Hernan Bazan, MD, DFSVS, FACS

John Ochsner Endowed Professor in Innovation for the Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute
Professor of Surgery, Section of Vascular/Endovascular Surgery
Program Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship

Ochsner Clinic
1514 Jefferson Highway
New Orleans LA 70121504-842-4076 | hbazan@ochsner.org

Current Appointments

• Endowed John Ochsner Cardiovascular Innovation Scholar
• Professor, Section of Vascular/Endovascular Surgery
• Program Director, Vascular/Endovascular Surgery Fellowship Program
• Society for Vascular Surgery Foundation Development Committee
• Dept. of Surgery Program Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship
• Chair, Physician Research Steering Committee, Ochsner Clinic
• Chair, Physician Research Council

Education and Training

• 2005 – 2007 Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT Yale University School of Medicine Department of Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery
• 2000 – 2005 The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY Department of Surgery, General Surgery Residency Program
• 2000 Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC; Doctor of Medicine, MD
• 1996 – 1998 Howard Hughes Medical Institute - National Institutes of Health, Research Scholar
• 1990 – 1994 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; College of Arts and Sciences, BS

Research Interests

• Atherosclerotic plaque instability
• Carotid artery disease
• Molecular basis of atherosclerosis
• Inflammation in atherosclerosis
• Aortic Aneurysms
• Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)

Current Funding and Entrepreneurial Activities

• He is the co-PI of a current NIH NINDS commercialization grant, co-inventor of 5 patents and the co-founder two life science/biopharma companies.

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