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Ashish S. Shah MD

Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Surgical Director, Heart Transplant Program, and Alfred Blalock Endowed Director and Chair, Department of Cardiac Surgery
Insurance Plans Accepted

Areas of Expertise

  • Aortic Center
  • Cardiac Surgery
  • Cardiac Tumors
  • Cardiac Valve Disease
  • Heart Assist Devices
  • Heart Valve Center
  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy & Inherited Disease
  • Pulmonary Endarterectomy for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

Locations

Vanderbilt Heart
1215 21st Avenue South, 5th Floor
Nashville, TN 37232
Vanderbilt Heart Transplant
1215 21st Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37232

Languages

  • English

Education

  • Doctor of Medicine - University of Pittsburgh, 1995
  • Internship - Duke University Health System, 1996
  • Research Fellowship - Duke University Health System, 1999
  • Residency - Duke University Health System, 2002
  • Residency - Duke University Health System, 2005

Board Certifications

  • Thoracic Surgery - American Board of Thoracic Surgery, 2007

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Patient Comments

Patient Comments are gathered from the Press Ganey Patient Experience Survey and displayed in full. Patients are not identified in order to respect patient privacy.
Very professional and experienced
January 16, 2024
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Very good
January 8, 2024
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Excellent doctor. Would highly recommend to others and extremely happy that I was connected with him.
December 28, 2023
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I felt very good about the diagnosis, as well as could be expected, but more importantly I felt the path forward represented the best course given all of the information. Very comfortable.
December 21, 2023
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Dr Shah was very easy to talk to, and answered each of my questions to my satisfaction.
October 31, 2023
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Everything went great
September 26, 2023
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Ashish S. Shah MD & his Team did an excellent job of explaining the process of my open-heart surgery both stating and showing in a drawing exactly what Dr. Shah and his team would be doing. It was very comforting! I would definitely recommend Ashish S. Shah MD & team to both family & friends.
September 24, 2023
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Could not ask for better experience
September 19, 2023
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Dr Shah and his staff have been great. My first time to meet them and my trust in them feels well placed.
June 21, 2023
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