Ahmed Hassoon

Education History

• M.P.H., Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Bloomberg School of Public Health
• M.D., Medicine and General Surgery, Baghdad College of Medicine

Work Experience

Assistant Research Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Publications

1. Noureldine SI, Aygun N, Walden MJ, Hassoon A, Gujar SK, Tufano RP. Multiphase computed tomography for localization of parathyroid disease in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism: How many phases do we really need? Surgery. 2014 Dec;156(6):1300-6; discussion 13006-7. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2014.08.002. Epub 2014 Sep 26. PMID: 25262222.
2. Kerezoudis P, Rinaldo L, Drazin D, Kallmes D, Krauss W, Hassoon A, Bydon M. Association Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Outcomes Following Spinal Fusion Surgery: A Systematic Review. World Neurosurg. 2016 Nov;95:71-76. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.07.074. Epub 2016 Jul 30. PMID: 27481599.
3. Hassoon A, Bydon M, Kerezoudis P, Maloney PR, Rinaldo L, Yeh HC. Chronic low-back pain in adult with diabetes: NHANES 2009-2010. J Diabetes Complications. 2017 Jan;31(1):38-42. doi: 0.1016/j.jdiacomp.2016.10.025. Epub 2016 Oct 24. PMID: 27838098.
4. Rinaldo L, McCutcheon BA, Gilder H, Kerezoudis P, Murphy M, Maloney P, Hassoon A, Bydon M. Diabetes and Back Pain: Markers of Diabetes Disease Progression Are Associated With Chronic Back Pain. Clin Diabetes. 2017 Jul;35(3):126-131. doi: 10.2337/cd16-0011. PMID: 28761214; PMCID: MC5510921.
5. Hassoon A, Schrack J, Naiman D, Lansey D, Baig Y, Stearns V, Celentano D, Martin S, Appel L. Increasing Physical Activity Amongst Overweight and Obese Cancer Survivors Using an Alexa-Based Intelligent Agent for Patient Coaching: Protocol for the Physical Activity by Technology Help (PATH) Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2018 Feb 12;7(2):e27. doi: 10.2196/resprot.9096. PMID: 29434016; PMCID: PMC5826976.
6. Hassoon A, Michos ED, Miller ER, Crisp Z, Appel LJ. Effects of Different Dietary Interventions on Calcitriol, Parathyroid Hormone, Calcium, and Phosphorus: Results from the DASH Trial. Nutrients. 2018 Mar 17;10(3):367. doi: 10.3390/nu10030367. PMID: 29562597; PMCID: PMC5872785.
7. Mane KK, Rubenstein KB, Nassery N, Sharp AL, Shamim EA, Sangha NS, Hassoon A, Fanai M, Wang Z, Newman-Toker DE. Diagnostic performance dashboards: tracking diagnostic errors using big data. BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 Jul;27(7):567-570. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-007945. Epub 2018 Mar 17. PMID: 29550767.
8. Dhillon VK, Rettig E, Noureldine SI, Genther DJ, Hassoon A, Al Khadem MG, Ozgursoy OB, Tufano RP. The incidence of vocal fold motion impairment after primary thyroid and parathyroid surgery for a single high-volume academic surgeon determined by pre- and immediate post-operative fiberoptic laryngoscopy. Int J Surg. 2018 Aug; 56:73-78. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2018.06.014. Epub 2018 Jun 14. PMID: 29908329.
9. Sharp AL, Baecker A, Nassery N, Park S, Hassoon A, Lee MS, Peterson S, Pitts S, Wang Z, Zhu Y, Newman-Toker DE. Missed acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department-standardizing measurement of misdiagnosis-related harms using the SPADE method. Diagnosis (Berl). 2020 Jul 24;8(2):177-186. doi: 10.1515/dx-2020-0049. PMID: 32701479.
10. Nassery N, Horberg MA, Rubenstein KB, Certa JM, Watson E, Somasundaram B, Shamim E, Townsend JL, Galiatsatos P, Pitts SI, Hassoon A, Newman-Toker DE. Antecedent treat-and-release diagnoses prior to sepsis hospitalization among adult emergency department patients: a look-back analysis employing insurance claims data using Symptom-Disease Pair Analysis of Diagnostic Error (SPADE) methodology. Diagnosis (Berl). 2021 Feb 25;8(4):469-478. doi: 10.1515/dx-2020-0140. PMID: 33650389.
11. Yeh HC, Maruthur NM, Wang NY, Jerome GJ, Dalcin AT, Tseng E, White K, Miller ER, Juraschek SP, Mueller NT, Charleston J, Durkin N, Hassoon A, Lansey DG, Kanarek NF, Carducci MA, Appel LJ. Effects of Behavioral Weight Loss and Metformin on IGFs in Cancer Survivors: A Randomized Trial. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Sep 27;106(10):e4179-e4191. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgab266. PMID: 33884414; PMCID: PMC8475239.
