Presentations
Recent research presentations
“Surgeon Perspectives on Shared Decision-Making in Dialysis Access Surgery”
(PI Woo) presented by Jose Luis Lopez (General Surgery Resident) at 2026 Annual Academy Health Research Meeting, June 2026.
“The Intersection of Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Thoracic Outlet Syndrome”
(PI Gelabert) presented by Thomas Munro (UCLA Undergraduate Student) at the 44th Annual Southern California Vascular Surgical Society meeting, May 2026.
“Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists (GLP1) are Associated with Fewer Venous Thromboembolic Events and Limb Complications in Patients with Chronic Venous Insufficiency”
(PI Rowe) presented by Lavender Micalo (DGSOM Medical Student) at the 44th Annual Southern California Vascular Surgical Society meeting, May 2026.
“Impact of Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders on Endovascular Lower Extremity Revascularization Outcomes”
(PI Rowe) presented by Lavender Micalo (DGSOM Medical Student) at the 44th Annual Southern California Vascular Surgical Society meeting, May 2026.
“Multidisciplinary Repair of Perivisceral Aortic Aneurysm with Complex Renal Artery Reconstruction”
(PI Rowe) presented by Marvin Chau (Vascular Surgery Resident) at the 44th Annual Southern California Vascular Surgical Society meeting, May 2026.
“Association of Multimorbidity and Frailty with Vascular Access Outcomes”
(PI Woo) presented by Sahana Ravishankar (UCLA Undergraduate Student) at the 2026 Vascular Access for Dialysis Symposium Society, May 2026, awarded third place for podium presentation.
“Regrowth of First Rib Following Resection”
(PI Gelabert) presented by Joanna Shaw (Vascular Surgery Resident) at the 53rd Annual Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery symposium, March 2026.
“A Comparison of Aspiration Thrombectomy to Catheter Directed Thrombolysis in Management of Paget Schroetter Syndrome”
(PI Gelabert) presented by Lara Sak (UCLA Undergraduate Student) at the 53rd Annual Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery symposium, March 2026.
“Acute Pulmonary Embolism with Inferior Vena Caval Thrombus Following Radiofrequency Ablation Of The Great Saphenous Vein Despite Early Ultrasound Surveillance”
(PI Jimenez) presented by Mitali Doshi (Vascular Surgery Resident) at the 53rd Annual Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery symposium, March 2026.
“The Development of Reporting Standards for Ablation-Related Thrombus Extension (ARTE)”
(PI Lawrence) presented by Tristan Bennett (DGSOM Medical Student) at the 38th Annual American Venous Forum, February 2026.
“Validation of the Society for Vascular Surgery Appropriate Use Criteria for Management of intermittent claudication”
(PI Woo and Obanion) presented by Christine Mavilian (DGSOM Medical Student) at the 40th Annual Western Vascular Society meeting, September 2025, awarded first place in the Robert Hye Memorial Best Trainee Competition.
“The association between Multimorbidity and Arteriovenous fistula creation outcomes”
(PI Woo) presented by Jose Luis Lopez (General Surgery Resident) at the 40th Annual Western Vascular Society meeting, September 2025, awarded second place in the Robert Hye Memorial Best Trainee Competition.
“Impact of lumen origin and Gap distance on Target artery outcomes following fenestrated-branched endovascular aortic repair for post-dissection thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms”
(PI Mendes) presented by Armin Tabiei (Vascular Surgery Integrated Resident) at the 40th Annual Western Vascular Society meeting, September 2025, awarded third place in the Robert Hye Memorial Best Trainee Competition.
“An eroded carotid artery stent in a patient with oropharyngeal cancer”
(PI Ulloa) presented by Marianna Pavlyha (Vascular Surgery Fellow) at the 40th Annual Western Vascular Society meeting, September 2025.
“Multi-institutional comparative outcomes of physician-modified endografts and off-the-shelf Gore thoracoabdominal multibranch endoprosthesis”
(PI Mendes) presented by Armin Tabiei (Vascular Surgery Integrated Resident) at the 40th Annual Western Vascular Society meeting, September 2025.
“Living with CLTI: exploring the experiences and perceptions of older community dwelling Latinos to prevent amputations and promote independence”
Presented by Jesus Ulloa (Vascular Surgery Faculty) at the 40th Annual Western Vascular Society meeting, September 2025.
"Comparative Outcomes Following Radiofrequency Ablation and Polidocanol Microfoam Ablation of Symptomatic, Incompetent Small Saphenous Veins”
(PI Jimenez) presented by Mokhshan Ramachandran (Vascular Surgery Integrated Resident) at the 37th Annual American Venous Forum, February 2025.