Dr. Gilbert R Upchurch MD
Vascular Surgeon | Vascular Surgery
Lee St Fl 2 Charlottesville VA, 22908About
Dr. Gilbert Upchurch is a vascular surgeon practicing in Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Upchurch specializes in disorders relating to the arterial, venous and lymphatic systems. As a vascular surgeon, Dr. Upchurch diagnoses and treats vascular diseases and performs vasular surgeries. Common conditions that a vascular surgeon treats are aneurysms, atherosclerosis and varicose veins. Vascular specialists might also treat trauma, venous ulcers, poor leg circulation, peripheral arterial disease and other vascular-related issues.
Education and Training
Univ of Nc At Chapel Hill Sch of Med, Chapel Hill Nc 1991
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on elective and emergency abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
- Experimental abdominal aortic aneurysms in mice lacking expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase.
- Computed tomographic venography is specific but not sensitive for diagnosis of acute lower-extremity deep venous thrombosis in patients with suspected pulmonary embolus.
- Impaired vasoreactivity despite an increase in plasma nitrite in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms.
- Variation in death rate after abdominal aortic aneurysmectomy in the United States: impact of hospital volume, gender, and age.
- Cost of routine screening for carotid and lower extremity occlusive disease in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms.
- Nitric oxide inhibition increases aortic wall matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression.
- An atmospheric pCO2 reconstruction across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary from leaf megafossils.
- The volume-outcome effect for abdominal aortic surgery: differences in case-mix or complications?
- Operative mortality rate for elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair is not increased by the presence of a previous or concurrent thoracic or thoracoabdominal aortic dissection.
- Endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm is associated with a low incidence of deep venous thrombosis.
- Carotid stenosis: medical and surgical aspects.
- The impact of provider volume on mortality after intracranial tumor resection.
- Surgeon volume as an indicator of outcomes after carotid endarterectomy: an effect independent of specialty practice and hospital volume.
- Gadolinium as a nonnephrotoxic contrast agent for catheter-based arteriographic evaluation of renal arteries in patients with azotemia.
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