Integrated Vascular Surgery Resident
University of Pennsylvania
I am currently a 2nd year vascular surgery resident at the University of Pennsylvania integrated vascular program. As a vascular surgeon I hope to provide opportunities to improve quality of life for patients who have slipped through the cracks of our health care system, leading to presentation with symptoms and signs of advanced vascular disease. Specifically my interests are in lower extremity peripheral arterial disease and limb salvage. Ultimately, I hope to be a part of a limb salvage program incorporating innovative techniques and technologies to prevent the devastating outcomes of amputation, along with collaboration with other specialties like interventional radiology, plastic surgery, podiatry, infectious disease, wound care, and vascular medicine cardiology to provide comprehensive care for the patient.
Besides the opportunity to have a daily impact on patient care, I have a lifelong commitment to remedying disparities in our health care system. My foundation of this commitment was established during my time at Spelman College, a historically Black college, with the motto after graduation “a choice to change the world”. In summary, with my experiences of leadership in steering initiatives focused on addressing challenges in medicine and diversity, examining a variety of healthcare questions through different forms of research, and witnessing the potential for innovation and creativity of vascular practices, I am becoming equipped to address inequities in vascular surgery and providing health equity to my vascular patients with the goal of limb salvage.