GhassanEKanaziMD

Anesthesiology • Cleveland, OH

Critical Care Medicine, Pain Medicine

Professor of Anesthesiology Case Western Reserve University

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Office
UH Cleveland Medical Center
11100 Euclid Ave Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Cleveland, OH 44106
Phone+1 216-844-3771

Fax+1 216-983-2088
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Education & Training

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Critical Care Medicine (Anesthesiology), 1991 - 1991
Cleveland Clinic FoundationResidency, Anesthesiology, 1987 - 1990
UPMC Medical Education (Pittsburgh)Residency, Surgery, 1985 - 1987
American University of Beirut Faculty of MedicineClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 1995 - 2024
OH State Medical License 1987 - 2024
FL State Medical License 1997 - 2002
PA State Medical License 1986 - 1996
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
American Board of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine

Clinical Trials

Vitamin C Efficacy in Reducing Post Operative Pain Start of enrollment: 2010 Nov 01
Completed
Phase 4
The Efficacy of Peripheral Nerve Blocks With Intrathecal Morphine in Improving Analgesia After Unilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty Start of enrollment: 2013 Mar 01
Completed
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

6 citations
Predictors of postoperative pain and analgesic requirements following abdominal hysterectomy: an observational study
Marie T. Aouad, Ghassan E. Kanazi, Krystel Malek, Hani Tamim, Lama Zahreddine, Roland N. Kaddoum> ;Journal of Anesthesia. 2016 Feb 1
“This is not me”: patient, family, cultural and clinician considerations in cases of severe cancer-related debility
Daneng Li, Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa, Aaron D. Viny, Meredith Cammarata, Ali Shamseddine, Ashwaq Alolayan, Hibah Osman, Ali Haydar, Ghassan E. Kanazi, Mohamed Naghy, Eileen...> ;Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology. 2015 Sep 4
Protocols for and training on noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in emergency departments.
Mohamad F. El-Khatib, Amin N. Kazzi, Salah M. Zeinelddine, Pierre Bou-Khalil, Chakib M. Ayoub, Ghassan E. Kanazi> ;European Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2014 Jun 1
4 citations
Use of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in emergency departments of public and private hospitals in Lebanon.
Mohamad F. El-Khatib, Amin N. Kazzi, Salah M. Zeinelddine, Pierre Bou-Khalil, Chakib M. Ayoub, Ghassan E. Kanazi> ;European Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2014 Jun 1
60 citations
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Variable Rate Phenylephrine Infusion With Rescue Phenylephrine Boluses Versus Rescue Boluses Alone on Physician Interventions During S...
Sahar M. Siddik-Sayyid, Samar K. Taha, Ghassan E. Kanazi, Marie T. Aouad> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2014 Mar 1
5 citations
Setting practice standards for palliative care in Lebanon--recommendations of the Subcommittee on Practice --National Committee for Pain Control and Palliative Care.
Hibah Osman, Miguel R. Abboud, Lama El Zein, Husam Ghusn, Janane Hanna, Ghassan E. Kanazi> ;Le Journal Medical Libanais. the Lebanese Medical Journal. 2013 Oct 1
1 citations
Intrathecal morphine versus transversus abdominis plane block after cesarean delivery
Sahar M. Siddik-Sayyid, Ghassan E. Kanazi, Faraj W. Abdallah> ;International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia. 2012 Jul 1
4 citations
Analgesic Benefits of Preincisional Transversus Abdominis Plane Block for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Faraj W. Abdallah, Al Moataz Billah F. Adham, Vincent W. S. Chan, Ghassan E. Kanazi> ;Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2013 Jun 1
15 citations
Subpleural block is less effective than thoracic epidural analgesia for post-thoracotomy pain: a randomised controlled study.
Ghassan E. Kanazi, Chakib M. Ayoub, Marie T. Aouad, Faraj W. Abdallah, Pierre Sfeir, Almoataz-Billah F. Adham, Mohamad F. El-Khatib> ;European Journal of Anaesthesiology. 2012 Apr 1
26 citations
Effect of vitamin C on morphine use after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a randomized controlled trial
