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Hebroon Obaid,MD

Primary Service
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery

Additional Languages:
  • Urdu
Areas of Interest

On-and-off pump coronary artery bypass grafting, coronary artery bypass with use of bilateral internal mammary arteries, arterial revascularization for advanced ischemic heart disease in patients with low ejection fraction, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, aortic valve replacement, mitral valve repair/replacement, atrial fibrillation surgery, aortic aneurysm repair, aortic dissection repair, thoracic surgery, video assisted thoracic surgery, transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Medical School
  • St. George's University School of Medicine, True Blue, Grenada
Residency
  • Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Stamford Hospital, Stamford, CT
Fellowship
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
 
Biography

Philosophy of care
My goal is to educate my patients, as well as treat them. In this manner, we can work as a team to make them healthier.

Hometown
Hamden, CT

Additional languages
Urdu

Awards
Best Resident Teacher of the Year, 2018
Outstanding Resident of the Year, 2019

Publications
Ocuin LM, Bamboat ZM, Balachandran VP, Cavnar MJ, Obaid H, Plitas G, DeMatteo RP. Neutrophil IL-10 suppresses peritoneal inflammatory monocytes during polymicrobial sepsis. J Leukoc Biol. 2011 Mar;89(3):423-32. doi: 10.1189/jlb.0810479. Epub 2010 Nov 24. PMID: 21106642; PMCID: PMC3040467.

Bamboat ZM, Balachandran VP, Ocuin LM, Obaid H, Plitas G, DeMatteo RP. Toll-like receptor 9 inhibition confers protection from liver ischemia-reperfusion injury. Hepatology. 2010 Feb;51(2):621-32. doi: 10.1002/hep.23365. PMID: 19902481; PMCID: PMC3164814.

Balachandran VP, Cavnar MJ, Zeng S, Bamboat ZM, Ocuin LM, Obaid H, Sorenson EC, Popow R, Ariyan C, Rossi F, Besmer P, Guo T, Antonescu CR, Taguchi T, Yuan J, Wolchok JD, Allison JP, DeMatteo RP. Imatinib potentiates antitumor T cell responses in gastrointestinal stromal tumor through the inhibition of Ido. Nat Med. 2011 Aug 28;17(9):1094-100. doi: 10.1038/nm.2438. PMID: 21873989; PMCID: PMC3278279.

Bamboat ZM, Ocuin LM, Balachandran VP, Obaid H, Plitas G, DeMatteo RP. Conventional DCs reduce liver ischemia/reperfusion injury in mice via IL-10 secretion. J Clin Invest. 2010 Feb;120(2):559-69. doi: 10.1172/JCI40008. Epub 2010 Jan 19. PMID: 20093775; PMCID: PMC2810082.