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Hire Dr. Michael A.
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Harvard-Trained | MD & MPH | Expert in Medical Research, Clinical Trials, Academic Consulting & Healthcare Innovation

Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Medical Writing, Non-Medical Regulatory Writing, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation
Research Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection
Consulting Healthcare Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting
Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Insights
Work Experience

Senior Clinical Research Fellow

AdventHealth Orlando

2024 - Present

Lead Scientific Editor

Academic Perfection

October 2023 - Present

Senior Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) Collaborator

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

2020 - Present

Senior Clinical Research Fellow

Marshall University

2019 - 2024

Cardiac Telemetry Specialist

Digital Diagnostics Imaging Inc.

2019 - 2019

Medical Research Associate

Rx Medical Dynamics

2017 - 2018

Education

MPH (Public Health )

Marshall University

2021 - 2023

John Marshall Leadership Fellowship

Marshall University

2020 - 2021

Global Clinical Scholar Research Training (Clinical Trials Concentration)

Harvard Medical School

May 2016 - July 2017

MD (School of Medicine)

Alexandria University

2008 - 2016

Certifications
  • Certification details not provided.
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Zuniga, Y.M.H., Zumla, A., Zuhlke, L.J., Zoladl, M., Ziaeian, B., Zhong, C., Zhao, X.-J.G., Zhang, Z.-J., Zhang, J., Zepro, N.B., et al.(2025). Characterising acute and chronic care needs: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 . Nature Communications. 16. (1).
Leary, P.J., Lindstrom, M., Johnson, C.O., Emmons-Bell, S., Rich, S., Corris, P.A., DuBrock, H.M., Ventetuolo, C.E., Abate, Y.H., Abdelmasseh, M., et al.(2025). Global, regional, and national burden of pulmonary arterial hypertension, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 . Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 13. (1). p. 69-79.
Cuaranta, A., Abdelmasseh, M., King, C., Ashley, A., Eckles, J., Hernandez-Pelcastre, J., Nguyen, T., Tate, N., Gillispie, C., Keefer, J., et al.(2025). ICU-Broncho-Aspiration Protocols Monitoring at an Academic Health Network System . Southern Medical Journal. 118. (2). p. 128-133.
Michael Abdelmasseh, Carol Faris, Araceli Cuaranta, Rob Finley, Barbara Payne, Alexei Gorka, Juan Sanabria (2024). Incidence and Dynamics of CRC Stage Migration: A Regional vs. a National Analysis . Cancers.
Michael Abdelmasseh, Carol Faris, Araceli Cuaranta, Rob Finley, Barbara Payne, Alexei Gorka, Juan Sanabria (2024). Incidence and Dynamics of CRC Stage Migration: A Regional vs. a National Analysis . Cancers.
King, C., Edwards, H., Thompson, E., Abdelmasseh, M., Cuaranta, A., Pacioles, A., Sanabria, J.(2024). Constitutional mismatch repair deficiency: a case on a commonly misinterpreted mutation in colon cancer . Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology. 17. (5). p. 866-870.
(2024). VALUE ASSESSMENT FOR HERNIA REPAIRS PROGRAM AT AN ACADEMIC HEALTH NETWORK SYSTEM OVER 12 YEARS. GASTROENTEROLOGY.
Faris, C., Cuaranta, A., Abdelmasseh, M., Finley, R., Payne, B., Gorka, A., Sanabria, J.(2024). Incidence and Dynamics of CRC Stage Migration: A Regional vs. a National Analysis . Cancers. 16. (19).
