2014-2018 News & Events
12/10/2018 - Headline News: Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Dr. Jason T. Lee, Professor of Sugery, Division of Vascular Surgery uses his 15 years of experience to discuss thoracic outlet syndrome.
11/16/2018 - Stanford Faculty Leading Top National Organizations
Dr. Ronald Dalman, Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery, is one of four distinguished Stanford School of Medicine faculty appointed to prominent national health care organizations in the field of cardiovascular medicine. Dr. Dalman is the Vice President of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) for the 2018-2019 academic year. Dr. Dalman will serve as President-Elect (2019-2020) followed by President (2020-2021).
11/1/2018 - Stanford’s Department of Surgery’s first Seed Grant Program Award
Congratulations to Dr. Jason T. Lee and his research team, Kenneth Tran, MD and Celine Deslarzes-Dubuis, MD, on receiving an inaugural Department of Surgery seed grant funding for their research project "Use of Remote Renal Ischemic Preconditioning to Reduce Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury During Complex EVAR of Juxtarenal Aortic Aneurysms".
9/20/2018 - Talking Successful Leadership Practices with Dr. Ronald Dalman
Dr. Ronald Dalman, Chief of Vascular Surgery, was recently interviewed by Clinical Associate Professor, Dr. Venita Chandra for the Society of Vascular Surgery, September 2018 Issue of Vascular Specialist.
9/24/2018 - Headline News: Leeper Lab research on Varicose Veins
In the largest genetics study ever performed on varicose veins, Dr. Fukaya and colleagues pursue the inherited and environmental drivers of disease and identify a novel link between varicose veins and human height.
9/22/2018 - "Docs in Socks" for PAD Awareness
"Docs in Socks" for PAD Awareness
The Stanford Extremity Preservation Program (STEPP) and Wound Care Center, in conjunction with SHC Doctors and clinical staff, are promoting the "Docs in Socks" campaign to raise awareness of Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD). The SHC Vascular Surgery team pictured above is joining in on the campaign.
9/11/2018 - Dr. Avise named clinic chief of CAP clinic
Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Avise on her appointment to Clinic Chief of the Community Academic Practice (CAP) Multidisciplinary Clinic at Stanford ValleyCare.
"This new leadership role is a fine recognition of Dr. Avise’s efforts and success at ValleyCare," said Chief of Vascular Surgery Dr. Ronald Dalman.
9/6/2018 - Stanford research predicts risk of deadly vascular condition
Precision Health: Vascular Disease
Stanford researchers Michael Snyder, PhD and Philip Tsao, PhD, use genome sequencing to predict risk of deadly vascular condition.
8/31/2018 - Stanford's Extremity Preservation Program (StEPP) takes the national state.
Dr. Chandra's talk on limb salvage at the Society for Vascular Surgery's Vascular Annual Meeting is highlighted in the following article in VascularNews.
8/23/2018 - Dalman Hollier Visiting Professorship
Congratulations to Dr. Ronald Dalman on being honored as the Mayo Clinic's 12th Larry M. Hollier Visiting Professor. Dr. Dalman's lecture was entitled "AAA Update: Emerging Insights on Medical and Surgical Management in 2018.”
8/23/2018 - Dr. Venita Chandra spoke at the Hendolat Endovascular Horizons in Mexico City, Mexico
7/1/2018 - Welcome New Faculty
We are excited to welcome Stanford Vascular Surgery graduates Dr. Elsie Gyang Ross and Dr. Michael Sgroi to the Stanford Division of Vascular Surgery Faculty. Dr. Ross is an Assistant Professor of Surgery and will be at Stanford Hospital and Palo Alto VA. Dr. Sgroi is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery and will be at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.
Dr. Elsie Ross
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Dr. Michael Sgroi
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery
6/18/2018- Dr. Dalman nominated Vice President of the SVS for 2018-2019
SVS 2018-19 Leadership from left to right President-elect, Kim Hodgson, M.D., President Michel Makaroun,M.D., and Vice President Ron Dalman, M.D.
