Invited Lectures, Conference Presentation:
- Rabin Gerrah, Emile Bacha, Sandra Rugonyi, Flow Characteristics of Blalock-Taussig Shunt, Factors Determining Improved Shunt Flow and Patency. Presented at BIT’S 5th Annual International Congress of Cardiology (ICC 2013), Decemebr 2013, Rome, Italy
Abstracts:
1-Rachel E Sunstrom, Rabin Gerrah, Richard Reed, Milon Good, Mujeeb Zubair, Stephen Langley, A Defined Management Strategy Improves Early Outcomes Following the Fontan Procedure, Presented at STS 50th Annual Meeting, January 2014, Orlando, FL, (Received the Poster Award of STS 50th Annual Meeting)
2-Rabin Gerrah, Dianna Bardo, Rachel Sunstrom, Rich Reed, Stephen Langley. The Utility of Cross Sectional Imaging in the Management of the Neonatal Hypoplastic Aortic Arch, Presented at Western Thoracic Surgical Association, June 2013, Coeur d’Alene, ID
3-Rachel E Sunstrom, Rabin Gerrah, Richard Reed, Milon Good, Mujeeb Zubair, Stephen Langley, A defined postoperative strategy improves early outcomes following the Fontan procedure, Presented at Western Society of Pediatric Cardiology, June, 2013, Monetery, CA.
4-Gurion Lantz, Rabin Gerrah, Laurie Armsby, Rich Reed, Rachel Sunstrom, Michael
5-Lavrsen, Stephen Langley, Extracellular Matrix for the Repair of Congenital Cardiac Defects: What We’ve Learned, Presented at Western Society Of Pediatric Cardiology, June 2013, Monterey, CA
6-Rabin Gerrah, Alan Hohimer, Rachel Sunstrom, Rich Reed, Stephen Langley, Pretreatment of Synthetic Vascular Grafts With Heparin Before Implantation, Presented at CRT Meeting, Washington DC, February 2013
7-Rabin Gerrah, Omid David, In Vivo Quantification of Clot Formation in Extracorporeal Circuits, Presented at MMVR, February 2013, San Diego, CA
8-Rabin Gerrah, Matthew Slater, Stephen Langley, Application of minimally invasive approach in emergency procedures, when is the right time to convert to conventional approach? Presented at ISMICS, May 2012, Los Angeles, CA
9-Rabin Gerrah, Emile Bacha, Jan Quaegebeur, Complex Reconstruction of Aorta in Norwood Procedure, Presented at CHSS (Congenital Heart Surgeon’s Society), October, 2011, Chicago, IL
10-Ed Chan, Rabin Gerrah, Emile Bacha, Cormatrix Patch Use in Congenital Cardiac Repairs; Presented at CHSS (Congenital Heart Surgeon’s Society), October ,2011, Chicago, IL
11-Santos Cabreriza , Rabin Gerrah , Alexander Rusanov, Lauren Bedrosian1, Gerardo Gonzalez , Suzanne Karl, Bin Cheng, Daniel Wang, Henry Spotnitz. Validation of a New Ultrasonic Flow Probe with Ultrafit Liner for Continous Cardiac Output Measurements, Presented at ASAIO 57th Annual Conference, June 2011, Washington, DC)
12-Jonathan M. Chen, Kevin Charette, Yasutaka Hirata, Rabin Gerrah, Mathew R. Williams, Hiroo Takayama, Kimberly Beddows, Linda J. Addonizio. Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Strategies Before and Late After Cardiac Transplantation – Which Device? What Approach? How Successful? (Presented at 91st Annual Meeting of American Association of Thoracic Surgery, May 2011, Philadelphia, USA)
13-Kevin Charette, Jan Quaegebeur, Jonathan Chen, Rabin Gerrah, Rozelle Corda, Linfang Li, Dan Riley, Emile Bacha, Ninety minutes and longer: Single dose myocardial protection technique utilizing the del Nido cardioplegia solution for myocardial protection during congenital heart surgery procedures. (Presented at 32nd Annual Seminar of the American Academy of Cardiovascular Perfusion, Nevada, January, 2011)
