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\"Kwame<\/div><\/div>

Kwame S. Amankwah, M.D., M.Sc., FACS, DFSVS, RPVI<\/a><\/h3>\n

Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
\nProfessor of Surgery and Vascular Medicine, UConn Health<\/p>\n

Program Director, UConn Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency
\nAssociate Program Director, UConn Vascular Surgery Fellowship<\/p>\n

Education & Training
\n<\/strong>Vascular Surgery Fellowship
\nYale University School of Medicine<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Mina<\/div><\/div>

Mina L. Boutrous, M.D., RPVI<\/a><\/h3>\n

Assistant Professor of Surgery, UConn Health
\nDivision of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery<\/p>\n

Associate Program Director,
\nUConn Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency<\/p>\n

Site Director, UConn Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency
\nUConn John Dempsey Hospital<\/p>\n

Education & Training
\n<\/strong>Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency
\nSaint Louis University School of Medicine<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Brian<\/div><\/div>

Brian D. Shames, M.D., FACS<\/a><\/h3>\n

Chief of General Surgery
\nAssociate Professor of Surgery, UConn Health<\/p>\n

Program Director, UConn General Surgery Residency<\/p>\n

Core Faculty, UConn Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency
\nUConn John Dempsey Hospital<\/p>\n

Education & Training
\n<\/strong>Transplant Research and Clinical Transplant Fellow
\nUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Edward<\/div><\/div>

Edward \u201cTed\u201d Gifford, M.D., FSVS, FACS, RPVI<\/a><\/h3>\n

Director, East Region Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
\nCo-Director, East Region Limb Preservation Program, Hartford HealthCare<\/p>\n

Site Director, UConn Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency
\nHartford HealthCare, Hartford Hospital<\/p>\n

Education & Training
\n<\/strong>Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Fellowship
\nMayo Clinic<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Parth<\/div><\/div>

Parth S. Shah, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, RPVI<\/a><\/h3>\n

Director of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Central Region
\nHartford HealthCare<\/p>\n

Program Director, UConn Vascular Surgery Fellowship<\/p>\n

Core Faculty, UConn Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency
\nHartford HealthCare, Hartford Hospital<\/p>\n

Education & Training
\n<\/strong>Vascular Surgery Fellowship
\nUniversity of Connecticut School of Medicine<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

\"Kristofer<\/div><\/div>

Kristofer A. Bagdasarian, M.D., FACS<\/a><\/h3>\n

Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
\nSaint Francis Hospital and Medical Center
\nTrinity Health Of New England<\/p>\n

Site Director, UConn Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency
\nTrinity Health Of New England, Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center<\/p>\n

Education & Training
\n<\/strong>Vascular Surgery Fellowship
\nRobert Wood Johnson University Hospital<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"parent":29251,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 00:12:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30163"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30163"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37554,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30163\/revisions\/37554"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}