Overview

Dr Muath Bishawi completed his BS in Biochemistry with honors, Masters of public health and evaluative sciences, and medical School with distinction at Stony Brook University in New York. He completed his cardiothoracic surgical residency and PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University. His clinical expertise are in general adult cardiac surgery including coronary bypass and valvular surgery, with particular focus on heart and lung transplantation, mechanical support, and low ejection fraction complex adult cardiac procedures.

In addition to his clinical practice, Dr Bishawi has a dual appointment as assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering at Emory/Georgia Tech. He is deeply engaged in surgical research focused on device technologies, and basic and translational research in thoracic end stage disease and transplantation, securing funding from NIH, NASA, and industry. He has published over 100 peer reviewed manuscripts and has an H index of 27. He is a reviewer for multiple cardiac surgery journals, and part of the editorial board for the Journal of Cardiac Failure. He has secured multiple patents, and launched a medical device company that successfully raised private equity funding and currently in the FDA regulatory process.

Academic Appointment

• Assistant Professor, Emory University School of Medicine