Omar lattouf biography

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Omar M Lattouf MD PhD FACC FACS, Professor of Surgery, Emory University.

Omar Lattouf is a senior cardiothoracic surgeon, widely published author, and frequent speaker at national and international cardiology and cardiac surgery.

Overview.

Originally from Amman, Jordan, Lattouf graduated from Emory University School of Medicine in and went on to oversee many firsts here.

Academic Role: Professor of Surgery/ Cardiovascular / Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital.

During the first year of the pandemic, when many were fleeing big, crowded cities, cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Omar Lattouf and his wife, Lina, were just beginning to adjust to their new life in New York City. They had moved there in the beginning of 2020 to be close to their children, whose own families were growing.

They looked forward to welcoming their first grandchildren — little knowing that in a few short weeks, the entire world would change.

Lattouf remembers how surreal it was during that tumultuous and frightening time when the emergency rooms were at capacity, and every ICU patient had this alarming novel coronavirus.

“I would be walking from my apartment to the hospital, any time, day or night, and you wouldn’t see a single car.

Only ambulances with their sirens,” he remembers. “Occasionally, in the middle of Park Avenue, you would see two young kids riding bikes in the street with no cars.”

Starting November 1, Lattouf will return t