More about Sabet W. Hashim, MD

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Yale Cardiothoracic Surgery is pleased Sabet Hashim, MD, has returned from private practice to rejoin Yale’s full time faculty as Director of Cardiac Valve Surgery.

During his twenty-five year affiliation with Yale School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital, Dr. Hashim has been involved in the initiation of a number of clinical cardiac programs including cardiac transplantation, mitral valve repair and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation. Dr. Hashim has developed techniques in minimally invasive valve surgery and is the leading expert in mitral valve repair in the State of Connecticut and one of the few in the country to repair ischemic mitral valves. He has extensive experience with bilateral mammary bypass grafting as well as complex cardiac valve operations.

Dr. Hashim's areas of clinical expertise also include:

• Surgery for atrial fibrillation, the Left Maze Procedure using radio frequency ablation
• Complex valve operations and combined procedures
• Tricuspid valve repair
• Re-operative coronary and valve surgery
• Bilateral mammary bypass grafting
• Mitral repair for ischemic mitral regurgitation

Dr. Hashim has developed or modified several surgical techniques that minimize or hide surgical incisions to achieve more favorable aesthetic results. For example, Dr. Hashim has used small submammary incisions for mitral valve repair (Click here for more). He also consistently uses a 3-inch lateral incision for the closure of Atrial Septal Defects (ASD).

Working with the newest technologies and procedures, Dr. Hashim's goal is to improve the quality of life of his patients in a competent and compassionate manner.

Brief Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Hashim has been practicing medicine since 1975. He completed his internship and residency at St. Luke's Hospital Medical Center in New York City, where he also served as Chief Resident of Surgery from 1978 to 1979. Following his training in cardiothoracic surgery at Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH), he remained in New Haven to join the Yale faculty.

From 1981 to 1986, Dr. Hashim served as Co-Director of Cardiac Transplantation at YNHH, was a cardiothoracic surgeon at the Veterans Administration Hospital in West Haven, Connecticut.

In 1986, Dr. Hashim went into private practice where he remained for twenty years until his return to Yale as Director of Cardiac Valve Surgery.

Links

The following articles offer additional information about Dr. Hashim and the specialized procedures he performs.

Associations

New Haven County Medical Association
Connecticut State Medical Society
American Medical Association
American Heart Association, Council on Cardiovascular Surgery
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
International Society Heart Transplantation

Oral Presentations

• MV Repair - Norwalk Hospital , 2002
• Trends in Cardiac Surgery, Greenwich Hospital 2002
• Valve Surgery, Presentation for Cardiothoracic Residents, 2003, 2005
• Progress or Gimmick in Cardiac Surgery Presentation for PA meeting at Mohegan Sun, 2001
• Roundtable on Atrial Fibrillation, American College of Surgery , CT Chapter, 2004

Publications

Hashim SW, Baue AE and Geha AS : The Role of Mediastinoscopy and Mediastinotomy in Lung Cancer. Clinics in Chest Medicine, 3 :353-359, 1982.

Kay H, Barash P, Geha A, Kopf G, Hashim SW and Kopriva C: A Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Blind Study of Parenteral Nitroglycerin During Open Heart Operations. Surg Forum, 33 :251-253, 1982.

Barash PG, Seinfeld F, Kay H, Condos SG, Hashim SW, Tinker J, and Geha AS: RPP: May it RIP. Anesthesiology, 57:A22, 1982

Stavens, B, Hashim SW, Hammond GL, Stansel HC, Gatehouse J, Kopf GS, and Geha AS : Optimal Methods of Repair of Descending Thoracic Aortic Disruptions and Aneurysm. Am J Surg, 147:508-513, 1983.

Hashim SW, Kay HR, Hammond GL, Kopf GS and Geha AS : Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema following Cardiopulmonary Bypass: An Anaphylactic Reaction to Fresh Frozen Plasma. Am J Surg, 147:560-564, 1984. Chosen as original paper for the Year Book of Surgery, 1984.

Geha , AS , Francis CK, Hammond GL, Laks H, Kopf GS and Hashim SW: Combined Valve Replacement and Myocardial Revascularization. J Vasc Surg, 1:27-35, 1984.

Hashim SW, Hammond GL, Condos S, Kopf GS and Geha AS : A Safer Method of Cardioplegia Delivery in Aortic Valve Surgery. Surg Forum Vol. XXXV: 286-287, 1984.

Breisblatt WM, Berger RB, Cabin HS, Cleman MW, Cerqueira MD, Neumann RD, Ezekowitz MD, Hashim SW, and Berger HJ: Unsuspected Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm in a Patient with Coronary Artery Disease. Am J Roent, 142:680-682, 1984.

Geha , AS , Hashim SW, Kopf GS and Hammond GL: Early and Late Results of Combined Valve Replacement and Myocardial Revascularization: The Problem of Severe Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation. Chest, 86:292, 1984.

Hashim SW: Safe Technique for Aortic Anastomosis in Orthotopic Canine Cardiac Transplantation. Ann Thorac Surg Vol. 39:389-390, 1985.

Gertler J, Elefteriades JA, Kopf GS, Hammond GL, Hashim SW and Geha AS : Predictors of Outcome following Early and Delayed Pevascularization for Acute Myocardial Infarction. Am J Surg., 149: 441-444, 1985.

Kopf GS, Hume AL , Durkin MA, Hammond GL, Hashim SW and Geha AS : Measurement of Central Somatosensory Conduction Time in Patients Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass: An Index of Neurological Function. Am J Surg, 149:445-448, 1985.

Zaher R, Breisblatt W, Hashim SW, Kleinman C, Langou R: Isolated Right Atrial Tamponade by Serous Fluid Simulating Tricuspid Stenosis. Am J Med, 79:531-534, 1985.

Morse SS, Strauss ED, Hashim SW, Greenwood CH, Denny DF, and Sniderman KW: Percutaneous Retrieval of an Unusually Large Nonopaque Intravascular Foreign Body. Am J Radiol, 146: 863-864, April, 1986.

Hammond GL, Geha AS , Kopf GS, Hashim SW: Biological Versus Mechanical Valves: Analysis of 1,116 valves inserted in 1,012 adult patients with a 4, 818 patient-year and a 5,327 valve year follow up. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 93:182-198, 1987.

Kopf GS, Hammond GL, Geha AS, Elefteriades JE, and Hashim SW: Long Term Performance of St. Jude Medical Valve: Low Incidence of Thromboembolism and Hemorrhagic Complications with Modest Doses of Warfarin. Circulation 76 (Suppl. III) : III/132 III/136, 1987.

Rafferty TD, Hasel R, Tousignant G, Woodruff A, Braxton JH, Hashim SW: Video J. Echocardiography 1996; 6(3); 33-60

Passik CS, Hashim SW: Right Ventricular Failure. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 62: 630, 1996.

Jovin A, Hashim S, Jovin IS, Clancy JF, Klovekorn WP, Muller-Berghaus G: Atrial Fibrillation at Discharge from the Hospital in Patients Undergoing Mitral Valve Repair. Thorac Cardiovas Surg, 53: 41-45, 2005.

Oprea D, Memet R, Jovin A, Duggal M, Collazo S, Jovin IS, Hashim SW, Clancy JF:
Anticoagulation at Discharge After Mitral Valve Repair and Long-Term Mortality (Abstract).
Circulation 2006 (In press).

Kurup V, Perrino A, Barash P, Hashim SW:  Echo Rounds:  Infundibular Pulmonary Stenosis.
(Anes Analg accepted for Publication).