Elie Harmouche, MD

Dr. Elie Harmouche is a medical toxicologist and attending emergency medicine physician at Maimonides Medical Center. He was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, and he received his medical degree from the American University of Beirut. He completed a residency in emergency medicine at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI and served as chief resident in his final year, followed by fellowship in toxicology at NYU Langone/Bellevue Hospital Center in New York City. His areas of interest include toxicology, addiction and substance use, simulation medicine, resuscitation, and critical care.

Selected Scholarly Activity:

Lalley A, Bawa S, Harmouche E. Ramen noodle neuropathy: an atypical case of partial paralysis from malnutrition. Am J Emerg Med. 2024 Jan;75:198.e7-198.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.09.039. Epub 2023 Sep 28. PMID: 37805367.

Harmouche E, Stueve P, Howland MA, Su MK. Massive Apixaban Overdose Confirmed with Blood Concentrations and Managed Without Bleeding: A Single Case Report. J Pharm Pract. 2023 May 25:8971900231177570. doi: 10.1177/08971900231177570. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37227108.

Ha CJ, Harmouche E, Howland MA, Su MK. Two Cases of Acute Direct Oral Anticoagulant Overdose Without Adverse Effect. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2022 Mar 1;44(2):e447-e449. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000002263. PMID: 35200221.

Harmouche E, Bhandari M, Howland MA, Su MK. In response to: "Changing nomogram risk zone classification with serial testing after acute acetaminophen overdose: a retrospective database analysis". Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2020 Mar;58(3):220-221. doi: 10.1080/15563650.2019.1603390. Epub 2019 Apr 24. PMID: 31018709.

Harmouche E, Steger C, Mikhaeil M, Hoffman RS. Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome. Am J Crit Care. 2019 Mar;28(2):96. doi: 10.4037/ajcc2019147. PMID: 30824508.

Renny MH, Harmouche E, Hoffman RS. In reference to pH-Neutralizing esophageal irrigations as a novel mitigation strategy for button battery injury. Laryngoscope. 2019 Jan;129(1):E33. doi: 10.1002/lary.27547. Epub 2018 Oct 16. PMID: 30325038.

Salti HI, Mehanna CJ, Abiad B, Ghazi N, Raad S, Barikian A, Haddad R, Ashkar A, Harmouche E, Zaghrini E, Mufarrij A. Changing Trends in Eye-Related Complaints Presenting to the Emergency Department in Beirut, Lebanon, over 15 Years. J Ophthalmol. 2018 Mar 13;2018:4739865. doi: 10.1155/2018/4739865. PMID: 29750120; PMCID: PMC5884157.

Harmouche E, Mahmoud GA, Ross M, Hockenberry J, Dharia R, Nahab F. Early Echocardiography Has a Low Yield in Patients with Transient Ischemic Attack. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2017 Aug;26(8):1858-1863. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2017.04.022. Epub 2017 May 11. PMID: 28506591.

Harmouche E, Goyal N, Pinawin A, Nagarwala J, Bhat R. USMLE Scores Predict Success in ABEM Initial Certification: A Multicenter Study. West J Emerg Med. 2017 Apr;18(3):544-549. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2016.12.32478. Epub 2017 Feb 7. PMID: 28435509; PMCID: PMC5391908.

Bou Chebl R, Madden B, Belsky J, Harmouche E, Yessayan L. Diagnostic value of end tidal capnography in patients with hyperglycemia in the emergency department. BMC Emerg Med. 2016 Jan 29;16:7. doi: 10.1186/s12873-016-0072-7. PMID: 26821648; PMCID: PMC4731965.

Abou Dagher G, Harmouche E, Jabbour E, Bachir R, Zebian D, Bou Chebl R. Sepsis in hemodialysis patients. BMC Emerg Med. 2015;15:30. Published 2015 Oct 14. doi:10.1186/s12873-015-0057-y