M. Ashraf Mansour, MD
#36: 2012-2013
Dr. Mansour is Professor of Surgery, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, and Academic Chair of the Spectrum Health Medical Group. He is also the Interim Chair of the Department of Surgery West at MSU Grand Rapids, and the Program Director for the Vascular Surgery Fellowship and Residency. He served on the Board of Directors of the Spectrum Health Medical Group, the largest multispecialty group in West Michigan.
He was born in Cairo, Egypt. He was educated by French Jesuits at the College de la Sainte Famille and graduated from Cairo University School of Medicine. After internship, he came to Michigan to work as a research associate in Hematology at MSU and William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak. He started his general surgery residency training in 1984 at the University of Colorado where he remained on the faculty as an Instructor of Surgery. He was an attending surgeon at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver General Hospital and the Denver Veterans Administration Medical Center. Then he served in the United States Army assigned to Ft. Benning, Georgia. After his tour of duty as a Major in the Medical Corps, he completed his vascular surgery fellowship training at Southern Illinois University under Dr. David Sumner, the chief of Vascular Surgery at SIU.
After completing his vascular fellowship, Dr. Mansour was named Assistant Professor of Surgery at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood, Illinois. In addition to being a busy clinician and starting the endovascular program, he directed the General Surgery training program at Loyola and collaborated in basic and clinical research in the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Division, headed by Dr. William Baker. He rose to the rank of Associate Professor of Surgery at Loyola. Dr. Mansour was recruited to Grand Rapids, Michigan to join a busy clinical practice and start a Vascular Surgery training program. The fellowship was started in 2003 and in 2011; an integrated vascular residency took its first trainee. He was named Professor of Surgery at MSU and Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery at Spectrum Health Butterworth. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Vascular Disease Foundation. He served on the ICAVL Board of Directors and the Executive Councils of several professional societies including the Midwest Surgical, Michigan Vascular, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery and Western Surgical. He co-edited the Vascular Diagnosis textbook. He has contributed over 110 original articles in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters. He received many honors and awards including election to Alpha Omega Alpha, teacher of the year and several first place papers and posters.
Dr. Mansour enjoys the company of his partners, friends and trainees. He looks forward to time spent with his family and loved ones. He loves to travel, ski, golf, tennis and participate in outdoor activities.
