SamirFSabaMDDivision Chief, Cardiology

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiac Electrophysiology

Professor, Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Division Chief, Cardiology Co-Director, Heart and Vascular Institute

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Overview of Dr. Saba

Dr. Samir Saba is a cardiologist in Oakland, PA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Mercy, UPMC Passavant, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, UPMC East, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, and Shadyside Campus. He received his medical degree from American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice 24 years. He specializes in adult congenital heart disease and cardiac electrophysiology and is experienced in cardiac electrophysiology, cardiac critical care, and icd / pacemaker insertion.

Office
200 Lothrop St
Oakland, PA 15213
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Education & Training

Tufts Medical CenterFellowship, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, 1999 - 2000
Tufts Medical CenterFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1996 - 1999
Tufts Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1996
American University of Beirut Faculty of MedicineClass of 1993

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 2000 - 2022
MA State Medical License 1996 - 2011
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology

Clinical Trials

LONGEVITY Study. Evaluation of the Device and Battery Longevity of Boston Scientific Market-released ICD and CRT-D Devices Start of enrollment: 2014 Jan 01Saba, S.
Ranolazine Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Trial Start of enrollment: 2011 Sep 01Budzikowski, A.,Shalaby, A.,Mazur, A.,Job, A.,Natale, A.,Alonge, A.,Greenspon, A.,Gallagher, B.,Atwater, B.,Faulknier, B.,WIlliamson, B.,Mahoney, C.,Gottlieb, C.,Hedgepeth, C.,Perzanowski, C.,Musgrave-Bet...
INcrease Of VAgal TonE in CHF Start of enrollment: 2011 Feb 01Bank, A.,Ambrosia, A.,Katz, A.,Ng, A.,Mugge, A.,Amos, A.,Hasan, A.,Clemson, B.,Austin, B.,Berman, B.,Jaffe, B.,Klodell, C.,Benditt, D.,DeLurgio, D.,Fluck, D.,Lanfear, D.,Narula, D.,Jansen, D.,Chapman, D.,...
AIGISRx Anti-Bacterial Envelope and Custom Mesh for Prevention of Infection Following Cardiac Rhythm Management Device Replacement With an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) Start of enrollment: 2010 Jan 01Alexander, S.,Antonio, C.,Bhagwat, R.,Cooley, R.,Crouch, J.,Enger, E.W.,Fuller, A.,Ghandi, D.A.,Gleed, K.J.,Hamilton, B.,Hamlin, R.J.,Hanna, I.R.,Henrikson, C.A.,Hill, D.,Jones, J.,Kamran, M.,Kanuru, N.,K...
AIGISRx Anti-Bacterial Envelope and Custom Mesh for Prevention of Infection Following Cardiac Rhythm Management Device Replacement With a Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Device (CRT) Start of enrollment: 2010 Jan 01Alexander, S.,Antonio, C.,Bhagwat, R.,Cooley, R.,Crouch, J.,Enger, E.W.,Fuller, A.,Ghandi, D.A.,Gleed, K.J.,Hamilton, B.,Hamlin, R.J.,Hanna, I.R.,Henrikson, C.A.,Hill, D.,Jones, J.,Kamran, M.,Kanuru, N.,K...
Common Sensing and Right Ventricular Automatic Capture (COGNATE) Start of enrollment: 2009 Nov 01Saba, S.
Reconstruction of 12-Lead Electrogram From Intracardiac Signals From Defibrillators During or After Implantation Start of enrollment: 2007 Nov 01Mularski, S.A.,Saba, S.F.
Morphological Predictors of Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients With Known Cardiomyopathies Start of enrollment: 2006 Apr 01Saba, S.
Genetic Predictors of Outcome in HCM Patients Start of enrollment: 2005 Jul 01Saba, S.F.,White, P.M.
Predictors of Response to Biventricular Pacing in Heart Failure Start of enrollment: 2005 Jun 01Saba, S.
Improvement in Endothelial Dysfunction After Initiation of Anti-arrhythmic Therapy in Atrial Fibrillation Patients Samir Saba, MD
Cardiac Resynchronization in the Elderly Samir Saba, MD
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