We are excited to announce that per the June 2018 business meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), Dr. Ron Dalman has been appointed to Society Vice President for the 2018-2019 academic year. SVS bylaws state that, in sequential years the Vice President accedes to the positions of President-Elect, and then President. Thus, Dr. Dalman will serve as SVS President during the 2020-2021 academic year. In his future role as SVS President, Dr. Dalman will be preceded by emeritus Stanford Vascular Surgery faculty Drs. Thomas J. Fogarty (1995) and Christopher K. Zarins (1999).
The SVS is the world’s oldest (founded in 1947) and most influential society dedicated to the advancement of vascular health and well-being, with 6,000 members in the USA and in 13 international chapters worldwide.
6/29/2018 - Vascular Surgery Graduation
2018 Graduation
Vascular Surgery is celebrating the graduation of our trainees
Dr. Graeme McFarland, Dr. Mike Sgroi and
Dr. Elsie Ross
We congratulate them on all their hard work and wish them well in their future endeavors.
6/21/2018 - 2018 Fondation Leducq Award
Congratulations to the Leeper lab for receiving a 2018 Fondation Leducq award. This grant, led by Drs. Gary Owens and Gerard Pasterkamp, will use advanced genomics approaches to investigate the contribution of matrix producing cells to atherosclerotic vascular disease. Additional details about this exciting new collaboration can be found at http://plaqomics.com/.
6/20/2018 - SUS Junior Faculty Award
Dr. Elsie Ross is awarded the SUS Junior Faculty Award for her project: “A precision medicine approach for the early identification of PAD”. Congratulations on this accomplishment! Excited to welcome Dr. Ross to the faculty on July 9th.
6/19/2018 - 2018 AHA Transformational Project Award
Dr. Nicholas Leeper was awarded an AHA Transformational Project Award. Dr. Leeper will be working with Dr. Bryan Smith, Molecular Imaging to study “Macrophage-specific nanoparticles which we hope will home to the diseased blood vessel and promote the clearance of necrotic debris as a new method to treat atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease”.
6/16/2018- 2018 Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
Congratulations to Sophia Xiao, Leeper Lab Member, on receiving the 2018 Firestone Medal for her graduating thesis. The Firestone medal is prestigious honor awarded to the finest honors thesis in social science, science, and engineering.
6/7/2018 - Dr. Neelima Katragunta recognized by Biodesign
Congratulations to Dr. Neelima Katragunta for her recognition by Biodesign for her leadership in guiding and mentoring fellows.
5/20/2018 - Dr. Jason Lee in the News!
Congratulations to Dr. Jason Lee for his featured news story about a grateful patient who was connected to Dr. Lee through twitter.
5/20/2018 - Vascular Surgery Match for Fellowship
We are thrilled to announce that Teddy Hart, M.D. will be our new vascular surgery fellow beginning in August 2019. Congratulations and welcome Teddy to the Stanford Vascular Surgery family!
4/2/2018 - Visiting Professor
Dr. Peter Gloviczki
We are honored to host Dr. Peter Gloviczki as our Visiting Professor on Monday, April 2nd at the Vascular Surgery Conference and again on Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at the Department of Surgery Grand Rounds.
March 30, 2018 - Farewell to Matthew Mell, MD
3/16/2018 - 2018 Integrated Match News!
Krishna will be the eleventh resident to join our vascular surgery residency training program since its inception in 2008. He received his Bachelor’s Degree and Masters of Public Health from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign before attending Albany Medical College. While there he developed an interest in bioengineering and device-related outcomes and sought out early mentorship in vascular surgery with several prominent leaders in our specialty. He is absolutely delighted to have the opportunity to spend his formative surgical years here and we are excited to have the chance to train him. Please join us in congratulating Krishna for his accomplishments thus far in medical school and welcoming him to Stanford.
3/5/2018 - S-SPIRE Work-In-Progress session with Dr. Shipra Arya
“Introducing a Surgical Pause: Frailty Screening and the Risk Analysis Index”
Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign: From the Innovator's Workbench
March 20, 2018
Featuring: Featuring Jose E. Almeida, chairman, president, and CEO, Baxter International INC.
