Our trainees gain experience in a wide variety of cases:
Carotid Artery Diseases
- Carotid endarterectomy (CEA)
- Carotid stenting
Thoracic Vascular Surgery
- Thoracic aneurysm repair
- Thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair (TAG)
- Thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair
- First rib resection for arterial or venous thoracic outlet syndrome
- Treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS):arterial and venous, but not neurogenic
Abdominal Vascular Surgery
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (AAA)
- Endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (Endo AAA)
- Visceral artery bypass
- Mesenteric artery bypass
- Renal artery bypass
- Aortoiliac bypass
- Aortofemoral bypass
Lower Extremity Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Lower extremity bypass
- Femoral Popliteal bypass
- Femoral-tibial bypass
Upper Extremity Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Arm bypass: brachial and radial arteries
Endovascular Therapy
- Minimally invasive vascular procedures
- Balloon angioplasty and stenting of arteries
- Subclavian
- Renal
- Mesenteric
- Aorta
- Iliac
- Femoral
- Popliteal
- Tibial
- Thrombolysis of arterial occlusions: all except coronary and intracranial
- Balloon angioplasty and stenting of veins
- Axillary
- Subclavian
- Brachiocephalic
- Iliac
- Thrombolysis of venous thrombosis
- Axillary
- Subclavian
- Iliac
- Femoral
- Popliteal
- Inferior vena cava (IVC) filter insertion/retrieval
Venous Procedures
- Varicose vein stripping
- Varicose vein radiofrequency ablation
- Varicose veins laser surgery
- Sclerotherapy of varicose veins
- Repair of venous aneurysms
Hemodialysis Access Procedures
- Hemodialysis fistulas, grafts, catheters
- Thrombectomy of dialysis shunts: open and percutaneous
- Complex revision of dialysis access
- Hemodialysis Reliable Outflow (HeRO) access
Amputations
- Toe amputations
- Foot amputations
- Leg amputations
Other Procedures
- Repair of arteriovenous fistulas
- Repair of arterial pseudoaneurysms
- Repair of arterial aneurysms
- Retroperitoneal exposure for spinal procedures
- Infusion lines and ports
- Port placement for chemotherapy
- Treatment of vascular tumors
- Temporal artery biopsy
- Vascular ultrasound
Example of Current Resident Log
Over the last several years, vascular fellows have logged between 900–1100 cases on completion of the program.
Postgraduate Year Four (PGY-4) Integrated resident, after 38 months of residency:
| Title | Credits |
|---|---|
| Cerebrovascular | 38 |
| CEA | 27 |
| Carotid Stent | 6 |
| Other cerebrovascular | 5 |
| Aneurysm Repair | 20 |
| Open AAA/Ruptured | 3 / 1 |
| EVAR | 12 |
| Open TAAA | 0 |
| TEVAR | 1 |
| Abdominal Obstructive | 6 |
| Celiac/SMA Endarterectomy/bypass | 2 |
| Endarterectomy, Renal | 1 |
| PTA/Stent, Renal | 3 |
| Upper Extremity | 6 |
| Extra-Anatomic | 9 |
| Thrombolysis | 5 |
| Trauma | 20 |
| Venous | 63 |
| Varicose Veins | 15 |
| PTA, Venous | 27 |
| IVC Filter | 11 |
| Endovascular Diagnostic | 182 |
| Arteriography | 130 |
| Venography | 49 |
| Vascular Access | 78 |
| AV Fistula | 36 |
| AV Graft | 14 |
| Revision AV Access | 23 |
| Amputations | 66 |
| AKA | 10 |
| BKA | 23 |
| TMA | 9 |
| Ditigal | 22 |
| Peripheral Obstructive | 111 |
| Aortobifemoral bypass | 4 |
| Femoral Endarterectomy | 27 |
| Fem-Pop Bypass | 11 |
| Infrapopliteal bypass / redo | 4 / 1 |
| Aortoiliac PTA/Stent | 20 |
| Femoral PTA/Stent | 10 |
| Infrainguinal PTA/Stent | 10 |
| Skin/Soft Tissue | 12 |
| Head/Neck | 2 |
| Breast | 5 |
| Esophagus | 7 |
| Stomach | 5 |
| Abdomen | 56 |
| Biliary | 37 |
| Pancreas/spleen | 0 |
| Hernia | 22 |
| Endocrine | 3 |
| Hand | 1 |
| Thoracic | 28 |
| Pediatric | 3 |
| GU | 2 |
| Transplant | 17 |
| Trauma | 25 |
| Endoscopy | 25 |
| GRAND TOTALS | 990 |
| Major Cases | 218 |
| Minor Cases | 413 |