Fadi Al Akhrass, MD, FACP presently working as a Medical director of Infectious Control and Infectious Diseases at Pikeville Medical Center.
Fadi Al Akhrass run a very busy Infectious Disease practice with major interest in hepatitis C, hepatitis B and HIV. We see broad varieties of ID cases including viral, bacterial, mycobacterial and fungal infections.
Fadi Al Akhrass published more than 20 quality publications and Abstracts. He is also good at French and Arabic language. His Hobbies are Basketball, Soccer, Swimming and Tourism. He received various awards in teaching department also.
Membership and Honorary/Professional Societies
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Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP)
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American medical association (AMA)
- Florida Medical Association (FMA)
- Kentucky Medical Association (KMA)
Certification/Licensure
- Ultrasonography Essentials Critical Care Certificate from the American College of Chest Physicians (April 2013)
- ACLS
- Certified in central lines including central lines and PICC/Mid-lines (with and without sonogram guidance).
- Certified in Arterial lines (with and without sonogram guidance)
- Certified in Intubation (including Video Laryngoscopes)
- Certified in lumber punctures(with and without sonogram guidance)
- Certified in thoracentesis (with and without sonogram guidance)
- Certified in paracentesis (with and without sonogram guidance)
- Certified in arthrocentesis
- Certified in incision & drainage (minimally invasive)
- Certified in chest tube (including ultrasound guided Wayne catheter)
- Fadi Al Akhrass and Lina Abdallah. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Septic Temporal Arteritis Secondary to Drug Misuse. Drug Misuse. Clin Surg. 2019; 4: 2479.
- Fadi Al Akhrass, Harty Ashby, Madison Tackett, SalwaNubani and Muhannad Antoun. Disseminated Cryptococcus Neoformans Infection with Liver Involvement in Patient with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Clinics in Surgery. 2019 | Volume 4 | Article 23941.
- Fadi Al Akhrass, Lina Abdallah, Krishna Ammisetty, Muhannad Antoun. Splenic infarction in a man with active drug use. MOJ Clin Med Case Rep. 2017;6:143?145.
- Fadi AL Akhrass, Lina Abdallah, Bharat Ammisetty and Muhannad Antoun. Verrucous Lesions Caused by Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis. Ann Clin Case Rep. 2017;2:1385.
- Fadi Al Akhrass, Lina Abdallah, Bharat Ammisetty and Muhannad Antoun.Yersinia enterocolitica Bacteremia and Multiple Liver Abscesses Disclose a Colonic Tubular Adenoma. Ann Med Case Rep. 2017;1:1011.
- Fadi Al Akhrass, Nicole Rex, Asim Kichloo, Larry Zhao, Muhannad Antoun. Acute Infectious Mononucleosis Complicated by Splenic Infarcts. Ann Med Case Rep. 2017;1: 1016.
- Fadi Al Akhrass, Brooklyn Hensley, Lillian Thomas, and Raymond El Soueidi.Extranodal Natural Killer/T-Cell Lymphoma of the Nasal Type with Skin Metastases. Case Rep Oncol.2016;9:1–5.
- Fadi Al Akhrass, Lina Abdallah, Steven Berger, and Rami Sartawi. Gastrointestinal variant of Lemierre's syndrome complicating ruptured appendicitis. IDCases. 2015;2: 72–76.
- Amar Safdar, Gilhen Rodriguez, Jorge Zuniga, Fadi Al Akhrass, Anupam Pande.High-Dose Caspofungin as a Component of Combination Antifungal Therapy in 91 Patients With Neoplastic Diseases and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.J Pharm Pract. 2015;28:175-82.
- A Phase 3, Safety and Efficacy Study of Short Duration Boceprevir/Pegylated interferon/ribavirin in Chronic HCV Genotype 1 IL28B CC Patients (Protocol No. P07755)
- A Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Adaptive Design Study of the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of a Single Infusion of MK-3415 (Human Monoclonal Antibody to Clostridium Difficile Toxin A), MK-6072 (Human Monoclonal Antibody to Clostridium Difficile Toxin B), and MK-3415A (Human Monoclonal Antibodies to Clostridium Difficile Toxin A and Toxin B) in Patients Receiving Antibiotic Therapy for Clostridium Difficile Infection (MODIFY I).
