Bassam F. Akasheh
LRCP(Lon.), MRCS( Eng. ), FRCS(Ed.).

Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon

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Khalidi St.
Bushnaq Medical Building
P.O.Box: 35220, Amman 11181, Jordan .

Tel : +962 6 4654637
Fax: +962 6 4654638
Mobile: +962 777505550 - +962 777712222 - +962 788888808
Mobile Fax: +962 77 735005

e-mail: bfa@bassam-akasheh.com

website: http://www.bassam-akasheh.com/

 

 

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Khalidi Medical Center

Khalidi St. Jabal Amman, Jordan.
Tel: +962 6 4644281
Fax:+962 6 4616801

Amman Hospital

Third Circle, Jabal Amman, Jordan.
Tel: +9626 4641261
Fax:+9626 4641260

The Arab Heart Center

Fifth Circle, Jabal Amman, Jordan.
Tel / Fax: +9626 5921199

 

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Date of birth

Nationality

Denomination

Marital Status

July 11th 1946

Jordanian / French

Roman Catholic

Married,

Spouse:
Evelyne Claude Flavigny
(RN.Monterey school of Nursing, Monterey, California.)

Two children:
Dr. Nadim Akasheh
(Medical Doctor, Respiratory Medicine, Dublin Ireland.)
Janine Akasheh Buffalino
(BSc. Psychology & Education - MSc. Child Psychology).

 

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School
1952-1963

Certificate

College
1963-1965

Certificate


Medical School
1965-1970

Degree

Degree

College de La Salle
Amman Jordan

General Certificate of Education (O Level)

Braintree College of Further Education
Braintree , Essex , England , U.K.

GCE Advanced Level, Physics, Chemistry & Biology
 

Guy's Hospital Medical School, University of London ,
London , England , U.K.

LRCP(Lon.), MRCS( Eng. ) May 1970.

FRCS(Ed.) 1976

 

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1970-1971
 

1971-1973
 

1973-1975
 

1975-1976
 

Degree

1976-1977
 

1977-1980
 

1980-1981
 
 

1981-1985
 

1983-1999
 

1985-1999
 

May-July 1986
 

1986-1998
 

1989-1999
 

August 1999

Internship, Orpington Hospital, Guy's Hospital Group
Kent , England , U.K.

Surgical Resident, Base Military Hospital,
Amman , Jordan

Surgical Resident, King Hussein Medical Centre,
Amman , Jordan

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh,
Edinburgh , Scotland , U.K.

FRCS(Ed.) June 1976

Registrar in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery,
The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh , Scotland , U.K.

Senior Specialist in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery,
King Hussein Medical Center , Amman.

Fellow in Cardiovascular Surgery,
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital,
Texas Heart Institute, Houston , Texas , USA .

Senior Specialist in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery,
Queen Alia Heart Institute, Amman .

Head Department of Thoracic Surgery,
King Hussein Medical Center , Amman .

Consultant Cardiovascular Surgery,
Chief Surgeon, Queen Alia Heart Institute, Amman .

Visiting Surgeon, Department of Cardiac Surgery,
The Children's Hospital, Boston , Mass. USA .

Chief Examiner in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery,
Jordanian Medical Boards, Jordan Medical Council.

Director and Surgeon in Chief,
Queen Alia Heart Institute, Amman, Jordan.

Retired from Jordanian Armed Forces, Royal Medical Services, (Brig. Gen.)

 

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Al Nahda Medal

Al Kawkab Medal

Al Istiklal Medal

Al Istihkak Medal

Al Karama Medal

Silver Jubilee Medal

40 yr. Jubilee Medal

Long Service Medal

Technical Proficiency Medal

Administrative Proficiency Medal

Training Proficiency Medal

 

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Open Heart Procedures

18534 cases Including:

-Heart and Heart-Lung Transplantation.

-Neonatal and congenital open heart procedures.

-Coronary Bypass Surgery.

-Valve repair and Replacement.

-OPCAB (beating heart no pump coronary bypass).

-MIDCAB (minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass).

-Minimally invasive Single and double valve repair or replacement.

Non Open Heart Cardiac Procedures

Pulmonary & Esophageal

Major Vascular

Peripheral vascular

3140 cases
 

466 cases

2186 cases

1023 cases

 

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1970

1971

1981

1988

1988

1988
 

1997

British Medical Association.

Jordan Medical Association.

Denton A. Cooley Cardiovascular Surgical Society.

Jordan Cardiac Society.

Arab Cardiac Society

- Middle East Chapter,
- The International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery.

Asian Cardiovascular Society (Regional representative).

