Education

Medical School
Aga Khan University Medical College, Pakistan.
Residency
Charleston Area Medical Center, West Virginia.
Fellowship
Cleveland Clinic, Ohio.
University of Florida, Florida.

Publications

1.  Ghandour HZ, Hammoud MS, Zia A, Rajeswaran J, Najm HK, Pettersson G, Blackstone E, Karamlou T; Members of PVR working group: Rane A, Huang X, Stewart DR, Unai S, Bhimani SA, Yaman M, Tucker DL, Gupta S, Chen L. Characterization of Favorable Right Ventricular Dimensions for Optimal Reverse Remodeling following Pulmonary Valve Replacement. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Feb 23:S1043-0679(23)33-3.PMID: 36841346

2.  Bhimani SA, Rahmy A, Kim S, Jin J, Zahka K, Komarlu R, Svensson G L, Rajeswaran J, Amol Pande, Karamlou T. Optimizing Evaluation and Predictive Utility in Pediatric Marfan Syndrome: Novel Longitudinal Metrics to Track Growth of Aortic Structures. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Sep;164(3):724-740. PMID: 35450696

3.  Sadat-Hossieny S, Bhimani SA, Phillips A, Ahmad M, Bendaly E, Fagan T. Hybrid Transcarotid Exclusion of Postoperative Ascending Aortic Dissection in an Infant. JACC Case reports. 2022(4): 226-229.PMID: 35199021

4.  Bhimani SA, Najm HK, Komarlu R. Life saved and a lesson learned-anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from pulmonary artery in pregnancy. Cardiol Young. 2021; (31):1-3. PMID: 34462023

5.  Bhimani SA, Hsich E, Boyle G, Liu W, Worley S, Bostdorff H, Nasman C, Saarel E, Amdani S. Sex disparities in the current era of pediatric heart transplantation in the United States. J Heart Lung Transplan 2022 Mar;41(3):391-399. PMID: 34933797

6.  Amdani S, Bhimani SA, Boyle G, Liu W, Worley S, Saarel E, Hscich E. Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist in the Current Era of Pediatric Heart Transplantation. J Card Fail. 2021:(21)00238-4. PMID: 34139364

7.  Barrios PA, Zia A, Pettersson G, Najm HK, Rajeswaran J, Bhimani SA, Karamlou T; Members of the ccTGA Working Group. Outcomes of treatment pathways in 240 patients with congenitally corrected transposition of great arteries. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021;(20)33341-9. PMID: 33436290

8.  Bhimani SA, Komarlu R. Unusual coronary artery arrangement in D-transposition of the great arteries with ventricular septal defect. Cardiol Young. 2021;17:1-3. PMID: 33327987

9.Rao S, Challapudi G, Chellu N, Bhimani SA, Prieto L, Komarlu R. Selective Coronary Angiography in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Accepted in the Journal of Invasive Cardiology. J Invasive Cardiol. 2020; 32:E326-E330. PMID: 33168779

10.  Bhimani SA, Rao S, Nadorlik H, Saarel EV, Aziz PF. Flecanide toxicity in renal tubular acidosis type IV treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2020;6:287-289. PMID: 32461897

11.  Bhimani SA, Challapudi G, Najm HK, Komarlu R. Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm Mimicking Infective Endocarditis in DiGeorge Syndrome. J Cardiovasc Echogr. 2019;29:177-179. PMID: 32090000

12.  Bhimani SA, Brown N, Mian AI. Streamlining Pediatric Emergency Medicine at a Tertiary-care Hospital of a Low- to Middle-income Country. Indian Pediatr. 2015;52:1021-4. PMID: 26713983

13.  Rehman T, Rehman AU, Ali R, Rehman A, Bashir H, Bhimani SA, Tran H, Khan S. A radiographic analysis of ventricular trajectories. World Neurosurg. 2013;80:173-8. PMID: 23246631

14.  Fatimi SH, Khawaja A, Ali Khawaja RD, Hoda M, Bhimani SA. Benign granulomatous polyp obstructing the bronchus. J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2013;23:519-21. PMID: 23823964

15.  Abid S, Khawaja A, Bhimani SA, Ahmad Z, Hamid S, Jafri W. The clinical, endoscopic and histological spectrum of the solitary rectal ulcer syndrome: a single centre experience of 116 cases. BMC Gastroenterol. 2012;12:72. PMID: 22697798

16.  Rehman T, Rehman AU, Rehman A, Bashir HH, Ali R, Bhimani SA, Khan S. A US-based survey on ventriculostomy practices. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2012;114:651-4. PMID: 22257519

17.  Fatimi SH, Bhimani SA, Deedar Ali Khawaja R, Khawaja A. Imaging and intervention for Coronary Artery Disease following irradiation of malignant thymoma. J Pak Med Assoc. 2012;62:1248-50. PMID: 23866423