Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

UTMB Vascular Surgeon Dr. Blakely led an interactive community health discussion, offering expert insight on heart and vascular disease prevention, early detection, and treatment.

Our vascular surgery team had the opportunity to participate in the Senior Fest at Lake Jackson, a well-attended health fair with over 1,000 attendees.

Vascular Surgery attends the Texas Society for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Annual Meeting

Dr. Mitchell Cox and the vascular surgery team will have their article, “Perioperative and intermediate outcomes of patients with pulmonary embolism undergoing catheter-directed thrombolysis vs percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy,” published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders as the “Editors Choice” for the month.

An 83 year old patient became the first in the Galveston region to undergo a revolutionary, minimally-invasive procedure that will not only change treatment for patients, but also could lengthen the career span of surgeons.