Dr. Melhem J Sharafuddin MD
Vascular Surgeon | Vascular Surgery
200 Hawkins Dr Iowa City IA, 52242Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Melhem Sharafuddin is a vascular surgeon practicing in Iowa City, IA. Dr. Sharafuddin specializes in disorders relating to the arterial, venous and lymphatic systems. As a vascular surgeon, Dr. Sharafuddin 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
Govt. Dental College, Bangalore University, India 1988
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR- Vascular and Interventional Radiology
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The nitinol vascular occlusion plug: preliminary experimental evaluation in peripheral veins.
- Prognostic value of CT before thrombolytic therapy in iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis.
- Erythematous, hemorrhagic, and necrotic plaques in an elderly man. Coumarin-induced skin necrosis.
- Projection-based bolus detection for computed tomographic angiography.
- Bolus characteristics based on Magnetic Resonance Angiography.
- Syringomyelia extending to basal ganglia.
- The components of taurine transport across the rat small intestine A kinetic study.
- Study of an adaptive bolus chasing CT angiography.
- Current status of carbon dioxide angiography.
- Progression from simple joint effusion to extensive pigmented villonodular synovitis of the hip within 2 years: demonstration with MR imaging.
- The role of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of soft tissue lesions.
- Radiologic case study. Multiple synchronous extensor tendon rupture.
- MR imaging of benign soft-tissue masses.
- Repositionable vascular occluder: experimental comparison with standard Gianturco coils.
- Dialysis grafts arterial plug: retrieval using the tulip sheath device in vitro.
Clinical Trials
- Study of the Relay Pro® Thoracic Stent-Graft in Subjects With Traumatic Injury of the Descending Thoracic Aorta
- Study of the RelayPro Thoracic Stent-Graft in Subjects With an Acute, Complicated Type B Aortic Dissection
- RelayPro Thoracic Stent-Graft in Subjects With Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcers
- Carotid Revascularization and Medical Management for Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis Trial
- Chronic Venous Thrombosis: Relief With Adjunctive Catheter-Directed Therapy (The C-TRACT Trial)
Treatments
- Stroke
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Aneurysm
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (aaa)
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Peripheral Artery Disease (pad)
- Swelling
- Vascular Disease
- Permanent Removal Of Ingrown Toenails
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