Dr. Oscar H. Grandas MD
Vascular Surgeon | Vascular Surgery
1940 Alcoa Hwy Suite E 120 Knoxville TN, 37920Rating
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Dr. Oscar Grandas is a vascular surgeon practicing in Knoxville, TN. Dr. Grandas specializes in disorders relating to the arterial, venous and lymphatic systems. As a vascular surgeon, Dr. Grandas 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
Faculty of Medicine National University of Colombia
Universidad Nacional de Colombia Facultad de Medicina 1986
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Deep venous thrombosis in the pediatric trauma population: an unusual event: report of three cases.
- Hepatic angiosarcoma: long-term survival after complete surgical removal.
- Influence of hormone replacement therapy on the outcome of iliac angioplasty and stenting.
- Alternative technique to cannulate the descending aorta for abdominal organ procurement in a hemodynamically unstable patient.
- Bilateral renal rupture in a patient on hemodialysis.
- A case of external carotid artery pseudoaneurysm from hyoid bone fracture.
- Serum levels of matrix metalloproteinase-2 as a marker of intimal hyperplasia.
- Role of MT1-MMP in estrogen-mediated cellular processes of intimal hyperplasia.
- Smooth muscle cell polymeric transfection is an efficient alternative to traditional methods of experimental gene therapy.
- Effect of hormone replacement therapy in matrix metalloproteinase expression and intimal hyperplasia development after vascular injury.
- Androgens regulate MMPs and the cellular processes of intimal hyperplasia.
- Low testosterone elevates interleukin family cytokines in a rodent model: a possible mechanism for the potentiation of vascular disease in androgen-deficient males.
- Testosterone replacement attenuates intimal hyperplasia development in an androgen deficient model of vascular injury.
- Improving the efficacy of liposome-mediated vascular gene therapy via lipid surface modifications.
Treatments
- Stroke
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Aneurysm
- Immunodeficiency
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (dvt)
- Vascular Disease
- Permanent Removal Of Ingrown Toenails
Fellowships
- Transplantation Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C. USA 1998
- Vascular Surgery, University of Tennesse Medical Center at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN USA 2000
- Washington Hospital Center, University of Tennessee Medical Center
- Washington Hospital Center & The University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville
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