Research & Presentations

Eastern Vascular Society (EVS)

• Benjamin Ford (PGY3): "Antibiotic Beads effectively downstage lower-extremity vascular graft infection"; "Retrograde TCAR for treatment of tandem carotid lesions"
• Rachad Wehbe (PGY4): “Limb shaking transient ischemic attack secondary to innominate artery stenosis”
• Baqir Kedwai (MS3): "Endovascular stenting of a traumatic hepatic artery pseudoaneursym rupture"

American College of Surgeons (ACS)

• Benjamin Ford (PGY3): "Disparities in Survival by Race-Ethnicity after Amputation: Survivorship Bias or Overutilization of Amputations in minority groups?"

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS)

• Joshua Geiger (Research): "Impact of Elective Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Volume Cutoffs on Patient Access to Surgical Care in New York State”

Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS)

• Daniel Lehane (MS3): "Length of Stay and Operating Schedule Efficiency are Not Impacted with Implementation of an Acute Care Service Model"

Critical Issues America (CIA)

• Baqir Kedwai (MS3): "Increased IMPEDE-FX Embolization Plug Packing Volume Reduces Sac Wall Strain in Idealized 3D-Printed Aortic Models"

Academic Surgical Congress (ASC)

• Joshua Geiger (Research): "TREO Aortic Endograft Demonstrates an Increased Rate of Aneurysmal Sac Regression"
• Aaron Litvak (MS2): "Vascular Graft Infections Treated with Bioabsorbable Antibiotic Beads Mimic Less Severe Infections"
• Baqir Kedwai (MS3): "Early Financial Outcomes of a Physician-modified Endograft "

American Venous Forum (AVF)

• Baqir Kedwai (MS3): "Strategies to Reduce Rates of Severe Endothermal Heat-induced Thrombosis Following Radiofrequency Ablation”
• Daniel Lehane (MS3): "Higher CEAP Classification Is Associated with Lower Odds of Improvement in Patient-Reported Outcomes After Endovenous Thermal Ablation"

Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery (SCVS)

• Aaron Litvak (MS2): "Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Surgical Management Of Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome: An 8-year Case Series From A Tertiary Care Center”
• Baqir Kedwai (MS3): "Increased IMPEDE-FX Embolization Plug Packing Volume Reduces Sac Wall Strain in Idealized 3D-Printed Aortic Models"

Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM/SVS)

• Joshua Geiger (Research): "Institution of a vascular surgery acute care service line improves resident and faculty wellness”; “Untargeted 16s rRNA Survey of Microbial Communities in the Patient with Aneurysmal and Occlusive Aortic Disease”; “Peak Ankle Arterial Duplex Ultrasound Velocities Associate with Mortality and not Ischemic Events in the Peripherally Cannulated VA-ECMO Patient"
• Leanne Grafmuller (PGY4): "Calcified plaque volume as a predictor of stroke and death after TCAR"
• Vinny Locham (PGY4): "Discussant: Generative-AI can accurately populate VQI procedural databases using narrative operative reports"
• Baqir Kedwai (MS3): “Characterizing changes in abdominal aortic aneurysm principal wall strain using ultrasound elastography”
• Daniel Lehane (MS3): "Implementation of a Vascular Acute Care Surgery Model is Associated with Improved Two-Year Mortality After Lower Extremity Intervention and Surgeon Efficiency"
• Justin Weissberg (MS2): "Optimization of Medical Therapy in Vascular Surgery"