Kwame S. Amankwah, M.D., M.Sc, FACS, DFSVS, RPVI

Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Professor of Surgery and Vascular Medicine, UConn Health

Program Director, UConn Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency
Associate Program Director, UConn Vascular Surgery Fellowship

Education & Training:

Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Yale University School of Medicine

Mina L. Boutrous, M.D., RPVI

Assistant Professor of Surgery, UConn Health
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Associate Program Director,
UConn Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency

Site Director, UConn Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency
UConn Health – John Dempsey Hospital

Education & Training:

Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency
Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Brian D. Shames, M.D., FACS

Chief of General Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery, UConn Health

Program Director, UConn General Surgery Residency

Core Faculty, UConn Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency
UConn Health - John Dempsey Hospital

Education & Training:

Transplant Research and Clinical Transplant Fellow
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Edward “Ted” Gifford, M.D., FSVS, FACS, RPVI

Director, East Region Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Co-director, East Region Limb Preservation Program, Hartford Healthcare

Site Director, UConn Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency
Hartford Healthcare - Hartford Hospital

Education & Training:

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Fellowship
Mayo Clinic

Parth S. Shah, M.D., MPH, RPVI

Director of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Central Region
Hartford Healthcare

Program Director, UConn Vascular Surgery Fellowship

Core Faculty, UConn Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency
Hartford Healthcare - Hartford Hospital

Education & Training:

Vascular Surgery Fellowship
University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Kristofer A. Bagdasarian, M.D., FACS

Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center
Trinity Health of New England

Site Director, UConn Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency
Trinity Health of New England - Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center

Education & Training:

Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital