Farah Al-Saffar

AHFT Cardiologist at Baylor Scott&White. Interested in Heart Failure &Pulmonary Hypertension. Remote cardiac monitoring enthusiast #HFSA #cvCHF #ishlt

[Aditi Nayak @AditiNayakMD]

Proud of our @bswhealth_DFW txp team. Under our fearless leaders @shelleyhallmd and Dr. Meyer, we are the #1 🫀transplant center in TX, #15 in the US for 2023 💪🏽:

✅63 🫀transplants
✅35 LVADs
✅Higher than expected waitlist survival
✅Higher than avg organ acceptance rates

[Gregg Fonarow MD @gcfmd]

HFrEF

Compared to 💊💊 therapy, treatment with disease-modifying 💊💊💊💊 therapy in eligible patients

➡️ additional years of survival free from CV ☠️ or HF 🏨

55 yo: 8.3 years
65 yo: 6.3 years
70 yo: 5.2 years
75 yo: 4.1 years
80 yo: 2.7 years

Start ARNI+BB+MRA+SGLT2i now

[Shelley Hall @shelleyhallmd]

Will see you soon Hal!!!

[Alin Gragossian, DO, MPH @AG_EM33]

One million transplants done in the U.S. as of today. And I’m lucky to be one of them.

Thank you, #organdonation, #organdonors, Lucy (my donor), and the whole community of transplantation. 💚💙

@DonateLife @UNOSNews @ThePower2Save

[Ali Nsair, MD @AliNsairMD]

Thank you @gcfmd for kicking off our annual #HF UCLA symposium for all that is new in #AHF Medical Therapies! Much work on implementation to do! @uclaCVfellows @UCLAHealth @DOM_UCLA @dgsomucla @HFSA

[Gregg Fonarow MD @gcfmd]

Very early clinical outcome benefits in HFrEF confirmed with

✅ ARNI
✅ BB
✅ MRA
✅ SGLT2i

Don’t delay

Start now

Timing of Statistical Benefit of Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists Among Patients With Heart Failure and Post–Myocardial Infarction https://t.co/mrAsHn1Dbu

[TRT World Now @TRTWorldNow]

In a medical first, US doctors transplant a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life and a Maryland hospital says that David Bennett (57) is doing well three days after the highly experimental surgery

[Timothy A. Gong M.D. @timgong]

Looking for a partner to join our Advanced Heart Failure, MCS, and Transplant Cardiology Section at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. @shelleyhallmd @ivguerrerom @ParagKaleMD https://t.co/cGP18x9IgP

[Shelley Hall @shelleyhallmd]

Let’s go!! @amitalamMD @ParagKaleMD @timgong @bswhealth_DFW @heartplace @falsaffar17 @RickSnyderMD

[Farah Al-Saffar @falsaffar17]

Save baby Mahdi’s life https://t.co/tDlZSXYbs6

[Marco Valgimigli @vlgmrc]

Poll of the day: what is this ?

[Amit Alam @amitalamMD]

Heart Failure Family staying United in the fight against Covid-19. #wegotvaccinated

@shelleyhallmd @ivguerrerom @ParagKaleMD @falsaffar17 @timgong

thank you @bswhealth for your constant help in keeping us healthcare workers protected!

[Agnieszka Ciarka @0Ciarka]

@drstephenpettit Very handy. Thank you Stephen. Should we try to validate it retrospectively with our cohort?

[Amit Alam @amitalamMD]

@drstephenpettit @shelleyhallmd @SusanJosephMD @ivguerrerom @HFScatola @Abraham_Jacob @shwinner @TheRealJamael @ReddyNeeti @falsaffar17 @JeffHsuMD

[Nosheen Reza, MD, MS @noshreza]

Starting 7/2021, all @ABMSCert Member Boards w/training pgms of 2+ yrs duration will allow min. *6 wks* away once during training for parental/caregiver/medical leave, w/o exhausting time for vacation/sick leave & w/o requiring training extension

https://t.co/1lOi93UTGR

[Farah Al-Saffar @falsaffar17]

@EricAdler17 @JeffHsuMD @UCLAHealth @AliNsairMD @MeganKamath Thank you so much Dr. Adler. Exciting times ahead @EricAdler17

[Farah Al-Saffar @falsaffar17]

@datsunian @SaifanSound @JeffHsuMD @UCLAHealth @AliNsairMD @MeganKamath @AdventHealth @jonathankimmd @BethHillDO @DrPRao @noshreza Can’t stop laughing 😂

[Farah Al-Saffar @falsaffar17]

@AliNsairMD @JeffHsuMD @UCLAHealth @datsunian @gcfmd @kewatson Thank you so much for all the training and mentorship throughout this year! It’s definitely a memorable experience. For last year of training we definitely saved the best for last.@AliNsairMD @gcfmd @dengmario @kewatson @MeganKamath

[Farah Al-Saffar @falsaffar17]

@aonbendo @JeffHsuMD @UCLAHealth @AliNsairMD @MeganKamath Thank you! And thanks for dealing with all the stubborn VTs we throw your way lol.@aonbendo

[Farah Al-Saffar @falsaffar17]

@JeffHsuMD @UCLAHealth @AliNsairMD @MeganKamath Most amazing year and best OHT team ever! Special salute to world class co-fellow @JeffHsuMD . It’s all the support from the team that made this #WIC action doable. I’ll carry #ucla with me wherever I go.