Heart & Vascular Institute

Albert D Sam, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Chief, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Clinical Specialty Area: Vascular Surgery
Clinic Location: Tulane University Hospital Clinic, 1415 Tulane Ave
TUHVI West Bank Clinic

Clinic Appointments:
Downtown: 504-988-6113
West Bank: 504-378-5080




Certifications:
Diplomat, American Board of Vascular Medicine, 2005
Certificate of Special Qualifications, Vascular Surgery, 2004
Diplomat, American Board of Surgery, 2002
National Board of Medical Examiners, 1997

Background:
Dr Sam is an Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery and the Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the Tulane Heart and Vascular Institute. A native of New Orleans, LA who attended Brother Martin High School, he graduated Magna Cum Laude from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga. After graduating from the Duke University School of Medicine, he completed a general surgery residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). At UIC Dr. Sam received a Master of Science degree in Surgery from the UIC graduate college where his thesis directly resulted in a new drug use patent for the treatment of sepsis.

After completing a fellowship in vascular and endovascular Surgery at the Feinberg Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago, he joined the Vascular Specialty Center in 2003 where he served as the Chief of Vascular Surgery at the Baton Rouge General Hospital from 2007-2012. In addition to becoming one of the first physicians nationally to be board certified in general surgery, vascular surgery, and endovascular medicine; while there, he served as principle investigator for several national and international vascular clinical trials including the largest and only NIH sponsored stroke prevention trial (CREST) - whose results have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine. In 2010 he received an executive Master of Medical Management degree from Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine - department of Health Systems Management.

Authoring more than 30 manuscripts in both local and national scientific journals, his clinical, research and advocacy efforts resulted in his appointment as a national spokesperson for the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

Dr. Sam has received numerous awards including selection by the Baton Rouge Business Report as a "40 under 40" award recipient in 2006. He is a graduate of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber leadership program and serves on the Board of Directors for the Louisiana State Board of Regents, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF), the River City Jazz coalition of the Arts Council, and WRKF (NPR).

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