INFORMATION

Business Address:
University of Southern California
Healthcare Consultation Center
1510 San Pablo Street, Suite 514
Los Angeles, California 90033-4612

Business Telephone: (323) 442-5885
Business Fax: (323) 442-5735

E-mail: dhood@surgery.usc.edu

EDUCATION

Undergraduate:
Washington University
St. Louis, Missouri; AB 1984

Medical School:
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; MD 1988

Residency:
General Surgery
Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center 1988-93

Fellowship:
Vascular Surgery
Southern Illinois University, Springfield, Illinois 1994-96

Honors and Awards:
Alpha Omega Alpha
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine 1987

Licensure:
California 1989
Illinois 1994

Board Certification:
American Board of Surgery 1994
American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, Registered Technologist 1995
American Board of Surgery-Added Qualifications in General Vascular Surgery 1997

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Academic Appointments

• Clinical Instructor
  University of Southern California School of Medicine
  Department of Surgery 1993-94

• Assistant Professor of Surgery and Radiology
  University of Southern California School of Medicine 1996-present

Hospital Appointments

• Vascular and General Surgery, USC University Hospital 1993-94, 1996-present
• Vascular and General Surgery, LAC + USC Medical Center 1993-94, 1996-present
• Vascular and General Surgery, USC/Norris Cancer Hospital 1993-94, 1996-present
• Vascular and General Surgery, Hospital of The Good Samaritan 1996-present
• Vascular and General Surgery, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center 1996-present
• Director, Endovascular Therapy Program, University Hospital 1996-present
• Vascular and General Surgery, St. Luke Medical Center 1998-present
• Medical Director, Noninvasive Vascular Laboratory, St. Luke Medical Center 1998-present
• Vascular and General Surgery, Methodist Hospital 1998-present
• Vascular and General Surgery, Huntington Memorial Hospital 1999-present
• Vascular and General Surgery, San Gabriel Valley Medical Center 2000-present

Teaching Responsibilities

• University of Southern California School of Medicine:
  Postgraduate education lectures on Vascular Surgery

• University of Southern California Department of Surgery:
  Lectures, conferences, seminars, bedside rounds

• USC University Hospital:
  Postgraduate Medical Education and other CME programs

Other Activities

• Faculty, SVS/NA-ISCVS Endovascular Surgery Workshop, Boston; June 1997.

• Faculty/Speaker, The Max R. Gaspar Vascular Disease Symposium - Current Management of Aortic Disease; “Angioplasty/Stent Management of Occlusive Aorta-iliac Disease”, Pasadena, California; September 1997.

• Faculty, Principles and Techniques in Endovascular Surgery: An Introductory Workshop, New York; November 1997.

• Faculty/Lecturer, The Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery Endovascular Therapy Symposium, Coronado, California; March 1998.

• Faculty, Basics of Endovascular Surgery, Principles and Techniques, Torrance, California; January 1998; April 1998; June 1998; August 1998.

• Faculty, NA-ISCVS/SVS 3rd Annual Endovascular Surgery Workshop, San Diego; June 1998.

• Faculty/Speaker, The Max R. Gaspar Vascular Disease Symposium – Carotid Occlusive Disease; “Carotid Angiography: When Is It Necessary?”, “Carotid Endarterectomy: Technical Options”, Glendale, California; September 1998.

• Member, Medical Staff Advisory Committee, USC University Hospital; 1999 – present

• Course Director, Thrombolytic Therapy: Current Indications and Techniques, Los Angeles; May 1999.

• Faculty, SVS/NA-ISCVS 4th Annual Endovascular Surgery Workshop, Washington, DC; June 1999.

• Faculty/Speaker, The Max R. Gaspar Vascular Disease Symposium – Current Concepts in Vascular Trauma; “Diagnostic Approach to Peripheral Vascular Trauma”, Pasadena, California; September 1999.

• Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee, USC Department of Surgery; 2000 - present.

• Member, Quality Review Committee, St. Luke Medical Center, Department of Surgery; 2000.

• Course Director, Principles of Endovascular Surgery: Basic Skills and Techniques, Los Angeles, California; September 2000.

