<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/education-training/fellowship-residency-programs/surgery/blog/2025/dr_kougias_annals_publication.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories/><pubDate>08/01/2025 06:39:57 AM</pubDate><title>Dr. Kougias and iNSPIRe Team Publish in Annals of Surgery on Rising Amputation Rates</title><sub-title/><description>The SUNY Downstate Department of Surgery congratulates Dr. Panos Kougias and the iNSPIRe team Dr. Sherene Sharath, Dr. Sundar Natarajan, Dr. David Berger, Dr. Claire Ferguson, Steven Medvedovsky, and Danylo Orlov on their publication “Turning Tides: Evolving Comorbidity Profiles, Demographic Shift, and the Unexpected Rise of Major Lower Extremity Amputations” in the Annals of Surgery Journal.  </description><author/><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="/education-training/fellowship-residency-programs/surgery/_images/kougias.png" alt="Dr. Kougias "/></image><loc>/var/staging/oucampus/suny-downstate/downstate/education-training/fellowship-residency-programs/surgery/blog/2025/dr_kougias_annals_publication.xml</loc><categories/></item>