Afshin Ehsan, MD

Academic Title:

Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine

Division/Program Title:

Associate Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Program

Surgical Director, Heart Failure and Transplant Program

Director, Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit

Office:

800 Washington St., #266
Boston, MA 02111

Phone:

617-636-8726

Accepting New Patients

Fax:

617-636-7616

Email Address:

aehsan@tuftsmedicalcenter.org

Education and Post Graduate Training:

Medical School: University of Southern California, 1994
Surgery Internship and Residency: University of California, San Diego 1994-1997, 2000-2002

Research Fellowship: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 1997-2000

Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 2002-2004

Board Certifications:

Surgery

Thoracic Surgery

Specialties:

Adult Cardiac Surgery

Clinical Interests:

Coronary Artery Surgery

Valvular Repair and Replacement

Aortic Surgery

Arrhythmia Surgery

Cardiac Transplantation

Mechanical Circulatory Support

Minimally Invasive Surgery

Research Interests:

The role of hormone receptors in vein graft pathobiology

Genetic and cell-based therapies for cardiovascular disorders

Medical Economics

Selected Publications:

1. Ehsan A, Griese DP, Melo LG, Kong D, Zhang L, Mann MJ, Pratt RE, Mulligan RC, Dzau VJ:  Isolation and transplantation of autologous circulating endothelial cells into balloon-injured vessels: Implications for cell-based vascular therapy. Circulation. 2003;108:2710-5.
   
   
2. Ehsan A, Mann MJ, Dell'Acqua G, Braun-Dullaeus RC, Dzau VJ:  Endothelial healing in vein grafts: Proliferative burst unimpaired by genetic therapy of neointimal disease.  Circulation. 2002;105:1686-92.
   
   
3. Ehsan A, Mann MJ, Dell'Acqua G, Dzau VJ: Long-term stabilization of vein graft wall architecture and prolonged resistance to experimental atherosclerosis after E2F decoy oligonucleotide gene therapy. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2001;121:714-22.
   
   
4. Mann M.J, Whittemore AD, Donaldson MC, Belkin M, Conte MS, Polak JF, Orav J, Ehsan A, Dell'Acqua G, Dzau VJ:  Ex vivo gene therapy for human vascular bypass grafts with E2F decoy: the PREVENT single-centre, randomised, controlled trial. Lancet. 1999;354:1493-8.
   
   
5. Shekar PS, Ehsan A, Gilfeather MS, Lekowski RW, Couper GS: Arterial Pressure Monitoring during Cardiopulmonary Bypass using Axillary Arterial Cannulation. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 2005;19(5):665-6.

Honors/Awards:

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

Professional Affiliations:

Member, Society of Thoracic Surgery

Member, Heart Failure Society of America

Member, International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Member, Massachusetts Medical Society

Associate Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Foreign Languages:

Farsi

Gender: