Abed is a second-year medical student (M2) at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, where he earned his BA in Chemical Biology in 2025. Mentored by Dr. Edward Soltesz at the Cleveland Clinic, he has led nationwide research on cardiac procedures, focusing on patient outcomes and factors influencing quality of care and recovery.

His interests center on cardiac surgery, particularly valve disease, heart failure, and transplantation. This summer, he is studying variations in tricuspid valve surgery across hospital volumes and comparing outcomes of mechanical versus bioprosthetic replacement in infective endocarditis.