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Ali Irshad, MD, FACS, RPVI
BACKGROUND
Fellowship-trained Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon
Site PI for International Registry of Aortic Dissections (IRAD)
OTHER INTERESTS
RESEARCH
Research interests:
IRAD
Regional Anesthesia in Aortic Surgery
Pulmonary embolism and CTEPH
Device design
Data analytics and machine learning in cardiac and vascular surgery
Clinical Interests:
Arch disease
Aortic Dissections
Pulmonary Embolism
Heart Failure
EDUCATION & TRAINING
MD, University of Massachusetts Worcester 2008-2013
Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship, UNC-Chapel Hill 2011-2012
Vascular Surgery Residency, Houston Methodist Hospital 2013-2019
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship, Vanderbilt University Medical Center 2022-2025
AATS Denton A Cooley Fellowship, Texas Heart Institute/Baylor St. Lukes 2025
Visiting Cardiovascular Surgeon, UC Louvain Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc 2025