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Physician Details

Dr. Yasser Mohammed Kazzaz Consultant

Specialties

Pediatric KASCH
General Pediatrics
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Riyadh

 


Associate Professor of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Program Director, PCCM fellowship
Pediatric and Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist

Qualifications

Residency

  • Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal Children’s Hospital

Fellowship

  • Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, McGill University, Montreal Children’s Hospital
  • Advanced Critical Care Fellowship, McGill University, Montreal Children’s Hospital
  • Pediatrics Critical Care Fellowship, University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children
  • Paediatric Extracorporeal Life Support/Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation clinical fellowship. University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children

Board Certification

  • ABP American Board of Pediatrics.
  • Board of Pediatrics certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
  • Board of Critical Care Medicine certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
  • Masters of Public Health in Health Systems and Quality Management, King Saud University for Health Sciences

Publications

Mai, G., Lee, J. H., Caporal, P., Roa G., J. D., González-Dambrauskas, S., Zhu, Y., Yock-Corrales, A., Abbas, Q., Kazzaz, Y., Dewi, D. S., Chong, S., on behalf of PACCMAN and LARed, Turina, D. M., Domínguez-Rojas, J. A., Pilar-Orive, F. J., Gan, C. S., Abbas, Q., Villalobos, W. E. D., Ardila, I. J., Samransamruajkit, R., Yock-Corrales, A., Fonseca, M., Aparicio, G., Jaramillo-Bustamante, J. C., Lee, P., Teran, T. E., Monteverde-Fernandez, N., Rodríguez, M. M., Roa G, J. D., Lidu, C., Zhang, T., Ming, M., Dang, H., Kurosawa, H., Chamorro, F. I. P., Noguera, D. L., Cerón, E., Arriola, N. G., & Palomino, R. E. L. (2023). Prehospital and emergency management of pediatric traumatic brain injury: a multicenter site survey, Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics (published online ahead of print 2023).

Zorko, David J. MD, MSc1,2; McNally, James Dayre MD, PhD3,4; Rochwerg, Bram MD, MSc5,6; Pinto, Neethi MS, MD7; O’Hearn, Katie MSc4; Almazyad, Mohammed A. MD8,9; Ames, Stefanie G. MD, MS10; Brooke, Peter LLB(Hons) MBBS, MRCPCH11; Cayouette, Florence MDCM12; Chow, Cristelle MBBS, MHPE13; Junior, José Colleti MD, PhD14; Francoeur, Conall MDCM15; Heneghan, Julia A. MD16; Kazzaz, Yasser M. MD, MPH17; Killien, Elizabeth Y. MD, MPH18; Jayawarden, Supun Kotteduwa BSc19; Lasso, Ruben MD20,21; Lee, Laurie A. MN22,23,24; O’Mahony, Aoife BSc, MSc25; Perry, Mallory A. PhD, RN, CCRN26; Rodríguez-Rubio, Miguel MD27,28; Sandarage, Ryan BSc19; Smith, Hazel A. BSc(Hons), MSc, PhD29; Welten, Alexandra BHSc4,30; Yee, Belinda BSc19; Choong, Karen BCh, MB, MSc2,6,31; on behalf of the International Pediatric Chronic Critical Illness Collaborative Members of the International Pediatric Chronic Critical Illness Collaborative:. Defining Pediatric Chronic Critical Illness: A Scoping Review. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine ():PCC.0000000000003125, December 19, 2022.

Hazwani T, Al Ahmady A, Kazzaz Y, Al Smari A, Al Enizy S, Alali H. Implementation of a sedation protocol: a quality improvement project to enhance sedation management in the paediatric intensive care unit. BMJ Open Qual. 2022;11(1).

Al-Harbi S, Kazzaz YM, Uddin MS, Maghrabi F, Alnajjar AA, Muzaffer M, et al. Clinical characteristics and outcomes of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C): A national multicenter cohort in Saudi Arabia. Current Pediatric Research. 2021;25(9):904.

Hazwani TR, Bin Obaid W, Alowirdi F, Alsomali R, Alali H, Alsadoon A, et al. Association between platelet count and multiorgan dysfunction and outcomes in patients with sepsis in the pediatric intensive care unit in Saudi Arabia. J Infect Public Health. 2021;14(11):1585-9.

