Education / Graduate Medical Education / Prospective Residents / Vascular Surgery Residency Program / Curriculum / Research & Presentations Research & Presentations Vascular Annual Meeting Eli Robins (PGY5): "How to find the right training program – the trainee perspective" Leanne Grafmuller (PGY2): "The impact of calcified plaque volume in short-term and long-term outcomes after TCAR" Vinny Locham (PGY2): "Use of Glycoprotein IIB-IIIA inhibitors in patients undergoing carotid artery stenting in VQI" Matt Byrne (GenSurg PGY1): "Antegrade perfusion of abdominal viscera using TCAR during open TAAA repair" Zach Zottola (MS2): "Outcomes Following Endovenous Ablation Therapy for Obese Patients with Lower Clinical CEAP Class" Eastern Vascular Society Mark Balceniuk (PGY5): "Quantification of cerebral lesion on MRI following TCAR" Leanne Grafmuller (PGY3): "Impact of Calcified Plaque Volume on Technical and 1 Year Outcomes After TCAR" Vinny Locham (PGY3): "Use of Glycoprotein IIb-IIIa Inhibitors in patients undergoing Carotid Artery Stenting" American College of Surgeons Zach Zottola (MS3): "Average percent pressure normalized strain reduction associated with aortic endografts in various 3D-printed hydrogel phantoms" Academic Surgical Congress Justin Weissberg (MS2): "Pre-operative risk factors impacting length of stay after transcarotid arterial revascularization" Zach Zottola (MS3): "Locoregional anesthesia reduces hospital and ICU stay following elective EVAR" Critical Issues America Baqir Kedwai (MS3): "Physician modified endografts for the repair of complex aortic aneurysms are not profitable under existing reimbursement schemes" Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society Kash Desai (PGY4): "Higher carotid bulb distension index correlates with increased hypotension & ICU utilization after transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR)" & "Survival and Operative Outcomes for Open and Endovascular Repair in Chronic Mesenteric Ischemia" SCVS (Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery) Kash Desai (PGY4): "Key pre-operative patient factors predict length of stay after transcarotid arterial revascularization (TCAR)" Ben Ford (GenSurg research resident): "Effects of community-level poverty and lack of insurance on timing of permanent vascular access creation"