Dr. Murray L Shames MD
Vascular Surgeon | Vascular Surgery
2 Tampa General Cir Stc 3rd Floor Tampa FL, 33606Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Murray Shames is a vascular surgeon practicing in Tampa, FL. Dr. Shames specializes in disorders relating to the arterial, venous and lymphatic systems. As a vascular surgeon, Dr. Shames 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
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Yeshiva University 1994
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Endoluminal stent placement for the treatment of traumatic carotid artery pseudoaneurysm: case report and review of the literature.
- Abdominal aortic aneurysms. Surgical treatment.
- Carotid intervention prior to or during coronary artery bypass grafting. When is it necessary?
- Outcome of carotid stent-assisted angioplasty versus open surgical repair of recurrent carotid stenosis.
- Optimizing infrainguinal arm vein bypass patency with duplex ultrasound surveillance and endovascular therapy.
- The value of duplex surveillance after open and endovascular popliteal aneurysm repair.
- Current indications for preoperative inferior vena cava filter insertion in patients undergoing surgery for morbid obesity.
- An overview of matrix metalloproteinases in the pathogenesis and treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms.
- Increasing endovascular intervention for claudication: impact on vascular surgery resident training.
- Duplex ultrasound criteria for femorofemoral bypass revision.
- Risk factors for recurrent hemorrhage after successful mesenteric arterial embolization.
- Use of antibiotic-loaded polymethylmethacrylate beads for the treatment of extracavitary prosthetic vascular graft infections.
- Optimizing compliance, efficiency, and safety during surveillance of small abdominal aortic aneurysms.
- MF-tricyclic inhibits growth of experimental abdominal aortic aneurysms.
- Selective application of sartorius muscle flaps and aggressive staged surgical debridement can influence long-term outcomes of complex prosthetic graft infections.
Clinical Trials
- Visceral Manifold Study for the Repair of TAAA
- Evaluation of the GORE® TAG® Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis (TBE Device) in the Treatment of Lesions of the Aortic Arch and Descending Thoracic Aorta (Zone 2)
- Evaluation of the GORE® TAG® Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis (TBE Device) in the Treatment of Lesions of the Aortic Arch and Descending Thoracic Aorta (Zone 0/1)
- Patient-Specific Simulation Used for EVAR Procedure Rehearsal - Evaluation of Clinical Performance With and Without Prior Rehearsal
- ANCHOR (Aneurysm Treatment Using the Heli-FX Aortic Securement System Global Registry)
Awards
- Florida Super Doctors 2009 - Gulf Coast Edition 2009
Treatments
- Varicose Veins
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Aneurysm
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (aaa)
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Peripheral Artery Disease (pad)
- Vascular Disease
Fellowships
- Vascular Disease, Washington University, St. Louis, MO - 2002. Vascular Surgery, USF College of Medicine, Tampa, FL - 2000.
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