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Thoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Cardiac Support Fellows

Meet the current fellows from Thoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Cardiac Support.

Academic Year 2023-2024


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Ankur Bahshi, MD

Year: PGY-8
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Medical School: Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas

Academic Year 2024-2025


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Laura N. DiChiacchio, MD, PhD

Year: PGY-8
Residency: General Surgery, University of Maryland Program, Maryland
Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, New York
PhD Biophysics, Structural and Computational Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Utah Health Program, Utah

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Asher Weisberg, MD

Year: PGY-8
Residency: General Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
Fellowship: Aortic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

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Akbarshakh (Shah) Akhmerov, MD

Year: PGY-8
Residency: General Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
Medical School: Cornell University (Weill Cornell), New York, New York
Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

Have Questions or Need Help?

If you have questions or would like to learn more about the Thoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support Fellowship at Cedars-Sinai, please call or send us a message.

Fardad Esmailian, MD, Surgical Director, Heart Transplant and Ventricular Assist Device Program

Xenia Lovrekovic-Delic, Program Manager

127 S. San Vicente Blvd.
Pavilion, A3100
Los Angeles, CA 90048

Kristine Galstyan, MPH, Program Coordinator

127 S. San Vicente Blvd.
Pavilion, A3100
Los Angeles, CA 90048