Abdelmasseh, M., Cuaranta, A., Iqbal, A., Kadiyala, V., Willis, J., Gorka, A., Thompson, E., Finley, R., Payne, B., Sanabria, J.(2024). COVID-19 vaccination hesitance and adverse effects among US adults: a longitudinal cohort study . Frontiers in Epidemiology. 4.
Congdon, N.G., Resnikoff, S., Braithwaite, T., Leasher, J., Naidoo, K., Fricke, T., Tapply, I., Fernandes, A.G., Cicinelli, M.V., Arrigo, A., et al.(2024). Global estimates on the number of people blind or visually impaired by Uncorrected Refractive Error: a meta-analysis from 2000 to 2020 . Eye Basingstoke. 38. (11). p. 2083-2101.
Vollset, S.E., Ababneh, H.S., Abate, Y.H., Abbafati, C., Abbasgholizadeh, R., Abbasian, M., Abbastabar, H., Magied, A.H.A.A.A., Elhafeez, S.A., Abdelkader, A., et al.(2024). Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 . Lancet. 403. (10440). p. 2204-2256.
Schumacher, A.E., Kyu, H.H., Aali, A., Abbafati, C., Abbas, J., Abbasgholizadeh, R., Abbasi, M.A., Abbasian, M., Abd ElHafeez, S., Abdelmasseh, M., et al.(2024). Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 . Lancet. 403. (10440). p. 1989-2056.
Arndt, M.B., Aravkin, A.Y., Bhattacharjee, N.V., Chalek, J., Dai, X., Dandona, L., Dandona, R., Dharmaratne, S.D., Farmer, S., Feigin, V.L., et al.(2024). Global, regional, and national progress towards the 2030 global nutrition targets and forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 . Lancet. 404. (10471). p. 2543-2583.
Comfort, H., McHugh, T.A., Schumacher, A.E., Harris, A., May, E.A., Paulson, K.R., Gardner, W.M., Fuller, J.E., Frisch, M.E., Taylor, H.J., et al.(2024). Global, regional, and national stillbirths at 20 weeks' gestation or longer in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 . Lancet. 404. (10466). p. 1955-1988.
(2024). INCIDENCE AND DYNAMICS OF CRC STAGE MIGRATION: A LOCAL VS NATIONAL ANALYSIS. GASTROENTEROLOGY.
(2024). The predicting value of post neoadjuvant treatment magnetic resonance imaging: a meta-analysis . SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES.
Naghavi, M., Ong, K.L., Aali, A., Ababneh, H.S., Abate, Y.H., Abbafati, C., Abbasgholizadeh, R., Abbasian, M., Abbasi-Kangevari, M., Abbastabar, H., et al.(2024). Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 . Lancet. 403. (10440). p. 2100-2132.
Mokdad, A.H., Bisignano, C., Hsu, J.M., Ababneh, H.S., Abbasgholizadeh, R., Abdelkader, A., Abdelmasseh, M., Abiodun, O.O., Aboagye, R.G., Abu-Zaid, A., et al.(2024). The burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors by state in the USA, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 . Lancet. 404. (10469). p. 2314-2340.
Zager, Y., Horesh, N., Abdelmasseh, M., Aquina, C.T., Alfonso, B.L.L., Soliman, M.K., Albert, M.R., Monson, J.R.T.(2024). The predicting value of post neoadjuvant treatment magnetic resonance imaging: a meta-analysis . Surgical Endoscopy. 38. (11). p. 6846-6853.
Han, H., Letourneau, I.D., Abate, Y.H., Abdelmasseh, M., Abu-Gharbieh, E., Adane, T.D., Ahinkorah, B.O., Ahmad, A., Ahmadi, A., Ahmed, A., et al.(2024). Trends and levels of the global, regional, and national burden of appendicitis between 1990 and 2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 . Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 9. (9). p. 825-858.
(2024). VALUE ASSESSMENT FOR CHOLECYSTECTOMY PROCEDURES OVER 11-YEAR PERIOD AT AN ACADEMIC HEALTH NETWORK. GASTROENTEROLOGY.
Abdelmasseh, M., Cuaranta, A., Thompson, E., Finley, R.K., Payne, B., Tian, J., Gorka, A., Willis, J., Kadiyala, V., Sanabria, J.R.(2024). Trauma Program Value Assessment at an Academic Health Network System Over 12 Years . American Surgeon. 90. (11). p. 2958-2968.
