Afshin Ehsan MD MBA, FACS, FACC
Adult Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery
Chief of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
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2401 S 31st StTemple, TX 76508
Phone+1 254-724-1922
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Summary
- Afshin Ehsan is a cardiothoracic surgeon at Baylor Scott and White Health in Temple, TX specializing in adult cardiac surgery and is a professor at The Baylor College of Medicine. He has a particular interest in complex mitral valve surgery and transcatheter valvular therapies. He has over 100 peer reviewed manuscripts and book chapters.
Education & Training
Brandeis UniversityMBA, Business, 2022 - 2023
Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Children's HospitalFellowship, Thoracic Surgery - Independent, 2002 - 2004
University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1994 - 2002
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 1994
UCLABS, Biology, 1987 - 1990
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 2025 - 2027
CA State Medical License 1996 - 2026
MA State Medical License 1997 - 2026
RI State Medical License 2012 - 2026
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow American Heart Association, 2018
- FACC American College of Cardiology, 2015
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- NESS Commentary re Pugacheva JACS-2024-1248.Afshin Ehsan, Jaime Hernandez-Montfort
Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2025-03-10 - The Role of Preoperative Chronic Hypertension in Neurocognitive Decline after Cardiac Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Madigan E Stanley, Ronald K Phillips 3rd, Jun Feng, Guangbin Shi, Shawn Kant
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery. 2025-02-12 - Female patients exhibit altered vasopressin-induced coronary microvascular contractile response and molecular signaling following cardiac surgery.Debolina Banerjee, Sharif A Sabe, Neel R Sodha, Afshin Ehsan, William G Cioffi
American Journal of Surgery. 2025-01-01
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- Farsi
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