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Firas Zahr, M.D.

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  • Director of Interventional Cardiology; Co-Director of Complex Heart Valve Program
  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, School of Medicine

Specialty

  • Cardiology
  • Vascular Medicine

Clinical focus

  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Heart Valve
  • Interventional Cardiology

Locations and contact

I see patients at
Tall building with the ariel tram to its left
Center for Health & Healing, Building 1
503-494-8311
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About me

I love to get to know the patients and families well so that I can provide appropriate care and meet their expectations. I believe that cardiologists in academic centers should able to deliver tomorrow’s therapy to our sick patients today with excellent outcomes. I am passionate about treating complex heart and valve disease patients with minimally invasive approach or without open heart surgery. In my leisure time, I enjoy spending time with my family experiencing the outdoors.

Languages spoken

  • Arabic
  • English
  • French

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • M.D., 2002, University of Damascus

  • Residency

    • Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Fellowship

    • Interventional Cardiology Structural Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.

  • Certifications

    • American Board of Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology (2012), Cardiovascular Disease (2011), Internal Medicine (2008)

Memberships and associations:

  • American College of Cardiology, Fellow
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Insurance

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Ratings and reviews

Overall: 4.8 out of 5 (39 Ratings, 11 Reviews)

The patient ratings score is an average of all responses to the question "How likely would you be to recommend this provider to your family and friends (on a scale of 0 to 10)" on our nationally-recognized NRC patient surveys.

  1. He was very pleasant, sincere, and appropriately concerned. He went out of his way to meet me and assure me he would try to help me. I really appreciated that he could be so present.

  2. Very helpful and concerned about me. Put me at ease.

  3. Positive in every way

  4. Was very good

  5. Professional, kind, helped me feell relaxed and safe.

  6. Excellent

  7. Professional and caring. Informative. Thorough.

  8. Pleased with how well this procedure went.

  9. Easy to understand. Very knowledgeable.

  10. Very knowledgeable and calming. Procedure was painless!

  11. Dr. Zahr was very professional, very knowledgeable, and very empathetic with my problem. He explained things well and was open and honest about the risk of some treatments. We did not receive good news, but yet he expressed hope for future treatment.