Our Surgeons

Kenneth A. Ashton, M.D.

SPECIALTY Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

INTERESTS Kenneth A. Ashton, M.D.
  • Off-pump (Beating Heart) coronary artery bypass grafting
  • Mitral valve repair
  • Aortic valve replacement
  • Mini (MAZE) procedure (for stand alone atrial fibrillation)
  • Minimally invasive valve surgery
  • Thorascopic procedures
  • Lung cancer
  • Esophogeal cancer

  • EDUCATION
  • University of Arizona, B.S., 1987
  • St. Louis University, M.D., 1991
  • University of Southern California, General Surgery Internship & Residency, 1997
  • University of Southern California, Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, 2000

  • BOARD CERTIFICATION
  • General Surgery, 1998
  • Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, 2001

  • HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES
  • Scottsdale Healthcare Shea, Osborn & Thompson Peak
  • John C. Lincoln North Mountain & Deer Valley
  • Banner Good Samaritan
  • Phoenix Baptist
  • Banner Thunderbird Samaritan
  • Banner Boswell
  • Arrowhead
  • Paradise Valley
  • Banner Estrella
  • St. Joseph's Medical Center
  • St. Luke's Medical Center
  • Arizona Regional Medical Center
  • West Valley Hospital
  • Flagstaff Regional