- Wilcox MH, Gerding DN, Poxton IR, Kelly C, Nathan R, Birch T, Cornely OA, Rahav G, Bouza E, Lee C, Jenkin G, Jensen W, Kim YS, Yoshida J, Gabryelski L, Pedley A, Eves K, Tipping R, Guris D, Kartsonis N, Dorr MB; MODIFY I and MODIFY II Investigators. Bezlotoxumab for Prevention of Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection.N Engl J Med.2017;376:305-317.
- Munirah Al Shuaibi, Ramez R. Bahu, Anne-Marie Chaftari, Iba Al Wohoush, William Shomali, Ying Jiang, Labib Debiane, Sammy Raad, Joseph Jabbour, Fadi Al Akhrass, Ray Y. Hachem Issam Raad. Pro-adrenomedullin as a Novel Biomarker for Predicting Infections and Response to Antimicrobials in Febrile Patients With Hematologic Malignancies. Clin Infect Dis.2013;56;943-950.
- Fadi Al Akhrass, Lina Abdallah, Steven Berger, Rami Hanna, Nina Reynolds, Shellie Thompson, Rabih Hallit, Patrick M. Schlievert. Streptococcus agalactiae Toxic Shock-Like Syndrome: Two Case Reports and Review of the Literature. Medicine (Baltimore).2013;92:10-14.
- Amar Safdar, Gilhen Rodriguez, Jorge Zuniga, Fadi Al Akhrass, Georgia Georgescu, Anupam Pande. Granulocyte Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor in 66 Patients with Myeloid or Lymphoid Neoplasms and Recipients of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation with Invasive Fungal Disease. Acta Haematol.2013;129:26–34.
- Gilhen H. Rodriguez, Saud I. Ahmed, Fadi Al Akhrass, Vijayashri Rallapalli, Amar Safdar. Characteristics of, and risk factors for, infections in patients with cancer treated with dasatinib and a brief review of other complications. Leuk Lymphoma. 2012;53:1530-1535.
- Fadi Al Akhrass, Ray Hachem, Jamal A. Mohamed, Jeffrey Tarrand, Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, Jyotsna Chandra, Mahmoud Ghannoum, SouhaHaydoura, Ann Marie Chaftari, and Issam Raad. Central Venous Catheter–associated Nocardia Bacteremia in Cancer Patients. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011;17:1651-1658.
- Fadi Al Akhrass, Labib Debiane , Lina Abdallah , Leyla Best ,Victor Mulanovich , Kenneth Rolston & Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis. Palatal mucormycosis in patients with hematologic malignancy and stem cell transplantation. Med Mycol. 2011;49:400-405.
- Fadi Al Akhrass,RabihRiadHallit, Lina Abdallah, Labib Debiane, Owen McCormack, Souheil Hallit, George Perez. Concomitant Invasive Listeriosis and Progressive Disseminated Histoplasmosis in a Newly Diagnosed Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patient. Infect Dis Clin Pract. 2011;19:313-315.
- Fadi Al Akhrass,Iba Al Wohoush,Anne-Marie Chaftari,Ruth Reitzel,Ying Jiang,Mahmoud Ghannoum,Jeffrey Tarrand,Ray Hachem,Issam Raad.Rhodococcus Bacteremia in Cancer Patients Is Mostly Catheter Related and Associated with Biofilm Formation. PLoS One. 2012;7: e32945.
- Gilhen H. Rodriguez, Fadi Al-akhrass, Vijayashri Rallapalli, Amar Safdar.Characteristics of, and risk factors for, infections in patients with cancer treated with dasatinib and a brief review of other complications. Leuk Lymphoma. 2012;53:1530-1535.
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“Best Intern Award” from: Lebanese University, 2001
“Best Resident Award” from: Lebanese University, 2004.
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“Excellence Award” from Staten Island University Hospital, 2006.
- “Best PGY-2 Award” from Staten Island University Hospital, 2007
Promoted as chief medical resident during my third year residency.
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“Resident in Internal Medicine with Distinction” 06/20/2005- 06/19/2008 from Staten Island University Hospital.
- “Resident Teacher of The Year Award” from Staten Island University Hospital, 2008.
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“Excellence in Clinical Medical Education Award” from The University of Pikeville, 2013& 2014.
- “Best teaching faculty” from PMC family practice residency program, 2013.
