Muhammad Ataunur Khalid Nuri, MD

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Muhammad A.K. Nuri, MD, is an attending surgeon in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He is the Surgical Director of the Pediatric Heart Valve Center.

Locations: Main Hospital
Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)

Education and Training

Internship

Internship, General Surgery West Virginia University Hospital Morgantown, WV

Residency

Residency, General Surgery, West Virginia University Hospital Morgantown, WV

Administrative Chief Resident, General Surgery, West Virginia University, Hospital Morgantown, WV

Residency, Thoracic Surgery, Milton S. Hershey Pennsylvania State Medical Center Hershey, PA

Fellowship

Clinical fellowship, Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta/Emory University Atlanta, GA

Post-Doctoral Clinical Fellow, Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY

Royal College of Surgeons Sponsored International Fellow & Specialist Registrar in Congenital Cardiac Surgery, The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK

Undergraduate Degree

M.B.B.S. (Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery) - The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Additional Training

H.S.C. (Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination) Cadet College Hasanabdal, Attock, Pakistan

S.S.C (Secondary School Certificate Examination) Cadet College Hasanabdal, Attock, Pakistan

Titles and Academic Titles

Attending Surgeon

CHOP Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery

Surgical Director, Pediatric Heart Valve Center

Departments and Services

Selected Publications

2019

R Semlacher, M Nuri. Successful management of absent sternum in an infant using porcine acellular dermal matrix. Arch Plas Surg. 2019. Apr

M Kajimoto, M Nuri, N Isern, I Robilland-Frayne, C Des Rosiers, M Portman. Metabolic response to stress by the immature right ventricle exposed to chronic pressure overload. J Am Heart Assoc 2019. Sep 3 8(17)

M Kajimoto, M Nuri, J Sleasman, A Olson, M Portman. Inhaled nitric oxide reduces injury and microglia activation in porcine hippocampus after deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. (Accepted for publication JTCVS)

L Tu, L Hsieh, M Kajimoto, K Charette, N Kibiryeva, A Forero, S Hampson, J Marshal, J O’Brien, M Scatena, M Portman, R Savan, C Benner, A Aliseda, M Nuri, D Bittel, P Pastuzsko, V Nigam. Shear stresses sssociated with cardiopulmonary bypass activate expression of inflammatory cytokines and induce necroptosis in monocytes via calcium dependent signaling (Submitted for publication)

2018

M Kajimoto, M Nuri, N Isern, I Robilland-Frayne, C Des Rosiers. M Portman Metabolic response to the immature right ventricle to acute pressure overloading. J Am Heart Assoc 2018.Jun 7(11)

2017

Malik M, Nuri MAK. Surgical considerations in atrioventricular canal defect. Seminars in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anesthesia. 2017.May; 21(3):229-234

Publications

Papers

2023

Portman MA, Slee AE, Roth SJ, Radman M, Olson AK, Mainwaring RD, Kamerkar A, Nuri M, Hastings L; TRICC Investigators. Triiodothyronine Supplementation in Infants Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Spring;35(1):105-112.

Nam HH, Flynn M, Lasso A, Herz C, Sabin P, Wang Y, Cianciulli A, Vigil C, Huang J, Vicory J, Paniagua B, Allemang D, Goldberg DJ, Nuri M, Cohen MS, Fichtinger G, Jolley MA. Modeling of the Tricuspid Valve and Right Ventricle in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome With a Fontan Circulation. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2023 Mar;16(3)

2022

Kwon MH, Schultz AH, Lee M, Permut LC, McMullan DM, Nuri MK. Complete atrioventricular septal defect with absent or diminutive primum component: Incidence, anatomic characteristics, and outcomes. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Mar;163(3):1156-1162.

Kupferschmid JP, Turek JW, Hughes GC, Austin EH 3rd, Alsoufi B, Smith JM, Scholl FG, Rankin JS, Badhwar V, Chen JM, Nuri MA, Romano JC, Ohye RG, Si MS. Early Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Neoaortic Valve Repair Incorporating Geometric Ring Annuloplasty. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2022 May;13(3):304-309.

Lawrence KM, Burstein DS, Ahrens-Nicklas R, Gaynor JW, Nuri MA. Noonan syndrome associated with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Cardiol Young. 2022 Aug 22:1-3.

