Amir Toib, MD, MSc
Locations: Main Building, Specialty Care, Abington, Specialty Care & Surgery Center, Bucks County, Specialty Care, King of Prussia
About Amir Toib, MD, MSc
Titles
Attending Physician
Cardiologist
Certifications
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatric Cardiology – American Board of Pediatrics
Awards and Honors
2018, Interdisciplinary Recognition Award, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children Annual Employee Recognition Ceremony
2017, Distinction in Scholarship Award, American Journal of Physiology – Heart and Circulatory Physiology
2010, Best Abstract Award, Mid-West Pediatric Cardiology Society Meeting
1998, MD Cum laude, Technion Faculty of Medicine
1994, BSc Cum laude, Technion Faculty of Medicine
1991-1993, Excellence in Medical Studies Dean’s Award, Technion Faculty of Medicine
1990, Excellence in Medical Studies Presidential Award, Technion, Haifa, Israel
Leadership and Memberships
American Heart Association
American College of Cardiology
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy
Children’s Cardiomyopathy Foundation
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association
Education & training
Graduate Degree
MSc - Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
Medical Degree
MD - Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
Internship
Rotating Internship - Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Residency
Pediatrics - Meyer Children’s Hospital, Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Pediatrics - Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship
Pediatric Cardiology - St. Louis Children’s Hospital Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Developmental Biology - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Cellular Electrophysiology - St. Louis Children’s Hospital Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Publications
Publications
2022
Edwards JJ, Harris MA, Toib A, Burstein DS, Rossano JW. Asymmetric Septal Edema Masking as Hypertrophy in an Infant with COVID-19 Myocarditis. Prog Pediatr Cardiol, 2022 Mar;64:101464 [PMID: 34840488].
2017
Toib A, Borghetti G, Zhang C, Zhang X, Wallner M, Troupes CD, Yang Y, Kubo H, Sharp TE, Feldsott E, Berretta RB, Zalavadia N, Trappanese DM, Smith S, Gross P, Chen X, Mohsin S and Houser SR. Remodeling of repolarization and arrhythmia susceptibility in a myosin binding protein C knockout mouse model. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2017;313(3):H620-H630 [PMID: 28646025].
Sharp TE, Schena GJ, Hobby AR, Starosta T, Markus Wallner M, Borghetti G, Gross P, Yu D, Johnson J, Feldsott E, Trappanese DM, Toib A, Rabinowitz JE, George JC, Kubo H, Mohsin S, and Houser SR. Cortical bone stem cell therapy preserves cardiac structure and function after myocardial infarction. Circ Res. 2017 121(11):1263-1278 [PMID: 28912121].
2016
Wallner M, Duran JM, Mohsin S, Troupes CD, Vanhoutte D, Borghetti G, Vagnozzi RJ, Gross P, Yu D, Trappanese DM, Kubo H, Toib A, Sharp TE, Harper SC, Volkert MA, Starosta T, Feldsott EA, Berretta RM, Wang T, Barbe MF, Molkentin JD, Houser SR. Acute catecholamine exposure causes reversible myocyte injury without cardiac regeneration. Circ Res. 2016;119(7):865-79 [PMID: 27461939].
2013
Patel B, Coyle J, Poe E, Rosenbloom C, Stevens R, Coren J, Ge S, Mesia IC, Moulick A, Toib A. Three dimensional rotational angiography imaging of double aortic arch vascular ring. Images in Paediatr Cardiol 2013;15(1):1-6, [PMID: 23720694].
Coren JS, Martin PH, Toib A. Double aortic arch in an infant with persistent stridor. Consultant Live, https://www.patientcareonline.com, February 28, 2013.
2012
Toib A, Goldstein SB, Khanna G, Canter CE, Lee CK, Balzer DT, Singh GK. Spontaneous echocardiographic contrast associated with portosystemic shunt due to persistent patent ductus venosus. Congenit Heart dis 2012;7(3): E18-2, [PMID: 22129147].
Toib A, Zhang H, Broekelmann TJ, Hyrc KL, Guo Q, Chen F, Remedi MS, Nichols CG. Cardiac specific ATP-sensitive K+ channel (KATP) overexpression results in embryonic lethality. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2012;53(3):437-45, [PMID: 22796573].
2010
Toib A, Grange DK, Kozel BA, Ewald GA, White FV, Canter CE. Distinct clinical and histopathological presentations of Danon cardiomyopathy in young women. J Am Coll Cardiol 2010;55(4):408-10, [PMID: 20117447].
2006
Toib A, Robinson B. Wheezing in a 4 months old baby: A case description of unusual presentation of ALCAPA. Contemporary Pediatrics 2006;23(9):26-40.
1998
Toib A, Lyakhov V, Marom S. Interaction between duration of activity and recovery from slow inactivation in mammalian brain Na+ channels. J Neurosci 1998;18(5):1893-903, [PMID: 9465014].
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
1995
Marom S, Toib A, Braun E. Rich dynamics in a simplified excitable system. Adv Exp Med Biol. 1995;382:61-6 [PMID: 8540414].