Clinical

Our group is a leader in several areas, notably including complex aortic surgery (including fenestrated and snorkeled endovascular repair), management of infected grafts, pioneering work on the role of noninvasive laboratory examination, treatment of complex problems after AV access, and treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome. We have an extremely busy carotid stenting practice and focus as well on complex limb salvage. We currently practice at five hospitals, see patients at three locations, and are about to staff an AV access endovascular center. Our group perform over 3,000 cases yearly, and our residents’ case experience is among the highest in the nation.

Research

We have a very active research program, which includes a didactic teaching syllabus during each academic year on the process of academics. We are engaged in 12 clinical trials at this point and can offer enrollment to patients with thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms, claudication and limb threat, venous ulceration, thoracic outlet syndrome, and simulation and case-specific preoperative rehearsal.

Education

USF Vascular Surgery education continues its tradition of excellence in high volume clinical exposure and academic performance.  Graduates continue to boast a 100% first time board passage rate, and all trainees finish with well above the national average in key operative categories, especially open aortic surgery.  Research from our training program was represented at all national vascular surgery meetings, including awards and recognition for best trainee contribution at the Florida Vascular society meeting.  We continue with a highly competitive recruitment of outstanding candidates from a diversity of programs and look forward to ongoing innovation and visibility with our new division leadership.  

A very significant asset for us is the Center for Advanced Learning and Simulation (CAMLS), a 90,000 ft.² freestanding medical education and simulation facility in downtown Tampa created and owned fully by USF. This facility allows us to train our own students and trainees from all over the world in what is the finest such facility in the world, performing as much learning as possible before seeing real patients. We have a very high volume of both endovascular and open procedures and faculty uniformly interested in education and learners alike, and for all of these reasons we consider ourselves to be one of the premier vascular surgical educational programs worldwide. We hope you will find this website useful, whether a patient, prospective trainee, friend, or otherwise interested in what we have to offer.