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Hisham Bassiouny, M.D.

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Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
Professor of Surgery
Chief of Vascular Surgery and Director of the Non-Invasive Vascular Laboratory
5841 S. Maryland Ave (MC 5028)

Clinical Interests:
Dr. Hisham Bassiouny is an expert in minimally- and non-invasive vascular procedures. He was one of the first doctors in the United States to perform minimally invasive stent graft repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Clinical specialties:

Minimally invasive vascular surgery
Carotid artery disease
Aneurysms
Complex arterial disease
Venous insufficiency



Academic Interests:

In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Bassiouny is the editor of a book on atherosclerosis imaging, as well as the author of more than 20 book chapters about vascular medicine and more than 60 peer reviewed articles in vascular surgery, medicine, and atherosclerosis.

He is a recipient of several National Institutes of Health and American Heart Association awards.

Education:
Board Certification: Vascular Surgery
Board Certification: General Surgery
M.D.: Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Internship: Linz General Hospital, Linz, Austria Surgery
Internship: Maryland General Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Residency: Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Fellowship: Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Fellowship: University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Representative Publications:
Wu T, Prema J, Zagaja G, Shalhav A, Bassiouny H. . Total laparo-robotic repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm with sac exclusion obliteration aortofemoral bypass: Case report and review of the literature. Annals of Vascular Surgery 2009

Boussel L, Arora S, Rapp J, Rutt B, Huston J, Parker D, Yuan C, Bassiouny HS, Saloner D. Atherosclerotic plaque progression in carotid arteries: Monitoring with high-spatial-resolution MR imaging - Multicenter trial Radiology 2009

Wahlgren CM, Zheng W, Shaalan W, Tang J, Bassiouny HS. Human carotid plaque calcification and vulnerability: Relationship between degree of plaque calcification, fibrous cap inflammatory gene expression and symptomology. Cerebrovascular Diseases 2009; 27(2):193-200

Loor G, Skelly CL, Wahlgren CM, Bassiouny HS, Piano G, Shaalan W, Desai TR. Is atherectomy the best first-line therapy for limb salvage in patients with critical limb ischemia? Vasc Endovasc Surgery 2009

Loor G, Bassiouny HS, Valentin C, Shao MY, Funaki B, Desai T. Local and systemic consequences of larger retroperitoneal clot burdens World Journal of Surgery 2009; 33(8):1618-25

Veerapong J, Wahlgren CM, Jolly N, Bassiouny HS.. Successful percutaneous retrieval of an inferior vena cava filter migrating to the right venticle in a bariatric patient. Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology 2008; 31(Supplement 2):S177-81

Bassiouny HS. Commentary on “Embolization during carotid angioplasty and stenting: What is the optimal method for detecting embolic debris and its sequelae?” Persp Vasc Surg Endovasc Ther 2008; 20(3):270-271

Loth F, Fischer PF, Bassiouny HS. Blood flow in end-to-side anastamoses Annual Review of Fluid Dynamics 2008; 40:367-393

Wahlgren CM, Skelly CL, Shalhav A, Bassiouny HS. Hybrid laparo-robotic debranching and endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm. Annals of Vascular Surgery 2008; 22:285-289

Wahlgren CM, Piano G, Desai TR, Shaalan W, Bassiouny HS. Transperitoneal versus retroperitoneal suprarenal cross-clamping for repair of AAA with a hostile infrarenal aortic neck. Annals of Vascular Surgery 2007; 21(6):687-694

Lee SW, Smith DS, Loth F, Fischer PF, Bassiouny HS. Numerical and experimental simulation of transitional flow in a blood vessel junction. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 2007; 51:1-22

Fischer PF, Loth F, Lee SE, Lee SW, Smith DS, Bassiouny HS. Simulation of high Reynolds number vascular flows. International Journal of Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (CMAME) 2007; 196:3049-3060

Lee SW, Smith DS, Loth F, Fischer PF, Bassiouny HS. Importance of flow division on transition to turbulence within an arteriovenous graft. J Biomech 2007; 40(5):981-92

Grogan J, Castilla M, Lozanski L, Griffin A, Loth F, Bassiouny H. Frequency of critical stenosis in primary arteriovenous fistulae before hemodialysis access: should duplex ultrasound surveillance be the standard of care? J Vasc Surg 2005; 41(6):1000-6

Grogan JK, Shaalan WE, Cheng H, Gewertz B, Desai T, Schwarze G, Glagov S, Lozanski L, Griffin A, Castilla M, Bassiouny HS. B-mode ultrasonographic characterization of carotid atherosclerotic plaques in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. J Vasc Surg 2005; 42(3):435-41

Pearce BJ, Baldwin Z, Bassiouny H, Gewertz BL, McKinsey JF. Endovascular solutions to complications of open aortic repair. Vasc Endovascular Surg 2005; 39(3):221-8

