| Name | Nader K. Hijazi |
|---|---|
| Title | MD, FCCP |
| Primary Specialty | Consultant Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine |
| Languages | English & Arabic |
| Contact Details | |
| [email protected] | |
| Phone | +974 4400 4400 |
Scope of Practice
- Bronchoscopy: Broncho-alveolar Lavage (BAL), Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA), Brushing, Transbronchial Lung Biopsy (TBB)
- Endotracheal Intubation, including the use of Video-Assisted Laryngoscopy
- Ventilator management
- Central line and Arterial line placement and hemodynamic monitoring
- Thoracentesis and Pig-tail chest tube insertion via Seldinger technique, including US-guided
- PFT testing and interpretation
- Sleep study interpretation including PSG (Polysomnography) and MSLT (Multiple Sleep Latency Test)
- EMCO experience, and founding member of the Jordanian ECMO team founded by the Jordan Ministry of Health (October 2021 – Present) during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Experience & Education
- Baylor Scott & White Hospital. College Station, Texsa. Pulmonary & Critical Care locum with full privileges
- Christus Southeast Texas St. Elizabeth, Beaumont, Texas. Intensivist and Pulmonary Consultant with full privileges
- Christus Santa Rosa Hospital, San Antonio, Texas. Intensivist and Pulmonary Consultant with full privileges
- Physician Hospitalist at Fort Duncan Regional Medical Center. Eagle Pass, Texas. Unrestricted license with full Internal Medicine, Pulmonary & Critical Care privileges
- University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia (UVA). Fellowship in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine.
- American Board in Critical Care Medicine 2003. Enrolled in MOC (Maintenance Of Certification)
- American Board in Pulmonary Medicine 2002. Recertified in November 2015
- Jordanian Board in Pulmonary Medicine 2008: active
- American Board in Internal Medicine 2001
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas (UAMS). Internship and Residency in Internal Medicine
- Resident physician at Arab Center for Heart & Special Surgery, Amman, Jordan. (Currently: Arab Medical Center - AMC)
Certifications & Memberships
- Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)
- Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- American College of Physicians (ACP)
- Texas Medical Association (TMA)
Publications
Most Recent
- Cardiff University 2024 Carried out a postgraduate research 0tled “Assessment of case complexity of root canal treatments using contemporary complexity grading systems: a clinical service evalua0on” and authored a thesis on this topic
- Saint Joseph University 2018 Carried out an undergraduate research =tled “Rela=onship Between Periodon=cs and Prosthodon=cs with a main focus on Pre-Prosthe=c Surgery” and authored a thesis on this topic.