• Faculty/Speaker, The Max R. Gaspar Vascular Disease Symposium – Endovascular Therapy in the Year 2000; “Aortic Stent Graft Repair: Patient Selection and Technical Considerations”, Glendale, California; September 2000.

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

National

• American College of Surgeons, Fellow 1999-present
• Association for Surgical Education 1996-present
• International Society of Endovascular Specialists 1996-present

Regional

• Society of Graduate Surgeons, LAC+USC Medical Center 1993-present
• Los Angeles Surgical Society 1996-present
• Los Angeles Academy of Medicine 1996-present
• Southern California Vascular Surgical Society 1998-present
• Western Vascular Society 1999-present

RESEARCH

Research Grants:

• CREST – Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy versus Stent Trial. CREST is a randomized, controlled, clinical trial in symptomatic patients with extracranial internal carotid stenosis = 70% by duplex ultrasound or = 50% as measured by angiography. The trial assesses the differential efficacy of CAS and CEA in preventing stroke, myocardial infarction, and death in the peri-procedural period and ipsilateral stroke over the follow-up period.
  CREST, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, 2000 – present.
  Co-Principal Investigator $150,000

• Cordis bilateral AAA Device. An evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of the Cordis bilateral AAA device compared to open surgical repair for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm.
  CORDIS, a Johnson & Johnson Company, Warren, New Jersey, 1999 – present.
  Principal Investigator $25,000

• Parexel Study. Safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of novel acting thrombolytic for initial treatment of chronic peripheral arterial occlusion.
  PAREXEL, a subsidiary of Amgen, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1999 - present
  Principal Investigator $95,000

• The Virtual Vascular Clinic. A prospective, randomized pilot study to assess the effectiveness of using standardized patients in a “Virtual Vascular Clinic” model compared with a traditional surgical clerkship model to teach critical skills in the examination and diagnosis of patients with common vascular complaints.
  Association for Surgical Education, Springfield, Illinois, 1997-1998.
  Principal Investigator $10,000

• Venaflo Multicenter Clinical Evaluation. A prospective, randomized, multicenter evaluation of Venaflo ePTFE vascular graft as compared to Impra ePTFE vascular graft in hemodialysis applications.
  IMPRA- A Subsidiary of C.R. Bard, Inc., Tempe, Arizona, 1997-1998.
  Principal Investigator $55,000

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Peer Reviewed Journals

1. Hood DB, Weaver FA, Modrall JG, Yellin AE: Advances in the treatment of phlegmasia cerulea dolens. Am J Surg 166: 206-210, 1993.

2. Hood DB, Weaver FA: Orthotopic ex vivo renal artery reconstruction. Am Surg 60:804-808, 1994.

3. Hood DB, Yellin AE, Richman MF, Weaver FA, Katz MD: Hemodialysis graft salvage with endoluminal stents. Am Surg 60:733-743, 1994.

4. Hodgson KJ, Mattos MA, Mansour MA, Hood DB, Barkmeier LD, Ramsey DE, Sumner DS: Incorporation of endovascular training into a vascular fellowship program. Am J Surg 170:168-173, 1995.

5. Mansour A, Mattos MA, Hood DB, Hodgson KJ, Barkmeier LD, Ramsey DE, Sumner DS: Detection of total occlusion, string sign, and pre-occlusive stenosis of the internal carotid artery by color-flow duplex scanning. Am J Surg 170:154-158, 1995.

6. Hood DB, Mattos MA, Mansour A, Ramsey DE, Hodgson KJ, Barkmeier LD, Sumner DS: Prospective evaluation of new duplex criteria to identify 70% internal carotid artery stenosis. J Vasc Surg 23:254-262, 1996.

7. Hood DB, Weaver FA, Papanicolaou G, Wadhwani A, Yellin AE: Cardiac evaluation of the diabetic patient prior to peripheral vascular surgery. Ann Vasc Surg 10:330-35, 1996.

