@UKvascular fellows. Pros at the #open #AAA. 1st yr fellow met her required open abdomen (and #EVAR) cases in 6 months! Here she is doing back to back open AAAs. #AAA should be tx by well trained surgeons in #open & #endo. For aortic problems, see an expert! #VascularSurgeon

Proud to share ARCH-ARC out today in Circulation 🔥 The endo arch world is moving FAST — branched/fenestrated devices, ascending endografts, total arch without sternotomy. We needed a framework to keep up. First-ever standardized endpoints for thoracic aortic arch trials: new aortic-specific neuro endpoints including structured neurocognitive testing, delirium protocols & spinal cord injury grading. A modified Type A Dissection Classification system to clarify arch involvement. A framework for multi-specialty collaboration. Real outcomes for real patients. It was a privilege to lead this alongside @AWBeckMD and couldn't be prouder of what this incredible international team built together 🫀🚀 #AorticSurgery #TEVAR #ArchARC ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.…

“In 2021, vascular surgeons produced an average of $1.6 million per full-time equivalent, ranking as the fourth-highest revenue-producing specialty in the health care system.” And that is for the obvious, billable services, not for everything else…. beckershospitalreview.com/st…

Incredible Grand Rounds with Dr. Sam Tyagi (@UKentucky)! 🏥 His RCT on using sub-dissociative ketamine to slash opiate use in thoracoabdominal aneurysm recovery is a game-changer for patient outcomes. 🚀 Great insights with our team! Thank you @SamTyagiMD

The Sugar Bowl: Cinematic Recap #SugarBowl x #HottyToddy

Excellent trip to Nashville for @VascularEVS! Congrats to Sadie Junkins MS4 @UKYMedicine for her podium presentation on suction thrombectomy vs lysis for acute limb ischemia. #VasculaSurgery @UkVsig

Well deserved! Congrats!

Ito, S., Graf, D.B., Katsumata, Y. et al. Smooth muscle cells and fibroblasts in the ascending aorta exhibit minor differences between embryonic origins in angiotensin II-driven transcriptional alterations. Sci Rep 15, 16617 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-9…

Excited to share that our new study is in press at @ATHjournal! We investigated how aspirin therapy impacts aortic aneurysm progression with a little help from @OpenAI @ChatGPTapp. A 🧵 @MSFTResearch @ResearchKY @SamTyagiMD @UKvascular @UKYMedicine atherosclerosis-journal.com/…

Congrats to Dr. Hong Lu on receiving the first Dr David Dichek Mid-Career Investigator Award at #VascularDiscovery25 for her research on Aortic disease! #AortaEd @GillKentucky @UK_HealthCare @UKYMedicine

Excellent talk @VascularSVS #VRIC by @SoheiIto of @hisashi_sawada Lab on the novel finding of de novo elastic fibers in chronic aortic dissection! They told us in school, no new elastin! Wow 🤯! @GillKentucky @UK_HealthCare @UKvascular See poster at #VascularDiscovery25

So happy to help the our patients receive the most cutting edge care! #HEARThealth #CHF @UK_HealthCare @UKSurgeryDept @UKvascular

Today the Gill Heart & Vascular Institute implanted the first Barostim device at UK – a groundbreaking step forward in the treatment of advanced heart failure. Huge congratulations to the team for bringing innovative, life-changing care to patients right here in Kentucky!

Failure was not an option: 55 years ago, Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert were headed for the Moon. En route, an oxygen tank ruptured. Creative problem solving and courage brought them home safely. Here's how: nasa.gov/mission/apollo-13/

CMS just handed MA plans a $25B raise. Independent physicians? Still underpaid. Here’s what they don’t want you to hear:

Happy Holi to all Fulham fans celebrating! 🎉

Congrats to @SamTyagiMD for winning founders award @southernvas in use of ketamine to reduce postoperative opiate use in patients undergoing TAAA repair. Great work and effort #AortaEd

Gotta love Boxing Day! Gentleman Jim with the priceless comms, a West London Derby for the books! @FulhamFC #FestiveFixtures COYW!!!

It’s because European soccer’s worst nightmare is the USMNT 🇺🇸 actually being good. Having players that can compete in their leagues. Europe doesn’t know how to digest it.

TAMBE vs PMEG? What is the future of complex endovascular aneurysm repair? #AAA #vascular Join us Wed. Dec 11 7pm EST Registration: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…

What a kick off to the 19th anniversary of the @GillKentucky Affiliate Network Annual Conference #GAN24 !! Tour of @KentuckyMBB locker room and @Rupp_Arena !! @UKvascular