CURRICULUM VITAE Wael Zouhair Tamim M.D.
PERSONAL DATA Name Wael Zouhair Tamim, MD Contact Phone: 954-616-1916 Fax: 954-525-0808 Address 1625 S.E. 3 rd Ave Suite 723 Fort Lauderdale FL, 33316 4602 N Federal Hwy Fort Lauderdale, Fl 33308 Email Wtamimmd@hotmail.com Website waeltamimmd.com
WORK HISTORY Broward General Hospital. Staff cardiovascular a thoracic surgeon. March 2002 - Present 1600 South Andrews Ave Fort Lauderdale Florida 33316 Imperial Point Hospital. Staff cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon. March 2002 - Present 6401 North Federal Highway Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Broward Health North, Staff cardiovascular a thoracic surgeon. January 2013 - Present 201 East Sample Road Pompano Beach, FL. 33064 Cleveland Clinic Foundation Hospital. Staff cardiothoracic surgeon. 2002-2006 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd Weston, Florida 33331 Florida Medical Center. Staff cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon. January 2004-2008 5000 West Oakland Park Blvd Lauderdale Lakes, Florida 33308 North Ridge Hospital. Staff cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon. May 2002-2008 5757 North Dixie Highway Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334 Westside Regional Hospital. Staff cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon. February 2004-2008 8201 West Broward Blvd. Plantation Florida 33321
EDUCATION July 2000-June 2001 July 1999-June 2000 July 1998-June 1999 July1996-June 1998 July1994-June 1996 Aug 1993-June1994 Sept 1989-June1993 Oct 1982-June 1986 West Virginia University WVC HSCN, Department of surgery Chief Resident in Cardiothoracic Surgery West Virginia University Resident in Cardiothoracic Surgery University of Massachusetts Medical Center 55 Lake Ave North, Worcester, MA 01655 Chief Resident in General Surgery University of Massachusetts Medical Center 55 Lake Ave North, Worcester, MA 01655 Third and Fourth Years of Surgical Residency New York University Medical Center 550 1 st Ave Suite 6B, New York City, NY 10022 Second and Third Years of Surgical Residency New York University Medical Center 550 1 st Ave Suite 6B, New York City, NY 10022 Internship in General Surgery American University of Beirut 850 3 RD Ave 18 th FL, New York City, NY 10022 Bachelor of Sciences (Chemistry) International College School of Beirut Lebanese Baccalaureate and High School Diploma s
HONORS April 2001 Zimmerman Resident Presentation Award West Virginia University Sept 1997 Outstanding Resident Presentation Award New England Surgical Society Sept 1989-June 1993 Dean s Honor List (3 years) M.D. Degree with Distinction Oct 1986-July1989 Dean s Honor s List (4 terms) BS Degree with Distinction June 1986 High School Diploma with High Distinction Lebanese Baccalaureate Degree with Honors Selected to be included in the Lexington Who s Who Millennium Edition of the Registry (2000/2001). Selected to be included in the Marquise Who s Who Edition of year (2001/2002). American College of Surgeons Certificate of Appreciation. October 2001.