A Qualitative Analysis of Patient-Related Factors Associated With Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Acceptance.
Amber E. Johnson, Yamira K Bell, Megan Hamm, Samir Saba, Larissa Myaskovsky> ;Cardiology and Therapy. 2020 May 31
Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on Mortality and Hospitalization in Patients With Mild-to-Moderate Cardiomyopathy.
Medhekar, A., Mulukutla, S., Thoma, F., Wang, N. C., Bhonsale, A., Kancharla, K., Estes, N. A., Jain, S. K., Saba, S.> ;JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 2020 May 23
Presentation, Treatment, and Outcome of Survivors of In-Hospital Versus Out-of-Hospital Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
McDermott, A. T., Polsinelli, V. B., Wang, N. C., Kancharla, K., Bhonsale, A., Jain, S. K., Saba, S.> ;The American journal of cardiology. 2020 Feb 26
Implications of Initial Recorded Rhythm on Cardioverter-Defibrillator Insertion and Subsequent All-Cause Mortality in Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survivors.
Vincenzo B. Polsinelli, Norman C. Wang, Krishna Kancharla, Aditya Bhonsale, Sandeep Jain, Samir Saba> ;American Journal of Cardiology. 2019 Sep 1
Lower socioeconomic status is associated with increased long-term mortality after sudden cardiac arrest.
Ankit Medhekar, Shubash Adhikari, Ahmed S. Abdul‐Al, Sayna Matinrazm, Krishna Kancharla, Aditya Bhonsale, Sandeep Jain, Samir Saba> ;Clinical Cardiology. 2019 Aug 1
Comparison of Long-Term Survival Following Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Men Versus Women.
Terence J. McLaughlin, Sandeep Jain, Andrew Voigt, Norman C. Wang, Samir Saba> ;American Journal of Cardiology. 2019 Aug 1
Implications of Neurological Status on Defibrillator Therapy and Long-Term Mortality of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survivors.
Amr F. Barakat, Alvin Thalappillil, Dingxin Qin, Adetola Ladejobi, Aditya Bhonsale, Krishna Kancharla, Norman C. Wang, Evan Adelstein, Sandeep Jain, N.A. Mark Estes, S...> ;JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology. 2019 Jul 1
Cardiac resynchronization therapy using pacemakers vs defibrillators in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy: The United States experience from 2007 to 2014.
Samir Saba, Terence J. McLaughlin, Meiqi He, Andrew D. Althouse, Suresh R. Mulukutla, Inmaculada Hernandez> ;Heart Rhythm. 2019 Jul 1
Sex‐specific clinical outcomes after cardiac resynchronization therapy in left bundle branch block‐associated idiopathic nonischemic cardiomyopathy: A NEOLITH II substudy
Norman C. Wang, Ure Mezu-Chukwu, Evan Adelstein, Andrew D. Althouse, Michael S. Sharbaugh, Sandeep Jain, Alaa Shalaby, Andrew Voigt, Samir Saba> ;Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology. 2019 Jul 1
Rate and predictors of electrical failure in non-recalled defibrillator leads
Furqan Khattak, Aman Gupta, Krishna Alluri, Nasir Shariff, Samir Saba> ;Indian pacing and electrophysiology journal. 2019 May 1
Change in myocardial function after resuscitated sudden cardiac arrest and its impact on long-term mortality and defibrillator implantation.
Gupta, A., Gupta, A., Saba, S.> ;Indian pacing and electrophysiology journal. 2019 Apr 26
Myocardial recovery after cardiac resynchronization therapy in left bundle branch block-associated idiopathic nonischemic cardiomyopathy: A NEOLITH II substudy.
Norman C. Wang, Aliza Hussain, Evan Adelstein, Andrew D. Althouse, Michael S. Sharbaugh, Sandeep Jain, Alaa Shalaby, Andrew Voigt, Samir Saba> ;Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology. 2019 Mar 1
Wearable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy for the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Ahmad Masri, Ahmed M Altibi, Sebhat Erqou, Mohammad A. Zmaili, Ala Saleh, Raed Al-Adham, Karam Ayoub, Moaaz Baghal, Laith Alkukhun, Amr F. Barakat, Sandeep Jain, Samir...> ;JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology. 2019 Feb 1
Cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers versus defibrillators in older non-ischemic cardiomyopathy patients.
Yanting Wang, Michael S. Sharbaugh, Andrew D. Althouse, Suresh R. Mulukutla, Samir Saba> ;Indian pacing and electrophysiology journal. 2019 Jan 1
