KINAN KASSAR

Director of structural heart disease program at Genesis Healthcare System in Zanesville, OH and former chief cardiovascular disease fellow at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA.

• Running
• Biking
• Gourmet Eating

• ECFMG (USMLE) Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates Certificate 2013
• American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) 2018
• National Board of Echocardiography, 09/15/2020
• Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Board Exam (CBCCT), 10/06/2020
• Nuclear Cardiology Board Exam (CBNC), 11/19/2020
• American Board of Cardiovascular Disease (ABIM) 2021
• American Board of Interventional Cardiology (ABIM) 20222

• BEST RESEARCH PROJECT, AGH RESIDENT RESEARCH DAY, MAY 2019, Early vs Late Permanent Pacemaker Implantation after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Single Center Experience
• SECOND CLINICAL VIGNETTE, AGH RESIDENT RESEARCH DAY, MAY 2019, A Stab in the Heart: Scimitar Pulmonary Venous Anomaly Complicating a Case of Cardiogenic Shock
• BEST QI PROJECT, AGH RESIDENT RESEARCH DAY, MAY 2017, Rapid Response Activation and In-Hospital Mortality

• The Overlooked Skill: Integrating Mindfulness Into Interventional Cardiology. Kassar K. ACC Member Magazine. May 2024
• Shockwave Lithotripsy For Calcific Mitral Valve Stenosis: A Promising Technology. Kassar K, Khalif A, Lasorda D. JSCAI. 2023.
• Successful Percutaneous Isolation Of A Giant Vein Graft Aneurysm. Madgula A, Kassar K, Khurana A, Chakravarthy M. JACC_Supplement (2022): 2277-2277.
• Between A Rock and A Hard Place. A Case Of Intolerance To Multiple P2Y12 Inhibitors Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Shnoda M, Kassar K, et al. Cureus. 2021
• Saturday Morning Zooms; The Distancing That Brought Us Together. Kassar K. Pennsylvania Chapter of American College of Cardiology; Humans of Cardiology. 2021
• Presentation And Diagnostic Imaging Patterns Of Cardiac Sarcoidosis At A Tertiary Care Center. Kassar K, Schorr R, Nellayappan M, Popeck M, Thosani A, Raina A, Biederman R, Poornima I. Poster presented at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) Conference. September 2020
• To Close Or Not To Close: Patient Foramen Ovale In A Patient Undergoing TIPS Procedure. Veer M, Kassar K, Katchi F, Lasorda D, Farah V. JACC. 2020;75(11):A 2984. DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(20)33611-1
• Prognosis in Patients With Cardiac Sarcoidosis Detected by PET or CMR. Doyle M, Poornima I, Kassar K, Popeck M, Aldweib N, Ravarao G, Raina A, Thosani A, Biederman R. Circulation.2019;140:A11498
• Biatrial FDG Uptake Is Associated With Partial Interatrial Block And Is A Predictor Of Atrial Fibrillation In Cardiac Sarcoidosis, Nellaiyappan M, Popeck M, Kassar K, Biederman R, Raina A, Poornima I, Thosani A, Poster presented at the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) annual meeting. May 2019
• Intolerance to Multiple P2Y12 Inhibitors Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Shnoda M, Kassar K, et al. Cureus. 2021
• Early vs Late Permanent Pacemaker Implantation after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Single Center Experience. Kassar K, Doyle M, Khalil R. Circulation.2019;140:A10048
• A Stab in the Heart: Scimitar Pulmonary Venous Anomaly Complicating a Case of Cardiogenic Shock. Kassar K, Williams R, Veer M, Bajwa O, Alpert C, Hadi A. J Card Fail.2019;25(8):S55. DOI:10.1016/j.cardfail.2019.07.155
• Implementation and Outcomes of a Pulmonary Embolism Response Team. Kassar K, Veer M, Doyle M, Patel A, Bihler E, Kanwar M. JACC.2018;71(11):1943S. DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(18)32484-7 J Card Fail.2019;25(8):S143. DOI:10.1016/j.cardfail.2019.07.413
• Clot Burden Serves As An Effective Predictor Of 30 Day Mortality In Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism. Patel A, Kassar K, Veer M, Doyle M, Kanwar M. JACC.2018;71(11):A1933. DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(18)32474-4
• Lymphocyte Count Serves As An Effective Predictor Of 30 Day Mortality In Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism. Patel A, Kassar K, Veer M, Doyle M, Kanwar M. JACC.2018;71(11):A1934. DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(18)32475-6
• Fungal Endocarditis: A Silent Sniper! Kassar K, Veer M, Chaturvedi A, Ivanova A. Poster presented at Pennsylvania Chapter of American College of Cardiology (PaACC) meeting. Pittsburgh, PA. September 2017
• Non-Cardiac Chest Pain? There Could be a Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death! Chaturvedi A, Veer M, Kassar K, Trivedi R, Blazek O, Ivanova V. Poster presented at Western Pennsylvania American College of Physicians (ACP) meeting. Pittsburgh, PA. November 2017
• Low Voltage ECG As A Clue for Cardiac Involvement In Patients With Systemic Amyloidosis. Kassar K, Patarroyo Aponte M, Thosani A. Poster presented at Pennsylvania Chapter of American College of Cardiology (PaACC) meeting. Pittsburgh, PA. September 2017
• Rapid Response Activation and In-Hospital Mortality. Kassar K, Pusateri D, Kapetanos A. Circ Cardiovasc Qual. 2017
• Detailed Rapid Response Pager Messages and Perceptions of Team Performance. Kassar K, Pusateri D, Kapetanos A. Poster presented at Society of Hospital Medicine (HSM) National Meeting. Las Vegas, NV. May 2017
• Use of Telemedicine for Management of Diabetes in Correctional Facilities, Kassar K, Roe C, Desimone M, Telemed J E Health. 2017; 23(1): 55-59. PMID: 27223479. DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2016.0036
• Fulminant Infectious Aortitis With Ascending Aortic Rupture, Kassar K, Lucke M, Pu C, Tsukashita M, Ann Thorac Surg. 2017; 103(1): e11-e12; PMID: 28007261. DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.05.117
• The Utility of Flexible Bronchoscopy in Management of Children with Cystic Fibrosis. Soultan Z, Kassar K, Anbar R.D. Poster presented at North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference (NACFC). Phoenix, AZ. September 2015
• Utility of Medical Bracelets. Kassar K, Bakr L, Kharouf M. Poster resented at Damascus University Faculty of Medicine Epidemiology Conference. Damascus, SYR. September 2013