Said Sharifi-Azad, MD

Contact Dr. Sharifi-Azad

8490 Gibbon Building
111 S. 11th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

(215) 955-5846
(215) 923-5507 (fax)

Medical School
University of Teheran, Iran , 1967

Residency
Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Fellowship
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Board Certification
Anesthesiology

Hospital Appointment
Director, Clinical OR

University Appointment
Clinical Professor

Research and Clinical Interests
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Publications

Most recent Peer-reviewed Publications

1. Tonic β-adrenergic drive provokes proinflammatory and proapoptotic changes in aging mouse heart
2. Chronic β-adrenergic receptor stimulation induces cardiac apoptosis and aggravates myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury by provoking inducible nitric-oxide synthase-mediated nitrative stress
3. Inhibition of iNOS protects the aging heart against β-adrenergic receptor stimulation-induced cardiac dysfunction and myocardial ischemic injury
4. A randomized, double blind pilot study examining the use of intravenous ondansetron in the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting in female inpatients
5. Treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting after outpatient surgery with the 5-HT3 antagonist ondansetron
6. Ondansetron in the treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting in ambulatory outpatients: A dose-comparative, stratified, multicentre study
7. Blind nasal intubation after nalbuphine reversal of fentanyl prior to open heart surgery
8. Induced hypotension with labetalol for orthognathic surgery