8. Hood DB, Mattos MA, Douglas MG, Barkmeier LD, Hodgson KJ, Ramsey DE, Sumner DS: Determinants of success of color-flow duplex guided compression repair of femoral pseudoaneurysms. Surg 120:585-590, 1996.

9. Mattos MA, Melendres G, Sumner DS, Hood DB, Hodgson KJ, Barkmeier LD, Ramsey DE: Prevalence and distribution of calf vein thrombosis in patients with symptomatic deep venous thrombosis: a color-flow duplex study. J Vasc Surg 24:738-743, 1996.

10. Barkmeier LD, Hood DB, Sumner DS, Mansour MA, Hodgson KJ, Mattos MA, Ramsey DE: Local anesthesia for infrainguinal arterial reconstruction. Am J Surg 174:202-204, 1997.

11. Hood DB, Kuehne J, Yellin AE, Weaver FA: Vascular complications of thoracic outlet syndrome. Am Surg 63:913-917, 1997.

12. Terramani TT, Rowe VL, Hood DB, Eton D, Nuno IN, Yu H, Yellin AE, Starnes VA, Weaver FA: Combined carotid endarterectomy and coronary artery bypass grafting in asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis. Am Surg 64:993-997, 1998.

13. Hood DB, Yellin AE, Weaver FA: Changing perspectives in the diagnosis of peripheral vascular trauma. Seminars in Vascular Surgery, 11:255-60, 1998.

14. Weaver FA, Chambers RB, Hood DB: Syme’s amputation for forefoot ischemia and infection: indications and technique. Perspectives in Vascular Surgery, 10:89-96, 1999.

15. Hood DB, Hodgson KJ: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting for iliac artery occlusive disease. Surg Clin North Am, 79:575-96, 1999.

16. Mattos MA, Hodgson KJ, Hurlbert SN, Henretta JP, Sternbach Y, Douglas MD, Mansour MA, Hood DB, Sumner DS. Vascular stents. Current Problems in Surgery, 36:909-1056, 1999.

17. Hua HT, Hood DB, Jensen CC, Hanks SE, Weaver FA. The use of colorflow duplex scanning to detect significant renal artery stenosis. Ann Vasc Surg, 14:118-124, 2000.

18. Sullivan ME, Ault GT, Hood DB, Chalabian JR, Pripstein J, Jabbour N, Dunnington G. The standardized vascular clinic: an alternative to the traditional ambulatory setting. Am J Surg, 179:243-6, 2000.

19. Hood DB, Hua HT, Jensen CC, Yellin AE, Weaver FA. Carbon Dioxide Digital Subtraction Angiography: Is It Safe? J Vasc Surg, in press.

20. Vassiliu P, Rowe V, Oder D, Sava J, Hood DB, Velmahos G. Pseudoaneurysm after Gunshot Wound to the Abdominal Aorta: Conservative Management? Surgical Rounds, 24:578-584, 2001.

21. DiPerna C, Rowe V, Terramani T, Salim A, Hood D, Velmahos G, Weaver F. Clinical Importance of "Seatbelt sign" in Blunt Trauma to the Neck. American Surgeon, 68:441-445, 2002.

Abstracts

1. Frankhouse JH, Hood DB, Weaver FA, Katkhouda N. Laparoscopic aortic reconstruction in a porcine model. Fourth World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery. Kyoto, Japan. June 1994

2. Douglas MG, Mattos MA, Sumner DS, Hood DB, Hodgson KJ, Barkmeier LD, Ramsey DE. Duplex criteria for identifying external carotid artery stenosis. NA-ISCVS/SVS 1997 Joint Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts. June 1997.

3. Eton D, Terramani TT, Yu H, Kuehne J, Siegel A, Perese S, Foldi J, Hood DB, Yellin AE, Weaver FA. Stent assisted vascular anastomoses. Southern California Vascular Surgical Society Annual Meeting. San Diego, California. June 1998.

4. Weaver F, Messina L, Zatina M, Badduke B, Hood D. Efficacy of topical hemostat Floseal Matrix in vascular surgery. ISCVS World Congress. Melbourne, Australia. September 1999.

