Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest
adult cardiac surgery, coronary artery disease, coronary artery bypass, cardiac valvular disease, surgery for atrial fibrillation, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR), mechanical circulatory support, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), lung cancer, lung nodules, pleural effusions, pneumothorax, lobectomies

Biography

Dr. Aaron Hoffman was born in Atlanta, GA and remained in the Southeast for his training and practice. He earned his medical degree from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC. Following his medical degree, Dr. Hoffman completed his General Surgery Residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His Thoracic Surgery Residency was completed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2014 after which time he joined Huntsville Cardiothoracic Surgeons/Heart Center, Inc. He worked there for 6 years until moving to Tuscaloosa, AL in May of 2020 to partner with UAB Health System and DCH to provide cardiac and thoracic surgical care to DCH and the Tuscaloosa area.

Education

B.S.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Biology, Chemistry

M.D.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Residency
University of Alabama at Birmingham
General Surgery

Fellowship
Wake Forest University
ECMO and Critical Care

Fellowship
Vanderbilt University 
Cardiothoracic Surgery

Contact

Address
West Alabama Cardiac Surgery
701 University Blvd East, Suite 807
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401

Phone
(205) 759-6873

Email
ahoffman@uabmc.edu