Asad Shah, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.S. is Co-Director of Cardiovascular Surgery
at Hoag and a member of the Newport Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery Group
(formerly Raney Zusman Medical Group), one of the premier and highest
volume cardiothoracic surgery groups in Southern California.
Dr. Shah was born and raised in New York and completed medical school at
Duke University. He was awarded a prestigious Doris Duke Research Fellowship
during this time and spent a year at Yale University conducting research
on ischemic preconditioning. He continued his surgical residency and cardiothoracic
surgery fellowship at Duke University, widely considered the top cardiac
surgery training program in the country. Prior to joining Hoag, Dr. Shah
worked in the University of North Carolina Health Care System, achieving
an exclusive 3 out of 3 star rating for coronary artery bypass grafting
by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
Dr. Shah is a high-volume surgeon and performs the full-spectrum of cardiac
surgical procedures. His clinical interests include thoracic aortic disease,
minimally invasive valve surgery, coronary artery bypass grafting, and
transcatheter therapies, including TAVR and TEVAR. He is certified on
the da Vinci Robotic Surgical System.
Dr. Shah has conducted extensive research in cardiovascular surgery including
studying the genetics of thoracic aortic aneurysms and bicuspid aortic
valve syndrome. He has over 40 peer-reviewed publications and has given
over 20 national presentations. He has been an invited speaker for the
Society of Thoracic Surgeons on multiple occasions and has received multiple
academic and research awards from organizations including the American
Association of Thoracic Surgery and the Joint Council on Thoracic Surgical
Education.
Dr. Shah is board certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.
He is also a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American
College of Surgeons. His other memberships include the Society of Thoracic
Surgeons, including serving on numerous leadership committees, the Southern
Thoracic Surgical Association, the Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society,
and the Heart Valve Society.