Latest Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy News
The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce 2022 recipients of the Clinical Study Seed Grant. Announced in September, the award is designed to kickstart early-stage patient-related investigations with high potential for external funding.
- November 23, 2022
Jessica M. Stempel, MD, a second-year fellow in the Yale Medical Oncology-Hematology Fellowship Program, has received the Patterson Trust Mentored Research Award.
- November 22, 2022
This month researchers examined hospital web page content about percutaneous closure of the left atrial appendage occlusion and clinical decision-making.
- October 28, 2022
The Yale School of Medicine Department of Surgery is pleased to announce the following faculty promotions, as approved by the Board of Permanent Officers at its October 18, 2022 meeting: • Paris Butler, MD, MPH, FACS, appointment as Associate Professor of Surgery (Plastic) in the Clinician-Educator Track, April 1, 2022 to June 30, 2026. • Jonathan Cardella MSc, MD, FRCS, FACS, promotion to Associate Professor of Surgery (Vascular) in the Clinician-Educator Track, July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2027.
- November 09, 2021
A multidisciplinary team of surgeons from Yale's Aortic Institute and the Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, both part of Yale New Haven Health’s Heart and Vascular Center, is among the first in the country to employ a novel aortic stent graft system for the minimally invasive treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms.
- December 23, 2020
Yale Vascular Surgery provides skills training for medical student trainees.
- December 09, 2020
Dr. Britt Tonnessen has been appointed Associated Chair for the new Department of Surgery Patient Experience Committee.
- October 09, 2020Source: Yale Medicine
Yale Medicine vascular surgeons treat at least 80% of aortic aneurysms with minimally invasive approaches—and that includes some of the most complicated cases.
- August 28, 2020Source: Yale Today
A new technique known as radial artery deviation and reimplantation — or RADAR — improves blood flow in surgically made blood vessels, enabling them to last longer and with fewer complications.
- March 14, 2019
Dr. Raul Guzman will be joining the team as Division Chief of Vascular Surgery, effective June 3, 2019. Additionally, Dr. Guzman will be appointed as Surgeon-in-Chief, Vascular Surgery, Heart and Vascular Center for the Yale New Haven Health System, and Chief of Vascular Surgery at Yale New Haven Hospital.