<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/09-23/04-national-study-on-amputation-trends.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories>Research</categories><pubDate>09/23/2025 04:30:00 AM</pubDate><title>Downstate Faculty Lead Landmark National Study on Amputation Trends</title><sub-title/><description>Congratulations to Panos Kougias, M.D., MSc, FACS, Chair of the Department of Surgery and Clarence and Mary Dennis Professor of Surgery, Sherene Sharath Ph.D., MPH, Director of Research for the Department of Surgery, and their colleagues on the publication of their study, “Turning Tides: Evolving Comorbidity Profiles, Demographic Shift, and the Unexpected Rise of Major Lower Extremity Amputations,” in the Annals of Surgery.</description><author>Office of the President</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/09-23/_images/kougias-sharath.jpg" alt="photo of two doctors"/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/about/office-of-the-president/presidents-bulletin/2025/09-23/04-national-study-on-amputation-trends.xml</loc><tags><tag>Keep Care Close</tag><tag>Research</tag></tags><categories><category>Research</category></categories></item>