Yousef Arar, M.D.

Pediatrics - Cardiology
Pediatric Interventional Cardiology

Biography

Yousef Arar M.D. is an Assistant Instructor in the Division of Cardiology within the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in pediatric interventional cardiology.

Dr. Arar earned his medical degree and completed pediatric residency training at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas. He then underwent fellowship training in pediatric cardiology with additional subspecialty training in pediatric interventional cardiology at UT Southwestern Children’s Medical Center Dallas.

Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in Pediatric Cardiology, Dr. Arar joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2021. He primarily works in the cardiac catheterization laboratory with a special interest in applying cross sectional imaging and radiation reduction techniques.

Dr. Arar’s research interests include fusion overlay applications, patent ductus arteriosus stenting, and radiation-free MRI-guided cardiac catheterization procedures.

Education & Training

Medical School - University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (2010-2014)
Residency - University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (2014-2017), Pediatrics
Fellowship - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2017-2020), Pediatric Cardiology
Fellowship - UT Southwestern Medical Center (2020-2021), Pediatric Interventional Cardiology

Professional Associations & Affiliations

Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) (2017)
Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) (2017)
Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) (2017)
American Heart Association (AHA) (2017)

Honors & Awards

JCMR Best Manuscript 14th Gerald M. Pohost runner up award 2021
ISMRM (International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine) Summa Cum Laude Award 2020
Top Senior Fellow Project UTSW iCMR Fick versus Flow 2020
Best Poster Award CSI-Germany 2019
Chief Pediatric Cardiology Fellow, UTSW 2019-2020
Program Development Award Nomination Finalist Hybrid MRI Catheterization Program, UTSW 2019
Young Investigators Award Finalist AEPC - Seville, Spain 2019
Top abstract finalist Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography 2018
Pediatric Research Day First place, UTHSCSA 2017
Gold Humanism Honors Award 2016-2017
Gold Humanism Honors Award 2015-2016
Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs (AMSPDC) Regional Resident 2014
Best First Year Resident, UTHSCSA 2014-2015
Best Teaching Resident, UTHSCSA 2014-2015
Texas Pediatrics Jeopardy First place, Texas Pediatric society (TPS) 2014
Presidential Scholarship, UTHSCSA 2012-2013

Books & Publications

Publications
- Feasibility and safety of quantitative adenosine stress perfusion cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in pediatric heart transplant patients with and without coronary allograft vasculopathy.
  Duran SR, Huffaker T, Dixon B, Gooty V, Abou Zahr R, Arar Y, Greer JS, Butts RJ, Hussain MT, Pediatric radiology 2021 Apr
- Lymphatic pathway evaluation in congenital heart disease using 3D whole-heart balanced steady state free precession and T2-weighted cardiovascular magnetic resonance.
  Gooty VD, Veeram Reddy SR, Greer JS, Blair Z, Zahr RA, Arar Y, Castellanos DA, Pimplawar S, Greil GF, Dillenbeck J, Hussain T, Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2021 Mar 23 1 16
- MRI for Guided Right and Left Heart Cardiac Catheterization: A Prospective Study in Congenital Heart Disease.
  Velasco Forte MN, Roujol S, Ruijsink B, Valverde I, Duong P, Byrne N, Krueger S, Weiss S, Arar Y, Reddy SRV, Schaeffter T, Hussain T, Razavi R, Pushparajah K, Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI 2020 Nov
- 3D advanced imaging overlay with rapid registration in CHD to reduce radiation and assist cardiac catheterisation interventions.
  Arar Y, Reddy SRV, Kim H, Dimas VV, Zellers TM, Abou Zahr R, Vamsee R, Greer JS, Tandon A, Pontiki A, Dillenbeck J, Zabala L, Greil G, Nugent AW, Hussain T, Cardiology in the young 2020 May 30 5 656-662
- Invasive cardiovascular magnetic resonance (iCMR) for diagnostic right and left heart catheterization using an MR-conditional guidewire and passive visualization in congenital heart disease.
  Veeram Reddy SR, Arar Y, Zahr RA, Gooty V, Hernandez J, Potersnak A, Douglas P, Blair Z, Greer JS, Roujol S, Forte MNV, Greil G, Nugent AW, Hussain T, Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2020 03 22 1 20
- Novel markers predict death and organ failure following hemorrhagic shock.
  Furmaga W, Cohn S, Prihoda TJ, Muir MT, Mikhailov V, McCarthy J, Arar Y, Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry 2015 Feb 440 87-92
- Natural history and clinical implications of nondepressed skull fracture in young children.
  Hassan SF, Cohn SM, Admire J, Nunez-Cantu O, Arar Y, Myers JG, Dent DL, Eastridge BJ, Cestero RF, Gunst M, Markowski H, Keric N, Liao L, Mueller DL, The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2014 Jul 77 1 166-9

Research

Fusion overlay applications
Patent ductus arteriosus stenting
Radiation-free MRI-guided cardiac catheterization

Clinical Focus

Pediatric Interventional Cardiology