 

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Presented at the Denton A. Cooley Cardiovascular Surgical Sosciety Sixth annual Scientific Meeting

Monte Carlo , Monaco , Sept. 1979

 

A review of the first 1559 consecutive open heart procedures in a developing country

B. Akasheh , Hanania, Saleh, Hijazi, Abu Aishah.


Presented at the Joint scientific meeting, Royal Med. Services & Arab American Med. Association

1981. Amman , Jordan

 

Experience with Aorto Coronary Bypass in Jordan

Goussous, Doghmi, Harbi, Akasheh , Hijazi, Hanania.


Presented at the XIX Pan Arab Medical Congress, Amman Jordan

Oct. 1981

 

Aorto Coronary Bypass, Areview of the first 443 cases

Hanania, Saleh, Hijazi, Akasheh.

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Presented at the International Congress of Cardiology

Marrakesh , Morocco , Oct. 1985
 

Heart Surgery in Developing Countries

Hanania, Akasheh , Abu Aishah, Nesheiwat. .


Presented at the Symposium on Valvular Heart Disease

Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Feb. 1986

 

Valve Replacement, Long Term Follow Up

A review of 2137 cases

Akasheh , Abu Aishah, Goussous, Hanania.


Abstract, 10th World Congress of Cardiology, Washington DC . USA

Sept. 1986

 

Cardiac Surgery in Jordan

Hanania, Akasheh , Abu Aishah.
 

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Presented at the Asian Congress of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Singapore , 1987

 

Cardiac Transplantation in a developing Country

A review of the first 8 cases performed in Jordan

Akasheh , Hanania, Nesheiwat.


Presented at the Asian Congress of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Singapore , 1987

 

Transposition of the Great Vessels

Surgical Treatment in the Neonate

Akasheh , Nesheiwat, Hanania.


Presented at the first, Jordan Cardiac Society Conference, Amman

Oct. 1988

 

Valve Surgery in Jordan , 18 years Experience

Abu Aishah, Akasheh , Al Naser, Abu Nowar, Hanania.

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Presented at the first, Jordan Cardiac Society Conference, Amman

Oct. 1988

 

Coronary Artery Surgery in Jordan

Abu Nowar, Akasheh , Abu Aishah, , Al Naser, Hanania.

Presented at the first, Jordan Cardiac Society Conference, Amman

Oct. 1988

 

Transposition of the great Vessels, Current trends in Surgical Management

Akasheh , Nesheiwat


The 11 th International Convention National Arab American Association, Amman , Jordan

June 1993

 

Surgery of the Left Ventricular outflow tract obstruction

Al Naser, Qaqish, Abu Nowar, Nesheiwat, Akasheh.

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The 11 th International Convention National Arab American Association, Amman , Jordan

June 1993

 

Trans Atrial repair of Tetralogy of Fallot

Nesheiwat, Qaqish, Harbi, Goussous, Akasheh.


The second Jordan Cardiac Society Conference, Amman , Jordan

April 1994

 

The Fontan Operation, The Jordanian experience

Nesheiwat, Qaqish, Al Naser, Abu Nowar, Akasheh.


The second Jordan Cardiac Society Conference, Amman , Jordan

April 1994

 

No Pump – Beating Heart coronary bypass Surgery

The First 140 cases

B. Akasheh.

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The second Jordan Cardiac Society Conference, Amman , Jordan

April 1994

 

Combined Coronary and Mitral Valve Surgery

Qaqish, Abu Nowar, Al Naser, Nesheiwat, Akasheh.

 


The second Jordan Cardiac Society Conference, Amman , Jordan

April 1994
 

Left Main Coronary Artery Disease over 11 years in Jordan

Abu Nowar, Qaqish, Samara, jaber, Akasheh.


The second Jordan Cardiac Society Conference, Amman , Jordan

April 1994

 

Emergency Coronary Artery Surgery

Fayez, Samara, Qaqish, Abu Nowar, Nesheiwat, Al Naser , Akasheh.

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The second Jordan Cardiac Society Conference, Amman , Jordan

April 1994

 

Surgery of Congenital LVOTO excluding IHSS

Al Naser, Qaqish, Abu Nowar, Nesheiwat, Akasheh.


The second Jordan Cardiac Society Conference, Amman , Jordan

April 1994

 

Right Heart Bypass Operations

Nesheiwat, Qaqish, Hakim, Abu Atta, Akasheh.


The third Jordan Cardiac Society Conference. Amman , Jordan

April 1996

 

Mitral Valve Repair: A Clinical and Echocardiographic Study

Al Naser, Allaham, Marzouka, Qaqish, Akasheh.

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The third Jordan Cardiac Society Conference. Amman , Jordan

April 1996
 

Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients sixty years and older, Operative risks and long term results

Allaham, al Naser, Jaber, Marzouka, Akasheh.


