Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar
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Biography
Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar, MD, MPH, MS, is an associate professor of surgery in the division of vascular surgery and endovascular therapy. He is seeing patients at the Yale Physicians Building. He is a board-certified in general surgery and vascular surgery, and is a registered vascular specialist in the interpretation of vascular laboratory studies. Dr. Chaar’s clinical interests include peripheral artery disease (PAD) focusing on patients with critical limb ischemia and limb salvage, varicose veins, aortic and visceral aneurysms, carotid disease, deep vein thrombosis, and dialysis vascular access. He completed his graduate and medical degrees at American University of Beirut, Lebanon. He spent his general surgery residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and subsequently finished a fellowship in vascular and endovascular surgery at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Education & Training
- MPHYale School of Public Health , Biostatistics (2023)
- FellowUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center (2011)
- Chief ResidentYale New Haven Hospital (2009)
- ResidentYale New Haven Hospital (2008)
- Post-Doctoral research fellowCleveland Clinic Foundation (2004)
- MDAmerican University of Beirut (2002)
- MSAmerican University of Beirut (2000)
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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John N Forrest, Jr Mentorship Award | Yale School of Medicine | 2023 |
Quality Improvement Grant | Vascular Study Group of New England | 2023 |
SVS Clinical Research Seed Grant | Society for Vascular Surgery | 2021 |
VSGNE Quality Improvement Grant | Vascular Study Group of New England | 2021 |
Juzzo Traveling fellowship | American Venous Forum | 2021 |
CT Innovations Biopipeline Award | CT Innovations | 2020 |
Academic Development Award | Department of Surgery | 2020 |
Charles W Bohmfalk Award | Yale School of Medicine | 2020 |
EJ Wylie Traveling Fellowship | Society for Vascular Surgery | 2020 |
Quality Improvement Award | Vascular Student Group of New England (VSGNE) | 2019 |
Yale CBIT clinical pilot project Award | Yale University | 2015 |
OHSE Surgical Research Award | Yale Department of Surgery | 2012 |
AOA | 2002 |