12. Horberg MA, Nassery N, Rubenstein KB, Certa JM, Shamim EA, Rothman R, Wang Z, Hassoon A, Townsend JL, Galiatsatos P, Pitts SI, Newman-Toker DE. Rate of sepsis hospitalizations after misdiagnosis in adult emergency department patients: a look-forward analysis with administrative claims data using Symptom-Disease Pair Analysis of Diagnostic Error (SPADE) methodology in an integrated health system. Diagnosis (Berl). 2021 Apr 26;8(4):479-488. doi: 10.1515/dx-2020-0145. PMID: 33894108.
13. Hassoon A, Baig Y, Naiman DQ, Celentano DD, Lansey D, Stearns V, Coresh J, Schrack J, Martin SS, Yeh HC, Zeilberger H, Appel LJ. Randomized trial of two artificial intelligence coaching interventions to increase physical activity in cancer survivors. NPJ Digit Med. 2021 Dec 9;4(1):168. doi: 10.1038/s41746-021-00539-9. PMID: 34887491; PMCID: PMC8660785.
14. Liberman AL*, Hassoon A*, Fanai M, Badihian S, Rupani H, Peterson SM, Sebestyen K, Wang Z, Zhu Y, Lipton RB, Newman-Toker DE. Cerebrovascular disease hospitalizations following emergency department headache visits: A nested case- control study. Acad Emerg Med. 2022 Jan;29(1):41-50. doi: 10.1111/acem.14353. Epub 2021 Aug 18. PMID: 34309135; PMCID: PMC8766867. *First Co-Authors
15. Sharp AL, Pallegadda R, Baecker A, Park S, Nassery N, Hassoon A, Peterson S, Pitts SI, Wang Z, Zhu Y, Newman-Toker DE. Are Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Risk Factors for Missed Acute Myocardial Infarction Diagnoses Among Chest Pain or Dyspnea Encounters in the Emergency Department? Ann Emerg Med. 2022 Feb;79(2):93-101. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.08.016. Epub 2021 Oct 2. PMID: 34607739.
16. Parker TM, Badihian S, Hassoon A, Saber Tehrani AS, Farrell N, Newman-Toker DE, Otero-Millan J. Eye and Head Movement Recordings Using Smartphones for Telemedicine Applications: Measurements of Accuracy and Precision. Front Neurol. 2022 Mar 18;13:789581. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2022.789581. PMID: 35370913; PMCID: PMC8975177.
17. Ver Hoeve ES, Simon MA, Danner SM, Washington AJ, Coples SD, Percac-Lima S, Whited EC, Paskett ED, Naughton MJ, Gray DM, Wenzel JA, Zabora JR, Hassoon A, Tolbert EE, Calhoun E, Barton DL, Friese CR, Titler MG, Hamann HA. Implementing patient navigation programs: Considerations and lessons learned from the Alliance to Advance Patient-Centered Cancer Care. Cancer. 2022 Jul 15;128(14):2806-2816. doi: 10.1002/cncr.34251. Epub 2022 May 17. PMID: 35579501; PMCID: PMC9261966.
18. Newman-Toker DE, Peterson SM, Badihian S, Hassoon A, Nassery N, Parizadeh D, Wilson LM, Jia Y, Omron R, Tharmarajah S, Guerin L, Bastani PB, Fracica EA, Kotwal S, Robinson KA. Diagnostic Errors in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2022 Dec. Report No.: 22(23)-EHC043. PMID: 36574484.
19. Suen JJ, Parrillo E, Hassoon A, Peairs K, Stanford O, Wenzel J, Zabora JR, Dobs AS. Improving cancer care for underserved populations in an academic and community practice setting: protocol for a community health worker pilot navigation programme. BMJ Open. 2022 Dec 1;12(12):e067270. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067270. PMID: 36456010; PMCID: PMC9716923.
20. Liberman AL, Wang Z, Zhu Y, Hassoon A, Choi J, Austin JM, Johansen MC, Newman-Toker DE. Optimizing measurement of misdiagnosis-related harms using symptom-disease pair analysis of diagnostic error (SPADE): comparison groups to maximize SPADE validity. Diagnosis (Berl). 2023 Apr 5. doi: 10.1515/dx-2022-0130. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37018487.
21. Newman-Toker DE, Nassery N, Schaffer AC, Yu-Moe CW, Clemens GD, Wang Z, Zhu Y, Saber Tehrani AS, Fanai M, Hassoon A, Siegal D. Burden of serious harms from diagnostic error in the USA. BMJ Qual Saf. 2023 Jul 17:bmjqs-2021-014130. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2021-014130. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37460118.
22. Hassoon, A., NG, C., Lehmann, H., Rupani, H., Peterson, S., Horberg, M., Liberman, A., Sharp, A., Johansen, M., McDonald, K., Austin, J., Newman-Toker, D., Computable Phenotype for Diagnostic Error: Developing the Data Schema for Application of Symptom-Disease Pair Analysis of Diagnostic Error (SPADE). Diagnosis, 2024. doi:10.1515/dx-2023-0138.

Honors and Awards

• IHI Fellowship (2024)
• Young Physician Leader (2017)

Professional Organizations

American Medical Informatics Association