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