Mubashir Ahmed Mumtaz MD FACS, FACC

Adult Cardiac Surgery, Aortic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

Co-Director Structural Heart Director Heart Valve Program UPMC Harrisburg

Summary

Dr. Mubashir Mumtaz is a thoracic surgeon based in Harrisburg, PA, specializing in adult cardiac surgery, aortic surgery, and minimally invasive cardiac and thoracic surgeries. He completed his residency in surgery at the University of Connecticut and pursued multiple fellowships in thoracic surgery, including at Montefiore Medical Center and the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Mumtaz serves as the Co-Director of the Structural Heart program and Director at UPMC Harrisburg. He is experienced in valvular heart disease and aortic surgery and has contributed to several publications on cardiac procedures. He has been involved in clinical trials such as the MitraClip REPAIR MR Study and the Edwards PASCAL Transcatheter Valve Repair System trial. His accolades include the Physician of the Year award from Central Penn Parent Magazine in 2017.

Adult cardiac surgery, Valvular heart disease, Aortic surgery, Minimally invasive cardiac surgery

Cleveland ClinicPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2003 - 2005
Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical CenterFellowship, Thoracic Surgery - Independent, 2002 - 2003
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of MedicineFellowship, Thoracic Surgery - Independent, 2001 - 2002
University of ConnecticutResidency, Surgery, 1996 - 2001
Aga Khan Medical CollegeClass of 1994

First place Connecticut Chapter of ACS Cine Competition Connecticut chapter American College of Surgeons
Howard Levine MD Science Award (third place) Univ. of Connecticut
Health Care Heroes Physician of the Year Central Penn Parent Magazine, 2017

PubMed

1 citations
CLASP IID Trial and Registry: 2-Year Outcomes of Transcatheter Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation.
Raj Makkar, Firas Zahr, Tarun Chakravarty, Scott Chadderdon, Moody Makar
JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2025-10-13
1 citations
Dual Epicardial and Endocardial Procedure (DEEP) for Persistent or Longstanding Persistent Atrial Fibrillation.
Kenneth A Ellenbogen, Ali Khoynezhad, Mark La Meir, Carlo de Asmundis, Jayanthi N Koneru
Circulation. Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 2025-10-01
2 citations
Prevention of Bilateral Coronary Obstruction During Valve-In-Valve TAVR With a Self-Expanding Valve: The BABICORN Procedure.
Ahmed Ghoneem, Mubashir Mumtaz, Arun Kanmanthareddy, Hemal Gada
JACC. Case Reports. 2025-08-20

Journal Articles

Original Investigation Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement or Surgical Valve Replacement in High-Risk Patients: 5-Year Outcomes
G Michael Deeb, Steven J Yakubov, Joon S Lee, Thomas G Gleason, William Merhi, George Petrossian, G Chad Hughes, David H Adams, Neal S Kleiman, Jeffrey J Popma, Mubash..., ScienceDirect
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf ?
Mumtaz, Gada, Mac, Reardon, j Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 3/7/2017
Health Status After Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis at Increased Surgical Risk: Results from the CoreValve ...
Arnold SV, Reynolds MR, Wang K, Magnuson EA, Baron SJ, Chinnakondepalli KM, Reardon MJ, Tadros PN, Zorn, GL, Maini B, Mumtaz MA, Brown JM, Kipperman RM, Adams DH, Popm..., JACC Cardiovasc Interv, 1/1/2015

Abstracts/Posters

The COMMENCE FDA Clinical Trial: A Benchmark for Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement in Low Risk Patients.
John D Puskas, Joseph E Bavaria, Lars G Svensson, Eugene H Blackstone, James S Gammie, David A Heimansohn, Jerzy Sadowski, Douglas R Johnston, Leonard N Leonard N. Gir..., AATS, 1/1/2016
Improvement in Quality of Life in Patients With Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation at Prohibitive Surgical Risk Following Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair with the Mit...
Brij Maini, O'Hara Haley, Mubashir Mumtaz, Gregg W Stone, J Am Coll Cardiol; TCT, 1/17/2015
Symptomatic Improvement with Mitraclip Therapy for Prohibitively High-Risk DMR Patients.
Brij Maini, O'Hara Haley, Mubashir Mumtaz, Gregg W Stone, J Am Coll Cardiol; TCT, 1/17/2015

Lectures

Hemodynamic Outcomes and Predictors of Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch After Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients: Results from the Evol...
CRF Transcatheter Valve Therapy (TVT) - Structural Heart Disease Summit - Chicago, IL - 6/14/2019
Late-Breaking Clinical Science: Practice-Changing Data: Hemodynamic Outcomes and Predictors of Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch After Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic Valve...
TVT Chicago 2019 - 6/14/2019
Minimally invasive approach to thoracic sympathectomy
New Britain General Hospital - 1/1/2001

Other