5. Lumsden AB, Haag BW, Escobar FS, Hood DB, Cofer JB, Woodle SE. Prospective, randomized multicenter trial of stepped Venaflo ePTFE grafts compared to Impra stepped ePTFE grafts in hemodialysis. Vascular Access for Hemodialysis VII. San Antonio, Texas. May 2000.

Book Chapters

1. Hood DB, Yellin AE, Weaver FA. Vascular trauma. In: Dean RH, Yao JST, Brewster DC, editors. Current diagnosis and treatment in vascular surgery. Norwalk, CT: Appleton & Lange; 1995. p. 405-28.

2. Yellin AE, Hood DB, Weaver FA. Complications of venous access procedures and their management: axillo-subclavian vein thrombosis. In: Wilson SE, editor. Vascular access: principles and practice. 3rd ed. St. Louis: Mosby-Yearbook Inc.; 1995. p. 104-9.

3. Weaver FA, Hood DB. Renal artery disease. In: Eton D, editor. Vascular disease: a multi-specialty approach to diagnosis and management. Austin: Landes Bioscience; 1998. p. 209-12.

4. Hood DB, Brewer DJ. Colorflow duplex imaging of the extremities. In: Eton D, editor. Vascular disease: a multi-specialty approach to diagnosis and management. Austin: Landes Bioscience; 1998. p. 439-45.

5. Hood DB. Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. In: Eton D, editor. Vascular disease: a multi-specialty approach to diagnosis and management. Austin: Landes Bioscience; 1998. p. 446-52.

6. Hood DB, Weaver FA. Peripheral arterial disease. In: Rakel RE, editor. Conn’s current therapy. Philadelphia: W.B Saunders Co.; 1999. p. 335-9.

7. Harrell D, Hood DB. Vascular stents. In: Eton D, editor. Vascular disease: a multi-specialty approach to diagnosis and management. 2nd ed. Austin: Landes Bioscience; 1999. p. 225-51.

8. Weaver FA, Hood DB. Renal artery disease. In: Eton D, editor. Vascular disease: a multi-specialty approach to diagnosis and management. 2nd ed. Austin: Landes Bioscience; 1999. p. 293-7.

9. Hood DB, Brewer DJ. Colorflow duplex imaging of the extremities. In: Eton D, editor. Vascular disease: a multi-specialty approach to diagnosis and management. 2nd ed. Austin: Landes Bioscience; 1999. p. 551-8.

10. Hood DB. Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. In: Eton D, editor. Vascular disease: a multi-specialty approach to diagnosis and management. 2nd ed. Austin: Landes Bioscience; 1999. p. 559-66.

11. Weaver FA, Hood DB, Yellin AE. Vascular injuries of the extremities. In: Rutherford RB, editor. Vascular Surgery. 5th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co.; 2000. p. 862-70.

12. Hood DB, Weaver FA, and Yellin AE. Nonarteriographic evaluation of penetrating vascular injuries. In: Ernst CB, Stanley JC, editors. Current therapy in vascular surgery. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, Inc.; 2001. p. 380-3.

13. Hood DB, Hodgson KJ. Percutaneous arterial dilation for atherosclerotic aortoiliac occlusive disease. In: Ernst CB, Stanley JC, editors. Current therapy in vascular surgery. 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby, Inc.; 2001. p. 384-90.

14. Kumar R, Hood DB, Weaver FA. Extremity vascular trauma. In: Cronenwett JL, Rutherford RL, editors. Decision making in vascular surgery. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co.; 2001. p. 381-92.

15. Rowe VL, Hood DB. Inferior vena caval filter placement. In: Shoemaker WC, Velmahos GC, Demetriades D, editors. Procedures and monitoring for the critically ill. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co.; 2001. p. 127-32.

16. Rowe VL, Yellin A, Hood DB, Weaver F. Axillosubclavian vein thrombosis. In: Wilson SE, editor. Vascular access. 4th ed.; in press.

17. Hood DB, Hodgson KJ. Renovascular disease. In: Moore WS, Ahn SS, editors. Endovascular surgery. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co.; 2001. p. 341-354.