Hernan A. Bazan, MD

Undergraduate: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (1994)

Research Fellowship: Howard Hughes Medical Institute-National Institues of Health (HHMI_NIH) Research Scholars Program (1996-1998)

Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington DC (2000)

Residency:  General Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY (2000-2005)

Fellowship:  Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven CT (2005-2007)

Dr. Hernan Bazan is a practicing vascular and endovascular surgeon. He sees patients at 2820 Napoleon Ave/Baptist Clinics and cares for patients at Touro Infirmary and Children's Hospital in Uptown New Orleans and University Hospital.   He recently joined the academic medicine practice at LSUHSC and is the medical student surgery clerkship Director. 

A native of Argentina, Dr Bazan grew up in New Orleans. He spent two years as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Research Scholar at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and graduated from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2000. He trained in general surgery under Dr Larry Hollier at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and completed a vascular surgery fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine/Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Dr. Bazan was certified by the American Board of Surgery in 2006 in General Surgery and in Vascular Surgery in 2008. He is also a member of the medical honor society Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, and the Yale Surgical Society. At the NIH, he was awarded the HHMI Continuing Medical Studies Award.   During his surgical residency at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, Dr Bazan was awarded the Arthur H. Aufses, Sr Prize in Surgery and multiple teaching awards by medical students and fellow surgical residents. 

A dedicated teacher, he is the medical student Surgery Clerkship Director.  Dr. Bazan's research interests lie in carotid artery disease and the identification of novel factors that will predict vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques.