Amro K. Al-Astal, MD
Amro K. Al-Astal, MD
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Education & Training
- Medical School: University of Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)
- Residency: Medical College of Ohio (Toledo, Ohio)
- Residency: Makassed Hospital (Jerusalem, Israel)
- Fellowship: Medical College of Ohio (Toledo, Ohio)
Honors & Memberships
- Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians
- Member, Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Member, Jordanian Medical Association
- Member, American Medical Association
- Member, American College of Physicians
Certification
- Certified: American Board of Internal Medicine, subspecialty certification in Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine and Sleep Medicine
Additional Languages
- Arabic, German
Marshall Internal Medicine
A provider-based department of Cabell Huntington Hospital
Erma Ora Byrd Clinical Center
1249 15th Street
2nd & 3rd Floor
Huntington, WV 25701
Phone: 304.691.1000
Authors: Zakaria Alagha, MD, MSc, John Kinney, and Amro Al-Astal, MD. 2024. Unmasking Atrial Septal Defect by Paradoxical Ventilator Response in a Patient With Pulmonary Embolism Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases Volume 3, Number 6 https://doi.org/10.7326/aimcc.2023.137
Zakaria Alagha, MD, MSc, Catherine Adams, MD,and Amro Al-Astal, MD, FACP, FCCP. 2024. A Case Report of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Within the Labyrinth of Fibrosing Mediastinitis https://doi.org/10.1177/23247096241244729, April 5th, 2024
Zakaria Alagha, MD, MSc, Samuel Crow, MSc, and Amro Alastal, MD, FACP, FCCP . 2024. Cefepime Neurotoxicity in Patients With Normal Renal Function: An Overlooked Cause of Encephalopathy in the Intensive care unit Volume 12: 1–5 © 2024 American Federation for Medical Research
Zakaria Alagha, MD, MSc, Ean Bills, Maha Alastal, MD, Muhammad Ghallab, MD, MSc, Amro Al-Astal, MD, FACP, and Ahmed Mahdi, MD. 2024. The Harms of Unnecessary CT Pulmonary Angiography: A Case Report and Literature Review 2024 June 6
Abdul Muhsen Z. Abdeen • Zakaria Alagha • John Kinney • Ihab Tahboub • Amro Al-Astal. 2024. A Neurocritical Case Study of Intracerebral Hemorrhage Unveiling Multiple Myeloma Through the Lens of Hickam's Dictum DOI: 10.7759/cureus.58066
Alagha Z, Amro Y Alastal. 2024. A Rare Case of Spontaneous Pneumothorax Leading to Cerebral Air Embolism. Cureus 16(1): e52277. doi:10.7759/cureus.52277
Amro Alastal, Anthony Shahin, Zakaria Alagha. 2024. Discrepancy between RHC and Echo in PHTN Pending
Zakaria Alagha, MD, Catherine Adams, MD, and Amro Al-Astal, MD, FACP, FCCP. 2024. A Case Report of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Within the Labyrinth of Fibrosing Mediastinitis https://doi.org/10.1177/23247096241244729
Amro Alastal Younis Raru. 2023. Case of Pleuropulmonary Fibro elastosis Marshall J Med.July 2023; 9(3) DOI: https://doi.org/10.33470/2379-9536.1407.
Amro Y. Alastal, Adams Catherine. 2023. Pending
Amro Alastal Catherin Adams. 2023. A patient with 2 wedge pressures ACCP international Conference, October 2023, Honolulu. HI
Zakaria Alagha • Ibrahim Shanti • Muhammad Ghallab • Amro Y, Alastal. 2023. Unusual Presentation of Multiple Lung Nodules in a Patient With Supraglottic Squamous Cancer: A Rare Infectious Cause Revealed DOI: 10.7759/cureus.43796
Amro Alastal, Zakaria Alagha. 2023. To patch or not to Patch, ASD in an older patient Pending
Amro Alastal, Abdulmuhsen Abdeen. 2023. Paradoxical worsening of Pulmonary Hypertension after AV-fistula closure Submitted for review
Abdul Muhsen Z. Abdeen • Zakaria Alagha • Caleb Clark • Amro Y. Alastal,. 2023. Paradoxical Worsening of Pulmonary Hypertension Following Closure of Arteriovenous Fistula: A Case Report and Literature Review. Cureus 15(12): e50064. doi:10.7759/cureus.50064, Published: December 06, 2023
Rami Batarseh, Kyle Smith, Mohammed Al-Ourani, and Amro K. Al-Astal. 2020. When Treating Sick Joints Harms Lungs, Ixekizumab induced Pleural Effusion Volume 6, Issue 2 (2020)
Abdul Rana, Haitem Mezughi, Shuja A. Malik, Kanaan Mansoor, Amro Al-Astal. 2020. Rare Manifestation of Idiopathic Tracheobronchopathia Osteochondroplastica: Misdiagnosed and Untreated Entity? Cerues, July 2020, 12(7): e9407. doi:10.7759/cureus.9407
Mohamed S. Suliman, Varun Dobariya , Mena Shehata, Davinder Singh, Amro Al-Astal. 2020. Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity in a Young Male with Glioblastoma Multiforme Cureus 12(2): e6933. doi:10.7759/cureus.6933
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Aman N. Ajmeri , Amro Al-Astal, Shantanu Singh. 2020. Argatroban Treatment and Decreased Fibrinogen in a Septic Patient Argatroban Treatment and Decreased Fibrinogen in a Septic Patient. Cureus 12(4): e7573. doi:10.7759/cureus.7573
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Mena, Shehata, Amro Al-astal, Timothy Kocher. 2020. Vaping-associated diffuse alveolar hemorrhage - A case report Respir Med Case Rep 2020 Mar 20;30:101038. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101038. eCollection 2020.
