AhmadOussamaRifaiMD

Nephrology • Panama City, FL

Chronic Renal Failure & Dialysis, Critical Care, Hypertension

Vice President of Medical Affairs, The Virtual Nephrologist, INC.

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Office
2507 Harrison Ave
Unit 101
Panama City, FL 32405
Phone+1 850-215-5911

Fax+1 850-914-3004

Summary

Dr. Ahmad Oussama Rifai is a Nephrologist based in Panama City, FL, affiliated with several hospitals in the area, including Ascension Sacred Heart Bay, HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital, Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Panama City, and Select Specialty Hospital, Panama City. He is the Vice President of Medical Affairs at The Virtual Nephrologist, INC. He earned his medical degree from the University of Aleppo Faculty of Medicine and completed his postgraduate training, including a nephrology fellowship, at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Rifai is proficient in multiple languages, including Arabic and French.

He specializes in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), dialysis, critical care, and hypertension. Dr. Rifai has extensive experience in managing hypertension, chronic kidney disease, dialysis, continuous renal replacement therapy, and congestive heart failure. Additionally, he has contributed to more than 25 publications and has been cited in over 50 instances. His passion is education. He also has special interest in medica ethics.

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Education & Training

University of TennesseeFellowship, Nephrology, 1997 - 1999
University of TennesseeResidency, Internal Medicine, 1994 - 1994
East Tennessee State University/Quillen College of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 1993 - 1994
University of TennesseeResidency, Internal Medicine, 1990 - 1993
University of Aleppo Faculty of MedicineClass of 1990

Certifications & Licensure

AR State Medical License 1992 - 2026
MI State Medical License 2016 - 2026
AL State Medical License 2002 - 2025
FL State Medical License 1999 - 2025
MS State Medical License 1994 - 2025
TN State Medical License 1995 - 2025
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Internal Medicine
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Nephrology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr., Award 2015 HCA, 2016
Medical Innovation Award for Developing a Novel Method of Continuous Renal Replacement therapy. Syrian American Medical Society, 2014

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

5 citations
A Case Report on Pasteurella multocida Peritoneal Dialysis-Associated Peritonitis: When Cats Think Medical Equipment Are Toys.
Saeid Mirzai, Ahmad Oussama Rifai, Aron Tidrick, Qitan Huang, Justin Hale
Case Reports in Nephrology. 2019-12-16
5 citations
Dealing with dramatic health care problems during times of natural disaster and armed conflict.
Sami Alasfar, Wasim Zakaria, Khaled Haj Nasan, Abdul R Zanabli, Fahd Al-Saghir
Kidney International. 2023-08-01
22 citations
The Effect of War on Syrian Refugees With End-Stage Renal Disease.
Majd Isreb, Saleh Kaysi, Ahmad Oussama Rifai, Hisham Al Kukhun, Saif Aldeen Sultan Al-Adwan
Kidney International Reports. 2017-05-26

Journal Articles

A Case Report on Pasteurella Multocida Peritoneal Dialysis-Associated Peritonitis: When Cats Think Medical Equipment Are Toys
Saeid Mirzai, Ahmad Oussama Rifai, Aron Tidrick, Qitan Huang, Justin Hale, Case Reports nephrology, 12/9/2019
Successful external cephalic version in a patient with uterus didelphys and fetal malpresentation
Saeid Mirzai, Samuel Brian Wolf, Saima Mili, Ahmad Oussama Rifai, British Medical Journal Case Reports, 11/19/2019
Probable Clostridium septicum pneumocephalus in a user of natural remedies with newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus, type 1
Saeid Mirzai, Ahmad Oussama Rifai, Shana Webb, Kareem Rifai, Amanda Reiner, ID Cases, 6/25/2019
New Approach to Orogastric Tube Placement in the Intensive Care Unit and the Emergency Department.
Ahmad Oussama Rifai, Intern Med, an open access journal,, 9/1/2018
The Effect of War on Syrian Refugees with End-Stage Renal Disease
Majd A. Isreb,1 Saleh Kaysi,2 Ahmad Oussama Rifai,3 Hisham Al Kukhun,4 Saif Aldeen Sultan Al-Adwan,5Taha A. Kass-Hout,6 and Mohamed A. Sekkarie7, Kidney International, 9/1/2017
Care and outcomes of end-stage kidney disease patients in times of armed conflict: recommendations for action.
Isreb MA, Rifai AO, Murad LB, Al-Makki A, Al-Saghir F, Sekkarie MA., Clinical Nephrology, 3/23/2016
Continuous venovenous hemofiltration using a stand-alone blood pump for acute kidney injury in field hospitals in Syria
A Oussama Rifai, Lina B Murad, Mohamed A Sekkarie, Akram A Al-Makki, Abdul R Zanabli, Anas A Kayal and Khaldoun A Soudan, Kidney International, 2/1/2015
The Syrian conflict: assessment of the ESRD system and response to hemodialysis needs during a humanitarian and medical crisis
Mohamed A Sekkarie, Abdul R Zanabli, A Oussama Rifai, Lina B Murad and Akram A Al-Makki, Kidney International, 2/1/2015
The Syrian national kidney foundation: Response for the need of kidney patients during the crisis
Al-Makki Akram, Rifai A Oussama, Murad Lina, Zanabli Abdul R, Kayal Anas, Soudan Khaldoun, Kherallah Mazen, Alsaghir Fahd, Sekkarie Mohamed., Avicenna, 7/1/2014
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