Eric T. Choi, MD, FACS

Clinical Interests

• Open and endovascular interventions for thoracic and abdominal aortic diseases
• Carotid artery disease
• Critical limb ischemia of the legs

Research Interests

• Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) dedifferentiation and anastomotic neointimal hyperplasia (NH) and its relevance to atherosclerosis and early arteriovenous fistula failure in metabolic disease
• Chronic kidney disease (CKD) CKD-atherosclerosis mouse model by performing the 5/6 neophrectomy and left common carotid ligation procedures in apoE-/- mice, which develops NH resembles CKD-atherosclerosis in human CKD
• Molecular biology
• Immunological/cellular biology
• Pathophysiological approaches
• Microsurgery models, transgenic and gene knock-out mice

Education

• MD, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine Chicago, IL

Training

• Fellowship, Vascular Surgery, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
• Fellowship (Research), Vascular Surgery, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
• Residency, General Surgery, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO

Board Certification

• General Surgery
• Vascular Surgery

Memberships

• American Association for Vascular Surgery

Awards and Honors

• Top Doctors, Vascular Surgery, Philadelphia magazine, 2012-2019