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Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Become a Member
Become a member and receive career-enhancing benefits

Our top priority is providing value to members. Your Member Services team is here to ensure you maximize your ACS member benefits, participate in College activities, and engage with your ACS colleagues. It's all here.

Membership Benefits
ACS
ACS Fellow Since 2010

Babak Abai, MD FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - Vascular Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Society Memberships

  • Soc for Vasc Surg

Additional Information

Gender

Male

Type of Practice

Academic medical center

Vascular Surgery

111 S 11th St

Jefferson Vascular Center

6210 Gibbon Building

Philadelphia, PA 19107

United States

Contact Information

Biography

Academic Practice at Jefferson University

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Aneurysms

  • abdominal aneurysm
  • abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • angioplasty stenting
  • endovascular stent
  • endovascular stent graph
  • peripheral aneurysm
  • surgical aneurysm repair
  • thoracic aneurysm
  • thoracic aortic aneurysm

Cerebrovascular Disorders/Procedures

  • arteriovenous malformations
  • spinal vascular malformations

Vascular Lower Extremity Ischemia

  • amputation
  • aortoiliac occlusive disease
  • broviac catheter placement
  • diabetic problems
  • foot care
  • pulmonary embolism
  • thrombolytic therapy
  • venous access port placement

Renal/Vascular Disorders/Procedures

  • open renal artery stenosis/aneurysm repair
  • renal anterior angioplasty/stent
  • renal vein thrombosis
  • renovascular conditions

Vascular Access

  • anteriovenous graft
  • arteriovenous fistula
  • dialysis access
  • fistulogram/intervention
  • port placement pulmonary embolism
  • thrombolytic therapy
  • tunneled catheter placement

Carotid Artery Disorders/Procedures

  • angioplasty
  • carotid stenting
  • carotid surgery
  • Cartoid Artery Stenting and Angioplasty
  • Cartoid Disease/Stroke
  • endarterectomy
  • stroke
  • transient ischemic attacks

Minimally Invasive Procedures

  • ablation
  • angiogram
  • angiography
  • angioplasty
  • ankle pressure measurement
  • arteriography
  • broviac catheters
  • cryosurgery
  • cryotherapy
  • CT angiography
  • embolization procedures
  • endovascular procedures
  • laparoscopic surgery
  • laser surgery
  • minimally invasive surgery
  • mircrovascular surgery
  • radiosurgery
  • tumor ablation
  • ultrasound - doppler

Vascular, Other

Peripheral Vascular Surgery

  • angioplasty stenting
  • arm artery disease
  • atherosclerosis
  • atherosclerotic risk factors
  • claudication
  • deep vein thrombosis
  • lymphedema
  • mysenteric ischemia
  • peripheral artery disease
  • pulmonary embolism
  • surgical bypass

Vascular Trauma

Peripheral Artery Disorders/Procedures

  • Mesenteric ischemia

Venous Disorders/Procedures

  • ablation
  • chronic venous insufficiency
  • spider veins
  • varicose vein ablation
  • varicose veins
  • vena cava filter placement
  • venous insufficiency
  • venous thrombosis

Hospital Appointments

Jefferson University Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

Attending

09/2012—Present

Methodist Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

Attending

09/2012—Present

Rothman Orthopedic Specialty Hospital

Bensalem, PA

Attending

01/2016—Present

Academic Appointments

Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

Assistant Professor

03/2013—Present