Health Provider Biography

Edward B. Diethrich, MD

Cardiovascular Surgeon
Medical Director and Founder
Arizona Heart Institute and Arizona Heart Hospital

Dr. Edward B. Diethrich, an internationally renowned cardiovascular surgeon who has practiced for more than 40 years, is regarded as one of the world's pioneers in heart disease diagnosis and innovative cardiovascular and endovascular treatments. In 1971, Dr. Diethrich founded Arizona Heart Institute and Foundation, the nation's first freestanding outpatient clinic devoted solely to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart and blood vessel disease.

Dr. Diethrich is the Medical Director and Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at Arizona Heart Institute and Arizona Heart Hospital where he performs state-of-the art cardiovascular and endovascular procedures using the latest devices, many of which he helped design and test in clinical trials.

Dr. Diethrich's professional accomplishments are diverse and include the development of the sternal saw used for open chest surgery and the establishment of the nation's first outpatient cardiac catheterization laboratory. An advocate for patient education, Dr. Diethrich appears weekly on a television news program answering call-in questions and is interviewed frequently by the media.

A graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School, Dr. Diethrich did his surgical residency training at St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital and University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. After completing a two-year thoracic and cardiovascular surgery residency at Baylor College of Medicine under the tutelage of famed heart surgeon, Dr. Michael E. DeBakey and Dr. Denton Cooley, he remained at Baylor as assistant professor in surgery for six years.

Dr. Diethrich is board certified in general, thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, and is a fellow of the American Colleges of Angioplasty, Cardiology, Surgery, Chest Physicians and the International College of Angioplasty. He is a member of numerous societies such as the Michael E. DeBakey International Cardiovascular Society, the Denton A. Cooley Cardiovascular Surgical Society, Society of Academic Surgeons, and is Council on Cardiovascular Disease for the American Heart Association. He is also a past president and current chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists. An active member of the interventional medicine community, he belongs to more than 25 organizations, has received numerous awards and has authored several books and hundreds of scientific articles.

He lectures and operates worldwide teaching many of the procedures developed at Arizona Heart Institute. He provides consultation and second opinion services in addition to his operative work in all areas of cardiovascular surgery and intervention. Dr. Diethrich is an enthusiastic educator and an advanced scientific researcher. He is the Scientific Director of the new Arizona Heart Institute Translational Research Center. In that capacity, he guides the organization's investigative progress and assures that Arizona Heart Institute and Arizona Heart Hospital will always be on the cutting edge of cardiovascular scientific innovations, advanced patient care and human applications.

Location:
Arizona Heart Institute
2632 N. 20th Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85006
Telephone: (602) 266-2200
Fax: (602) 240-6161
Hospital Participation:
Arizona Heart Hospital