https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5272-2871
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Surgery
·
2021 - Present
Surgery, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery,
Surgery
Recent Publications
External validation of prognostic multivariable risk models for surgical site infections after open lower extremity revascularization for peripheral arterial disease.
Journal Article Surgery · April 2026 INTRODUCTION: Surgical site infections are common after open lower extremity revascularization for peripheral arterial disease, increasing morbidity, limb loss, mortality, and costs. Although universal bundles reduce surgical site infection rates, some pro ... Full text Link to item CiteSocial Vulnerability as a Neighborhood-Level Determinant of Pancreatic Cancer Survivorship: A National Analysis of Veterans Affairs Patients.
Conference Ann Surg Oncol · February 2026 BACKGROUND: Veterans Affairs (VA) patients participate within the largest USA equal-access healthcare system, though still experience cancer mortality disparities by social determinants. The Social Vulnerability Index (SVI)-measuring community poverty, min ... Full text Link to item CiteCarotid Interventions in the Community are Associated with Higher Rates of Complications.
Journal Article Ann Vasc Surg · August 2025 BACKGROUND: The Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks Act was a landmark legislation that expanded Veterans' ability to seek care in the community (CITC). The purpose of this study is to evaluate perioperative outcomes ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Historical Perspectives and Current Data on Lower Extremity Amputations in Black Americans
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Eastern Vascular Society · 2024 - 2025Evaluation of the GORE EXCLUDER Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis for the Treatment of Common Iliac Artery Aneurysms or Aorto-iliac Aneurysms (IBE 12-04)
Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. · 2013 - 2022PSA for Tracey Taylor
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Institute for Medical Research, Inc. · 2018 - 2020View All Grants
Education
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2011
M.P.H.
Drexel University ·
1992
M.D.