Medical director, Neonatal Intensive care unit at Mahoning Valley , Akron Children’s Boardman campus.

Neonat/Perinatology

Firas A. Saker, MD is an expert in the field of Neonat/Perinatology. He received 13 awards: "FDR March of Dime community award November 2014", "Nightingale Physician Award", "Life time service award", "National Leadership Honorary Award", "Best Doctors in America", "Recognition Award from NICU Staff", "Physician Recognition Award with Commendation", "Distinguished In-house Teaching Award", "Physician Recognition Award", "Faculty Recognition by the House Staff for Excellence in Teaching Award", "Faculty Preceptor Group, Chester Scholar Award", "Professional Recognition Honor Award" and "Byrne Award". Firas Saker is a published physician. He published 7 publications, including: 'Glycemia-lowering effect of cobalt chloride in the diabetic rat: role of decreased gluconeogenesis.'

Publications

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• Administration of 100% oxygen does not hasten resolution of symptomatic spontaneous pneumothorax in neonates.
• Predicting outcome in neonatal hypoxic respiratory failure with the score for neonatal acute physiology (SNAP) and highest oxygen index (OI) in the first 24 hours of a...
• Glycemia-lowering effect of cobalt chloride in the diabetic rat: role of decreased gluconeogenesis.
• Effect of reduced inspired oxygen on fetal growth and maternal glucose metabolism in rat pregnancy.
• Estimation of gluconeogenesis in newborn infants.
• Severe pulmonary hypertensive vascular disease in two newborns with aneurysmal vein of galen.

Doctors Specialties

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• Neonatal Medicine
• Neonat/Perinatology

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• FDR March of Dime community award November 2014
• Nightingale Physician Award
• Life time service award
• National Leadership Honorary Award
• Best Doctors in America
• Recognition Award from NICU Staff
• Physician Recognition Award with Commendation
• Distinguished In-house Teaching Award
• Physician Recognition Award
• Faculty Recognition by the House Staff for Excellence in Teaching Award
• Faculty Preceptor Group, Chester Scholar Award
• Professional Recognition Honor Award
• Byrne Award

Education

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• Case Western Reserve University
• Case Western Reserve University - University Hospitals
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
• Damascus University Faculty of Medicine

Hospital

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• Cleveland Clinic

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