MS: Clinical and Translational Research, 2016.
MD: Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan, 2005.
Residency: Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2010-2012.
Pediatric heart and lung transplant; congenital heart surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Pediatric Heart Donor Assessment Tool (PH-DAT): A novel donor risk scoring system to predict 1-year mortality in pediatric heart transplantation. Zafar, F; Jaquiss, RD; Almond, CS; Lorts, A; Chin, C; Rizwan, R; III, BR; Tweddell, JS; Morales, DL S. Journal of Heart Transplantation. 2018; 37:332-339.
Implications and outcomes of cardiac grafts refused by pediatric centers but transplanted by adult centers. Zafar, F; Rizwan, R; Lorts, A; Bryant, R; Tweddell, JS; Chin, C; III, MD L. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2017; 154:528-536.e1.
Interaction of older donor age and survival after weight-matched pediatric heart transplantation. Westbrook, TC; Morales, DL S; Khan, MS; Bryant, R; Castleberry, C; Chin, C; Zafar, F. Journal of Heart Transplantation. 2017; 36:554-558.
Physiological Growth, Remodeling Potential, and Preserved Function of a Novel Bioprosthetic Tricuspid Valve: Tubular Bioprosthesis Made of Small Intestinal Submucosa-Derived Extracellular Matrix. Zafar, F; Hinton, RB; Moore, RA; Baker, RS; III, BR; Narmoneva, DA; Taylor, MD; Morales, DL. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2015; 66:877-888.
Pediatric heart transplant waiting list mortality in the era of ventricular assist devices. Zafar, F; Castleberry, C; Khan, MS; Mehta, V; III, BR; Lorts, A; Wilmot, I; Jefferies, JL; Chin, C; Morales, DL S. Journal of Heart Transplantation. 2015; 34:82-88.
Does donor arterial partial pressure of oxygen affect outcomes after lung transplantation? A review of more than 12,000 lung transplants. Zafar, F; Khan, MS; Heinle, JS; Adachi, I; McKenzie, ED; Schecter, MG; Mallory, GB; Morales, DL S. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2012; 143:919-925.
Use of ventricular assist devices in children across the United States: analysis of 7.5 million pediatric hospitalizations. Morales, DL S; Zafar, F; Rossano, JW; Salazar, JD; Jefferies, JL; Graves, DE; Heinle, JS; Jr, FC D. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2010; 90:1313-1318.
Decreased Risk of Strokes in Children with Ventricular Assist Devices Within ACTION. Peng, DM; Shezad, MF; Lorts, A; Gajarski, RJ; VanderPluym, C; Murray, JM; Hawkins, B; Villa, CR; Zafar, F; Rosenthal, DN. Pediatric Cardiology. 2022; 43:1379-1382.
Children who stroke on VAD support: When is it safe to transplant and what are their outcomes?. Thangappan, K; Haney, LC; Riggs, K; Chen, S; Mehegan, M; VanderPluym, C; Woods, R; LaPar, D; Lorts, A; Zafar, F; et al. Artificial Organs. 2022; 46:1389-1398.
A mapping algorithm for International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision codes for congenital heart surgery benchmark procedures. Zafar, F; Allen, P; Bryant, R; Tweddell, JS; Najm, HK; Anderson, BR; Karamlou, T. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2022; 163:2232-2239.
Farhan Zafar, MBBS, David L. S. Morales, MD1/7/2020
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