Asad Ali Usman, MD, MPH

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Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care

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Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
3400 Spruce Street, 7th Floor Dulles Building, Suite 718
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Office: 2676027025
Education:
BS (Mathematics)
University of Michigan, 2006.
MPH (Biostatistics)
Northwestern University , 2012.
MD (Doctorate of Medicine)
Xavier University , 2012.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

ECMO, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Echocardiography, eCPR, ARDS

Description of Research Expertise

Clinical Trials

Selected Publications

Toubat O, Usman AA, Gregario P, Shin M, Spelde AE, Gutsche JT, Cantu E, Biscotti M, Bermudez C: Current Intraoperative Mechanical Circulatory Support Strategies for Bilateral Lung Transplantation Surgery. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Techniques April 2025.

Szeto JJ, Kelly JJ, Huang L, Rekthman D, Han J, Brown C, Usman AA, Szeto W: Supra-Aortic Vessel Anastomosis in Arch Reconstruction: An Overview of Existing Techniques and Report of a Novel Anastomotic Device. Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports April 2025.

Teran F, Owyang CG, Wray TC, Hipskind JE, Lessard J, Bédard Michel W, Lanthier C, Nazerian P, de Villa E, Nogueira J, Doynow D, Clinton M, Myslik F, Prager R, Arntfield R, Salinas PD, Dieiev V, Woo MY, Thavanathan R, Puskas G, Singh K, Bhat P, Horn J, Buchanan BM, Baig N, Burns KM, Kennedy K, Haines L, Naraghi L, Singh H, Secko M, Singer D, Taylor M, Joyce JM, DeMasi S, Jafry ZM, Phan T, Truong N, Robinson E, Haycock KH, Hansen A, Derr C, West FM, Narasimhan M, Horowitz J, Usman A, Anderson KL, Peng Y, Rola P, Andrus P, Razzak J, Hemmings HC, Panchamia R, Palasz J, Kaviyarasu A, Sands NA, Sutton RM, Abella BS.: Development and Implementation of a Multicenter Registry for Resuscitation-Focused Transesophageal Echocardiography. Annals of Emergency Medicine 85(2), Feb 2025.

Smood B, Vasquez CR, Olia SE, Han JJ, Iyengar A, Patrick WL, Helmers MR, Kelly JJ, Richards T, Usman A, Cantu E 3rd, Takeda K, Langer N, Cevasco M.: Early Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Initiation May Improve Outcomes in Select Patients With Primary Pulmonary Hypertension: An Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry Analysis. American Society of Artificial Internal Organs ASAIO Journal Feb 2025.

Yang Gu , Kunal Panda, Audrey Spelde, Christina Anne Jelly, Jerome Crowley, Jacob Gutsche, Asad Ali Usman: Modernization of Cardiac Advanced Life Support: Role and Value of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist Intensivist in Post-Cardiac Surgery Arrest Resuscitation. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesiology S1053(0770(24)), Sept 2024.

Usman A, Cannon JW.: Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: In for a Penny, In for a Pound. Critical Care Medicine 52: 974-975, June 2024.

Usman AA, Spelde AE, Lutfi W, Gutsche JT, Vernick WJ, Toubat O, Olia SE, Cantu E, Courtwright A, Crespo MM, Diamond J, Biscotti M, Bermudez CA.: Percutaneous Venopulmonary Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation as Bridge to Lung Transplantation. American Society of Artificial Internal Organs ASAIO Journal March 2024.

Flatley M, Sams VG, Biscotti M 3rd, Deshpande SJ, Usman AA, Cannon JW.: ECMO in trauma care: What you need to know. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 96: 186-194, February 2024.

Asad Usman, Audrey Spelde, Jared Feinman: Cardiopulmonary Bypass and The Lung. Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Mechanical Support: Practice and Principles. Michael Mazzeffi, David Mazer, Bryan Whitson, Barry Kussman (eds.). Wolters Kluwer, 5, January 2024.

Hunt ML, Crespo MM, Richards TJ, Bermudez F, Courtwright A, Usman A, Spelde AE, Diamond J, Patel N, Cantu E, Christie J, Clausen E, Cevasco M, Ahya V, Bermudez CA.: Lung transplant outcomes after acute respiratory distress syndrome requiring extracorporeal life support: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery January 2024.

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Last updated: 04/11/2025
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