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
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