Joseph Caprini, MD, MS, FACS, RVT

Emeritus, NorthShore University Health System

Senior Clinician Educator, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

4/29/20

"COVID-19 and thrombotic or thromboembolic disease: Implications for prevention, anti-thrombotic therapy, and follow-up." J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020;75(230:2950-2973

John Curci, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Vascular Surgery

Vanderbilt University

5/27/20

"Effect of doxycycline on aneurysm growth among patients with small infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms. A randomized clinical trial." JAMA 2020;323(20):2029-2038

Bernadette Aulivola, MD

Professor and Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy

Loyola University

9/30/20

"Gender disparity and sexual harassment in vascular surgery practices." J Vasc Surg. 2020;72:692-9

Aksim Rivera, MD

Associate Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery

Jacobi Medical Center (NY, NY)

9/30/20

"A propensity-matched analysis of contemporary outcomes of blunt popliteal artery injury." J Vasc Surg. 2020:72:189-97

Mary McDermott, MD

Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics) and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)

Northwestern University

10/28/20

"Cocoa to improve walking performance in older people with PAD. The COCOA-PAD pilot randomized clinical trial." Circulation Research. 2020;126:589-599

Scott Damrauer, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery and Genetics

Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy

University of Pennsylvania

11/18/20

"Genetic architecture of abdominal aortic aneurysm in the Million Veteran Program." Circulation. 2020;142:1633-1646

Caprice Christian Greenberg, MD MPH

Morgridge Distinguished Chair in Health Services Research and Professor of Surgery

University of Wisconsin-Madison

1/27/21

"Ensuring equity, diversity, and inclusion in academic surgery." Annals of Surgery. 2018;268(3):403-407

Misty Humphries, MD MAS

Associate Professor

Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

UC Davis

3/31/21

"Perceptions of patients with wounds due to chronic limb-threatening ischemia." Vasc Med. 2021;26(2):200-206

Jessica Simons, MD MPH

Associate Professor

Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

University of Massachusetts

4/28/21

"Preoperative functional status predicts 2-year mortality in patients undergoing fenestrated/branched endovascular aneurysm repair." J Vasc Surg. 2021;74(2): 383-395

Vincent Rowe, MD

Professor of Clinical Surgery

Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy

University of Southern California

10/20/21

"Building high performing teams: Opportunities and challenges of inclusive recruitment practices." J Vasc Surg. 2021;74(2): 86S-92S

Mohamed Zayed, MD PhD

Associate Professor of Surgery, Radiology, Molecular Cell Biology, & Biomedical Engineering 

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

11/17/21

"Prevalence of elevated serum fatty acid synthase in chronic limb-threatening ischemia."  Scientific Reports. 2021;11: 19272

Heather Gornik, MD

Co-Director of the Vascular Center, Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, University Hospitals 

Professor, Case Western Reserve University

1/19/22

"Optimization of duplex velocity criteria for diagnosis of internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis: A report of the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) Vascular Testing Division Carotid Diagnostic Criteria Committee." Vasc Med. 2021. 26(5):515-525 

Ashley Vavra, MD MS

Assistant Professor

Division of Vascular Surgery

Northwestern University 

2/23/22

"Current status of patient-reported outcome measures in vascular surgery." J Vasc Surg. 2021. 74(5):1693-1706

Edith Tzeng, MD

Professor of Surgery

University of Pittsburgh

3/30/22

"Association of smoking with postprocedural complications following open and endovascular interventions for intermittent claudication." JAMA Cardiology. 2022. 7(1):45-54

David Armstrong, PhD, DPM

Professor of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC

4/27/22

"An Evaluation of Real-world Smart Sock-Based Temperature Monitoring Data as a Physiological Indicator of Early Diabetic Foot Injury: Case-Control Study." JMIR Form Res. 2022. 6(4):e31870

Ilyssa Gordon, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Pathology

Cleveland Clinic

5/25/22

"Surgery, anesthesia, and pathology: A practical primer on greening the delivery of surgical care." The Journal of Climate Change and Health. 2021. 4:100076

Hernan Bazan, MD, DFSVS, FACS

Professor

Section of Vascular/Endovascular Surgery

Ochsner Health 

9/28/22

"A pro-inflammatory and fibrous cap thinning transcriptome profile accompanies carotid plaque rupture leading to stroke." Scientific Reports. 2022. 12(1):13499

Philip Goodney, MD, MS

Associate Professor

The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

Darthmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

10/26/22

"Effect of a Decision Aid on Agreement Between Patient Preferences and Repair Type for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. A Randomized Clinical Trial." JAMA Surgery. 2022. 157(9):e222935

Ulka Sachdev, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh

11/30/22

"Inflammatory Caspase Activity Mediates HMGB1 Release and Differentiation in Myoblasts Affected by Peripheral Arterial Disease." Cells. 2022. 11(7):1163.

