Faculty
Education and Clinical TrainingBS: 1990, University of Toronto, Canada, Human BiologyMS: 1993, University of Toronto, Canada, Anatomy and Cell Biology M.D.: 1997, Albany Medical College, NY, Medicine Residency: Surgery, 2002, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn Fellowship: Endovascular and Interventional Radiology, 2004, Texas Tech University ,University Medical Center Fellowship: Vascular Surgery, 2004, Yale-New Haven Hospital Clinical SpecialtySurgery, Certified: 2004Vascular Surgery, Certified: 2006 Clinical Department/Section AffiliationsAssistant Professor, Surgery/Vascular and Endovascular SurgeryClinical InterestsEndovascular therapies including Abdominal aortic aneurysms, carotid disease, aorto-iliac and infrainguinal disease, acute venous disease and dialysis access.Additional InformationAs an Interventional Radiologist, Dr. Amankwah can treat certain conditions through the skin that might otherwise require surgery. The technology includes the use of balloons, catheters, microcatheters, and stents placed in vessels and organs, and therapeutic embolization (deliberately clogging up a blood vessel) and utilizes guidance systems like X-rays, CTs and MRIs and ultrasounds. The specialty overlaps with: interventional cardiology, vascular surgery, endoscopy, laparoscopy and other minimally invasive techniques, such as biopsies.This profile was last updated on 10/07/2008 A short link is available for this profile: |
