Dr. Stephen Gary Lalka M.D.
Vascular Surgeon | Vascular Surgery
1000 Blythe Blvd 4th Floor Charlotte NC, 28203About
Dr. Stephen Lalka is a vascular surgeon practicing in Charlotte, NC. Dr. Lalka specializes in disorders relating to the arterial, venous and lymphatic systems. As a vascular surgeon, Dr. Lalka 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
University Rochester,Rochester, Ny, Usa MD 1980
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Evaluation of the role of intercellular adhesion molecule 1 in a rodent model of chronic venous hypertension.
- Accuracy of CO2 angiography in vessel diameter assessment: a comparative study of CO2 versus iodinated contrast material in an aortoiliac flow model.
- Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms: assessment with multislice CT.
- Percutaneous stent placement as treatment of renal vein obstruction due to inferior vena caval thrombosis.
- Innominate artery aneurysm: axial reconstruction via a cervical approach.
- Clinical implications of combined hypogastric and profunda femoral artery occlusion.
- CO2-welded venous anastomosis: enhancement of weld strength with heterologous fibrin glue.
- The CO2 laser as an intraluminal repair tool.
- Detection of fibronectin on vascular flow surfaces by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
- Hemodynamics of revascularization for iliofemoral venous occlusion: a short-term canine model.
- Transcutaneous oxygen and carbon dioxide pressure monitoring to determine severity of limb ischemia and to predict surgical outcome.
- Canine model for surgical correction of chronic venous hypertension.
- Prospective comparison of noninvasive techniques for amputation level selection.
- An early experience with endovascular venous valve transplantation.
- Successful treatment of an iatrogenic infrarenal aortic dissection with serial Wallstents.
Professional Memberships
- Member Southern Association for Vascular Surgery 2009
- Member American College of Surgeons
- Member International Society for Endovascular Surgery
- Member Society of Interventional Radiology
- Member Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
- Fellow Society for Vascular Surgery (Distinguished Fellow)
- Member Society of Clinical Vascular Surgery
- Member Society of University Surgeons
- Member North Carolina Medical Society
- Member International Society for Vascular Surgery
- Fellow American College of Surgeons
- Member The Southern Association for Vascular Surgery
- Fellow The Society for Vascular Surgery, Distinguished Fellow
Fellowships
- University of Arizona, Vascular Surgery, AZ, USA 1987
- University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Vascular Surgery 1987
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