Dr. Edmond J Raker MD
Vascular Surgeon | Vascular Surgery
1100 9th Ave Seattle WA, 98101About
Dr. Edmond Raker is a vascular surgeon practicing in Seattle, WA. Dr. Raker specializes in disorders relating to the arterial, venous and lymphatic systems. As a vascular surgeon, Dr. Raker 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
Harvard Med Sch, Boston Ma 1974
Harvard University Boston 1974
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Isolated hypogastric artery aneurysms.
- A comparison of 50 initial endoluminal endograft repairs for abdominal aortic aneurysm with 50 concurrent open repairs.
- Current management and clinical outcome of hemangiopericytomas.
- Case report of a hybrid endovascular approach to an abdominal aortic dissection with retrograde thoracic extension and infrarenal aneurysm.
- Supraceliac aortomesenteric bypass for intestinal ischemia.
- Post embolectomy thrombosis treated with intra-arterial streptokinase.
- Revascularization for chronic mesenteric ischemia: comparison of operative arterial bypass grafting and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.
- Lethal nature of ischemic gastropathy.
- Transverse colon volvulus and associated Chilaiditi's syndrome: case report and literature review.
Awards
- 2011 Seattle Super Doctors
Treatments
- Minimally Invasive Surgery, Surgical Procedures, Aneurysm And More
Fellowships
- General Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston 1981
- Vascular Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 1982
- Endovascular Interventions, Arizona Heart Institute, Phoenix 1999
- General Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston 1981
- Vascular Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 1982
- Endovascular Interventions, Arizona Heart Institute, Phoenix 1999
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