Department of Cardiac Surgery

Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiac Surgery
Staff Surgeon, Cardiac Surgery, Nashville VA Hospital

Education

• B.S., American University of Beirut, 1991
  
• M.D., American University of Beirut, 1995

Postgraduate Training

• Internship, Sinai Hospital of Detroit-Wayne State University
  
• Residency, North Shore University Hospital-N.Y.U. School of Medicine
  
• Cardithoracic Surgery Research Fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine-Barnes Hospital
  
• Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  
• Cardiac Transplant/VAD Fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital-Harvard School of Medicine

Credentials

• Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery
  
• Board Certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

See Dr. Absi's CV here in PDF format.

Contact:
Tarek S. Absi, M.D.
Department of Cardiac Surgery
The Vanderbilt Heart Institute
1215 21st Avenue South
MCE-North Tower, Suite 5025
Nashville, TN 37232-8802
Phone: (615) 343-9195
Email: tarek.absi@vanderbilt.edu