Cardiac surgery I6 resident at Pitt @UPMC_CTSurgery. Currently postdoc at @regenbio Carnegie Mellon University #3DBioprinting
Joined May 2015
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The TSRA app is now available on iOS. No more carrying six thick textbooks — everything's on my phone now. Search any topic in clinic and pull up the chapter instantly.
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Podcast playlists for the drive in, Anki-style flashcards for indications & guidelines, and 1000 QBank questions with detailed explanations. It tracks your weak areas and recommends what to review next. More questions coming soon. 3/4
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We're CT surgery residents who built what we wished we had for board prep. I'm the one building this, so if anything breaks or you have ideas, shoot me a message: tsrawebapp@gmail.com 4/4
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23 Nov 2025
TSRA WebApp Update: We have added General Thoracic and Critical Care courses, consolidating textbook chapters, podcasts, and quizzes into one view.
tsraweb.com/
Premium Membership is $50/year. Join now to lock in this rate before the 2026 price increase. The upcoming Indications and Guidelines book will be included for members later this year.
#TSRA #ThoracicSurgery #MedEd
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Dr. Faaz Ashraf presents: Evaluation of 3D Bioprinted Pulsatile Conduits Engineered Using Human Stem-Cell Derived Cardiomyocytes in a Murine Model at #AATS2025
Seattle Convention Center | Summit, Room 443-444
Saturday 5/3/25 @ 12pm
@AATSHQ @HviUpmc @UPMCPhysicianEd @faazash
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Case report of 17-month old with presence of an Ebstein anomaly variant with apical displacement of anterior and inferior leaflets
🔗/📽️: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article…
@faazash @Irsa_Hasan @ChildrensPgh @AATSHQ
#JTCVS #Ebstein #EbsteinAnomaly #casereport
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#TechniquesTuesday: Surgeons at @ChildrensPgh published a case report on a 17-month-old female with Ebstein anomaly variant with anterior leaflet displacement. Read more in #JTCVS Techniques: doi.org/10.1016/j.xjtc.2024.…
@LFonsecaDaSilva @Irsa_Hasan @UPMC_CTSurgery
ALT Preoperative cardiac magnetic resonance imaging showing the giant right atrium.
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10 Nov 2024
Check out our low-cost simulation model to practice IMA harvest for MIDCAB/TECAB. Now part of the STS Robotics Workshop curriculum. Build yours for just ~$130 with step-by-step video instructions. doi.org/10.1177/155698452412…
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Affordable simulation model to practice internal mammary artery harvest serves as a valuable training tool for future cardiac surgeons
🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3947…
@faazash @LauraSeese_MD @Irsa_Hasan @Innovationsjour #CoronaryArteryBypass #MinimallyInvasive
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Exposure technique for the circumflex artery territory in robotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting
Click here for 📽️: annalscts.com/article/view/1…
@faazash @LauraSeese_MD @CatalinPToma @HviUpmc #AnnalsCTS #MinimallyInvasive #CABG
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Syed Faaz Ashraf, @LFonsecaDaSilva @ChildrensPgh et al found that the cone repair allows right ventricle rehabilitation with excellent tricuspid valve function following the Starnes procedure. The article is currently open to all in #JTCVS: doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024…
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Following the #Starnes procedure, the #Conerepair allows for the competency of the #tricuspidvalve and functionalization of the #rightventricle sustained at midterm follow-up
🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3918…
@faazash @LauraSeese_MD @AlsaiedTarek @ChildrensPgh @HviUpmc @AATSHQ #JTCVS
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28 Aug 2024
Recently Published! 📢
The Cone repair Allows Right Ventricle Rehabilitation with Excellent Tricuspid Valve Function Following the Starnes Procedure. @AlsaiedTarek @LauraSeese_MD
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3918…
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28 Jul 2024
Welcome to the new TSRA Executive Committee for 2024-2025!
@Hirji1987 @irbaz_hameed @Anna_Olds @R_Strobes @AlexNissen89 @chichidonguyen @faazash @jtkennedyiii @RohunBhagat @DavidBlitzer1 @JA_RobiMD @ Eliza Hompe @ Jay Patel
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30 Jun 2024
I had a great time while presenting our novel Light-Pipe FRESH 3D bioprinting technology to the scientific community at #TERMIS2024.
Many thanks to the organizers @nasimannabi and @cosgriffhernan, and also to my PI @RegenBio for the opportunity to share our research.
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10 May 2024
Sign up to be an author for our next publication "Indications and Guidelines in Cardiothoracic Surgery"! We are looking for a few more trainee/faculty author pairs.
More information: docs.google.com/document/d/1…
Chapter Sign-Ups: docs.google.com/spreadsheets…
Trainee authors must be in an ACGME cardiothoracic/general surgery program.
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