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  • Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Pediatric Cardiology
  • Accepting new patients
  • 29 years of experience
  • University Of Iowa Heart And Vascular Center 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa, IA 52242
  • (319) 356-7102

Brief Intro

Publications: -Mohsen Karimi, MD, Elise Hulsebus, PA, Henry Wiles, MD, Kenneth Murdison, MD. A Case of Hybrid Closure of a Muscular Ventricular Septal Defect: Anatomical Complexity & Surgical Management. (Submitted to ATS 01/2011) -Mohsen Karimi, MD, Elise Hulsebus, PA, Henry Wiles, MD. A case of Complete Repair of Atrioventricular Canal with Cor Triatriatum & Straddling Chordae. (Submitted to ATS 01/2011) -Mohsen Karimi, MD, Ahmed Farouk, MD, Alex Golden, MD, Robert Gilkeson, MD. Hybrid Palliation of Interrupted Aortic Arch in a High Risk Neonate. Annals of Pediatric Cardiology.2010:Vol3(1):74- 76. -Karimi M, Murdison K, Blackwood W, Davis W. Reimplantation of anomalous right coronary artery from left main coronary artery: a surgical option. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Jan 8(10):642- 644. -Farouk A, Zahka K, Siwik E, Golden A, Karimi M, Uddin M, Hennein HA. Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the right pulmonary artery. J Card Surg. 2009 Jan-Feb;24(1):49-54. -Farouk A, Zahka K, Siwik E, Erenberg F, Al-Khatib Y, Golden A, Karimi M, Uddin M, Hennein HA. -Individualized approach to the surgical treatment of tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia. -Cardiol Young. 2009 Feb;19(1):76-85. -Mohsen Karimi, Ahmed Farouk, John Stork, Hani Hennein. Right ventricular aneurysm following modified Norwood-Sano operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Interactive Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, Aug. 2008;7(4):664-666. -Ahmed Farouk, Mohsen Karimi, Mark Henderson, Jacob Ostrowsky, Ernest Siwik, and Hani Hennein -Cerebral regional oxygenation during aortic coarctation repair in pediatric population. -Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2008 Jul;34(1):26-31. -Beverly A. Rothermel, Kambeez Berenji, Paul Tannous, William Kutschke, Asim Dey, Bridgid Nolan, Ki-Dong Yoo, Elaine Demetroulis, Michael Gimbel, Barry Cabuay, Mohsen Karimi, Joseph A. Hill. Differential activation of stress-response signaling in load-induced cardiac hypertrophy and failure. Physiol. Genomics, Jul 20, 2005;23:18-27. -Karimi M, Kerber RE, Everett JE. Mechanical Aortic Valve Malfunction: An Intraoperative BioGlue Complication. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, June 2005;129:1442-1443. -Karimi M, Wang LX, Hammel JM, Mascio CE, Abudlhamid M, Barner EW, Scholz TD, Segar JL, Li WG, Niles SD, Caldarone CA. Neonatal Vulnerability to Ischemia Reperfusion: Cardioplegic arrest causes greater myocardial apoptosis in neonatal than mature lambs. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Feb. 2004;127(2):490-7. -Kernstine KH, DeArmond DT, Karimi, M, Van Natta TL, Campos JC, Yoder MR, Everett JE. The robotic, 2-stage, 3-field esophagolymphadenectomy. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, June 2004;127:490-497. -Caldarone CA, Barner EW, Wang, LX, Karimi M, Mascio CE, Hammel JM, Segar JL, Changqing DU, Scholz TD. Apoptosis-related Mitochondrial Dysfunction in the Early Postoperative Neonatal Lamb Heart. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Sep. 2004;78: 948-955. -Wang Z, Kutschke W, Richardson KE, Karimi M, Hill JA. Electrical remodeling in pressure-overload cardiac hypertrophy. Role of Calcineurin. Circulation, Oct 2, 2001;104(14):1657-63. -Hill JA, Karimi M, Kutschke W, Davission RL, Zimmerman K, Wang Z, Kerber RE, Weiss RM. Cardiac hypertrophy is not a required compensatory response to short-term pressure overload. Circulation, June 20, 2000;101(24):2863-9. -Rockman HA, Ono S, Ross RS, Jones LR, Karimi M, Bhargava V, Ross J Jr, Chien KR. Molecular and physiological alterations in murine ventricular dysfunction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of United States of America., Mar 29, 1994;91(7):2694-8. -Movesesian MD, Karimi M, Green K, Jones LR. Ca(2+)-transporting ATPase, Phospholamban, and Calsequestrin levels in nonfailing and failing human myocardium. Circulation, Aug. 1994;90(2):653-7.

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Education Background

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Indiana University School Of Medicine - 1996

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Spanish

Location & Hours

  • University Of Iowa Heart And Vascular Center
  • 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa, IA 52242
  • Mon:8:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Tue:8:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Wed:8:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Thu:8:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Fri:8:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Sat:Closed
    Sun:Closed

Specialties Treated

  • Thoracic Surgery
  • Pediatric Cardiology
  • Surgery
  • Pediatric Surgery
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Conditions Addressed

  • Congenital Anomalies of the Heart

Procedures Performed

  • Heart Valve Procedures
  • Cancer 6
  • Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery 8
  • Orthopedics 17
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery 13
  • Gastroenterology & GI Surgery 15
  • Pulmonology & Lung Surgery 15
  • Diabetes & Endocrinology 4
  • Children's Hospital 2
  • Urology 13
  • Psychiatry 15
  • Geriatrics 15
  • Rehabilitation 16
  • Obsterics & Gynecology 2
  • Ophthalmology 1
  • Ear, Nose & Throat 1
  • Rheumatology 1
  • Long Term Care 2
  • Maternity Care (Uncomplicated Pregnancy) 8