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Firas Zahr, M.D.

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  • Director of Interventional Cardiology; Co-Director of Complex Heart Valve Program
  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, School of Medicine

Specialty

  • Cardiology
  • Vascular Medicine

Clinical focus

  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • General Cardiology
  • Heart Valve
  • Interventional Cardiology

Locations and contact

I see patients at

About me

I love to get to know the patients and families well so that I can provide appropriate care and meet their expectations. I believe that cardiologists in academic centers should able to deliver tomorrow’s therapy to our sick patients today with excellent outcomes. I am passionate about treating complex heart and valve disease patients with minimally invasive approach or without open heart surgery. In my leisure time, I enjoy spending time with my family experiencing the outdoors.

Languages spoken

  • Arabic
  • English
  • French

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • M.D., 2002, University of Damascus

  • Residency

    • Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Fellowship

    • Interventional Cardiology Structural Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.

  • Certifications

    • American Board of Internal Medicine, Interventional Cardiology (2012), Cardiovascular Disease (2011), Internal Medicine (2008)

Memberships and associations:

  • American College of Cardiology, Fellow
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Ratings and reviews

Overall: 4.8 out of 5 (67 Ratings, 26 Reviews)

The patient ratings score is an average of all responses to the question "How likely would you be to recommend this provider to your family and friends (on a scale of 0 to 10)" on our nationally-recognized NRC patient surveys.

  1. Going to OHSU, being a veteran, they take good care of me. I can't say enough good words about them to be honest with you. I mean, they're just great. And it's a learning hospital, so you always got somebody there that knows what you're talking about and what you're doing.

  2. They were really nice and they know what they're doing and I'd really like to see the doctor and I hope they'll continue like this.

  3. I did not get to spend much time with him,but I felt he was sincere and trustworthy

  4. Gave optimistic assessment of upcoming heartvavle procedure.

  5. All of the staff were very friendly and made me feel confident that they could help me and that I was going to be fine

  6. My experience was very knowledgeable. I felt at ease. I thought they explained everything to me so I could understand it. And I was satisfied with my connection that I had with the doctors. Thank you.

  7. Excellent. Knowledgeable and listened to me. Provided needed information.

  8. It was amazing. Everyone was kind, helpful and friendly. They truly seemed to care about my knowledge and comfort.

  9. Super friendly and relaxed in spending time with me. Thorough in explaining medical information. Sensitive to my feelings.

  10. He and the other doctor who were there were both very friendly, very compassionate, understanding, answered questions, just great people to talk to. They made you feel confident. They gave you good information that you could rely on, and I very much appreciated both of them. Thank you.

  11. Thank you.

  12. I had a very pleasant visit with the Dr. He explained everything and answered all questions my brother and I had.

  13. Excellent communication

  14. Very helpful in a stressful situation.

  15. He was thorough, patient, took all of my questions, did not seem hurried, very professional.

  16. Dr. Zahr is the best, he is always upbeat and positive when discussing the procedure I am having, the whole valve team I have been working with are awesome, I feel very fortunate to have the doctors dealing with my heart issues, and would recommend the OSHU team to anyone!

  17. Friendly. Feel like he had reviewed my medical tests; had several plans as to how to proceed to get into better health condition. He fully explained the plans so I understood. Answered all of my and my wife's questions. I felt like he was leaving choices up to me, as to how to proceed.

  18. It was a very good experience there. Everybody seemed to know what they were doing, and had a process set up and it went quickly.

  19. I just cannot thank you enough for everything. The peace of mind, the great news, the entire experience, and it means the world to me. Thank you.