Awards

Benjamin Wang, B.S., received the Sherilyn Gordon Memorial Travel Award from the American Society of Transplant Surgeons.

Announcements

Deborah Farr, M.D., received an investigational device exemption from the FDA for her proposal, “Safety and Feasibility of Robotic Single-Port Nipple Sparing Mastectomy: A Single Institution, Single Arm Pilot Trial.”

Melissa Kirkwood, M.D., was a panelist for the “rapid fire session” at the annual meeting of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery on January 21, 2022

Presentations

Khalil Chamseddin, M.D.

(Coauthors: Guardiola GG, Scott CK, Colon JP, Driessen AL, Pavarino FA, Gonzalez MS, Baig MS, Kirkwood ML, Timaran CH)

Transthoracic Embolization of a Persistent Endoleak After Aortic Debranching and Zone 0 Tevar

Annual meeting, Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Society

January 28, 2022  Snowmass, Colorado

Jesus Porras Colon, M.D.

(Coauthors: Scott CK, Driessen AL, Chamseddin KH, Gonzalez MS, Pavarino FL, Baig MS, Timaran CH)

Endovascular Aortic Arch Repair With Physician Modified Endograft (PMEG) Device

Annual meeting, Southern Association for Vascular Surgery

January 22, 2022  Manalapan, Florida

(Coauthors: Scott CK, Gonzalez MS, Pavarino FL, Baig MS, Kirkwood ML, Timaran CH)

Accuracy and Utility of Intraoperative Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) After Complex Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Annual meeting, Southern Association for Vascular Surgery

January 20, 2022  Manalapan, Florida

(Coauthors: Scott CK, Umana AP, Driessen AL, Miller T, Timaran CH, Modrall JG, Tsai S, Kirkwood ML, Ramanan B)

Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease and End Stage Renal Disease on Outcomes After Complex Endovascular and Open Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Annual meeting, Southern Association for Vascular Surgery

January 21, 2022  Manalapan, Florida

(Coauthors: Chamseddin KH, Scott CK, Pavarino FL, Gonzalez MS, Baig MS, Timaran CH)

Midterm Results After Endovascular Repair of Complex Aortic Aneurysms Using Inverted Limb Bifurcated Devices

Annual meeting, Southern Association for Vascular Surgery

January 21, 2022  Manalapan, Florida

Sergio Huerta, M.D.

Current Predictors of Mortality in Veteran Patients Undergoing Major Lower Extremity Amputations: Risks Factors Have Not Changed, Mortality Remains High

[Plus slides on The NYC Marathon]

Anesthesia grand rounds, VA North Texas Health Care System

January 5, 2022  Dallas, Texas (virtual)

Non-Operative Management for Acute Appendicitis

Hospital Nacional de San Benito

January 19, 2022  El Peten, Guatemala

Mitri Khoury, M.D.

(Coauthors: Weaver FA, Nevarez NM, Tsai S, Ramanan B, Modrall JG)

Renal Artery Aneurysms Are Primarily Treated in the Non-Elective Setting
Annual meeting, Southern Association for Vascular Surgery

January 21, 2022  Manalapan, Florida

Kyongjune Lee, M.D.

(Coauthors: Colon JP, Scott CK, Pavarino FL, Baig MS, Kirkwood ML, Timaran CH)

Early Results and Feasibility of Total Endovascular Aortic Arch Repair Using Three-Vessel Company-Manufactured and Physician-Modified Stent-Grafts

Annual meeting, Southern Association for Vascular Surgery

January 22, 2022  Manalapan, Florida

Bala Ramanan, M.D.

(Coauthors: Umana AP, Timaran CH, Siah M, Baig MS, Shih M, Guild J, Kirkwood ML)
Lower Leg Radiation Dose to Vascular Surgeons During Fluoroscopically Guided Interventions Is Effectively Reduced by Wearing Leg Wraps

Annual meeting, Southern Association for Vascular Surgery

January 21, 2022  Manalapan, Florida

Carlos Timaran, M.D.

Use of a 0.9-mm Excimer Laser Catheter for Transcaval Embolization of Type II Endoleak

Annual meeting, Southern Association for Vascular Surgery

January 19, 2022  Manalapan, Florida

Alejandro Pizano Umana, M.D.

(Coauthors: Scott CK, Colon JP, Driessen AL, Miller T, Timaran CH, Modrall JG, Tsai S, Kirkwood ML, Ramanan B)

Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease and End Stage Renal Disease on Outcomes After Endovascular and Open Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Annual meeting, Southern Association for Vascular Surgery

January 21, 2022  Manalapan, Florida

(Coauthors: Khurram A, Chamseddin K, Timaran CH, Baig MS, Shih M, Guild J, Kirkwood ML)

New Imaging Technology System Reduces Patient Radiation Dose During Peripheral Arterial Endovascular Interventions

Annual meeting, Southern Association for Vascular Surgery

January 21, 2022  Manalapan, Florida

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