Derivation and validation of a new score to predict long-term survival after sudden cardiac arrest.
Aman Gupta, Adetola Ladejobi, Mohammad Bilal Munir, Deepak Kumar Pasupula, Aditya Bhonsale, Krishna Kancharla, Norman C. Wang, Sandeep Jain, Samir Saba> ;Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 2018 Dec 1
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in device recipients who survived a cardiac arrest associated with a reversible cause.
Aman Gupta, Deepak Kumar Pasupula, Aditya Bhonsale, Krishna Kancharla, Norman C. Wang, Evan Adelstein, Sandeep Jain, Samir Saba> ;Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2018 Oct 1
Effectiveness of high rate and delayed detection ICD programming by race: A MADIT-RIT substudy.
Larry R. Jackson, Kevin L. Thomas, Bronislava Polonsky, Wojciech Zareba, Marc K. Lahiri, Samir Saba, Scott McNitt, Claudio Schuger, James P. Daubert, Arthur J. Moss, V...> ;Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2018 Oct 1
Persistent sex disparities in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy.
Amber E. Johnson, Shubash Adhikari, Andrew D. Althouse, Floyd Thoma, Oscar C. Marroquin, Stephen F Koscumb, Leslie R.M. Hausmann, Larissa Myaskovsky, Samir Saba> ;Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 2018 Jul 19
Effectiveness and Safety of Direct Oral Anticoagulants and Warfarin, Stratified by Stroke Risk in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.
Inmaculada Hernandez, Yuting Zhang, Samir Saba> ;American Journal of Cardiology. 2018 Jul 1
Multi-ethnic genome-wide association study for atrial fibrillation.
Roselli, C., Chaffin, M. D., Weng, L., Aeschbacher, S., Ahlberg, G., Albert, C. M., Almgren, P., Alonso, A., Anderson, C. D., Aragam, K. G., Arking, D. E., Barnard, J....> ;Nature genetics. 2018 Jun 13
Cardiac Oncology: An Unexplored Frontier inÂ Electrophysiologists.
Waheed, A., Saba, S., Lee, J.> ;JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 2018 May 16
Implantable Defibrillator Therapy in Cardiac Arrest Survivors With a Reversible Cause.
Adetola Ladejobi, Deepak Kumar Pasupula, Shubash Adhikari, Awais Javed, Asad F. Durrani, Shantanu Patil, Dingxin Qin, Shahzad Ahmad, Muhammad Bilal Munir, Shasank Rija...> ;Circulation-arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 2018 Mar 1
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Impact of Race on Outcome of Patients Undergoing Rhythm Control of Atrial Fibrillation.
Asad F. Durrani, Siva Soma, Andrew D. Althouse, George Leef, Dingxin Qin, Samir Saba> ;Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 2018 Feb 1
The Truth Is in the Details: The Case for Not Missing the Trees for the Forest.
Andrew Voigt, Samir Saba> ;Circulation. 2018 Jan 2
Gender Differences in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Device Choice and Outcome in Patients ≥75 Years of Age with Heart Failure.
Yanting Wang, Michael S. Sharbaugh, Mohammad Bilal Munir, Evan Adelstein, Norman C. Wang, Andrew D. Althouse, Samir Saba> ;American Journal of Cardiology. 2017 Dec 15
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Press Mentions

Pitt Cardiologist Sues School After Backlash to His Article on Affirmative ActionDecember 18, 2020 12:46
New AI Research Looks to Better Diagnose Heart Attacks Before Hospital ArrivalAugust 08, 2020 09:35
Prof Who Said Doctors Should Be Judged on Merit, Not Race 'No Longer' Holds Same Job, Colleagues SayAugust 07, 2020 09:38
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Professional Memberships

American College of Cardiology - ACC
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Hospital Affiliations

UPMC PresbyterianPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
UPMC MercyPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
UPMC PassavantPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
UPMC Children's Hospital of PittsburghPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
UPMC EastMonroeville, Pennsylvania
Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare SystemPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Shadyside CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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