
Tareq Kheirbek
Tareq Kheirbek
Associate Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
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Brown Affiliations
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| Chuck CC, Martin TJ, Kalagara R, Shaaya E, Kheirbek T, Cielo D. "Emergency medical services protocols for traumatic brain injury in the United States: A call for standardization." Injury, 2021. |
| Kheirbek T, Jikaria N, Murray B, Martin TJ, Lueckel SN, Stephen AH, Monaghan SF, Adams CA. "Unjustified Administration in Liberal Use of Tranexamic Acid in Trauma Resuscitation." Journal of Surgical Research, vol. 258, 2021, pp. 125-131. |
| Martin TJ, Eltorai AS, Dunn R, Varone A, Joyce MF, Kheirbek T, Adams C Jr, Daniels AH, Eltorai AEM. "Clinical management of rib fractures and methods for prevention of pulmonary complications: A review." Injury, vol. 50, no. 6, 2019, pp. 1159-1165. |
| Stephen AH, Shah M, Sim JT, Soipe A, Lueckel SN, Kheirbek T, Heffernan DS, Monaghan SF, Adams CA Jr. "Dismal outcomes following damage control laparotomy in injured older adults, a cohort study." The American Journal of Surgery, vol. 218, no. 1, 2019, pp. 82-86. |
| Lueckel, Stephanie N., Teno, Joan M., Stephen, Andrew H., Benoit, Eric, Kheirbek, Tareq, Adams, Charles A., Cioffi, William G., Thomas, Kali S. "Population of Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury in Skilled Nursing Facilities." Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, vol. 34, no. 1, 2018, pp. E39-E45. |
| Dickinson, Catherine M., Karlin, Daniel R., Nunez, Hector R., Cao, Shiliang A., Heffernan, Daithi S., Monaghan, Sean F., Kheirbek, Tareq, Adams, Charles A., Stephen, Andrew H. "Do Patients with Pre-Existing Psychiatric Illness Have an Increased Risk of Infection after Injury?." Surgical Infections, vol. 18, no. 5, 2017, pp. 545-549. |
| Sawhney JS, Stephen AH, Nunez H, Lueckel SN, Kheirbek T, Adams CA Jr, Cioffi WG, Heffernan DS. "Impact of Type of Health Insurance on Infection Rates among Young Trauma Patients." Surgical infections, vol. 17, no. 5, 2016, pp. 541-6. |
| Bruns BR, DuBose J, Pasley J, Kheirbek T, Chouliaras K, Riggle A, Frank MK, Phelan HA, Holena D, Inaba K, Diaz J, Scalea TM. "Loop versus end colostomy reversal: has anything changed?." European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, vol. 41, no. 5, 2015, pp. 539-43. |
| Kheirbek T, Pascual JL. "Hypertonic saline for the treatment of intracranial hypertension." Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, vol. 14, no. 9, 2014, pp. 482. |
| Shuja F, Finkelstein RA, Fukudome E, Duggan M, Kheirbek T, Hamwi K, Fischer TH, Fikry K, deMoya M, Velmahos GC, Alam HB. "Development and testing of low-volume hyperoncotic, hyperosmotic spray-dried plasma for the treatment of trauma-associated coagulopathy." The Journal of trauma, vol. 70, no. 3, 2011, pp. 664-71. |
| Matt SE, Johnson LS, Shupp JW, Kheirbek T, Sava JA. "Management of fasciotomy wounds--does the dressing matter?." The American Surgeon, vol. 77, no. 12, 2011, pp. 1656-60. |
| Li Y, Liu B, Dillon ST, Fukudome EY, Kheirbek T, Sailhamer EA, Velmahos G, deMoya M, Libermann TA, Alam HB. "Identification of a novel potential biomarker in a model of hemorrhagic shock and valproic acid treatment." Journal of Surgical Research, vol. 159, no. 1, 2010, pp. 474-81. |
| Fukudome EY, Kochanek AR, Li Y, Smith EJ, Liu B, Kheirbek T, Lu J, Kim K, Hamwi K, Velmahos GC, Alam HB. "Pharmacologic resuscitation promotes survival and attenuates hemorrhage-induced activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2." Journal of Surgical Research, vol. 163, no. 1, 2010, pp. 118-26. |
| Kheirbek T, Kochanek AR, Alam HB. "Hypothermia in bleeding trauma: a friend or a foe?." Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine, vol. 17, 2009, pp. 65. |
| Li Y, Liu B, Zhao H, Sailhamer EA, Fukudome EY, Zhang X, Kheirbek T, Finkelstein RA, Velmahos GC, deMoya M, Hales CA, Alam HB. "Protective effect of suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid against LPS-induced septic shock in rodents." Shock, vol. 32, no. 5, 2009, pp. 517-23. |
Research
Research Overview
Tareq Kheirbek, MD ScM FACS is an assistant professor of surgery at Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University. He obtained his medical degree from Damascus University, Syria, and completed his residency in general surgery at Georgetown Washington Hospital Center. During that time he completed a year of basic science research at Massachusetts General Hospital with focus of hemorrhagic shock and sepsis. He later completed a fellowship in trauma and surgical critical care at University in Pennsylvania. After joining the faculty at the department of surgery at Brown university, he completed a Master of Clinical and Translational Research at Brown University’s School of Public Health. He is engaged in several educational activities at Alpert Medical School and the Brown general surgery residency. He has interest in trauma outcome research with focus on resuscitation, resource utilization, innovation, and trauma systems.
Affiliations
Affiliations
Rhode Island Hospital
The Miriam Hospital
Women and Infants Hospital
Teaching
Teaching Overview
ASSET course site director
Preclinical Trauma and Acute Surgery Elective
Resident Outcome Projects co-director.