Yazicioglu Y, Royston TJ, Spohnholtz T, Martin B, Loth F, Bassiouny HS. Acoustic radiation from a fluid-filled, subsurface vascular tube with internal turbulent flow due to a constriction. J Acoust Soc Am 2005; 118(2):1193-209

Lee SW, Loth F, Royston TJ, Fischer PF, Grogan JK, Bassiouny HS. Flow induced vein wall vibration in an arteriovenous graft. Journal of Fluids and Structures 2005; 20(6):837-852

Arslan N, Loth F, Bertram CD, Bassiouny HS. Transitional flow field characterization inside an arteriovenous graft-to-vein anastomosis under pulsatile flow conditions. European Journal of Mechanics 2005; 24(3):353-365

Desai TR, Bassiouny HS. Diagnosis and treatment of non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia. In: RB Rutherford, eds. Vascular Surgery. 6th ed. New York, NY: Elsevier; 2005:1728-1731

Baldwin ZK, Pearce BJ, Curi MA, Desai TR, McKinsey JF, Bassiouny HS, Katz D, Gewertz BL, Schwartz LB. Limb salvage after infrainguinal bypass graft failure. J Vasc Surg 2004; 39(5):951-7

Shaalan WE, Cheng H, Gewertz B, McKinsey JF, Schwartz LB, Katz D, Cao D, Desai T, Glagov S, Bassiouny HS. Degree of carotid plaque calcification in relation to symptomatic outcome and plaque inflammation. J Vasc Surg 2004; 40(2):262-9

Rossi PJ, Skelly CL, Meyerson SL, Bassiouny HS, Katz D, Schwartz LB, McKinsey JF, Gewertz BL, Desai TR. Redo infrainguinal bypass: factors predicting patency and limb salvage. Ann Vasc Surg 2003; 17(5):492-502

Shaalan WE, French-Sherry E, Castilla M, Lozanski L, Bassiouny HS. Reliability of common femoral artery hemodynamics in assessing the severity of aortoiliac inflow disease. J Vasc Surg 2003; 37(5):960-9

Curi MA, Skelly CL, Baldwin ZK, Woo DH, Baron JM, Desai TR, Katz D, McKinsey JF, Bassiouny HS, Gewertz BL, Schwartz LB. Long-term outcome of infrainguinal bypass grafting in patients with serologically proven hypercoagulability. J Vasc Surg 2003; 37(2):301-6

Loth F, Fischer PF, Arslan N, Bertram CD, Lee SE, Royston TJ, Shaalan WE, Bassiouny HS. Transitional flow at the venous anastomosis of an arteriovenous graft: potential activation of the ERK1/2 mechanotransduction pathway. J Biomech Eng 2003; 125(1):49-61

Bassiouny HS, Zarins CK, Lee DC, Skelly CL, Fortunato JE, Glagov S. Diurnal heart rate reactivity: a predictor of severity of experimental coronary and carotid atherosclerosis. J Cardiovasc Risk 2002; 9(6):331-8

Loth F, Jones SA, Zarins CK, Giddens DP, Nassar RF, Glagov S, Bassiouny HS. Relative contribution of wall shear stress and injury in experimental intimal thickening at PTFE end-to-side arterial anastomoses. J Biomech Eng 2002; 124(1):44-51

MacKenzie KS, French-Sherry E, Burns K, Pooley T, Bassiouny HS. B-mode ultrasound measurement of carotid bifurcation stenoses: is it reliable? Vasc Endovascular Surg 2002; 36(2):123-35

Kilpatrick D, Goudet C, Sakaguchi Y, Bassiouny HS, Glagov S, Vito R. Effect of plaque composition on fibrous cap stress in carotid endarterectomy specimens. J Biomech Eng 2001; 123(6):635-8

Song RH, Kocharyan HK, Fortunato JE, Glagov S, Bassiouny HS. Increased flow and shear stress enhance in vivo transforming growth factor-beta1 after experimental arterial injury. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2000; 20(4):923-30

Fortunato JE, Bassiouny HS, Song RH, Kocharian H, Glagov S, Edelstein C, Scanu AM. Apolipoprotein (a) fragments in relation to human carotid plaque instability. J Vasc Surg 2000; 32(3):555-63

Fortunato JE, Mauceri HJ, Kocharyan H, Song RH, Salloum R, Vosicky J, Swedberg K, Malik S, Abusharif F, Glagov S, Weichselbaum RR, Bassiouny HS. Gene therapy enhances the antiproliferative effect of radiation in intimal hyperplasia. J Surg Res 2000; 89(2):155-62

Year Started in Practice:1987 

Practice Location(s):Center for Advanced Medicine
5758 S. Maryland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
 
Memberships:American College of Surgeons
Chicago Endovascular Society
International Society for Endovascular Specialists
Society of University Surgeons
Society of Vascular Surgery 
Languages Spoken:English
French
German
Arabic 


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