Aronowitz DI, Geoffrion TR, Burstein D, White RM, McHugh-Grant S, Mavroudis CD, Nuri MAK, Maeda K, Chen JM, Mascio CE, Gaynor JW, Fuller S. Reintervention for Superior Vena Cava Obstruction After Heart Transplant. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Aug 5:S0003-4975(22)

Kajimoto M, Nuri M, Sleasman JR, Charette KA, Kajimoto H, Portman MA. Right ventricular energy metabolism in a porcine model of acute right ventricular pressure overload after weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass. Physiol Rep. 2022 Nov;10(22)

Williams TR, Cianciulli AR, Wang Y, Lasso A, Pinter C, Pouch AM, Biko DM, Nuri M, Quartermain MD, Rogers LS, Chen JM, Jolley MA. Truncal Valve Repair: 3-Dimensional Imaging and Modeling to Enhance Preoperative Surgical Planning. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022 Dec;15(12)

2021

Tu LN, Hsieh L, Kajimoto M, Charette K, Kibiryeva N, Forero A, Hampson S, Marshall JA, O'Brien J, Scatena M, Portman MA, Savan R, Benner C, Aliseda A, Nuri M, Bittel D, Pastuszko P, Nigam V. Shear stress associated with cardiopulmonary bypass induces expression of inflammatory cytokines and necroptosis in monocytes. JCI Insight. 2021 Jan 11;6(1)

Peñalver JM, Bennett JT, Nelson Z, Bly RA, Perkins JA, Bull CV, Aliseda A, Chassagne F, Shivaram GM, Lindberg AW, Waldhausen JHT, Nuri MAK. Computational fluid dynamics modeling aiding surgical planning in a toddler with Parkes Weber syndrome. J Pediatr Surg Case Rep. 2021 Mar;66:101780

Kajimoto M, Nuri M, Sleasman JR, Charette KA, Nelson BR, Portman MA. Inhaled nitric oxide reduces injury and microglia activation in porcine hippocampus after deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Jun;161(6)

Abstracts

2019

Kwon M, Schultz A, Permut L, McMullan DM, Nuri M: Complete atrioventricular canal defect with absent or diminutive primum atrial septal defect: Incidence, anatomic characteristics, and outcomes. Presented at the 28th Annual Visiting Scholar in Cardiothoracic Surgery Research Forum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA May 10 2019.

Kwon M, Schultz A, Permut L, McMullan DM, Nuri M: Complete atrioventricular canal defect with absent or diminutive primum atrial septal defect: Incidence, anatomic characteristics, and outcomes. Accepted for presentation at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Western Thoracic Surgical Association, Vail, CO June 2019.

2018

“Metabolic manipulation of carbohydrate oxidation in a porcine right ventricle exposed to pressure overloading stress” M Kajimoto, M Nuri, N Isern, C Des Rosiers, M Portman: Circulation 2018: 136; A 17533 published Jun 9, 2018

“Inhaled Nitric Oxide as neuroprotection after deep hypothermic circulatory arrest” M Kajimoto, M Nuri, J Sleasman, A Olson, M Portman: Circulation 2018: 138; A 15080 published Nov 5, 2018

2016

“The immature right ventricle has impaired fatty acid metabolic flexibility during acute physiologic stress” M Kajimoto, M Nuri, N Isern, C Des Rosiers, A Olson, M Portman: Circulation. 2016; 134: A 15107 published Nov 11, 2016

Books

Chapters

2021

Nuri M, Chen JM: Pediatric cardiac tumors. STS Adult and Congenital E-Book. William A Baumgartner, Jeffrey P Jacobs (eds.). Chicago: Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 2021 (in press).

Nuri M, McMullan DM: New and developing technology for ventricular assistance. Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Intensive Care. Eduardo M. Da Cruz, Dunbar Ivy, James Jaggers (eds.), 7th Edition. Springer-Verlag London, 2021 (in press).

Awards and Honors

2003-2004, Appointed administrative chief resident of surgery at Department of Surgery, West Virginia University

2000-2004, Obtained 99th, 94th ,98th, 90th, 91st percentile on the ABS in-training exam

2001, Third prize in the junior resident paper competition at the Department of Surgery, West Virginia University Hospital, Morgantown, WV

2002, First prize in the resident’s essay competition at the American College of Surgeons Spring Meeting, West Virginia Chapter, White Sulfur Spring, WV

Leadership and Memberships

2017-present, American Association of Blood Banks

2016-present, Society of Thoracic Surgeons

2014-present, Washington State Medical Association