Mrs. Cynthia K Shortell M.D.
Vascular Surgeon | Vascular Surgery
40 Duke Medicine Cir Durham NC, 27710Rating
3/5
About
Dr. Cynthia Shortell is a vascular surgeon practicing in Durham, NC. Dr. Shortell specializes in disorders relating to the arterial, venous and lymphatic systems. As a vascular surgeon, Dr. Shortell 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.
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Photoplethysmography and calf muscle pump function after subfascial endoscopic perforator ligation.
- Irradiation for intimal hyperplasia: implications for peripheral arterial bypass.
- Combined free tissue transfer and infrainguinal bypass graft: an alternative to major amputation in selected patients.
- Reduction in wound morbidity rates following endoscopic saphenous vein harvest.
- Clinical review: irradiation for lower extremity arterial occlusive disease.
- Reperfusion and compartment syndromes: strategies for prevention and treatment.
- Alcohol withdrawal after open aortic surgery.
- Safety and efficacy of limited-dose tissue plasminogen activator in acute vascular occlusion.
- Future alternatives to heparin: low-molecular-weight heparin and hirudin.
- An animal model of fibrinolytic bleeding based on the rebleed phenomenon: application to a study of vulnerability of hemostatic plugs of different age.
- Acute aortic dissection presenting as rupture of the femoral artery.
- Hepatic adenoma and focal nodular hyperplasia.
- Endovascular treatment of varicose veins.
- The impact of race and insurance type on the outcome of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair.
- Importance of gender-specific role models in vascular surgery.
Treatments
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (aaa), Aneurysm, Aortic Aneurysm Repair And More
Professional Memberships
- Member Association for Academic Surgery
- Member Association of Women Surgeons
- Member Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society
- Fellow American College of Surgeons
- Member Eastern Vascular Surgery Society
- Member International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery
- Member Central Surgical Society
- Member Society for Vascular Surgery, Distinguished
- Member American College of Phlebology
- Member American Venous Forum
- Member Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery
- Member Southern Association for Vascular Surgery
- Member Association of Chairs in Vascular Surgery
- Member International Society of Surgery/Societe Internationale de Chirurgie (ISS/SIC)
- Member Society of University Surgeons
- Member American Surgical Association
Fellowships
- Vascular Surgery, Strong Memorial Hospital (New York) 1989
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3643 N ROXBORO ROAD DURHAM NC 27704