Professional Bio
The University of Rochester Medical Center is pleased to announce the addition of Ankur Chandra, M.D. as an Assistant Professor of Surgery. Dr. Chandra earned his undergraduate and medical degrees from Case Western Reserve University's School of Engineering and School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. He later completed his internship and residency in general surgery, as well as a postdoctoral research fellowship, at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center.
Prior to joining URMC, Dr.Chandra was a vascular surgery fellow at the UCLA School of Medicine, Division of Vascular Surgery, in Los Angeles, California. He is currently a Certified Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation and is licensed to practice medicine in the states of California and New York.
In addition to being a National Merit Scholar and the recipient of numerous awards such as the Howard Hughes Memorial Institute Research Fellowship Award, Dr. Chandra has authored a wide variety of publications. He has served on various committees and has presented at meetings throughout the United States and Canada.
Dr. Chandra is also a member of professional organizations including the American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, Society for Vascular Surgery, American Heart Association, Society of Clinical Vascular Surgery and Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society. His professional interests include the treatment of all aspects of vascular disease with an emphasis on minimally invasive treatment of lower extremity atherosclerosis and open/hybrid treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms. His research focus is in vascular bioengineering and mathematical modeling of the arterial circulation.
| Resident Paper Competition 1st Place Award | Southern California Vascular Surgery Society Annual Meeting | San Diego, CA |
2009 |
| UCLA Longmire Society Scientific Day Abstract Competition Award | University of California @ Los Angeles Department of Surgery | Los Angeles, CA |
2009 |
| Resident Teaching Award | University of California @ San Diego | San Diego, CA |
2008 |
| Resident Research Competition, 2nd Place Award | University of California @ San Diego Department of Surgery | San Diego, CA |
2007 |
| Resident Case Presentation Competition 1st Place Award | San Diego Annual Trauma Day | San Diego, CA |
2006 |
| Resident Paper Competition, 2nd Place Award | San Diego Chapter of the American College of Surgeons | San Diego, CA |
2006 |
| Intern of the Year Award | University of California @ San Diego | San Diego, CA |
2002 |
2013 Apr 20
Carnicelli AP, Stone JJ, Doyle A, Chowdhry AK, Mix D, Ellis J, Gillespie DL, Chandra A. "Cross-sectional area for the calculation of carotid artery stenosis on computed tomographic angiography." Journal of vascular surgery : official publication, the Society for
Vascular Surgery [and] International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, North
American Chapter. 2013 Apr 20; Epub 2013 Apr 20. |
2013 Mar
Lee K, Zhu J, Shum J, Zhang Y, Muluk SC, Chandra A, Eskandari MK, Finol EA. "Surface curvature as a classifier of abdominal aortic aneurysms: a comparative analysis." Annals of biomedical engineering. 2013 Mar 0; 41(3):562-76. Epub 2012 Nov 22. |
2013 Feb
Chandra A. "Multidisciplinary collaboration as a sustainable research model for device development." Journal of vascular surgery : official publication, the Society for
Vascular Surgery [and] International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, North
American Chapter. 2013 Feb 0; 57(2):576-82. Epub 2012 Oct 13. |
2013 Feb
Chandra A, Mix D, Varble N. "Hemodynamic study of arteriovenous fistulas for hemodialysis access." Vascular. 2013 Feb 0; 21(1):54-62. Epub 2012 Oct 26. |
2012 Jan
Doyle AJ, Chandra A. "Chronic mesenteric ischemia in a 26-year-old man: multivessel median arcuate ligament compression syndrome." Annals of vascular surgery. 2012 Jan 0; 26(1):108.e5-9. |
