Bahaaldin Alsoufi, MD

Bahaaldin Alsoufi, M.D. is the Chief of the Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine and Director of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Norton Children’s Heart Institute.
Dr. Alsoufi joined our team in July 2018 coming from Atlanta, Georgia were he served as associate professor of surgery at Emory University and congenital cardiac surgeon at Children Healthcare of Atlanta. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery, American Board of Thoracic Surgery Congenital Cardiac Surgery subspecialty and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Cardiac Surgery Specialty.
Dr. Alsoufi specializes in all aspects of pediatric and adult congenital cardiac surgery with special interest in complex neonatal cardiac surgery, single ventricle palliation, pediatric valvular heart disease and heart transplantation. His research interests include mechanical circulatory support of the single ventricle, clinical outcome research including single ventricle palliation, neonatal surgery, pediatric valvular heart disease, and extracorporeal (ECMO) support. He is lead author or co-author on 150 peer-reviewed journal articles and has presented at more than 100 international, national, regional and institutional conferences.