Thomas C. Bower, M.D.

Education

1. Fellow - Vascular Surgery Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
2. Resident - General Surgery Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
3. MD Baylor College of Medicine
4. University of South Dakota School of Medicine
5. BS - Chemistry University of South Dakota

Certifications

1. American Board of Surgery - Vascular Surgery
2. American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Academic rank

1. Professor of Surgery

Professional Highlights

• Treasurer, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, 2010-present
• Senior examiner, American Board of Surgery, 2008-2011
• Executive Council and member at large, Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society, 2006-2009
• Counselor, Society of Clinical Vascular Surgery, 2006-2009
• Editorial Board, Annals of Vascular Surgery, 1999-2007

Interests

• Complex open aortic reconstructions
• Thoracoabdominal, paravisceral, pararenal and infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms
• Mesenteric and renal artery disease
• Treatment of unusual arteriopathies such as Takayasu's arteritis
• Treatment of infected aortic graft
• Inferior vena cava replacement for malignant or benign conditions
• Segmental arterial mediolysis

Publications

See my publications

Research

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