PUBLICATIONS Tabry I, Tamim W, Costantini E, Reyes E, Habal S, Hughes L. Early Postoperative Acute Aortic Dissection, The Leading Cause of Sudden Death After Cardiac Surgery? Critical Role of the Computed Tomography Scan. Heart Surgery Forum 2003, 6(5):382-6 Gupta N, Tamim W, Bishop H, Graeber G, Hobbs HA. Mediastinal Lymph Node Sampling Following Positron Emission Tomography with Fluorodeoxyglucose Imaging in Lung Cancer Staging. Chest. 2001; 120(2): 521-527. Graber G, Tamim W. Current Status of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Thymoma. Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2000; 12: (4): 1-12. Tamim W, Arous E, Arbib E. Experience with Percutaneous Thromboobliteration of Femoral Pseudoaneurysms. Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2000; 14: 254-259 Tamim W, Ghellali A, Counihan T, Swanson R, Sweeney B. Experience with Endoluminal Colonic Wall Stents for the Management of Large Bowel Obstruction for Benign and Malignant Disease. Archives of Surgery. 2000; 135: 434-438. Tamim W, Arous E, Thrombolytic Therapy: The Treatment of Choice for Iliac Vein Thrombosis in the Presence of Kidney Transplant. Annals of Vascular Surgery. 1999; 13:436-438. Tamim W, Davidson R, Quinlan R, O Shea, Swanson R. Neoadjuvant Chemo radiotherapy for the Treatment of Esophageal Cancer. Is It Worthwhile? Archives of Surgery. 1998; 133: 722-726. Gupta N, Bishop H, Tamim W, Reesma S, Treatment Outcome of Lung Cancer Patients as Predicted by Pre-Operative Whole Body PET-FDG imaging. Journal of Clinical Lung Cancer. 2000; (November issue) Blair S, Shah S, Tamim W, Quinlan R, Swanson R. Surgical Resection Improves Survival in the Treatment of Early Gastric Lymphoma s. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2000; 4: 304-309. Yamout B, Tamim W, Drousiotor P. Myalgia, Neuromyopathy and Internalized Capillaries: A Steroid Responsive Syndrome. ACTA Neurological Scandinavica. 1994; 0: 1-3
PRESENTATION Tamim W, Graeber G, Gupta N, Bishop H, Murray G. The Efficacy of PET- FGH in Detecting Malignant Mediastinal Lymph Nodes in Patient with Primary Lung Mass. Society of Thoracic Surgery Meeting January 2001, New Orleans. Tamim W. Advancement in the Diagnostic Work-up of Lung Cancer. Surgical Grand Rounds. West Virginia University. December 2000. Tamim W. Ghellali A, Counihan T, Swanson R, and Sweeney B. Endoluminal Colonic Stents for the Management of Large Bowl Obstruction: Is it the Answer? New England Surgical Society Meeting, September 1999, Newport, Rhode Island. Blair S, Shah S, Tamim W, Quinlan R, Swanson R, Neoadjuvant Chemo radiotherapy for the Early Gastric Lymphoma. New England Cancer Society Meeting. November 1998, Worcester, Massachusetts. Tamim W, Davidson R, Quinlan R, O Shea, Swanson R, Neoadjuvant Chemo radiotherapy for The Treatment of Esophageal Cancer. Is It Worthwhile? New England Surgical Society Meeting. September 1997, Lake George, New York. Tamim W. New Trends in Cardiovascular Surgery. February 2001, Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Tabry I, Costantini E, Reyes E, Tamim W. Expanding Indication for OPCAB in Private Practice. Presented at the Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Meeting, June 2002, NYC, New York Tamim W. Exploring TMR. Sister Innocent Conference Center. April 2003. Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Non- Referred Tamim W. How to Keep Your Heart Beating. Whynmoor Community Conference Center. April 2002. Fort Lauderdale, Florida Tamim W. The Bear Goes On. Physician s Practice. May 2002. Tamim W. Innovations in Cardiac Surgery. Sister Innocent Conference Center June 2002. Fort Lauderdale, Florida Tamim W. Doctors on Call. July 2002. Fort Lauderdale, Florida Tamim W. Exploring TMR. Sister Innocent Conference Center. June 2003. Fort Lauderdale. Florida. Tamim W. Laser Revascularization of the Heart. Downtown Fort Lauderdale. July 2003 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Tamim W. Tiny Holes Bring Big Relief. Physician Practice. July 2003.
