Nabil A. Munfakh, M.D.

Cardiothoracic Surgery
Professor, Surgery


Board Certification:
Surgery--Certified
Thoracic Surgery--Certified

Specialty Areas:
Cardiac surgery
General thoracic surgery

Medical School:
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1985

Postdoctoral Education:
Residency: General Surgery, University of Kentucky Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, 1991

Research Fellowship: Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 1989

Residency: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, Richmond, Virginia, 1993

Patients Seen At:
Christian Hospital Northeast
11155 Dunn Road, Professional Building 1, Suite 204N
St. Louis, MO 63136
(314) 355-3003
Fax: (314) 355-0515

Awards/Honors:
2007, Listed in Best Doctors in America, (Best Doctors, Inc.)

Selected or Recent Publications:
Moon MR, Pasque MK, Munfakh NA, Melby SJ, Lawton JS, Moazami N, Codd JE, Crabtree TD, Barner HB, Damiano RJ Jr. Prosthesis-patient mismatch after aortic valve replacement: impact of age and body size on late survival. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2006;81(2):481-488; discussion 489.

Caspi J, Pettitt T, Fontenot E, Stopa A, Heck H, Munfakh N, Ferguson TB, Harrison L. The beneficial hemodynamic effects of selective patent vertical vein following repair of obstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage in infants. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 2001;20:830-834.

Caspi J, Zalstein E, Zucker N, Appelbaum A, Harrison LH, Munfakh NA, Ferguson TB Jr, Heck H, Stopa A, White M, Fontenot E. Surgical management of tetralogy of Fallot in the first year of life. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1999;68:1344-1349.

Carmeci C, Munfakh NA, Brooks JW. Abdominal apoplexy. So Med J. 1998;91:273-274.

Crumb WJ, Pigott JD, Nenova N, Munfakh NA, Harrison LH, Heck HA, Clarkson CW, Roca TP. Fatty acid block of the transient outward current in the adult human atrium. J Pharm & Exp Thera 1999;289:386-391.

Webb W, Harrison L, Helmcke F, Camino A, Munfakh NA, Heck H, Moulder P. Carbon dioxide field flooding minimizes residual intracardiac air after open heart operations. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1997;64:1489-1491.

Schwartz RW, Munfakh NA, Zwang TN, Strodel WE, Lee E, Thompson NW. Non-functioning cystic neuroendocrine neoplasms of the pancreas. Surgery. 1994;115:645-649.

Allyn JW, Teplick R, Steinberg JB, Munfakh NA, Geffin GA, Titus JS, Daggett WM. Norepinephrine increases the economy of pressure development in isolated canine hearts. American Journal of Physiology. 1993;263:H715-H721.

Munfakh NA, Steinberg JB, Titus JS, Denenberg AG, O’Keefe DD, Daggett WM, Geffin GA. Protection of the hypertrophied myocardium by crystalloid cardioplegia. Journal of Surgical Research. 1991;51(6):447-456.

Steinberg JB, Doherty NE, Munfakh NA, Geffin GA, Titus JS, Hoaglin DC, Denenberg AF, Daggett WM. Oxygenation cardioplegia: The metabolic and functional effects of glucose and insulin. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1991;51(4):620-629.

Endcan ED, Schwarcz TH, Barker DE, Munfakh NA, Wilson-Nealy R, Hyde GL. Hip disarticulation: Factors affecting outcome. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 1991:14(3):398-404.

Khachaturian H, Alessi NE, Lewis ME, Munfakh NA, Fitzsimmons M, Watson SJ. Development of hypothalamic opioid neurons: A combined immunocytochemical and 3-H thymidine autoradiographic study. Neuropeptides. 1985,Feb (4-6):477-480.

Khachaturian H, Alessi NE, Munfakh NA, Watson SJ. Ontogeny of opioid and related peptides in the rat C.N.S. and pituitary: An immunocytochemical study. Life Science. 1983;38 Supp I:61-64.

Selected or Recent Chapters:
Munfakh NA, Barner HB. Bypass Conduite Options. In Sabistion & Spencer’s Surgery of the Chest, 2005.

Academic Office:
Christian Hospital Northeast
11155 Dunn Road, Professional Building 1, Suite 204
St. Louis, MO 63136
(314) 355-3003

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