Address:

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
4940 Eastern Avenue
Third Floor
Baltimore, MD

Appointment Phone:

410-550-4335

Fax:

Medical School:
Damascus University School of Medicine

Residencies:
University of Southern California

Fellowships:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center
Board Certificates
Board Certified (American Board of Surgery): General Surgery
Board Eligible (American Board of Surgery): Vascular Surgery
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Fluoroscopy Certified, Nov.2003    
Current Positions
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Director, Endovascular Surgery
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Clinical Interests:
Cerebral Vascular Disease: stroke prevention, carotid endarterectomy with evoked potential neuromonitoring, carotid angioplasty/stenting under cerebral protection

Aortic Aneurysm Disease: open and endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (EVAR), open and endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysm (TEVAR), endovascular repair of aortic dissection

Perpheral Arterial Disease: medical management, minimally-invasive angioplasty/stenting, limb salvage revascularization with bypass surgery,     subclavian steal syndrome (subclavian stenosis) minimally-invasive repair, venous insufficiency, stasis and ulceration, minimally-invasive radiofrequency ablation

Research Interests:
Treatment of carotid artery stenosis and stroke prevention
Renal protection for angioplasty and stenting
Clinical outcomes analysis
Minimally-invasive endovascular aneurysm repair
Device development and complications prevention
Molecular biology of intimal hyperplesia and cryopreserved veins grafts
Drug-eluting stents to treat lower extremity arterial stenosis
 

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