About me
Dr. Omar Al-Heeti treats a variety of bacterial, viral and fungal infections that can occur throughout the body. He also helps cure wound and surgical infections.
His research interests focused on viral infection in those who are immunocompromised and mycobacterial infections. His additional interests include medical education and global medicine.
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Education & training
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Awards
Al-Heeti OM, Cathro HP, Ison MG. Adenovirus Infection and Transplantation. Transplantation. 2022;106(5):920-927. doi:10.1097/TP.0000000000003988
Al-Heeti O, Kumar RN, Kling K, Angarone M, Achenbach C, Taiwo B. Remdesivir retreatment: another unproven intervention for COVID-19. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2022;77(3):854-856. doi:10.1093/jac/dkab472
Wu EL, Al-Heeti O, Hoff BM, et al. Role of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in the Treatment of Persistent Mycobacterium abscessus Central Nervous System Infection: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022;9(8):ofac392. Published 2022 Jul 30. doi:10.1093/ofid/ofac392
Pincus NB, Joshi T, Gatesy SWM, Al-Heeti O, Moore WJ, Bachta KER. Breakthrough daptomycin-, linezolid-, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium bacteremia during protracted daptomycin therapy: A case report. IDCases. 2022;29:e01593. Published 2022 Aug 4. doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01593
Osmanovic S, Al-Heeti OM, Lin AY, et al. Staphylococcus aureus infection of the optic nerve. J Neuroophthalmol. 2015;35(1):48-50. doi:10.1097/WNO.0000000000000190
Kiernan DF, Al-Heeti O, Blair MP, et al. Peripheral retinal nonperfusion in septo-optic dysplasia (de Morsier syndrome). Arch Ophthalmol. 2011;129(5):671-673. doi:10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.92
Al-Heeti O, Wu EL, Ison MG, et al. Transfusion-Transmitted Cache Valley Virus Infection in a Kidney Transplant Recipient With Meningoencephalitis. Clin Infect Dis. 2023;76(3):e1320-e1327. doi:10.1093/cid/ciac566
Takekoshi D, Al-Heeti O, Belvitch P, Schraufnagel DE. Native-valve endocarditis caused by Mycobacterium chelonae, misidentified as polymicrobial gram-positive bacillus infection. J Infect Chemother. 2013;19(4):754-756. doi:10.1007/s10156-012-0492-6
Rivera AS, Al-Heeti O, Petito LC, et al. Association of statin use with outcomes of patients admitted with COVID-19: an analysis of electronic health records using superlearner. BMC Infect Dis. 2023;23(1):115. Published 2023 Feb 24. doi:10.1186/s12879-023-08026-0