Professor of Surgery, University Pennsylvania

Vascular Surgery

Ronald Fairman practices Vascular Surgery. He went to Jefferson Medical College. He has 6 awards "America's Top Doctors", "Philadelphia Magazine", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Fellow (FACS)", "Super Doctor" and "Top MD". Ronald Fairman is a published doctor as well. He has 101 publications published. The latest was: Retrievable inferior vena cava filters can always be removed using "fall-back" techniques. Ronald M. Fairman, MD is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.

Publications

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• Sex Differences in the Incidence of Peripheral Artery Disease in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort.
• Comparison of risk factors for length of stay and readmission following lower extremity bypass surgery.
• Trends in Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair Length of Stay over a Decade at a Tertiary Academic Institution.
• Retrievable inferior vena cava filters can always be removed using "fall-back" techniques.
• Impact of timing on major complications after thoracic endovascular Aortic repair for acute type B Aortic dissection.
• Secondary Procedures following Thoracic Aortic Stent-Grafting in the First 3 Years of the VALOR Test and VALOR II Trials.
• How to manage infected Aortic endografts.
• Local wall thickness in finite element models improves prediction of Abdominal aortic aneurysm growth.
• Impact of wall thickness and saccular geometry on the computational wall stress of descending thoracic Aortic aneurysms.
• A rationale for managing rare complications: evidence from the European Registry of Endovascular Aortic Repair Complications about aorto-oesophageal fistula.
• Results of Carotid angioplasty and stenting are equivalent for critical versus high-grade lesions in patients deemed high risk for Carotid endarterectomy.
• The management of endograft infections following endovascular thoracic and Abdominal aneurysm repair.
• The fate of untreated concomitant suprarenal Aortic aneurysms after endovascular aneurysm repair of infrarenal Aortic aneurysms.
• Incidence, predictors, and outcomes of hemodynamic instability following Carotid angioplasty and stenting.
• Endovascular treatment of a symptomatic extracranial vertebral artery Aneurysm.
• Thoracic Endografting Reduces Morbidity and Remodels the Thoracic Aorta in DeBakey III Aneurysms.
• Reintervention for endograft failures after thoracic endovascular Aortic repair.
• Peak wall stress predicts expansion rate in descending thoracic Aortic aneurysms.
• No Increased Risk of Spinal Cord Ischemia in Delayed AAA Repair Following Thoracic Aortic Surgery.
• A modern experience with saccular Aortic aneurysms.
• Results with the Talent thoracic stent graft in the VALOR trial.
• Long-term comparison of thoracic endovascular Aortic repair (TEVAR) to open surgery for the treatment of thoracic Aortic aneurysms.
• Vascular distribution of stroke and its relationship to perioperative mortality and neurologic outcome after thoracic endovascular Aortic repair.
• Pivotal results for the Medtronic Valiant Thoracic Stent Graft System in the VALOR II trial.
• Pulmonary Embolism averted: trapped thrombus in inferior vena cava filters.
• A "fall-back" technique for difficult inferior vena cava filter retrieval.
• Analysis of femoral Artery intima-media thickness during the cardiac cycle.
• Stent grafting for aneurysmal degeneration of chronic descending thoracic Aortic dissections.
• Presentation, complications, and natural history of penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer Disease.
• A novel two-stage surgical approach for the treatment of symptomatic supra-Aortic artery aneurysms.
• Simultaneous thoracic endovascular Aortic repair and endovascular Aortic repair is feasible with minimal morbidity and mortality.
• Thoracic endovascular Aortic repair: Evolution of therapy, patterns of use, and results in a 10-year experience.
• Predictors of decreased short- and long-term survival following open Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in a large contemporary series.
• Low rehospitalization rate for Vascular surgery patients.
• "Relining" of Thoracic Aortic Stent Grafts for Patients Presenting With Rupture/Impending Rupture.
• Impact of Intercostal Artery Occlusion on Spinal Cord Ischemia Following Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair.
• Risk factors, outcomes, and clinical manifestations of spinal cord ischemia following thoracic endovascular Aortic repair.
• Reno-hepatic artery bypass for an inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery Aneurysm with associated celiac occlusion.
• Delayed complications of inferior vena cava filters: case report and literature review.
• Lower Limb ReVascularization for PAD Using a Heparin-Coated PTFE Conduit.
• Gender analysis of the pivotal results of the Medtronic Talent Thoracic Stent Graft System (VALOR) trial.
• Propensity-matched cohort validates findings of the VALOR trial.
• Late open conversion and explantation of Abdominal aortic stent grafts.
• Aneurysmal iliac arteries do not portend future iliac aneurysmal enlargement after endovascular aneurysm repair for Abdominal aortic aneurysm.
• Open Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair is feasible and can be done with excellent results in octogenarians.
• Predictors of early and late mortality following open extent IV thoracoAbdominal aortic aneurysm repair in a large contemporary single-center experience.
• Endovascular repair of traumatic thoracic Aortic injury: clinical practice guidelines of the Society for Vascular Surgery.
• Comparative effectiveness of the treatments for thoracic Aortic transaction.
• Thoracic endovascular Aortic repair for acute complicated type B Aortic dissection: superiority relative to conventional open surgical and medical therapy.
• Limb ischemia during femoral cannulation for cardiopulmonary support.
• Carotid artery stenting: clinical trials and registry data.
• Thoracic Aortic endograft explant: a single-center experience.
• Endovascular repair of extent I thoracoAbdominal aneurysms with landing zone extension into the aortic arch and mesenteric portion of the Abdominal aorta.
• Incidence of and outcomes after misaligned deployment of the talent thoracic stent graft system.
• Celiac artery aneurysm repair in Behcet disease complicated by recurrent thoracoAbdominal aortic aneurysms.
• Revised Cardiac Risk Index (Lee) and perioperative cardiac events as predictors of long-term mortality in patients undergoing endovascular Abdominal aortic aneurysm re...
