Ahmed Asfari, M.D.

Biography

Ahmed Asfari, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in pediatric cardiology and pediatric cardiac critical care.

Dr. Asfari earned his medical degree at the University of Aleppo Faculty of Medicine in Syria. He completed a residency in pediatrics at the University of Kansas Medical Center, where he served as Chief Resident. He received advanced training through fellowships in pediatric critical care medicine at Arkansas Children's Hospital and advanced cardiac critical care at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital in Florida. He also completed a pediatric cardiology fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital.

In addition to his clinical training, Dr. Asfari earned a Clinical and Translational Research Certificate from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and a Master of Science in Health Administration from UAB.

Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in pediatric cardiology and pediatric critical care medicine, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2025. Dr. Asfari serves as the Associate Medical Director for the cardiovascular intensive care unit (CVICU) at Children’s Medical Center Dallas.

He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society and the Society for Pediatric Research. He is also actively involved with the Syrian American Medical Society, supporting medical missions and educational initiatives worldwide.

Dr. Asfari’s research interests focus on pediatric cardiac critical care, perioperative management of congenital heart disease, outcomes research in children with critical congenital heart disease, and the application of analytics and algorithm-based approaches to advance cardiac critical care practice. His clinical interests also include biomarkers for acute lung injury, clinical outcomes following pediatric cardiac surgery, and quality improvement.

He has been the principal investigator and a collaborator on numerous multi-institutional studies and has contributed to the development of clinical practice guidelines addressing postoperative pain management, vasoplegia, and ventilation protocols.