AB Thoracic Surgery - Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery

Allegheny Clinic

Allegheny General Hospital

Forbes Hospital

West Penn Hospital

Wexford Hospital

Medical Doctor - MD

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Surgery

Aortic Root Repair/Replacement Surgery

Aortic Valve Repair/Replacement Surgery

Aorto-Iliac Surgery

Ascending Aortic Aneurysm

Atrial Fibrillation Surgery

Atrial Septal Defect Surgery

Bronchoscopy / Video Assisted Thoroscopy

Cardiogenic Shock Surgery (ECMO)

Carotid Endarterectomy Surgery

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Surgery

Femoral Artery Surgery

Left Ventricular Aneurysm Surgery

Mitral Valve Repair/Replacement Surgery

Peripheral Vascular Surgery

Redo Aortic Valve Repair/Replacement Surgery

Redo coronary artery bypass surgery

Redo Mitral Valve Repair/Replacement Surgery

Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Surgery

Thromboendarterectomy

Transcatheter Aortic valve replacement (TAVR) surgery

Tricuspid valve repair/replacement surgery

Vascular Bypass Surgery, Aortofemoral Bypass, Femoral-Popliteal Bypass

Arabic

French

Hazem El-Khatib, MD

Hazem El-Khatib, MD, is an accomplished cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon with AHN Cardiovascular Institute and Director of Cardiac Surgery at AHN Forbes Hospital, with extensive expertise in treating patients with coronary artery and vascular heart disease. He is skilled at coronary artery bypass graft surgery, aortic surgery, minimally invasive heart surgery, and surgical procedures of the arteries, veins, chest, and lungs. Dr. El-Khatib also has extensive knowledge and expertise in structural heart disease, ventricular assist devices (VAD), heart valve reconstruction, repair and replacement, including transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) therapy.

He went to medical school at American University of Beirut School of Medicine in Beirut, Lebanon. He did his residency at Medical College of Ohio in Toledo, Ohio and completed his fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa.

Dr. El-Khatib is certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and is affiliated with the American Board of Thoracic Surgeons and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. He is also fluent in both French and Arabic and welcomes patients age 18 and older.