Vascular Surgery Faculty
Panos Kougias, MD, MSc, FACS
Chair, Department of Surgery
Aortic aneurysm, to include fenestrated aneurysm repair; carotid interventions; lower
and upper extremity open vascular and endovascular interventions; limb salvage; venous
procedures.

Justin Chin-Bong Choi, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division Chief, Vascular Surgery
Amputation prevention to include endovascular and open vascular limb preservation
interventions; endovascular and open carotid interventions; venous interventions;
pulmonary embolism interventions; hemodialysis access.

Dale Distant, MD
Hemodialysis Program Director
Hemodialysis access; endocrine surgery.

Jon D. Kirwin, MD
Clerkship Director
Carotid interventions; lower and upper extremity open vascular and endovascular interventions;
limb salvage.

John Tomasula, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Hemodialysis access

Yang Yang, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Hemodialysis access, amputation prevention using endovascular and open limb salvage
interventions; endovascular and open carotid interventions; venous interventions; pulmonary embolism
interventions.