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ABOUT DR. SARSAM

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BIO

Dr. Sarsam was born and raised in Baghdad / IRAQ and attended Baghdad College High School (founded by American Jesuits from Boston, Massachusetts). Dr. Sarsam went through a special Academic Acceleration Program where he obtained his Baccalaureate degree in two years (rather than three) and graduated first in his class of more than three hundred students.

Dr. Sarsam received his medical education at the University of Baghdad / College of Medicine in Iraq. Following the second Gulf War, he moved to the United States and attended the Wayne State University / Detroit Medical Center where he completed his Internal Medicine Residency. He then completed his fellowship in General and Interventional Cardiology at Michigan State University / Providence Providence-Park Hospitals in Detroit, MI. Dr. Sarsam also specializes in heart failure and attended Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant fellowship at the Texas Heart Institute / Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX.

Dr. Sarsam served as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ. He was awarded as a Chief Resident during his training at the Wayne State University / Detroit Medical Center, and as a Chief Interventional Fellow during his training at Michigan State University / Providence Providence-Park Hospitals.

Dr. Sarsam is dedicated to research, teaching, applying evidence-based medicine and performing minimally invasive percutaneous procedures for patients with cardiovascular disease. 

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TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS

Medical Expert

I’ve always been passionate about helping people, and a love for the sciences led me towards this career. Shortly after completing my Baccalaureate degree, I went on to study medicine and eventually set up my personal practice as a local Temecula Cardiologist. For more information on my educational and medical background, please read below.

RESIDENT

July 2008 - June 2011

Wayne State University / Detroit Medical Center / Sinai-Grace Hospital
Internal Medicine

CHIEF RESIDENT

July 2011 - June 2012

Wayne State University / Detroit Medical Center / Sinai-Grace Hospital
Internal Medicine

FELLOW

July 2012 June 2013

Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital / Baylor College of Medicine
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant

FELLOW

July 2014 - June 2017

Michigan State University / Providence Providence-Park Hospitals
Cardiovascular Medicine

CHIEF FELLOW

July 2017 - June 2018

Michigan State University / Providence Providence-Park Hospitals
Interventional Cardiology

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BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

  • American Board of Internal Medicine

  • American Board of Internal Medicine / Cardiovascular Disease

  • American Board of Internal Medicine / Interventional Cardiology

  • National Board of Echocardiography

  • Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology

  • Certification Board of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

  • Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation

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HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

Dr. Sarsam is affiliated with the following Hospitals:

  • Temecula Valley Hospital in Temecula, CA

  • Loma Linda Medical Center Murrieta in Murrieta, CA

  • Rancho Springs Medical Center in Murrieta, CA

  • Inland Valley Medical Center in Wildomar, CA

  • Menifee Valley Medical Center in Menifee, CA

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PUBLICATIONS

EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATORS FOR TREATMENT OF VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS

September 2012

OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS WITH DEFINITE AND SUSPECTED ISOLATED CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS TREATED WITH AN IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATOR

June 2015

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FOR IDENTIFYING PATIENTS WITH CARDIAC SARCOIDOSIS AND PRESERVED OR MILDLY REDUCED LEFT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION AT RISK OF VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS

September 2014

TRAUMA IN PATIENTS WITH CONTINUOUS-FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES

November 2013

BIVALIRUDIN FOR TREATMENT OF AORTIC VALVE THROMBOSIS AFTER LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE IMPLANTATION

August 2013

CARDIOMEMS® DEVICE IMPLANTATION REDUCES REPEAT HOSPITALIZATIONS IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS: A SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE

February 2019

REAL-WORLD USE OF PCSK9 INHIBITORS: A SINGLE-CENTER EXPERIENCE

January 2019

IMPACT OF CARDIOMEMS DEVICE PLACEMENT ON LIFESTYLE MODIFICATIONS: A "PSEUDO-PLACEBO" EFFECT BEYOND THE EXPECTED?

August 2018

ACCELERATED AMBULATION AFTER VASCULAR ACCESS CLOSURE DEVICE

February 2018

EARLY DETECTION OF SUBCLINICAL AORTIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS WITH THE CARDIOMEMS HEART FAILURE SYSTEM

June 2017

CONCOMITANT WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE AND ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA: WHICH PATHWAY TO ABLATE?

December 2015

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