Dr. Tariq Alfadda

Pediatrics Surgery Department
Children's Specialized Hospital

Current Position
Consultant, Pediatric Surgeon
General Details
Gender:
Male
Languages Spoken:
Arabic, English

Education & Board Certificates
• King Saud University – Faculty of Medicine – MBBS 2000
• Saudi Board of General Surgery 2006
• Arab Board of General Surgery 2007
• Saudi Fellowship in Pediatric Surgery 2009
• Fellowship in Pediatric Surgery from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Expertise or Specialty
Pediatric Surgery

Research & Publications
1: Kitay AM, Schneebacher MT, Schmitt A, Heschl K, Kopic S, Alfadda T, Alsaihati
A, Link A, Geibel JP. Modulations in extracellular calcium lead to
H(+)-ATPase-dependent acid secretion: a clarification of PPI failure. Am J
Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2018 Jul 1;315(1):G36-G42. doi:
10.1152/ajpgi.00132.2017. Epub 2018 Mar 8. PubMed PMID: 29517927.
2: Muñoz-Abraham AS, Patrón-Lozano R, Narayan RR, Judeeba SS, Alkukhun A, Alfadda
TI, Belter JT, Mulligan DC, Morotti R, Zinter JP, Geibel JP, Rodríguez-Dávalos
MI. Extracorporeal Hypothermic Perfusion Device for Intestinal Graft Preservation
to Decrease Ischemic Injury During Transportation. J Gastrointest Surg. 2016
Feb;20(2):313-21. PubMed PMID: 26487331.
3: Munoz-Abraham AS, Judeeba S, Alkukhun A, Alfadda T, Patron-Lozano R,
Rodriguez-Davalos MI, Geibel JP. A new method to measure intestinal secretion
using fluorescein isothiocyanate-inulin in small bowel of rats. J Surg Res. 2015
Aug;197(2):225-30. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2015.02.049. Epub 2015 Apr 20. PubMed PMID:
25976849.
4: Vucic E, Alfadda T, MacGregor GG, Dong K, Wang T, Geibel JP. Kir1.1 (ROMK) and
Kv7.1 (KCNQ1/KvLQT1) are essential for normal gastric acid secretion: importance
of functional Kir1.1. Pflugers Arch. 2015 Jul;467(7):1457-1468. doi:
10.1007/s00424-014-1593-0. Epub 2014 Aug 17. PubMed PMID: 25127675.
5: Alfadda TI, Saleh AM, Houillier P, Geibel JP. Calcium-sensing receptor 20
years later. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2014 Aug 1;307(3):C221-31. doi:
10.1152/ajpcell.00139.2014. Epub 2014 May 28. Review. PubMed PMID: 24871857;
PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4121584.
6: Oliveira C, Zamakhshary M, Alfadda T, Alhabshan F, Alshalaan H, Miller S, Kim
PC. An innovative method of pediatric chest wall reconstruction using Surgisis
and swinging rib technique. J Pediatr Surg. 2012 May;47(5):867-73. doi:
10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.01.034. PubMed PMID: 22595563.