Ghassan E. Kanazi, Mohammad F. El-Khatib, Vanda G. Yazbeck Karam, Janane Hanna, Badiaa Masri, Marie T. Aouad> ;Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'anesthesie. 2012 Mar 9
16 citations
Weaning from mechanical ventilation
Imad BouAkl, Pierre Bou-Khalil, Ghassan E. Kanazi, Chakib M. Ayoub, Mohamad F. El-Khatib> ;Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology. 2012 Feb 1
27 citations
Psychometric Evaluation of the Arabic Brief Pain Inventory in a Sample of Lebanese Cancer Patients
Suha Ballout, Samar Noureddine, Huda Abu-Saad Huijer, Ghassan E. Kanazi> ;Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2011 Jul 1
2 citations
Headache and nuchal rigidity and photophobia after an epidural blood patch: diagnosis by exclusion of persistent post-dural puncture headache mimicking meningitis
Ghassan E. Kanazi, Faraj W. Abdallah, Dabbous A, S Atweh, Mohamad F. El-Khatib> ;British Journal of Anaesthesia. 2010 Dec 1
57 citations
Femoral vein cannulation performed by residents: a comparison between ultrasound-guided and landmark technique in infants and children undergoing cardiac surgery.
Marie T. Aouad, Ghassan E. Kanazi, Faraj W. Abdallah, Farah H. Moukaddem, Massud J. Turbay, Mounir Y. Obeid, Sahar M. Siddik-Sayyid> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2010 Jul 2
91 citations
The analgesic efficacy of subarachnoid morphine in comparison with ultrasound-guided transversus abdominis plane block after cesarean delivery: a randomized controlled...
Ghassan E. Kanazi, Marie T. Aouad, Faraj W. Abdallah, Mohamad I. Khatib, Al Moataz Billah F. Adham, Diala W. Harfoush, Sahar M. Siddik-Sayyid> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2010 May 20
22 citations
Excellent intubating conditions with remifentanil–propofol and either low-dose rocuronium or succinylcholine
Sahar M. Siddik-Sayyid, Samar K. Taha, Ghassan E. Kanazi, Jules-Marie A. Chehade, Reine A. Zbeidy, Achir A. Al Alami, Badri W. Zahreddine, Mohamad Khatib, Anis Baraka,...> ;Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'anesthesie. 2009 May 14
Combined spinal epidural anesthesia in an asthmatic patient undergoing abdominoplasty.
Mohammad G. Kodeih, Achir A. Al-Alami, Bechara S. Atiyeh, Ghassan E. Kanazi> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2009 Mar 1
Be vigilant, always!
Marie T. Aouad, Farah H. Moukaddem, Samir Akel, Ghassan E. Kanazi> ;Paediatric Anaesthesia. 2009 Jan 1
4 citations
Respiratory failure in a former preterm infant following high spinal anesthesia with bupivacaine and clonidine.
Marie T. Aouad, Farah H. Moukaddem, Samir Akel, Ghassan E. Kanazi> ;Paediatric Anaesthesia. 2008 Oct 1
18 citations
A comparison of a silicone wire-reinforced tube with the Parker and polyvinyl chloride tubes for tracheal intubation through an intubating laryngeal mask airway in pat...
Ghassan E. Kanazi, Mohammed El-Khatib, Viviane G. Nasr, Romeo N. Kaddoum, Achir A. Al-Alami, Anis Baraka, Chakib M. Ayoub> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2008 Sep 1
9 citations
Immediate post-operative vocal changes in patients using laryngeal mask airway versus endotracheal tube
Abdul-Latif Hamdan, Ghassan E. Kanazi, Charbel Rameh, Hani Rifai, Abla M. Sibai> ;The Journal of Laryngology and Otology. 2008 Aug 1
Recurrent postoperative aspiration following jugular foramen tumor resection.
Achir A. Al-Alami, Ghassan E. Kanazi, Anis Baraka> ;Middle East Journal of Anaesthesiology. 2008 Jun 1
136 citations
A Single Dose of Propofol at the End of Surgery for the Prevention of Emergence Agitation in Children Undergoing Strabismus Surgery during Sevoflurane Anesthesia
Marie T. Aouad, Vanda G. Yazbeck-Karam, Viviane G. Nasr, Mohamad F. El-Khatib, Ghassan E. Kanazi, Jamal H. Bleik> ;Anesthesiology. 2007 Nov 1
32 citations
Noninvasive bilevel positive airway pressure for preoxygenation of the critically ill morbidly obese patient.
Mohamad F. El-Khatib, Ghassan E. Kanazi, Anis Baraka> ;Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia = Journal Canadien D'anesthesie. 2007 Sep 1
89 citations
Supplementation of pre‐oxygenation in morbidly obese patients using nasopharyngeal oxygen insufflation
Anis Baraka, Samar K. Taha, Sahar M. Siddik-Sayyid, Ghassan E. Kanazi, Mohamad F. El-Khatib, Carla M. Dagher, Jules-Marie A. Chehade, Faraj W. Abdallah, R. E. Hajj> ;Anaesthesia. 2007 Aug 1
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University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland, Ohio