WalidArefOstaMD

Anesthesiology • Dearborn, MI

Pain Medicine

American Pain & Spine Center Founder and CEO Interventional Pain Specialist

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Office
3845 Monroe St
Dearborn, MI 48124
Phone+1 313-586-4030

Fax+1 313-586-4031
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Education & Training

UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Pain Medicine, 2009 - 2010
Wayne State University School of MedicineResidency, Anesthesiology, 2005 - 2009
Medical University of South Carolina College of MedicineInternship, Transitional Year, 2004 - 2005
American University of Beirut Faculty of MedicineClass of 2002

Certifications & Licensure

MI State Medical License 2005 - 2026
PA State Medical License 2009 - 2010
SC State Medical License 2004 - 2005
American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Practice Fusion EHR, Practice Fusion, Inc., 2011-2013

Clinical Trials

Safety and Efficacy of Cryoablation for Abdominal Pain Associated With Pancreatic Cancer Start of enrollment: 2011 Aug 01
Terminated
Phase 1

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

19 citations
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene expression is altered in burn patients
Walid Osta, Mohamed A. El-Osta, Eric A. Pezhman, Robert A. Raad, Kris Ferguson, George McKelvey, Harold Michael Marsh, Michael White, Samuel Perov> ;Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2010 May 1
26 citations
Epidural analgesia in vascular surgery patients actively taking clopidogrel
Walid Osta, H. Akbary, S.F. Fuleihan> ;British Journal of Anaesthesia. 2010 Apr 1
184 citations
Sphingosine kinase 1 is up-regulated in colon carcinogenesis.
Toshihiko Kawamori, Walid Osta, Korey R. Johnson, Benjamin J. Pettus, Jacek Bielawski, Takuji Tanaka, Michael J. Wargovich, Bandaru S. Reddy, Yusuf A. Hannun, Lina M. ...> ;FASEB Journal. 2006 Feb 1
178 citations
Defects in Cell Growth Regulation by C18:0-Ceramide and Longevity Assurance Gene 1 in Human Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas *
Serap Koybasi, Can E. Senkal, Kamala P. Sundararaj, Stefka D. Spassieva, Jacek Bielawski, Walid Osta, Terry A. Day, James C. Jiang, S. Michal Jazwinski, Yusuf A. Hannu...> ;The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2004 Oct 22
405 citations
EpCAM is overexpressed in breast cancer and is a potential target for breast cancer gene therapy.
Walid Osta, Yian Chen, Kaidi Mikhitarian, Michael Mitas, Mohamed L. Salem, Yusuf A. Hannun, David J. Cole, William E. Gillanders> ;Cancer Research. 2004 Aug 15
129 citations
Role for Mammalian Neutral Sphingomyelinase 2 in Confluence-induced Growth Arrest of MCF7 Cells
Norma Marchesini, Walid Osta, Jacek Bielawski, Chiara Luberto, Lina M. Obeid, Yusuf A. Hannun> ;The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2004 Jun 11
109 citations
Down-regulation of sphingosine kinase-1 by DNA damage: dependence on proteases and p53.
Tarek A. Taha, Walid Osta, Lina Kozhaya, Jacek Bielawski, Korey R. Johnson, William E. Gillanders, Ghassan Dbaibo, Yusuf A. Hannun, Lina M. Obeid> ;The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2004 May 7
79 citations
Molecular detection of breast cancer cells in the peripheral blood of advanced-stage breast cancer patients using multimarker real-time reverse transcription-polymeras...
Megan K. Baker, Kaidi Mikhitarian, Walid Osta, Kathi Callahan, Rana S. Hoda, Frank J. Brescia, Rayna Kneuper-Hall, Michael Mitas, David J. Cole, William E. Gillanders> ;Clinical Cancer Research. 2003 Oct 15
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