Andrew Hoel, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Surgery, Northwestern Unviversity

1/25/23

"Use of linked registry claims data for long term surveillance of devices after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: observational surveillance study." BMJ. 2022. 379:e071452

Elsie Ross, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery (Vascular Surgery) and of Medicine (BMIR)

Stanford University

2/15/23

"Development of a polygenic risk score to improve detection of peripheral artery disease." Vasc Med. 2022. 27(3):219-227

Bradley Allen, MD MS

Assistant Professor 

Department of Radiology, Northwestern University

3/22/23

"Baseline 4D Flow-Derived in vivo Hemodynamic Parameters Stratify Descending Aortic Dissection Patients With Enlarging Aortas.” Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2022. 9:905718 

Luke Brewster, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Emory University

Program Faculty, Bioengineering Program, Georgia Institute of Technology

4/26/23

"Myoglobinemia, Peripheral Arterial Disease, and Patient Mortality." J Am Coll Surg. 2023.236(4):588-598

Anahita Dua, MD MS MBA FACS

Associate Professor, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School

5/17/23

"Use of Thromboelastography with Platelet Mapping to Identify Prothrombotic Coagulation Profiles in Patients with History of Cardiac Intervention Undergoing Lower Extremity Revascularization." J Am Coll Surg. 2023. 236(30:495-504.

Bowen Wang, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery, University of Virginia

10/18/23

"Dietary therapy in abdominal aortic aneurysm — Insights from clinical and experimental studies." Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2022;9: 949262.

Caitlin Hicks, MD, MS, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

11/29/23

"Associations of Cardiac Biomarkers With Peripheral Artery Disease and Peripheral Neuropathy in US Adults Without Prevalent Cardiovascular Disease." ATVB. 2023;43(8):1583-1591.

Neel A. Mansukhani, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Department of Surgery, Northwestern University

1/31/24

"High incidence of type 2 endoleak and low associated adverse events in the Vascular Quality Initiative linked to Medicare claims." J Vasc Surg 2023;78:351-61.

Samantha Minc, MD MPH

Associate Professor

Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, West Virginia University

2/21/24

"Community­-Engaged Research in Vascular Surgery: An Approach to Decrease Amputation Disparities and Effect Population level Change.” Semin Vasc Surg. 2023 Mar;36(1):100-113.

Raul J. Guzman, MD

Professor of Surgery

Surgeon-in-Chief, Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy

Yale School of Medicine

3/13/24

"An ultrasound-based femoral artery calcification score" JVS Cases Innov Tech. 2023;10(1):101381

Bernadette Aulivola, MD

Professor and Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy

Loyola University

4/24/24

"The association of comorbid depression with mortality and amputation risk in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia" J Vasc Surg. 2024;79(1):96-101

Kate McGinigle, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Surgery

Division of Vascular Surgery

UNC School of Medicine

5/29/24

"Medial Arterial Calcification Score is Associated with Increased Risk of Major Limb Amputation" J Vasc Surg. 2023;78(5):1286-1291

Matthew Blecha, MD

Associate Professor

Division of Vascular Surgery

Stritch School of Medicine

Loyola University Chicago

9/25/24

"“Preoperative risk score for mortality within 3 years of visceral segment fenestrated endovascular aortic repair.” J Vasc Surg. 2024;80(1):32-44.e4 

Kevin T. Nead, MD MPhil

Assistant Professr of Epidemiology and Radiation Oncology

MD Anderson Cancer Center

10/30/24

"Cancer incidence after diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm." ATVB 2024;44:1694-1701

Rym El Khoury, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Chicago

Vascular Surgeon at Endeavor Health/NorthShore University HealthSystem

11/13/24

"The natural history of isolated common femoral endarterectomy for CLTI." J Vasc Surg. 2024;80(5):1537-42

Luka Pocivavsek, MD PhD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Section of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy

The University of Chicago

1/29/25

"A computational study of artery curvature and endograft oversize influence on seal zone behavior in endovascular aortic repair." Comput Biol Med. 2024;178:108745

Gale Tang, MD FACS RPVI

Chief of Vascular Surgery 

VA Puget Sound Health Care System

Associate Professor

Division of Vascular Surgery

University of Washington Medicine

2/26/25

"Minimizing delays to hemodialysis access maturation: A quality improvement analysis." J Vasc Access. 2024 Apr 11: 11297298241244509 

Trisha Roy, MD PhD FRCSC FACS

Associate Professor

Jerold B. Katz Investigator

DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center

Houston Methodist Hospital

3/26/25

"Automatic Classification of Magnetic Resonance Histology of Peripheral Arterial Chronic Total Occlusions Using a Variational Autoencoder: A Feasibility Study.” Diagnostics 2023, 13(11), 1925 

Carlos Bechara, MD

Professor of Surgery

Chief, Vascular Surgery

Rush University Medical Center

4/30/25

"Cardiac remodeling and antihypertensive medication changes after thoracic endovascular aortic repair vs open surgical repair." J Vasc Surg. 2025 Mar;81(3):566-573