Ahmed Chmaisse, MD

About

MD: American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Residency: Pediatrics, Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University Health, IN

Fellowship: Pediatric Cardiology, Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University Health, IN

Advanced Cardiac Imaging: Echocardiography and Cross-sectional (CT and MRI)

Single-ventricle imaging and outcome prediction; 3D cardiovascular segmentation

Epidemiologic characteristics and clinical outcomes of respiratory syncytial virus in hospitalized care in Lebanon: a prospective observational study. Khafaja, S; Merhi, S; Damaj, S; Issaoui, S; Boutros, CF; Al-Kalamouni, H; Soudani, N; Youssef, Y; El-Zein, Z; Bou-Karroum, S; Haddara, A; Karam, M; Zaraket, H; Dbaibo, GS. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2025; 15:1711410.

Rates of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections in Hospitalized Non-Immunocompromised Pediatric Patients: A 9-Year Retrospective Study at a Lebanese Tertiary Medical Center. Zakhour, R; Khafaja, S; Korman, R; Boutros, CF; El Zein, Z; Chmaisse, A; Haj, M; Haddara, A; El-Houry, Z; Jbahi, M; Isaac, I; Lteif, M; Araj, GF; Dbaibo, GS. Infection and Drug Resistance. 2025; 18:363-376.

Characteristics of medically attended influenza infection across age groups before the COVID-19 pandemic in Lebanon. Haddara, A; Houry, Z; Zahreddine, N; Atallah, M; Boutros, CF; Tannous, J; Sadaka, C; Wehbe, S; Kadi, T; Ibrahim, A; Wakim, RH; Zaraket, H; Kanj, SS; Dbaibo, GS. Journal of Infection and Public Health. 2024; 17(9):102521.

The burden of laboratory-confirmed influenza infection in Lebanon between 2008 and 2016: a single tertiary care center experience. Assaf-Casals, A; Saleh, Z; Khafaja, S; Fayad, D; Ezzeddine, H; Saleh, M; Chamseddine, S; Sayegh, R; Sharara, SL; Chmaisse, A; Saito, R; Suzuki, H; Zaraket, H; Dbaibo, GS. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2020; 20(1):339.

Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of viral infections in hospitalized children and adolescents with cancer in Lebanon. Chamseddine, S; Chmaisse, A; Akel, I; Zein, ZE; Khalil, S; Raad, SA; Khati, A; Ghandour, H; Khafaja, S; Haj, M; Zaraket, H; Hanna-Wakim, R; Muwakkit, S; Dbaibo, G. PLoS ONE. 2020; 15(9):e0239258.

Molecular epidemiology and genetic characterization of influenza B virus in Lebanon during 2016-2018. Alibrahim, M; Assaf-Casals, A; Massaad, E; Shaker, R; Soudani, N; Fayad, D; Chamseddine, S; Lteif-Khoury, M; Chmaisse, A; Isaac, I; Karam, M; Andary, R; Dbaibo, G; Zaraket, H. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 2019; 75:103969.

Prevalence and characteristics of acute respiratory virus infections in pediatric cancer patients. Soudani, N; Caniza, MA; Assaf-Casals, A; Shaker, R; Lteif, M; Su, Y; Tang, L; Akel, I; Muwakkit, S; Chmaisse, A; Homsi, M; Dbaibo, G; Zaraket, H. Journal of Medical Virology. 2019; 91(7):1191-1201.

Split-bolus contrast injection protocol enhances the visualization of the thoracic vasculature and reduced radiation dose during chest CT. Zein-El-Dine, S; Bou Akl, I; Mohamad, M; Chmaisse, A; Chahwan, S; Asmar, K; El-Merhi, F; Saade, C. British Journal of Radiology. 2018; 91(1092):20180509.