Ashraf A. Sabe
Experienced in Rheumatic Fever

Dr. Ashraf A. Sabe

Thoracic Surgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brigham And Women's Hospital, Heart And Vascular Center
70 Francis Street, Carl J. And Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center, 
Boston, MA 
Offers Telehealth
17 Years of Experience

Experienced in Rheumatic Fever
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Brigham And Women's Hospital, Heart And Vascular Center
70 Francis Street, Carl J. And Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center, 
Boston, MA 
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Overview

Ashraf A. Sabe, MD is board-certified in general and cardiothoracic surgery.  He is a cardiac surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital who specializes in advanced aortic, endovascular, and minimally invasive valve surgery.  He is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and serves as the director of the medical student clerkship and as associate program director for the residency in cardiac surgery. Dr. Sabe graduated Alpha Omega Alpha with a medical degree (MD) from Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, in Cleveland, OH.  He completed his general surgery residency and served as administrative chief resident at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA.  He completed his cardiothoracic surgery residency, serving as administrative chief resident, at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an advanced aortic and endovascular fellowship at Duke University.  He also completed an advanced minimally invasive valve fellowship at Leipzig Heart Institute, Germany. Dr. Sabe is the associate surgical director of the structural valve disease program at BWH.  He specializes in advanced aortic and endovascular surgery, minimally invasive surgery including transcatheter valve procedures, complex valve surgery, redo cardiac surgery and treatment of atrial fibrillation.

Dr. Sabe is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Rheumatic Fever. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Dissection, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 69 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
Case Western Reserve, 2005 - 2009, 2009
Residency
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, 2009 - 2016
Specialties
Thoracic Surgery
Licenses
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) in RI
Board Certifications
Surgery, General
Thoracic And Cardiac Surgery
Fellowships
Duke University, 2018 - 2019
Hospital Affiliations
Brigham And Women's Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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  • HMO
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  • PPO
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  • PPO
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Locations

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Heart and Vascular Center
70 Francis Street, Carl J. And Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center, Boston, MA 02115
Call: 617-732-7678

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Sabe has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Arrhythmias
Marfan Syndrome
Atrial Fibrillation
Pulmonary Embolism

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


1 Clinical Trials

A Prospective, Randomized, Active (Warfarin) Controlled, Parallel-arm Clinical Trial to Determine if Participants With an On-X Aortic Valve Can be Maintained Safely and Effectively on Apixaban
A Prospective, Randomized, Active (Warfarin) Controlled, Parallel-arm Clinical Trial to Determine if Participants With an On-X Aortic Valve Can be Maintained Safely and Effectively on Apixaban
Enrollment Status: Terminated
Publish Date: March 20, 2024
Intervention Type: Drug, Device
Study Drugs: Apixaban, Warfarin
Study Phase: Phase 3

68 Total Publications

Refined Myocardium Segmentation from CT Using a Hybrid-Fusion Transformer.
Refined Myocardium Segmentation from CT Using a Hybrid-Fusion Transformer.
Journal: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
Published: November 26, 2025
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    • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
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