• A composite approach to thoracic Aortic stent grafting.
• The effect of left subclavian artery coverage on morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing endovascular thoracic Aortic interventions: a systematic review and met...
• The phase I multicenter trial (STAPLE-1) of the Aptus endoVascular repair system: results at 6 months and 1 year.
• Endovascular repair of the thoracic Aorta.
• The role of SVS volunteer Vascular surgeons in the care of combat casualties: results from Landstuhl, Germany.
• The outcome of thoracic endovascular Aortic repair (TEVAR) in patients with renal insufficiency.
• Left subclavian artery coverage during thoracic endovascular Aortic repair: a single-center experience.
• Single-center experience of caval thrombectomy in patients with Renal cell carcinoma with tumor thrombus extension into the inferior vena cava.
• Carotid artery stenting: identification of risk factors for poor outcomes.
• Spinal cord ischemia may be reduced via a novel technique of intercostal artery revascularization during open thoracoAbdominal aneurysm repair.
• Anatomic exclusion from endovascular repair of thoracic Aortic aneurysm.
• Differential effects of Carotid artery stenting versus Carotid endarterectomy on external Carotid artery patency.
• The hybrid total arch repair: brachiocephalic bypass and concomitant endovascular Aortic arch stent graft placement.
• Detection of endoleaks after endovascular Aneurysm repair with use of technetium-99m sulfur colloid and (99m)Tc-labeled red blood cell scans.
• Risk factors for restenosis after Carotid artery angioplasty and stenting.
• A comparison of renal function between open and endovascular Aneurysm repair in patients with baseline chronic renal insufficiency.
• Techniques for preserving vertebral artery perfusion during thoracic Aortic stent grafting requiring Aortic arch landing.
• Endoleaks after endovascular repair of thoracic Aortic aneurysms.
• Femoral neuropathy following retroperitoneal hemorrhage: case series and review of the literature.
• Barriers to endovascular Aortic aneurysm repair: past experience and implications for future device development.
• Thoracic Aortic stent grafting: improving results with newer generation investigational devices.
• Endovascular therapy of symptomatic innominate-subclavian Arterial occlusive lesions.
• Outcomes of accessory renal artery occlusion during endovascular Aneurysm repair.
• Recurrent endoleak detection and measurement of Aneurysm size with CTA after coil embolization of endoleaks.
• Mineral volume and morphology in Carotid plaque specimens using high-resolution MRI and CT.
• Embolization of type 2 endoleaks after endovascular repair of Abdominal aortic aneurysms with use of cyanoacrylate with or without coils.
• Use of CT angiography to classify endoleaks after endovascular repair of Abdominal aortic aneurysms.
• Midterm pivotal trial results of the Talent Low Profile System for repair of Abdominal aortic aneurysm: analysis of complicated versus uncomplicated aortic necks.
• Decreased use of iliac extensions and reduced graft junctions with software-assisted centerline measurements in selection of endograft components for endoVascular aneu...
• Treatment of multiple visceral Aneurysms in a 20-year-old patient.
• The utility of commercially available endografts in the treatment of contained ruptured Abdominal aortic aneurysm with hemodynamic stability.
• Magnetic resonance imaging for planning Aortic endograft procedures.
• Endovascular repair of a ruptured thoracic Aortic aneurysm with the use of Aortic extension cuffs.
• VEGF-A and alphaVbeta3 integrin synergistically rescue angiogenesis via N-Ras and PI3-K signaling in human microVascular endothelial cells.
• Endoleaks after endovascular repair of Abdominal aortic aneurysms.
• Inferior vena cava traversal for translumbar endoleak embolization after endovascular Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
• A new endovascular approach to treatment of acute iliac limb occlusions of bifurcated Aortic stent grafts with an exoskeleton.
• Supported endograft limb occlusion likely occurring Secondary to hip arthroplasty.
• MR imaging for the detection of endoleaks in recipients of Abdominal aortic stent-grafts with low magnetic susceptibility.
• Abdominal aortic aneurysm size regression after endovascular repair is endograft dependent.
• Early changes in Abdominal aortic aneurysm diameter after endovascular repair.
• Regulation of Notch1 and Dll4 by vascular endothelial growth factor in Arterial endothelial cells: implications for modulating arteriogenesis and angiogenesis.
• Fibroblast-dependent differentiation of human microVascular endothelial cells into capillary-like 3-dimensional networks.
• Nature and significance of endoleaks and endotension: summary of opinions expressed at an international conference.

Schools

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• Thomas Jefferson University

• Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania

Procedures Preformed

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• Aortic Repair, Open or Repair of Arterial Aneurysm, Open
• Arteriovenous Shunt Creation
• Carotid Artery Stent Placement
• Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA) or Excision of Infected Graft
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Conditions Treated

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• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
• Acute Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
• Acute Venous Embolism Thrombosis
• Aortic Aneurysm
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Doctors Specialties

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• General Surgery
• Vascular Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• America's Top Doctors
• Philadelphia Magazine
• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
• Fellow (FACS)
• Super Doctor
• Top MD

Education

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• University of Pennsylvania Health System
• Jefferson Medical College

Hospital

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• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1306873229
NPPES Provider LastName		FAIRMAN
NPPES Provider FirstName		RONALD
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		191044206
NPPES Provider State		PA
Specialty Description		Vascular Surgery
Total Claim Count		104.0
Distinct Opioid Count		0.0
Opioid Claim Count		0.0
Percent Opioid Claims		0.0

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1306873229
Last Name Of The Provider	FAIRMAN
First Name Of The Provider	RONALD
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