Kazzaz Y, Alharbi M, Nöel KC, Quach C, Willson DF, Gilfoyle E, et al. Evaluation of Antibiotic Treatment Decisions in Pediatric Intensive Care Units in Saudi Arabia: a national Survey. Journal of Infection and Public Health. 2021.

Alharbi M, Kazzaz YM, Hameed T, Alqanatish J, Alkhalaf H, Alsadoon A, et al. SARS-CoV-2 infection in children, clinical characteristics, diagnostic findings and therapeutic interventions at a tertiary care center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. J Infect Public Health. 2021;14(4):446-53.

Noel KC, Papenburg J, Lacroix J, Quach C, O'Donnell S, Gonzales M, et al. International Survey on Determinants of Antibiotic Duration and Discontinuation in Pediatric Critically Ill Patients. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020.

Kazzaz YM, Da'ar OB. Assessing comfort level of organ donation competencies among pediatric intensivists in Saudi Arabia: a national survey. BMC Med Educ. 2020;20(1):358.

Kazzaz YM, AlTurki H, Aleisa L, Alahmadi B, Alfattoh N, Alattas N. Evaluating antimicrobial appropriateness in a tertiary care pediatric ICU in Saudi Arabia: a retrospective cohort study. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2020;9(1):173.

Kazzaz YM, Alkhalaf H, Alharbi M, Al Shaalan M, Almuneef M, Alshehri A, et al. Hospital preparedness and management of pediatric population during COVID-19 outbreak. Annals of Thoracic Medicine. 2020;15(3):107.

Hazwani TR, Kazzaz YM, Alsugheir S, Aldelaijan S, Alsugheir F, Alali H, et al. Association Between Culture-Negative Versus Culture-Positive Sepsis and Outcomes of Patients Admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Cureus. 2020;12(8):e9981.

Hazwani TR, Harder N, Shaheen NA, Al Hassan Z, Antar M, Alshehri A, et al. Effect of a Pediatric Mock Code Simulation Program on Resuscitation Skills and Team Performance. Clinical Simulation in Nursing. 2020.

Alsadoon A, Alhamwah M, Alomar B, Alsubaiel S, Almutairi A, Vishwakarma R, et al. Association of antibiotics administration timing with mortality in children with sepsis in a tertiary care hospital of a developing country. Front Pediatr 8: 566 doi: 103389/fped. 2020.

Aldawood F, Kazzaz Y, AlShehri A, Alali H, Al-Surimi K. Enhancing teamwork communication and patient safety responsiveness in a paediatric intensive care unit using the daily safety huddle tool. BMJ Open Qual. 2020;9(1).

Aldairi N, Alali H, Kazzaz Y. Leukoreduction and hydroxyurea in malignant pertussis: A case series. Clinical Case Reports. 2020.

Alali H, Antar M, AlShehri A, AlHamouieh O, Al-Surimi K, Kazzaz Y. Improving physician handover documentation process for patient transfer from paediatric intensive care unit to general ward. BMJ Open Qual. 2020;9(4).

Alali H, Kazzaz Y, Alshehri A, Antar M, Alhamouieh O, Hasan Z, et al. Reducing unnecessary delays during the transfer of patients from the paediatric intensive care unit to the general ward: a quality improvement project. BMJ Open Qual. 2019;8(3):e000695.

Awards

Best oral presentation 4th research day College of Public Health and Health Informatics. King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences Jan 2020

Best poster presentation in senior category 7th Pediatric Research Day. King Abdulaziz Medical City Dec 2019

Best Committee award Mortality Committee from King Abdulaziz Medical City 2018.

Best Research Mentor Award from King Abdulaziz Medical City 2017.

Best Mentor Award from King Abdulaziz Medical City 2016.

Presentations

Bleeding on ECMO. Saudi ECLS conference 2023.

The incidence of missed organ donation opportunities in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in Saudi Arabia. 11th Congress of the World of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. 12-16 July 2022.

Death by neurological determinants and Barriers to organ donation. The 12th Annual International Critical Care Conference held Virtual by Saudi Critical Care Society 05-07 April, 2021

“How to build PICU database”. 11th International Critical Care Conference, Riyadh. 18-20 Feb 2020

Quality & Safety in PICU: Which indicators & measures? 8th International Critical Care Conference, Riyadh. April 2017

Trainee simulation boot camp. 8th World Congress on Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care. Toronto, Canada June 2016.

Practical approach to Multimodal neuromonitoring. 7th International Critical Care Conference, Riyadh. April 2016




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