Ticket Registration: tickets.stanford.edu
2/22/2018 - Facebook Live Event with Stanford Cardiologists #Heart2Heart
Dr. Nicholas Leeper, associate professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery, joined Stanford Cardiologists Drs. Abha Khandelwal and Marco Perez to discuss the latest trends in preventing heart disease, options for treatment and more in a Facebook Live Event on February 22, 2018. Watch the video here
2/16/2018 - Dr. Fukaya is a finalist in the Jay D. Coffman Young Investigator Award (YIA)
Congratulations to Dr. Eri Fukaya, clinical assistant professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery, for being selected as a finalist in the prestigious Jay D. Coffman Young Investigator Award (YIA) Competition for her abstract, Clinical and Genetic Determinants of Varicose Veins: A Prospective, Community-Based Prospective Study of ~500,000 Individuals. We are very excited for Dr. Fukaya and wish her continued success.
2/16/18 - “New Circulation study suggests that ‘taking out the trash’ may help prevent aneurysm disease” or similar?
Impaired cell cleanup associated with abdominal aortic aneurysms, new study finds.
According to a new Stanford study, the body’s ability to get rid of dead cells plays a role in the development of abdominal aortic aneurysms. The research could pave the way to preventing aneurysms from enlarging. Nicholas Leeper, Associate Professor of Surgery, is the senior author. The study builds on research by co-author Irving Weissman, the Virginia and Daniel K. Ludwig Professor in Clinical Investigation in Cancer Research, professor of pathology and of developmental biology and director of the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine.
02/14/2018 - Stanford Extremity Preservation Program
Stanford's first meeting of the Stanford Extremity Preservation Program (StEPP) included representatives from Radiology, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Orthopedics, Podiatry, Infectious Disease, Vascular Surgery, and Wound Care! Vascular Surgeon Dr. Venita Chandra leads Stanford's efforts to expand the limb preservation program. We look forward to continued collaboration and success!
Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Seed Grants Program
Stanford Bio-X Accepting Letters of Intent for the Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Seed Grants Program, Round 9
Letters must be received by: Monday, March 19, 2018 by 5:00 PM (PST)
Learn more here.
Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign: From the Innovator's Workbench
February 13, 2018
Featuring: Josh Makower, founder & Chairman ExploraMed Development LLC
Ticket Registration: tickets.stanford.edu
January 19, 2018: National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
The Division of Cardiovascular Sciences of the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute is seeking physician-scientists with cardiovascular disease expertise across the lifespan.
Ideal candidates will have an outstanding record of research accomplishments, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and the ability to oversee complex research programs. Desired expertise include, but not limited to, interventional cardiology, cardiovascular device, electrophysiology, coronary artery and/or vascular disease, hypertension, and heart failure.
Interested candidates please contact
Dr. Yves Rosenberg at rosenbey@nih.gov or 301-435-1292 (tel) 301-480-3667 (fax)
January 2018: Welcome Dr. Shipra Arya
The Division of Vascular Surgery welcomes faculty member Shipra Arya, MD. Dr. Arya will join the Division of Vascular Surgery as Chief of Vascular Surgery at the Palo Alto VA.
"I am thrilled to be joining Stanford Vascular Surgery, one of the top most programs in the country under Dr. Dalman's leadership. As a health services researcher, I am really looking forward to working with Dr. Hawn and a highly talented group of researchers she has recruited at the S-Spire Center and Palo Alto VA," said Arya. "I hope to learn from the best and contribute to the research portfolio of the department in the coming years. My main goal is to improve quality and delivery of surgical care for older and vulnerable patients, especially those with vascular disease." - Dr. Arya
Dr. Arya has a masters of science degree in Epidemiology from Harvard University. She completed her categorical general surgery residency at Creighton University Medical Center followed by a Vascular Surgery Fellowship at University of Michigan. Most recently, Dr. Arya has worked as an Assistant Professor of Surgery and of Epidemiology at Emory University and Director of Vascular Lab and Endovascular Therapy at the Atlanta VA Medical Center.
Dr. Elsie Ross Invited to SBAS Leadership & Faculty Development Institute
Vascular Surgery Resident Dr. Elsie Ross has been invited to participate in the upcomming Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS) Leadership and Faculty Development Institute.