Heart and lung surgeon
Dr. Ghannam A. Al-Dossari is a heart and lung transplant surgeon with extensive experience in minimally invasive valve surgery, mechanical circulatory support and heart and lung transplantation. Al-Dossari, who joined UCSF Medical Center in March 2012, is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and American Board of Thoracic Surgery.
Born in Saudi Arabia, Al-Dossari earned a medical degree at King Saudi University medical school in 1988. After an internship, he emigrated to the U.S. and became a naturalized citizen. In 1994, he completed a four-year cardiovascular research fellowship at the University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic, and earned a master’s degree in surgery. He completed a general surgery residency at the University of Minnesota in 1999 and cardiothoracic surgery training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas in 2001. During that time, he completed extensive training in heart failure and minimally invasive valve surgery at the University of Minnesota and Cleveland Clinic. Prior to 2002, he was an attending cardiothoracic surgeon at King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and was instrumental in developing heart and lung and ventricular assist devices programs in Saudi Arabia. He is an associate professor of clinical surgery at UCSF.
Advanced Heart Failure Evaluation and Therapies Program
400 Parnassus Ave., Sixth Floor, Suite A-6110
San Francisco, CA 94143-0118
Phone: (415) 353-4145
Fax: (415) 353-4166
Hours: Thursday
8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Cardiothoracic Surgery
400 Parnassus Ave., Sixth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-1606
Fax: (415) 353-1312
Hours: Monday to Friday
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Heart Transplant Program
400 Parnassus Ave., Sixth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-4145
Fax: (415) 353-4166
Hours: Thursday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. (times vary depending on the number of doctors in clinic)
Lung Transplant Program
400 Parnassus Ave., Sixth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-4145
Fax: (415) 353-4166
Hours: Thursday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. (exact times vary depending on number of physicians in clinic)
King Saud University School of Medicine 1988
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Cardiovascular Surgery 1999
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Cardiothoracic Surgery 2001
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cardiac Surgery 2006
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