The third Jordan Cardiac Society Conference. Amman , Jordan

April 1996

 

Clinical Significance of Blood Cultures after Open Heart Surgery

Qaqish, Goussous, Obeidat, Akasheh.


1 st Spanish – Jordanian Medical Conference

Oct. 1996

 

Is the Internal Mammary artery immune to Atherosclerosis?

Qaqish, Zureikat, Fayyad, Akasheh.

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1 st Spanish – Jordanian Medical Conference

Oct. 1996

 

Aortic Valve Replacement during Pregnancy

Abu Atta, Qaqish, Hiyari, Samara, Akasheh.


XX International Annual Ain Shams Medical Congress, Cairo , Egypt

March 1997

 

Minimally Invasive Saphenous vein Harvesting, using the new Mini-Harvest System

Qaqish, Zureikat, Allaham, Jaber, Akasheh.


The 25 th Conference of the Jordanian Surgical Society & the 5 th German-Jordanian Medical Congress

Oct. 1997

 

Aortic Valve Replacement in Pediatric Age group; Operative Risks and Long term results

Allaham, Qaqish, Nesheiwat, al Naser, Zureikat, Jaber, Akasheh.

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The 25 th Conference of the Jordanian Surgical Society & the 5 th German-Jordanian Medical Congress

Oct. 1997

 

A New Method to achieve a Bloodless Field during Off-Pump Coronary Surgery, “Akasheh Suture”

Akasheh , Jaber, Qaqish, Bhasker Rao, Van Himbergon, Spence.


Facts & Myths of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery. Current trends in Thoracic Surgery IV

New Orleans , Louisiana , USA

Jan. 1998

 

Bechet's Aortitis

Qaqish, Abu Nowar, Nesheiwat, al Naser, Akasheh.


Annual Meeting of the Cardiac Anesthesia and intensive care

Canberra Australia

Oct. 1999
 

Fast-tracking in a slow Lane

The impact of minimally Invasive cardiac Surgery

B. Akasheh.

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Jordan Cardiac Society Conference. Amman , Jordan

Oct. 2002

 

The Surgery of Atrial Fibrillation

The Modified Maze procedure, Personal experience in 64 patients

B. Akasheh.

 


 

Original Publications


1. B. Akasheh , S. Saleh, D. Hanania, G. Shubeilat, N. Atalla.

Traumatic non-penetrating injury causing complete transection of the thoracic aorta and rupture of the right dome of the diaphragm – a case report

Jordan Medical Journal, May 1974; Vol. 9 No:1, pp:54-60



2. D. Hanania, B. Akasheh .

Cardiac Surgery in Jordan – A developing country (Surgical cost consciousness in the developing world)
Chapter in Book, “Surgery for All”

Publishers: Ferozones Ltd. & MacMillan Publishers Ltd.



3. Qaqish, Rihani, Jaber, Marzouka, Allaham, Akasheh .

Survival after Complete traumatic Transection of the Abdominal Aorta – Case Report.

Journal of Hellenic Vascular Surgery, 1995; Vol.4, No.2 : 15-16

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4. Jaber, Qaqish, Fayez, Nesheiwat, Abu Nowar, Al Naser, Saket, Akasheh .

Morbidity and Mortality after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Combined with Mitral Valve Procedures.

Journal of Hellenic Vascular Surgery, 1995; Vol.4, No.2 : 8-10



5. Abu Atta, Qaqish Samara, Hiyari, Akasheh .

Aortic Valve Replacement During Pregnancy – Case Report and Current Review of the Literature.

Journal of the Royal Med. Services, June 1997, Vol.4, No.1: 51-53



6. Qaqish, Zureikat, Allaham, Jaber, Akasheh.

Minimally Invasive Saphenous vein Harvesting using a New Mini-Harvest System.

Journal of Hellenic Vascular Surgery, 1998; Vol.7, No.1: 27-29
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7. Qaqish, Zureikat, Fayyad, Akasheh .

Incidence of Atherosclerosis in the Left Internal Mammary Artery used in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.

Journal of the Royal Med. Services, June 1998, Vol.5, No.1



8. Jaber, Qaqish, Abu Sheikh, Akasheh .

A New Method to Achieve a Bloodless field during Off-Pump Coronary Surgery, “The Akasheh Suture”.

Accepted for publication (in press) .


9. Sami S Kabbani, FACS, Mohammad Bashar Izzat, FRCS(CTh), Hisham Jamil, MD, Bassam Akasheh, FRCS, Daoud Hanania, FRCS, and Hassan Raffa, MD

Left Ventricular Volume Reduction Surgery in the Middle East Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2003 11: 99-101.