment Health-Related Quality-of-Life Status and Survival in Pancreatobiliary Surgical Patients. J Am Coll Surg 236, 861–870. https://doi.org/10.1097/XCS.0000000000000549.
Michelakos, T., Kontos, F., Barakat, O. et al. (2021). B7-H3 targeted antibody-based immunotherapy of malignant diseases. Expert Opin Biol Ther 21, 587–602. https://doi.org/10.1080/14712598.2021.1862791.
Haider, M. A., Naqvi, S., Barakat, O. et al. (2021). Ampullary Carcinosarcoma with Enteroblastic Differentiation: A Case Report. Ann Clin Lab Sci 51, 131–135
Villafane-Ferriol, N., Baugh, K. A., McElhany, A. L. et al. (2019). Evidence versus practice in early drain removal after pancreatectomy. J Surg Res 236, 332–339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2018.11.048.
Baugh, K. A., Tran Cao, H. S., van Buren, G. et al. (2019). Understaging of clinical stage I pancreatic cancer and the impact of multimodality therapy. Surgery 165, 307–314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2018.08.003.
Villafane-Ferriol, N., Shah, R. M., Mohammed, S. et al. (2018). Evidence-based management of drains following pancreatic resection: a systematic review. Pancreas 47, 12–17. https://doi.org/10.1097/MPA.0000000000000961.
Van Buren, G., Bloomston, M., Schmidt, C. R. et al. (2017). A Prospective Randomized Multicenter Trial of Distal Pancreatectomy With and Without Routine Intraperitoneal Drainage. Ann Surg 266, 421–431. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000002375.
Gilliland, T. M., Villafane-Ferriol, N., Shah, K. P. et al. (2017). Nutritional and Metabolic Derangements in Pancreatic Cancer and Pancreatic Resection. Nutrients 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu9030243.
Barakat, O., Cagigas, M. N., Bozorgui, S. et al. (2016). Proximal Roux-en-y Gastrojejunal Anastomosis with Pyloric Ring Resection Improves Gastric Emptying After Pancreaticoduodenectomy. J Gastrointest Surg 20, 914–923. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-016-3091-5.
Van Buren, G., Bloomston, M., Hughes, S. J. et al. (2014). A randomized prospective multicenter trial of pancreaticoduodenectomy with and without routine intraperitoneal drainage. Ann Surg 259, 605–612. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000000460.