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William M. Blackshear, Jr., M.D.,
Director
- Magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Duke
University
- Medical degree from Tulane University where he was
elected to Alpha Omega Alpha national medical honorary
society
- Surgical residency at Tulane University
- Vascular surgery fellowship at the University of
Washington where he participated in research pioneering
the use of duplex scanning and Doppler spectrum analysis
for the detection of arterial and venous diseases
- Developed one of the most widely used diagnostic
tests for quantitating carotid artery atherosclerosis
- Established the first complete non-invasive vascular
laboratory in the region
- Established the first vascular surgery residency
training program in Florida
- Certified in both vascular surgery and general surgery
by the American Board of Surgery
- Performed the first intra-arterial stent insertions
in the region
- World's first surgeon to perform carotid endarterectomy
based solely on ultrasound diagnosis eliminating potential
complications of angiography
- Over fifty publications in medical literature
- Member of more than twenty scholarly and honorary
medical societies
- Accomplished endovascular surgeon with expertise
in balloon angioplasty, intravascular stents, mechanical
atherectomy, intravascular ultrasound, stent-grafts
and angioscopy
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the
American College of Angiology
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