Ng, M., Dai, X., Cogen, R.M., Abdelmasseh, M., Abdollahi, A., Abdullahi, A., Aboagye, R.G., Abukhadijah, H.J., Adeyeoluwa, T.E., Afolabi, A.A., et al.(2024). National-level and state-level prevalence of overweight and obesity among children, adolescents, and adults in the USA, 1990–2021, and forecasts up to 2050 . Lancet. 404. (10469). p. 2278-2298.
Feigin, V.L., Abate, M.D., Abate, Y.H., ElHafeez, S.A., Abd-Allah, F., Abdelalim, A., Abdelkader, A., Abdelmasseh, M., Abd-Elsalam, S., Abdi, P., et al.(2024). Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 . Lancet Neurology. 23. (10). p. 973-1003.
Steinmetz, J.D., Seeher, K.M., Schiess, N., Nichols, E., Cao, B., Servili, C., Cavallera, V., Cousin, E., Hagins, H., Moberg, M.E., et al.(2024). Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 . Lancet Neurology. 23. (4). p. 344-381.
Micah, A.E., Bhangdia, K., Cogswell, I.E., Lasher, D., Lidral-Porter, B., Maddison, E.R., Nguyen, T.N.N., Patel, N., Pedroza, P., Solorio, J., et al.(2023). Global investments in pandemic preparedness and COVID-19: development assistance and domestic spending on health between 1990 and 2026 . Lancet Global Health. 11. (3). p. e385-e413.
Shin, Y.H., Hwang, J., Kwon, R., Lee, S.W., Kim, M.S., Shin, J.I., Yon, D.K., Abate, Y.H., Abbasi-Kangevari, M., Abbasi-Kangevari, Z., et al.(2023). Global, regional, and national burden of allergic disorders and their risk factors in 204 countries and territories, from 1990 to 2019: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 . Allergy European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 78. (8). p. 2232-2254.
(2023). Value Assessment of Trauma Patients Who Underwent Urgent Surgical Procedures over a 12-Year Period at an Academic Health System. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.
Wu, D., Jin, Y., Xing, Y., Abate, M.D., Abbasian, M., Abbasi-Kangevari, M., Abbasi-Kangevari, Z., Abd-Allah, F., Abdelmasseh, M., Abdollahifar, M.-A., et al.(2023). Global, regional, and national incidence of six major immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: findings from the global burden of disease study 2019 . Eclinicalmedicine. 64.
Momtazmanesh, S., Moghaddam, S.S., Ghamari, S.-H., Rad, E.M., Rezaei, N., Shobeiri, P., Aali, A., Abbasi-Kangevari, M., Abbasi-Kangevari, Z., Abdelmasseh, M., et al.(2023). Global burden of chronic respiratory diseases and risk factors, 1990–2019: an update from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 . Eclinicalmedicine. 59.
Michael Abdelmasseh(2022). Adolescent transport and unintentional injuries: a systematic analysis using the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 . The Lancet Public Health. 7. (8). p. e657--e669. Elsevier {BV}
Michael Abdelmasseh(2022). Diabetes mortality and trends before 25 years of age: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 . The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 10. (3). p. 177--192. Elsevier {BV}
Peden, A.E., Cullen, P., Francis, K.L., Moeller, H., Peden, M.M., Ye, P., Tian, M., Zou, Z., Sawyer, S.M., Aali, A., et al.(2022). Adolescent transport and unintentional injuries: a systematic analysis using the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 . Lancet Public Health. 7. (8). p. e657-e669.
(2022). VALUE ASSESMENT FOR EPIGASTRIC AND UMBILICAL HERNIA REPAIR AT A HEALTH SYSTEM NETWORK OVER AN 11 YEARS PERIOD. GASTROENTEROLOGY.
Tran, K.B., Lang, J.J., Compton, K., Xu, R., Acheson, A.R., Henrikson, H.J., Kocarnik, J.M., Penberthy, L., Aali, A., Abbas, Q., et al.(2022). The global burden of cancer attributable to risk factors, 2010–19: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 . Lancet. 400. (10352). p. 563-591.
