Baptist Health Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute has named board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon Mehrdad Ghoreishi, M.D., co-director of aortic surgery and medical director of cardiac surgery research.

Prior to joining Baptist Health, Dr. Ghoreishi was co-director for the Center for Aortic Disease at the University of Maryland Medical System and associate professor of cardiac surgery.

Dr. Ghoreishi earned his medical degree and completed a general surgery residency at Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran. After finishing his general surgery training, he joined the Cardiac Surgery Research Fellowship Program at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He was successfully matched in the Integrated Cardiothoracic Surgery residency program at this university and was the first immigrant in the U.S. to get matched in this competitive training track. He served as chief resident during his cardiothoracic surgery residency and was awarded the American Association for Thoracic Surgery Denton A. Cooley Fellowship.