Shahab A. Akhter, M.D. 5841 South Maryland Avenue MC 5040 Chicago, IL  60637 United States 773-702-2500 773-702-4187 (Fax) http://www.uchospitals.edu/physicians/shahab-akhter.html

Institutional Affiliation

• The University of Chicago

Specialty

• Adult Cardiac Surgery

Background

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.S. 1989)
• University of Chicago-Pritzker School of Medicine (M.D. 1993)
• Duke University Medical Center General Surgery Residency (1993-2000)
• University of Michigan Medical Center Cardiothoracic Residency (2000-2002)

Interests

• Mitral valve reconstruction
• Heart transplantation
• Mechanical circulatory support
• Ventricular remodeling
• Myocardial revascularization
• Atrial fibrillation
• Molecular biology of hypertrophy and heart failure
• Molecular mechanisms of donor heart dysfunction

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