14-Casey Wong, Santos E Cabreriza, Maria Chavez, Daniel Y Wang, Rabin Gerrah, Alexander Rusanov, Vinay Yalamanchi, Bin Cheng, Henry M Spotnitz. Optimizing Biventricular Pacing During Right Ventricle Pressure Overload Acutely Improves Mechanical Dyssynchrony and Function by 2-D Speckle Tracking (Presented at American Heart Association Meeting, November 2010, Chicago, IL
15-Daniel Wang, Rabin Gerrah, Alexander Rusanov,Vinay Yalamanchi, Santos Cabreriza, Henry Spotnitz. Left ventricular pacing lead insertion via the coronary sinus cardioplegia cannula: a novel method for temporary biventricular pacing during reoperative cardiac surgery. (Presented at American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Surgical Forum, October 2010, Washington, DC
16-Emile Bacha, Rabin Gerrah, Aortic Translocation, (Presented at European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery, September 2010, Geneva, Switzerland)
17-Erin George, Santos Cabreriza, Alexander Quin, Alexander Rusanov, Rabin Gerrah, Justin Broyles, Alan Weinberg, Henrty Spotnitz, Validation of automated monotoring of cardiac output for biventricular pacing optimization, (Presented at 55th ASAIO-IFAO Annual Conference, May 2009, Dallas, TX)
18-Rabin Gerrah, Santos cabreriza, Alexander Rusanov, Azeem Khan, Henry Spotnitz, Optimization of a chronic cyanosis model in piglets, (Presented at 55th ASAIO-IFAO Annual Conference, May 2009, Dallas TX)
19-Rabin Gerrah, Alon Stamler, Gideon Merin, Determination of Severity of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Diabetes Melitus- A Key Role of Platelet Derived Growth Factor. (Presented at Israel Heart Society Conference, April 2003, Tel Aviv, Israel)
20-Rabin Gerrah, Alon Stamler, Gideon Merin, Involvement of Platelet Derived Growth Factor in Coronary Artery Disease in Diabetes Mellitus Patients, (Presented at CREF 2003, 23rd Annual San Diego Cardiothoracic Surgery Symposium, February 2003, San Diego, CA)
21-Lubetsky, Rabin Gerrah, A. Brill, G. Merin, N. Savion, D. Varon, Cone and Plate(let) Parameters as Predictors of Bleeding in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery, (Presented at Society of Hematology), December 2002, Philadelphia, USA)
22-Rabin Gerrah, Alon Stamler, Platelet Related Growth Factors in Pericardial Fluid of Patients With Unstable Angina Pectoris, Effect of Aspirin. (Presented at: Israel Heart Society Conference, April 2002, Tel Aviv, Israel).
23-Rabin Gerrah, G. Merin, Shall We Discontinue Aspirin Before Cardiac Surgery? (Presented at Israel Heart Society Conference, April 2002, Tel Aviv, Israel)
24-Rabin Gerrah, S. Ehrlich, G. Sahar, Beneficial Effect of Aspirin on Renal Function of Patients with Renal Insufficiency Post Cardiac Surgery. (Presented at Society of Thoracic Surgeons, (STS), January 2002, Florida, USA)
25-Rabin Gerrah, Shargal, A. Elami, Impaired Oxygenation and Increased Hemolysis after Cardiopulmonary bypass in Patients with Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency. (Presented at: Israel Heart Society Conference, April 2001, Jerusalem).
26-Rabin Gerrah, E. Rudis, A. Elami, E. Milgalter, U. Izhar, G. Merin, The Surgical approach to Infective Endocarditis; Ten- Year Experience. (Presented at: Israel Heart Society Conference, April 2001, Jerusalem).
27-Rabin Gerrah, D. Gilon, M. Fogel, Aspirin Inhibits Platelet –Related Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Release During Myocardial Ischemia. (Presented at: Israel Heart Society Conference, April 2001, Jerusalem).
28-Rabin Gerrah, U. Izhar, A. Elami, E. Rudis, E. Milgalter, G, Merin, Cardiac Surgery in Octogenarians; A Nine–Years Experience. (Presented at: Israel Heart Society Conference, April 2001, Jerusalem).