POSTERS Tamim W, Frey, Lindsey DO, Case Series on the Novel Use of the AngioVac System in the Treatment of Right-Sided Endocarditis and its Complications, 29th Annual International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET), February 2017, Hollywood, Florida. Tamim W, Graeber G, Gupta N, Bishop H, Murray G, Clinical Utility of PET-FDG imaging in differentiation of benign from malignant adrenal masses in lung cancer patients. 87 th American College of Surgeons Meeting, October 2001, New Orleans. Tamim W. Bishop H, Gupta N. Value of PET Scanning Preoperative Evaluation of Lymph Nodes in Lung Cancer Patients. Middle East Medical Assembly Meeting, May 2000, Beirut, Lebanon. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, June 2000, Washington D.C. Tamim W, Arous E. One Year s Experience with Percutaneous Thromboobiliteration of Iatrogenic Femoral Pseudoaneurysm. Middle East Medical Assembly Meeting, May 2000, Beirut, Lebanon. Tamim W, O Shea M, Davis S, Brouwer S, Bagley P. Incidental Pathologic Findings in Volume Reduction Surgery. 86 TH American College of Surgeons Meeting October 2000, Chicago. Tamim W, Gupta N, Bishop H, Graeber G. The Detection of Malignant Lymph Nodes in Patient with Primary Lung Mass Using PET scans. Middle East Medical Assembly Meeting, May 2000, Beirut, Lebanon. 86 th American College of Surgeons Meeting, October 2000, Chicago. Tamim W, Gonzales-Cruz R, Prabakhar G, Murray G, Cruzzavala J, Initial Experience with Off- Pump CABG. Middle East Medical Assembly Meeting May 2000, Beirut, Lebanon. 86 th American College of Surgeons Meeting, October 2000, Chicago. Tamim W, Gonzales-Cruz R, Prabakhar G, Cruzzavala J, Grarber G, Hill R, Murray G. Comparing Pump To Off-Pump CABG: Initial Experience. Middle East Medical Assembly Meeting, May 2000, Beirut, Lebanon. 86 TH American College of Surgeons Meeting, October 2000, Chicago.
Tamim W, Arous E, Arbid E, Percutaneous Thromboobliteration of Femoral Pseudoaneurysms: A Pilot Study. 85 th American College of Surgeons Meeting, October 1999, San Francisco, California Szwerc M, Tamim W, Cruzzavala J, Prabhakar G, Dayo M, Murray G, OPCAB Multivessel Coronary Artery Bypass Revascularization Lessons Learned From 351 Consecutive Patients. Submitted to American College of Surgeons. Blair S, Shah S, Tamim W, Quinlan R, Swanson R, Surgical Resection Improves Survival in the Treatment of Early Gastric Lymphoma. Society Surgeons for Alimentary Tract Meeting, May 1999, Orlando, Florida. Yamout B, Tamim W, Drousiotor P, Myalgia, Neuromyopathy and Internalized Capillaries: A Steroid Responsive Syndrome. 2 nd International Meeting on Therapy of Muscles Dystrophies and Related Disorders, September 1993, Naples, Italy.
PROFFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION American College of Surgeons (Fellow) American College of Chest Physician s (Affiliate) American Board of Surgery (Diplomat) American Board of Thoracic Surgery (Diplomat) Society of Thoracic Surgery (Member) Florida Society of Cardiovascular Surgeons (Member) Fort Lauderdale Surgical Society (Member)
CERTIFICATES & LICENSURE Dec 2003 Dec 2013 American Board of Thoracic Surgery Dec 2013 Dec 2023 American Board of Thoracic Surgery (Recertification) June 2001 ACLS/BLS Sept 2000 American Board OF Surgery May 1999 ATLS Dec 1993 FLEX July 1999 West Virginia Medical License# 19891 Dec 2001 Florida Medical License Dec 2001 DEA
COMMITTEE S Surgical Quality Control (Broward General Hospital) 2006 / 2013 ICU Committee (Broward General Hospital) 2013/ Present Cardiac Surgical Quality Control (Broward General Hospital) 2014 Holy Cross ICU Committee 2012-2013
ACADEMIC TITLES Instructor/Preceptor - Nova Southeastern University Instructor/Preceptor - Barry University