News & Events: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Adam Oskowitz, MD, PhD, assistant professor in the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, has been awarded an R21 Trailblazer Award by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, a 3-year grant that supports high-risk, high-impact research. The goals for the research grant are to generate a Chimeric Antigen Receptor to direct T-regulatory cells to injured aortic tissue, and reduce the vascular inflammation that results in abdominal aortic aneurysm growth and rupture. Dr. Oskowtiz noted the potential of the research for improving treatments: Aortic aneurysms [...]

Timothy A.M. Chuter, BM BS, DM, FACS, Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, has been honored with the 2017 Jacobson Innovation Award by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) for his pioneering work, spanning many decades, in the field of endovascular aneurysm repair. Dr. Chuter received the award, which honors living surgeons who have been innovators of a new development or technique in any field of surgery, at a dinner held in his honor by the ACS on June 9 in Chicago.  The award is made possible through a gift from Julius H. Jacobson II, MD, FACS, a [...]

Advances in the treatment of complex aortic aneurysms — especially novel endovascular devices and hybrid procedures — make it possible to choose the right procedure for the right patient at the right time to minimize risk and maximize long-term benefit, says Michael Conte, M.D., chief of the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at UCSF Medical Center. "We still perform a significant volume of open repair for complex aneurysms," Conte says. "But we're also one of only two or three centers in the country with deep experience in the use of branched stent grafts." A leading [...]