Dr. Tibi received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Rochester, New York in Neurosciences and his Doctorate of Medicine from The University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  He is Board Certified in General and Cardiothoracic Surgery after completing both residencies at The University of Rochester.  

He began practice in Phoenix AZ and became Managing Partner of Phoenix Cardiac Surgery (PCS) and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Good Samaritan Medical Center in 1996 until 2007.  In 2007, he was recruited to start the open-heart program at Yavapai Regional Medical Center in Prescott, AZ and is currently Chief of the Medical Staff at YRMC.  Dr. Tibi has been involved in the development of numerous open heart programs throughout Arizona.

Dr. Tibi has had a long interest in Patient Blood Management (PBM – performing open heart surgery without the need for transfusions) and has developed PBM programs throughout hospitals in AZ.  He lectures both nationally and internationally on PBM and is a Past President of The Society for the Advancement of Blood Management and lead author of the 2021 STS/SCA/AmSECT/SABM Update to the Clinical Practice Guidelines on Patient Blood Management.