Ibrahim Sultan, MD, FACS, FACC

Contact

Phone

412-623-2994

Assistant

Raquel Singleton
412-623-6193

Address

Shadyside Medical Building, 5200 Centre Avenue, Suite 715 Pittsburgh, PA 15232

Title(s)

Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Director, Center for Thoracic Aortic Disease
Surgical Director, Center for Heart Valve Disease
Heart and Vascular Institute
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Education and Training

MD - Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY and Doha, Qatar
Halsted Resident, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Halsted Chief Resident, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 
Aortic Surgery Fellow, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
 
Board Certification
American Board of Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Professional Activities

Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Fellow, American College of Cardiology
American Heart Association
Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society
Old Hands Club
Association for Academic Surgery
Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
Thoracic Surgery Director Association
Associate Member, Academy for Master Surgeon Educators, American College of Surgeons

Journal Reviewing and Editorial Boards

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Member, Editorial Board, Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging
Member, Editorial Board, Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Cardiac Surgery
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of American College of Cardiology Case Reports
Reviewer, Circulation
Reviewer, Journal of American College of Cardiology
Reviewer, Journal of American Heart Association
 

Awards

Award for Outstanding Course Director for a Mini Elective, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2020
Donald S. Fraley Award for Outstanding Contribution as a Mentor to Future Physicians, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2020

Research Interests

Aortic Root Surgery including valve sparing root replacement
Aortic and mitral valve repair
Surgery of the thoracic aorta (Ascending aorta, aortic arch and descending aorta)
Endovascular aortic surgery
Minimally invasive cardiac surgery
Bicuspid aortic valve, Marfans syndrome and Loeys-Dietz syndrome

Publications

See list for Dr. Sultan's Publications here.