Firas Zahr

Dr Firas Zahr is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Oregon Health and Science University. At the same institution, he is the Director of Interventional Cardiology and Co-Director of the Structural Heart Disease program.

Dr Zahr earned his MD from the University of Damascus in 2002 and has been in practice for more than 20 years. He further specialised with an Interventional Cardiology Structural Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, and his research focuses on cardiac catheterization, transcatheter valve therapies and interventional cardiology. Alongside his investigations, Dr Zahr has written over a hundred publications in peer reviewed journals focusing on valvular heart disease management.