Amro K. Al-Astal, MD

Associate Professor

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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

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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

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

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

Amro Alastal, Zakaria Alagha. 2023. To patch or not to Patch, ASD in an older patient Pending

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, 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

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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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

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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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

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

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. Unusual case of DAH and RAD induced by 1,1-Difluoroethylene exposure 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 Y. Alastal1, Yoon Y. 2005. Acute Eosinophilic pneumonia, case presentation and literature review. Journal of respiratory medicine

Amro Y. Alastal1, Yoon Y. 2005. Unilateral absence of the pulmonary artery, case presentation and literature review Journal of respiratory medicine

Amro Alastal, Eric Hanson Thomas Neuhauser. 2003. Hanson’s Complete History and Physical Exam Guide. {Aug 2003}.Pulmonary Chapter, Contributor. ISBN: 9780721687124

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 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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