Dr. Husam H Balkhy MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
9200 W Wisconsin Ave Cardiothoracic Surge Milwaukee WI, 53226About
Dr. Husam Balkhy is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Milwaukee, WI. Dr. Balkhy specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Balkhy typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
Education and Training
King Abdel Aziz Univ, Coll of Med & Allied Sci, Jeddah, Sau Arabia 1986
King Abdulaziz University, College Of Medicine and Allied Sciences 1987
Board Certification
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Endotoxin fails to induce IFN-gamma in endotoxin-tolerant mice: deficiencies in both IL-12 heterodimer production and IL-12 responsiveness.
- Severe La Crosse encephalitis with significant neurologic sequelae.
- Brucella melitensis bacteremia in children: review of 62 cases.
- Antibiotic susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- Importance of screening household members of acute brucellosis cases in endemic areas.
- Alkhumra haemorrhagic fever: case report and infection control details.
- Rate, risk factors and outcomes of catheter-related bloodstream infection in a paediatric intensive care unit in Saudi Arabia.
- In vitro activity of quinolones against S. pneumoniae, H. influenzae and M. catarrhalis in Saudi Arabia.
- Epidemiologic shift in the prevalence of Hepatitis A virus in Saudi Arabia: a case for routine Hepatitis A vaccination.
- Seroprevalence survey of varicella, measles, rubella, and hepatitis A and B viruses in a multinational healthcare workforce in Saudi Arabia.
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a 5-year review of surveillance data in a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia.
- Public attitude towards biomedical research at outpatient clinics of King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
- The epidemiology of the first described carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae outbreak in a tertiary care hospital in Saudi Arabia: how far do we go?
- Autonomic ganglionated plexi: characterization and effect of epicardial microwave ablation in a canine model of vagally induced acute atrial fibrillation.
- Early patency evaluation of new distal anastomotic device in internal mammary artery grafts using computed tomography angiography.
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