Dr. Afifi was named Doctor of the Year by the 100 Registry and a Vegas Top Doctor by the Vegas Health Care Magazine.
LAS VEGAS, NV, January 11, 2023 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Dr. Hazem Y. Afifi, FACS, has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Prior to embarking on his professional journey, Dr. Afifi earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Siena College and a Doctor of Medicine from Albany Medical College in 1991. He completed his residency in General Surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital Cornell Medical Center finishing in 1996. He subsequently pursued a fellowship in Cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Rochester till 1999. Well-qualified in his field, he is certified to perform surgery by the American Board of Surgery and to perform thoracic and cardiac surgery with the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and has successfully received board recertification in each specialty every ten years.
Among his professional accomplishments, Dr. Afifi was named Doctor of the Year by the 100 Registry and a Vegas Top Doctor by the Vegas Health Care Magazine. He was recognized in the National Top Doctors for Cardiovascular five years in a row as well. He has been a fellow/ member of the American College of Surgeons and the Society Thoracic Surgeons. Additionally, he is a member of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery.
Leveraging more than three decades of excellence in Cardiothoracic and Vascular surgery, Dr. Afifi has earned distinction as a leading physician in his specialty in the Las Vegas, Nevada area. In this capacity, he has been a physician with Las Vegas Cardiovascular Surgery Specialists and has practiced in his specialty since 1999. He specializes in all forms of cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery. He has a strong interest in valvular heart disease, minimally invasive techniques for valves, and atrial fibrillation surgery as well as thoracic aortic aneurysms. He has pursued minimally invasive procedures in thoracic surgery for both benign and malignant disease. He performs all forms of vascular surgery from routine carotid and peripheral bypass surgery to complex open aortic surgery and endovascular aortic surgery for complex aortic aneurysms. He also performs a large number of dialysis access procedures for patients with chronic renal failure. His goals are always to achieve the best possible results with shortest recovery and fewest complications/ readmissions.
Dr. Afifi is proud to be among surgeons in the Las Vegas area who have been able to provide care to the sickest of patients in all aspects of highly complex diseases in cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery enabling them to obtain their care locally without need to seek treatment in tertiary out of state centers. He aspires to provide stellar care for a wider breadth of high risk patients in the Las Vegas area who are unable to secure care elsewhere.
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