Our Team

Dr. Hashmi graduated from Ross University School of Medicine and completed his General Surgery Residency at Western Reserve Care System. He then went on to complete a 2nd residency in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Allegheny General Hospital and a Thoracic Transplant Surgery Fellowship at Duke University, where he received advanced training in heart and lung transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. He joined VCU from Medical University of SC, where along with his team, he established and performed the 1st DCD Heart Transplant in South Carolina, the 1st DCD Lung Transplant in South Carolina, and the 1st Pediatric Lung Transplant in the southeast US in over a decade.

Before MUSC, he was at Baylor University Medical Center, where he focused on the preservation of hearts and lungs for transplantation. During his tenure at Baylor, Dr. Hashmi was the lead surgeon in Texas when the Dallas-based Organ Procurement Organization established a lung recovery program for marginal donor lungs.

The program is for the assessment and improvement of lung function prior to transplantation using normo-thermic preservation. Dr. Hashmi was also the first in Texas to preserve donor hearts in a cold fluid suspension device to provide physical and thermal protection in preparation for transplantation.

Prior to Baylor, Dr. Hashmi was a faculty member at Indiana University School of Medicine, where he helped build and grow their thoracic transplant program. He also served as the Director of the Thoracic Transplantation Fellowship Program.

Dr. Hashmi remains active in academics. Teaching and mentoring students, residents, and fellows. Actively pursuing his research interest in the transplant field with continuous publications and presentations. At VCU, he is working towards establishing a DCD Heart Transplant program, as well as establishing a Lung Transplant program for the Commonwealth of Virginia and beyond.