Biographical Sketch
Basem B. Abdelmalak, MD, was born in Assiut, Egypt. He attended medical school in Egypt and completed his anesthesiology residency and critical care anesthesiology fellowship at Cleveland Clinic. He has served in the Department of General Anesthesiology as a Staff Anesthesiologist since 2001. He is also a part of the Anesthesiology Outcomes Research Department.
Dr. Abdelmalak is board-certified in both anesthesiology and critical care. His many clinical interests include anesthesia for ENT and endotracheal and bronchial surgery, difficult airway management, anesthesia for vascular surgery and perioperative medicine. He is an ACLS and CPR instructor.
As a member of the Outcomes Research Department, Dr. Abdelmalak is currently conducting a randomized clinical trial addressing the usefulness of different treatments aiming at modulating perioperative inflammation and improving surgical outcomes. He is also involved in many other research projects that address perioperative glucose control and the perioperative use of inflammatory markers for perioperative risk stratification.
Dr. Abdelmalak has been a part of the American Medical Association (AMA) since 1996. He also serves on several committees for the American Society of Anesthesiologists, most recently as a delegate representing the young anesthesiologists to the AMA young physician section.
He has received numerous honors and awards throughout his residency and fellowship. In 2000, he was an honorable mention recipient of the Cleveland Clinic prestigious Lower Clinical Research Award. In 2007, he was named one of America’s Top Anesthesiologists according to the Consumers' Research Council of America.
A frequent invited lecturer at national meetings, Dr. Abdelmalak authored many scientific articles on risk factors for poor outcomes following vascular surgery, as well as airway surgery. He continues to be heavily involved with the education and training of medical students and residents. For the past five years, he has served as Co-Director of the Residents PBLD Program for the Anesthesiology Institute.
Specialty Interests
anesthesia for ENT and endotracheal and bronchial surgery, anesthesia for ENT surgery, anesthesia for interventional pulmonology, anesthesia for major abdominal and vascular surgery, anesthesia for patients with difficult airways, clinical research on perioperative inflammation, critical care medicine, difficult airway management, education in anesthesiology, ENT anesthesia, fiberoptic intubation, general anesthesia, jet ventilation, patient safety, preoperative assessment
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