Welcome to the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
A Message from the Division Chief
Over the years, Stony Brook Medicine's Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery has remained committed to pioneering groundbreaking surgical interventions and innovative research. Our mission is simple — to offer the highest quality, patient-centered care using thorough diagnoses and an individualized treatment plans focused on controling risk factors and saving lives.
We treat a wide breadth of vascular and endovascular diseases and conditions. Our expertise in open, endovascular and hybrid procedures is enhanced by our two dedicated state-of-the-art hybrid operating rooms, an outpatient office-based cutting-edge lab and clinical trials that allow us to achieve outcomes that are among the best in the nation.
Furthermore, our multidisciplinary approach to patient care means that our patients will not only have the advantage of being treated by our expert vascular and endovascular surgeons, but also by Stony Brook Medicine's leading cardiac surgeons, trauma surgeons, surgical oncologists, colorectal surgeons and podiatrists. -- Rabih A. Chaer, MD, MSc, DFSVS -John J. Ricotta Endowed Professor in Vascular Surgery - Chief of the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Division
The Stony Brook Difference
Our team provides specialized services for a wide variety of circulatory disorders. Our surgeons perform reconstructive procedures for occlusive and aneurysmal diseases. They have special expertise in:
- Thoraco-abdominal surgery
- Surgery and stenting for stroke prevention (carotid endarterectomy / carotid stenting / transcarotid artery revascularization)
- Treatment of hypertension
- Aneurysm repair, including endovascular thoracic aortic aneurysm repair, the new "internal bypass" stent procedure that we perform with our colleagues in cardiothoracic surgery
- Lower extremity vascular reconstruction
- Surgery for diabetic foot ulcers
SVS VQI Award
For the third year in a row, our Vascular team has been awarded 3 Stars, the highest awarded rating by the Society for Vascular Surgery's Vascular Quality Initiative for their contribution in the Registry Participation Program. Year after year, our Division of Vascular Surgery has been awarded and recognized for their focus on continuous improvement in patient care.
The mission of SVS VQI is to improve the quality, safety, effectiveness and cost of vascular healthcare. The SVS VQI collects pre-operative risk factors, intra-procedural variables, post-procedural outcomes and one-year follow-up data in 14 major vascular procedure Registries.