Our Team
With decades of experience, the surgeons at Western Cardiothoracic Surgeons are here to deliver the finest surgical care for our patients. In addition to our highly qualified medical team, you’ll interact with our caring and supportive staff from the moment your appointment is scheduled through your post-op follow up.
Daniel Eads, MD
A career in medicine isn’t likely what classmates would have predicted for Dr. Eads when he attended MIT to study electrical engineering. However, he found himself drawn to medicine by the overlapping skills of engineering and surgery: problem solving, overcoming unique challenges, and finding solutions that benefit people.
Dr. Eads received his MD from the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, Louisiana and his BS in Electrical Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is currently the Chair of Surgery at Banner Heart Hospital and Banner Heart Executive Committee Member-at-Large.
Originally from Louisiana, Dr. Eads was a champion powerlifter in high school and has been inducted into the Louisiana State High School Powerlifting Hall of Fame. In college he applied his engineering skills as part of a robotics group providing assistive wheelchair technologies for multiple sclerosis patients. Dr. Eads enjoyed living in South Carolina before moving to Arizona in 2018. In the desert, his hobbies have shifted from water activities to hiking, which he enjoys with his wife, who is also a surgeon.
Fadi Khoury, MD
Watching live surgeries on television was a favorite activity for Dr. Khoury as a child. These programs fascinated him and sparked his interest in becoming a surgeon. He quickly realized that cardiac surgery possessed a unique and special energy, and it was here that he found his calling.
Dr. Khoury received his medical degree from the George Washington University, School of Medicine after his BS in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his General Surgery Residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and then his Cardiothoracic Surgical fellowship at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Khoury also completed 2 additional years of fellowship training in Congenital/Pediatric Heart Surgery (Advocate Christ Hospital, Chicago, IL) and additional adult cardiac surgery focusing on aortic and valve surgery (Toronto General Hospital/University of Toronto). After completing his education in 2004, Dr. Khoury moved back to his home in Jordan with a broad practice including adult cardiac surgery, pediatric/congenital cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery, and vascular surgery.
Dr. Khoury relocated back to USA in 2013 at which time he pursued an additional fellowship in vascular surgery at the Arizona Heart Hospital emphasizing minimally invasive endovascular surgery. Thereafter, working in Phoenix, Dr. Khoury joined the Dignity Health Medical Group in Arizona in 2014. In 2017, he joined Western Cardiothoracic Surgeons. Dr. Khoury’s current expertise and practice includes adult cardiac surgery, general thoracic surgery, adult congenital heart surgery, vascular and endovascular surgery.
While overseas, Dr. Khoury was a founding member of the World Society of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery as well as an active member of the Gift of Life International charity organization. He performed congenital heart surgeries while in Jordan on underserved pediatric congenital heart disease patients from Palestinian refugee camps, West Bank and Gaza, Syria, and Iraq.
Darryl Stein, MD
Dr. Stein received his MD from the Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University in Chicago and his BS from the University of Notre Dame. He completed his General Surgery training at UCLA where he presented his research at national and international meetings. He then completed his Cardiothoracic fellowship at Boston University and congenital training at Boston Children's Hospital. During his residency and fellowship Dr. Stein trained under some of the most well-respected physicians in their fields.
Dr. Stein is a founding partner of Western Cardiothoracic Surgeons. He is affiliated with Banner Heart Hospital, Banner Desert Samaritan Medical Center and Mountain Vista Medical Center. Dr. Stein has held many positions at Banner Heart Hospital including Chief of Staff, Chief of Surgery and Ethics Committee Chair, voted on by the medical staff.
Having completed thousands of Aortic Valve Replacement and bypass procedures as well as founding the TAVR program at Banner Heart Hospital, Dr. Stein has been caring for patients in Arizona for more than 25 years.
Dr. Stein has been recognized as a Phoenix Magazine top doctor for multiple years. He was a recipient of the Guardian Award at Banner Heart Hospital for exhibiting the Guardian Virtues of wisdom, warmth, strength, integrity and gentleness.