Dr. Alexander D. Shepard M.D.
Vascular Surgeon | Vascular Surgery
Henry Ford Health System 2799 West Grand Boul Detroit MI, 48202Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Alexander Shepard is a vascular surgeon practicing in Detroit, MI. Dr. Shepard specializes in disorders relating to the arterial, venous and lymphatic systems. As a vascular surgeon, Dr. Shepard diagnoses and treats vascular diseases and performs vasular surgeries. Common conditions that a vascular surgeon treats are aneurysms, atherosclerosis and varicose veins. Vascular specialists might also treat trauma, venous ulcers, poor leg circulation, peripheral arterial disease and other vascular-related issues.
Education and Training
Johns Hopkins Univ Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1976
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1976
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Aortic mural thrombus embolization: an unusual presentation of essential thrombocytosis.
- Effect of the 80-hour work week on resident operative experience in general surgery.
- Results of aggressive graft surveillance and endovascular treatment on secondary patency rates of Vectra Vascular Access Grafts.
- Developing a scoring rubric for resident research presentations: a pilot study.
- Delayed presentation of aortic injury by pedicle screws: report of two cases and
- Nox4 oxidase overexpression specifically decreases endogenous Nox4 mRNA and inhibits angiotensin II-induced adventitial myofibroblast migration.
- D. Emerick Szilagyi, MD, 1910-2009; editor, 1984-1990.
- Iatrogenic arterial injuries of spine and orthopedic operations.
- Frequency, risk factors, and management of perigraft seroma after open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
- Incidental diagnosis of idiopathic gonadal vein thrombosis.
- Restenosis after carotid artery stenting and endarterectomy: a secondary analysis of CREST, a randomised controlled trial.
- Changing presentation of knee dislocation and vascular injury from high-energy trauma to low-energy falls in the morbidly obese.
- Survival after repair of pararenal and paravisceral abdominal aortic aneurysms.
- Method of treating patients with acute type A aortic dissection and lower extremity malperfusion.
- Beware of ultra-low-velocity knee dislocation.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Stroke
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Aneurysm
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (dvt)
- Pain
- Peripheral Artery Disease (pad)
- Swelling
- Vascular Disease
- Permanent Removal Of Ingrown Toenails
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