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Muhammad Aftab, MD
Assistant Professor, Surgery-Cardiothoracic

Muhammad Aftab, MD, FACS, FACC assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, received the Graham Surgical Investigator Award from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Graham Foundation for his research proposal entitled, "Augmentation of Spinal Cord 'Precollateralization' to Prevent Paraplegia After Aortic Surgery". His research work is focused on two areas of innovation. The first one is conceptual, in that he would like to better understand the mechanism of spinal cord ischemia after extensive aortic repairs. The second key area of innovation is related to development of new techniques to promote pre-emptive spinal cord pre-collateralization.
Dr. Aftab is a Board Certified Cardiothoracic Surgeon who particularly specializes in complex open aortic and enodovacular surgery for patients with thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms, dissections and connective tissue disorders. He provides full scope of adult cardiac surgery including coronary artery bypass grafting, heart valve repair or replacement, redo-cardiac surgery, percutaneous valve interventions, arrhythmia surgery and heart transplantation.

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