Dr. David J. Caparrelli becomes a member of SVS at its Vascular Annual Meeting

Aug 28 2009

Dr. David J. Caparrelli who practices at Arizona Heart Institute (AHI) became an active member of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) during its Vascular Annual Meeting in Denver. With 3,000 members, the SVS is the largest professional society dedicated to the advancement of excellence and innovation in vascular health through education, advocacy, research, and public awareness.

A former fellow of endovascular surgery at Arizona Heart Institute (AHI), Dr. Caparrelli joined AHI in 2008 after completing his training at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in general, vascular and cardiothoracic surgery. Dr. Caparrelli received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine where he spent an additional year as a post-doctoral research fellow in thoracic oncology. For his work he was awarded the George D. Zuidema Resident Research Award and the Baltimore Academy of Surgery Resident Research Award in 2002 as well as the Gershon Efron Award for Clinical Research in 2004. In 2008, Dr. Caparrelli was also honored with the C. Walton Lillehei-Earl Bakken Cardiac Surgery Resident Award presented by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

"Dr. Caparrelli represents a new breed of cardiac and vascular surgeons," said Dr. Edward B. Diethrich, founder and medical director of Arizona Heart Institute and Arizona Heart Hospital. "CV surgery is evolving rapidly utilizing combinations of classical operations with new device technology. He comes to Arizona Heart Institute with credentials in both vascular and cardiac surgery and is an example of this new evolution in heart and blood vessel therapy. His interests, training and experience will place him at the forefront of our programs of clinical care, research and education," continued Diethrich.

Dr. Caparrelli has a special interest in the treatment of aortic and branch vessel pathologies employing both conventional and endovascular techniques such as carotid endarterectomy and stenting, aortic valve replacement, thoracic endografting and aortic root surgery including valve-sparing root replacement.

Source: http://www.vascularweb.org/