Dr. Ageliki G. Vouyouka, MD, FACS, RPVI

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Get to know Vascular Surgeon Dr. Ageliki G. Vouyouka, who serves patients throughout the State of New York.

Dr. Vouyouka is a highly-trained vascular surgeon at The Lauder Family Cardiovascular Center of Mount Sinai Heart, which is a part of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, New York.

“Whether you’re coming to us for a routine check-up or special procedure, we consider your comfort and convenience a top priority. In addition to general cardiology, our services include disease prevention, cardiac imaging, interventional cardiology, and cardiac rehabilitation, as well as vascular medicine and surgery. We also have an anticoagulation clinic for patients on blood thinner medications. These services are delivered by our talented patient care team, which includes more than 40 highly-skilled cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, and vascular physicians, as well as nurses, nutritionists, social workers, administrators, schedulers, and patient navigators, all working together to coordinate the best possible care for you” as stated on their website. 

Among Dr. Vouyouka’s areas of clinical focus include angiography, aortic aneurysm repair/removal, aortoiliac and aortofemoral bypass graft surgery, arteriovenous malformations, atherectomy/angioplasty of noncoronary vessel, atherosclerosis, bypass surgery consultation – CABG, carotid artery endarterectomy, carotid artery stenosis, endovenous laser treatment of varicose veins, femoropopliteal bypass surgery, fistula, surgery second opinion, thoracic outlet syndrome, and varicose veins.

In collaboration with the Mount Sinai Health System, her hospital affiliations include Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Morningside, Mount Sinai West, and Mount Sinai Queens.

As for her academic appointments, she serves as a Professor of Surgery, and as a Professor of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

Prior to joining the Division of Vascular Surgery at Mount Sinai, Dr. Vouyouka served as a faculty member in the Division of Vascular Surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center for two years. She also served on the faculty in the Department of Surgery at Wayne State University for six years in Detroit, Michigan. 

In addition to being a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), she is a member of the American Medical Association, the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society, and the Association of Academic Surgeons. 

Educated in Greece, Dr. Vouyouka completed medical school at the Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine. Following her residencies at Mount Sinai and Saint Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury, Connecticut, she completed fellowship training in vascular surgery at University of Missouri Hospitals and Clinics. Additionally, she completed a post-doctoral research fellowship at Yale University.

A Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI), the doctor is board-certified in general surgery and vascular surgery by the American Board of Surgery (ABS). The ABS is an independent, non-profit organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded for the purpose of certifying surgeons who have met a defined standard of education, training, and knowledge.

Serving as a consultant for the American Board of Surgery, Dr. Vouyouka has undergone additional training in minimally invasive treatments for vascular conditions, including carotid stenting, endovascular treatment of lower extremity, arterial occlusive disease, and minimally invasive repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms. She has presented research results at several national and international scientific meetings, and has co-authored many original manuscripts published in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Vascular Surgery, the Journal of Surgical Research, and the Journal of Surgery. 

Her clinical research is mainly focused on the study of arterial vascular disease in women, of which she is an expert. Her research efforts are directed towards the development of clinical studies that would provide better understanding of the natural history of the vascular disease in women, as well as the identification of gender specific medical and social risk factors to improve the clinical outcomes in female patients; often underrepresented in studies.

Vascular surgery is a surgical subspecialty in which diseases of the vascular system, including the arteries, veins, and lymphatic circulation, are managed by medical therapy, minimally invasive catheter procedures, and surgical reconstruction. A vascular surgeon diagnoses, treats, and manages conditions in the arteries and veins, also called the blood vessels. These specialists treat a range of health problems, from spider and varicose veins to life-threatening aneurysms, and can help patients manage chronic conditions throughout their lives.

On a more personal note, Dr. Vouyouka speaks English, Greek, Italian, and Spanish.

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