Bauer Sumpio, MD, PhD, FACS
Professor of Surgery (Vascular) and of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and of Medicine (Cardiology)Cards
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Professor of Surgery (Vascular) and of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and of Medicine (Cardiology)
Associate Director, Graduate Medical Education
Biography
Dr. Bauer Sumpio received his medical degree and his Ph.D. in Physiology in 1981 from Cornell University Medical College in New York. He was involved in post-graduate training in General Surgery at Yale University and from 1986 to 1987 he underwent fellowship training in Vascular Surgery at the University of North Carolina. Dr. Sumpio then returned to Yale School of Medicine, Section of Vascular Surgery, as a faculty member at the VA Connecticut. His professional society memberships include the American Surgical Association, International College of Angiology, Society for Vascular Surgery, American College of Cardiology, Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology, American College of Surgeons, Society for University Surgeons, European Society for Vascular Surgery, Biomedical Engineering Society, American Heart Association and the American Physiological Society. He is a past Chair of the Research Council of the Society for Vascular Surgery and Secretary of the Association of Program Directors of Vascular Surgery. He has been on the editorial board of several journals, including the Journal of Vascular Surgery, Journal of American College of Surgeons, and Cell Transplantation. He has had continuous research funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Veterans Administration and the American Heart Association since 1988 for his studies on the role of hemodynamics and vascular disease. He has published over 345 peer-reviewed papers and has edited and authored 4 books on vascular surgery and biology. Dr. Sumpio is the proud recipient of many prestigious honors and awards such as Best Doctor in NY 2006-2016 -- just to name a few.
Appointments
Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy
ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
Education & Training
- Fellow
- University of North Carolina, North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, NC (1987)
- Resident
- Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT (1986)
- PhD
- Cornell University (1981)
- MD
- Cornell University (1980)
Research
Clinical Care
Overview
Bauer Sumpio, MD, PhD, is a vascular surgeon who specializes in the care of patients with diseases of their arteries and veins. He engages in the limb salvage of people with diabetes who are at risk for losing their legs to their diabetic complications. He has decades of experience improving quality of life for patients with plaque build-up in major blood vessels which hinder flow to the critical organs, such as the kidneys, intestine (mesenteric ischemia), legs (claudication and critical limb ischemia) and brain (carotid artery disease).
According to Dr. Sumpio, vascular surgery has become a much less invasive procedure in recent years. He gives credit to the development of endovascular therapeutic techniques, which allow doctors to treat problems from inside the affected blood vessel. Surgeons are able to operate through small punctures of an artery, using tiny, flexible tubes, called catheters, to access the blood vessels. “This means we can fix things from the inside without having to open up the abdomen, chest or neck,” Dr. Sumpio says. These techniques are useful not only in opening up blockages in the artery with a balloon or stent but also for repair of abnormal weakening of the walls of the artery (aneurysm). “Most important for the patient is to have a surgeon who is not only skilled in these endovascular interventions but is capable of performing open surgical procedures when it is appropriate and indicated.”
Other conditions that Dr. Sumpio is skilled in treating include varicose veins using minimal invasive procedures such as laser or radio-frequency to remove dysfunctional veins or varicose veins.
Over his many years of caring for patients, Dr. Sumpio says he has come to understand that “the most important quality a physician can have is compassion. Once a patient trusts you, they understand you will make the best decision in their interest.”
As a professor of vascular surgery at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Sumpio has also performed basic research on blood flow and how it can affect the vascular wall.
Clinical Specialties
Fact Sheets
Varicose Veins
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Board Certifications
Vascular Surgery
- Certification Organization
- AB of Surgery
- Latest Certification Date
- 2020
- Original Certification Date
- 1990
Surgery General
- Certification Organization
- AB of Surgery
- Latest Certification Date
- 2020
- Original Certification Date
- 1988
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