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Dr. Faisal Masud serves as Board Member, Houston Methodist Board of Directors, and Medical Director of Center for Critical Care at Houston Methodist Hospital System overseeing 8 hospitals ICU’s and V-ICU. He also serves as Vice Chair for Quality and Patient Safety, the Associate Quality Officer, and Medical Director, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit, Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center. He is Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, Professor of Anesthesiology at Houston Methodist Institute of Academic Medicine, and Professor in the department of Acute & Continuing Care at UT-Houston. He received his training at Duke University Medical Center and Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
Among his many awards are Presidential Gold Medal. He has been the recipient of the Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching four times, the Dean H. Morrow Resident Mentor Award in 2001, and the most prestigious Fulbright & Jaworski Faculty Excellence Award in Educational Leadership. He was elected a member of the Academy of Distinguished Educators at Baylor College of Medicine. He received Association of Professional in Infection Control (APIC) National award for Heroes in Infection Prevention 2010. He is also recipient of the Overstreet Award for exemplifying best of medical profession.
Dr. Masud's leadership resulted in great improvements in patient care and clinical outcomes, in patient safety & quality, sepsis control, central line infections, ventilator associated pneumonia, surgical site infections, blood transfusions, pharmacy etc. resulting hundreds of lives saved and millions of dollar in cost savings.
His focus is improving healthcare in underdeveloped health systems in less developed countries and has been doing volunteer work to improve healthcare in vulnerable areas for many years. He is also the Board Member of Shifa USA a Houston based charitable organization providing free medical and dental care, women shelter etc.
He has many research projects, publications and is an invited faculty at multiple local, state, national meetings and international conferences and meetings including Canada, Malaysia, Israel, China, Pakistan, Brazil, Dubai and Saudi Arabia.
Education/Academic qualification
Critical Care, Clinical Fellowship, Duke University Medical Center
Jul 1 1996 → Jun 30 1997
Award Date: Jun 30 1997
Cardiovascular Anesthesiology, Clinical Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Jul 1 1995 → Jun 30 1996
Award Date: Jun 30 1996
Anesthesiology, Residency, Monmouth Medical Center Program
Jul 1 1992 → Jun 30 1995
Award Date: Jun 30 1995
Medicine, Internship, Frankford Hospital
Jul 1 1991 → Jun 30 1992
Award Date: Jun 30 1992
General Surgery, Clinical Fellowship, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
May 1 1990 → Jun 30 1991
Award Date: Jun 30 1991
MD, The Rawalpundi Medical College
… → Jun 30 1988
Award Date: Jun 30 1988
External positions
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College
Dec 1 2013 → …
Research Area Keywords
- Clinical Care
- Heart & Vascular
Free-text keywords
- Reducing sepsis
- Infection control
- Cardiac critical care
- Patient safety and quality
- COVID-19
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled, Open-Label, Assessor-Blinded Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Inhaled Isoflurane Delivered via the Sedaconda ACD-S Compared to Intravenous Propofol for Sedation of Mechanically Ventilated Intensive Care Unit Adult Patients (INSPiRE-ICU1)
Faisal, H., Dhala, A., Masud, F. N., Mobley, C. M., Moore, L. W., Rizk, E. & Sanchez Leon, R.
2/3/23 → …
Project: Clinical Trial
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FDP Sub in - MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS FOR THE TREATMENT OF MODERATE TO SEVERE COVID-19 ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
Zainab, A., Hsu, S. H., Masud, F. N. & Reardon, M. J.
3/1/20 → 2/28/22
Project: Federal Funding Agencies
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Learning curve of ultrasound-guided surgeon-administered transversus abdominis plane (UGSA-TAP) block on a porcine model
Faisal, H., Qamar, F., Martinez, S., Razmi, S. E., Oviedo, R. J. & Masud, F., Feb 15 2024, In: Heliyon. 10, 3, e25006.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prevalence of Delirium After Abdominal Surgery and Association With Ketamine: A Retrospective, Propensity-Matched Cohort Study
Faisal, H., Qamar, F., Hsu, E. S., Xu, J., Lai, E. C., Wong, S. T. & Masud, F. N., Jan 11 2024, In: Critical care explorations. 6, 1, p. E1032Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Integrating a Virtual ICU with Cardiac and Cardiovascular ICUs: Managing the Needs of a Complex and High-Acuity Specialty ICU Cohort
Dhala, A., Fusaro, M. V., Uddin, F., Tuazon, D., Klahn, S., Schwartz, R., Sasangohar, F., Alegria, J. & Masud, F., 2023, In: Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal. 19, 4, p. 4-16 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Occupational stress and burnout among intensive care unit nurses during the pandemic: A prospective longitudinal study of nurses in COVID and non-COVID units
Saravanan, P., Nisar, T., Zhang, Q., Masud, F. & Sasangohar, F., 2023, In: Frontiers in Psychiatry. 14, p. 1129268 1129268.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
Pre-Existing Right Ventricular Dysfunction as an Independent Risk Factor for Post Intubation Cardiac Arrest and Hemodynamic Instability in Critically Ill Patients: A Retrospective Observational Study
Al-Saadi, M. A., Heidari, B., Donahue, K. R., Shipman, E. M., Kinariwala, K. N. & Masud, F. N., Feb 2023, In: Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 38, 2, p. 169-178 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Scopus citations
Prizes
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Fellow in the American College of Critical Care Medicine (FCCM)
Masud, Faisal N. (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Fellow of American College of Chest Physicians
Masud, Faisal N. (Recipient), Jan 1 2004
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Heroes of Infection Prevention 2010
Masud, Faisal N. (Recipient), 2010
Prize: National/international honor
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Honorable Mention for Achievement in Eliminating Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia - 2012
Masud, Faisal N. (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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John W. Overstreet Award
Masud, Faisal N. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)