Shehata Mena, Amro Alstal. 2020. Paroxysmal Sympathetic hyperactivity in Glioblastoma Multofprme Cureus . 2020 Feb 10;12(2):e6933. doi: 10.7759/cureus.6933. Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity in a Young Male with Glioblastoma Multiforme
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Hasan S. Yamin MD1, Amro Alastal MD2, Abbas Iter MD1, Murad Azamttah1 1Pulmonary and Critical Care, An-Najah University Hospital, Nablus, Palestine 2Pulmonary and Critical Care, Marshall University, WV, USA. 2019. Penicillium Pneumonia Presenting as a Lung Mass Southwest Journal of Pulmonary & critical care
Monider Singh , Aman N. Ajmeri, Mohamed S. Suliman, Kamran Zaheer, Amro Al-Astal. 2019. A Challenging Case of Coexisting Type A and Type B Lactic Acidosis: A Case Report 2019 Singh et al. Cureus 11(1): e3944. DOI 10.7759/cureus.394
Bukamur HS, Karem E, Fares S, Al-Ourani M, Al-Astal A. 2018. Pneumocystis Jirovecii (carinii) pneumonia causing lung cystic lesions and pneumomediastinum in non-HIV infected patient. Respir Med Case Rep. 2018 9 7;25:174-176.
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Hazim S. Bukamur,1 Emhemmid Karem,2 Amro Al-Astal1. 2018. Pneumocystis pneumonia causing lung cystic lesions and pneumomediastinum in non-HIV infected patient Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Yamin HS, Al-Astal AY. 2017. Hypoxaemia in a pregnant lady. Breathe (Sheff). 2017 2 18;12(3):e83-e86.
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Journal. 2017. Epidemiology of interstitial lung disease in Palestine: first national data, Chest Disease Reports 2017; volume 5:6203
H. Yamin, A Alastal, I Bakri. 2017. Pulmonary Mucormycosis Over 130 Years: A Case Report and Literature March 2017 DOI: 10.5152/TurkThoracJ.2017.16033
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Hasan S Yamin* and Amro Y Alastal. 2017. Pulmonary Sequestration Supplied by an Aberrant Infra-diapharagmatic Artery J Pulm Respir Med 2017, 7:3 DOI: 10.4172/2161-105X.1000413
Hasan Yamin, Amro Alastal. 2017. ILD in Palestins ILD in Palestine
Amro Alastal. 2012. Cough in a Young Non-smoker, case report of Sarcoid- like foreign body granulomas Jerusalem Annals of medicine
Amro Alastal. 2010. Guillain Barre Syndrome in a patient with systemic vasculitis Suggestive of Churg Strauss Syndrome Jerusalem Annals of medicine
Amro Alastal. 2010. Unusual case of DAH and RAD induced by 1,1-Difluoroethylene exposure Jerusalem Annals of medicine
Amro Y. Alastal1, Yoon Y. 2005. Unilateral absence of the pulmonary artery, case presentation and literature review Journal of respiratory medicine
Amro Y. Alastal1, Yoon Y. 2005. Acute Eosinophilic pneumonia, case presentation and literature review. Journal of respiratory medicine
Al-Astal AY, Warner KA1, Crawford EL, Zaher A, Coombs RJ, Elsamaloty H, Roshong-Denk SL, Sharief I, Amurao GV, Yoon Y, , Assaly RA, Hernandez DA, Graves TG, Knight CR, Harr MW, Sheridan TB, DeMuth JP, Zahorchak RJ, Hammersley JR, Olson DE, Durham SJ, Willey JC,. 2003. StaRT-PCR expression measurement of the c-myc x E2F1/p21 WAF/CIP1 malignancy index and lung cancer associated genes to augment morphologic diagnosis of lung cancer in pleural effusion cell samples J Mol Diagn.
Al-Astal AY,Warner KA1, Crawford EL, Zaher A, Coombs RJ, Elsamaloty H, Roshong-Denk SL, Sharief I, Amurao GV, Yoon Y, Assaly RA, Hernandez DA, Graves TG, Knight CR, Harr MW, Sheridan TB, DeMuth JP, Zahorchak RJ, Hammersley JR, Olson DE, Durham SJ, Willey JC.. 2003. The c-myc x E2F-1/p21 interactive gene expression index augments cytomorphologic diagnosis of lung cancer in fine-needle aspirate specimens J Mol Diagn.
Amro Alastal, Eric Hanson Thomas Neuhauser. 2003. Hanson’s Complete History and Physical Exam Guide. {Aug 2003}.Pulmonary Chapter, Contributor. ISBN: 9780721687124
Amro Y. Alastal, Annas Muhanna. 1998. Journal of the Medical Association-Jerusalem. 1, pp (55-59).
Amro Y. Alastal1, Darwish Nazal. 1997. Stroke in a 22-year old young man with Crohn’s disease Journal of the Medical Association – Jerusalem. 1, pp (35 – 41).
Amro Y. Alastal, Eldib Howida. 0. .
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