(2022). VALUE ASSESSMENT BY SCORE CARDS SURROGATES FOR APPENDECTOMIES, INCLUDING PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF A RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL ON PERFORATED APPENDICITIS, AT A HEALTH NETWORK OVER 11 YEARS. GASTROENTEROLOGY.
Kyu, H.H., Vongpradith, A., Sirota, S.B., Novotney, A., Troeger, C.E., Doxey, M.C., Bender, R.G., Ledesma, J.R., Biehl, M.H., Albertson, S.B., et al.(2022). Age–sex differences in the global burden of lower respiratory infections and risk factors, 1990–2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 . Lancet Infectious Diseases. 22. (11). p. 1626-1647.
Cousin, E., Duncan, B.B., Stein, C., Ong, K.L., Vos, T., Abbafati, C., Abbasi-Kangevari, M., Abdelmasseh, M., Abdoli, A., Abd-Rabu, R., et al.(2022). Diabetes mortality and trends before 25 years of age: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 . The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology. 10. (3). p. 177-192.
(2022). Monitoring of Broncho-aspiration Protocols in a Surgical ICU . JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.
Alvarez, E.M., Force, L.M., Xu, R., Compton, K., Lu, D., Henrikson, H.J., Kocarnik, J.M., Harvey, J.D., Pennini, A., Dean, F.E., et al.(2022). The global burden of adolescent and young adult cancer in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 . The Lancet Oncology. 23. (1). p. 27-52.
Michael Abdelmasseh(2021). Value Assessment of Open vs Minimally Invasive Hernia Repairs at a Tertiary Rural Health System: 2010-2020 . Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 233. (5). p. e55--e56. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Micah, A.E., Cogswell, I.E., Cunningham, B., Ezoe, S., Harle, A.C., Maddison, E.R., McCracken, D., Nomura, S., Simpson, K.E., Stutzman, H.N., et al.(2021). Tracking development assistance for health and for COVID-19: a review of development assistance, government, out-of-pocket, and other private spending on health for 204 countries and territories, 1990–2050 . The Lancet. 398. (10308). p. 1317-1343.
(2021). PRELIMINARY VALUE AND COST ANALYSES FOR EPIGASTRIC AND UMBILICAL HERNIA REPAIR PROCEDURES OVER A 10-YEAR PERIOD AT A TERTIARY MEDICAL CENTER. GASTROENTEROLOGY.
(2021). Value Assessment of Open vs Minimally Invasive Hernia Repairs at a Tertiary Rural Health System: 2010-2020. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.
Michael Abdelmasseh(2020). Eradication of Stage IV Gastric Cancer: Case Report . Marshall Journal of Medicine. 6. (3). p. 15. Marshall University School of Medicine
Michael Abdelmasseh(2020). VALUE ASSESSMENT FOR PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT MINIMALLY INVASIVE VS OPEN COLECTOMIES AT A TERTIARY MEDICAL CENTER . Gastroenterology. 158. (6). p. S--1514. Elsevier {BV}
Michael Abdelmasseh(2020). Complete Response to Stage IV Colorectal Adenocarcinoma with Disease-free Survival at 24 Months: Case Report and Overview of the Literature . Marshall Journal of Medicine. 6. (2). p. 29. Marshall University School of Medicine
(2020). VALUE ASSESSMENT FOR PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT MINIMALLY INVASIVE VS OPEN COLECTOMIES AT A TERTIARY MEDICAL CENTER. GASTROENTEROLOGY.
CONFERENCE PAPER
Michael Abdelmasseh(2022). VALUE ASSESMENT FOR EPIGASTRIC AND UMBILICAL HERNIA REPAIR AT A HEALTH SYSTEM NETWORK OVER AN 11 YEARS PERIOD . Gastroenterology. 162. (7). p. S--1364. Elsevier {BV}