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Dr. Ashraf A. Sabe, M.D.

Cardiothoracic Surgery (Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician)

  • Medicare participating

At a glance

Years since graduation
17
In the NPI registry since
2009
Medicare patients seen, 2024
267

The NPI date is when this clinician registered for a National Provider Identifier, the billing number used on health claims. It is not a license, graduation or board-certification date. What an NPI is

Education and training

  • 2009Medical school: Clvlnd Clinic Lerner College of Med of Case Wstn Rsv University
  • 2009Registered with an NPI (national billing number; not a license date)

Undergraduate school, residency, fellowship, licensing exams and board certification aren’t in public federal data. Board certification can be confirmed with the certifying board (ABMS member boards for MDs, AOA boards for DOs).

Specialties and state licenses

  • Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician primary
    RI license MD18541 · MA license 253893

As reported to the NPI registry. To confirm a license is current, check the state medical board.

Map: Cardiothoracic Surgery per capita by county →

Where they work

Hospitals

Medical groups

Hospitals this clinician lists with Medicare, and groups they bill Medicare through (Care Compare). Affiliation doesn’t mean they see patients at every location.

Medicare patients and services

Medicare patients, 2024
267
Services billed
504
Patients’ average age
75
Most frequent Medicare services, 2023
ServiceTimesPatients
New patient office or other outpatient visit, 45-59 minutes167167
Replacement of aortic valve through the skin and femoral artery7474
Replacement of aortic valve on heart-lung machine3030
Harvest of vein using an endoscope2929
Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 10-19 minutes2524
Coronary artery bypass using artery graft, 1 graft2121
Telephone medical discussion with physician, 11-20 minutes1716
Established patient office or other outpatient visit, 30-39 minutes1616
Repair of mitral valve through the skin, initial prosthesis1515
Replacement of mitral valve on heart-lung machine1313

Medicare fee-for-service only. CMS leaves out services billed for fewer than 11 patients. These figures describe a practice’s Medicare work; they aren’t a measure of quality.

Payments from drug and device companies

In 2025, 5 companies reported 22 payments worth $4,929 in total to this clinician.

By type
Travel and Lodging$2,764
Food and Beverage$1,165
Consulting Fee$1,000

What the payments were for

Largest payments other than meals
DateCompanyWhat it was forAmount
Dec 29, 2025Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
Dec 29, 2025
Travel and Lodging
MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve · Pericardial Heart Valves · travel to New York, NY · in-kind
$1,292
Nov 6, 2025Medtronic, Inc.
Nov 6, 2025
Consulting Fee$1,000
Oct 13, 2025Abbott Laboratories
Oct 13, 2025
Travel and Lodging
TENDYNE · Structural Heart · travel to Minnetonka, MN · in-kind
$952
Nov 20, 2025Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
Nov 20, 2025
Travel and Lodging
travel to Manhattan, NY · in-kind
$187
Dec 10, 2025Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
Dec 10, 2025
Travel and Lodging
travel to Manhattan, NY · in-kind
$140
Dec 12, 2025Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
Dec 12, 2025
Travel and Lodging
travel to Manhattan, NY · in-kind
$121
Dec 16, 2025Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
Dec 16, 2025
Travel and Lodging
MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve · Pericardial Heart Valves · travel to New York, NY · in-kind
$31.70
Dec 16, 2025Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
Dec 16, 2025
Travel and Lodging
MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve · Pericardial Heart Valves · travel to New York, NY · in-kind
$30.96
Oct 13, 2025Abbott Laboratories
Oct 13, 2025
Travel and Lodging
TENDYNE · Structural Heart · travel to Minnetonka, MN · in-kind
$9.02

Each payment as the company reported it, with the products it named. Meals are counted in the totals above but not listed one by one.

From CMS Open Payments. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing; many are for consulting, teaching or meals. Clinicians can review and dispute their records with CMS.

Who received the most in Rhode Island →

Industry-funded research

Named as a principal investigator on 2 industry-funded studies in 2025, from 2 companies. The companies reported $10,522 in research payments for these studies, mostly to the institutions running them.

From CMS Open Payments research payments, where companies name up to five principal investigators per payment. Research payments usually go to hospitals, universities and research sites, not to the investigator personally. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.

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Sources

NPI registry (CMS NPPES, November 2026; record last updated September 30, 2024), Medicare Care Compare, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), Medicare Part D Prescribers (2024) and Open Payments (2025). Information is self-reported or billed data and may be out of date; call before visiting.

NPI 1093942815. Official NPI registry record (opens in a new tab). Clinicians can correct their information in NPPES; changes appear here after our next monthly update.