SIDDHARTH AGARWAL, MD, RPVI
MEDICAL TRAINING/EDUCATION
July 2013 – June 2015 Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Administrative Fellow, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
July 2008 – June 2012: University of North Dakota, Surgery Resident
July 2007 – June 2008: Penn State University, Hershey, PA; Surgery Resident
July 2006 – June 2007: Completed USMLE Step 2CS/CK & 3, Resolved Visa issues (US Citizen April 2015)
July 2005 – June 2006: New York Medical College, Sound Shore Hospital; Surgery Resident (Preliminary)
July 2004 – June 2005: Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center; Surgery Intern (Preliminary)
Sept 2000 – May 2004: Boston University School of Medicine, MD
Jan 1997 – May 2000: State University of NY, Stony Brook, BS, Summa Cum Laude
Jan 1991 – Dec 1996: Sydney Boys’ High School, Sydney, Australia
WORK EXPERIENCE
2012 (Aug – Dec) – Associate Surgeon, Bay Area Vascular Institute, Burlingame, CA
2001 - 2012: Resident Reviewer, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publisher
2003 - 2012: Resident Reviewer, Blackwell Publishing Scholar Program
1997 - 1999: Math, Physics, Chemistry tutor, SUNY at Stony Brook
Fall 1997: Undergraduate Economics Teaching Assistant, SUNY at Stony Brook
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
June 1998 - May 2000: Undergraduate Honors Research Assistant; Dept of Cardiothoracic Surgery, SUNY at Stony Brook University Hospital; Mentor: Irvin B. Krukenkamp, MD, Chief CT Surgery – “Investigate Cellular Mechanisms of Ischemic Preconditioning in Rabbit Cardiac Myocytes.” Research presented at “Posters on the Hill”, Council on Undergraduate Research, Washington D.C.
Summer 2001: American Heart Association Medical Student Research Scholar; Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine; Mentor: Wilson S. Colucci, MD, Chief of Cardiovascular Institute – “Investigate Role and Regulation of JNK in Mechanism of Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Mediated Apoptosis in Rat Cardiac Myocytes.”
2011 & 2012 – University North Dakota, Frank Low Research Poster Presentation
INTERESTS
Guitar, music, tennis, table tennis, reading, traveling
AWARDS & HONORS
1999: President’s Award for Undergraduate Academic Excellence in Scholarship
May 2000: Chancellor’s Medal for Academic Excellence in Albany, NY
2001: American Heart Association Award: “Student Scholar in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke”
Boston University School of Medicine, “Summer 2001 Research Scholarship”
2001 - 2002: Medical Student Admissions Committee, BU School of Medicine
National Honor Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Golden Key, Alpha Epsilon Delta
Member: Society of Vascular Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Southwestern Surgical Congress, Northern Plains Vascular Society, Minnesota Medical Association
BLS, ACLS, ATLS, FLS, RPVI Certified
CONFERENCES/PRESENTATIONS
1999: American Heart Association, Atlanta, GA
2008: American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
2009: Society American Gastrointestinal & Endoscopic Surgeons, Cincinnati, OH
2010: American College of Surgeons, Washington D.C.
2010: Ultrasound Course for Surgeons, ACS; Washington D.C.
2011: “The Acute Abdomen”, Oral Presentation; University North Dakota Medical Student Lecture
2011: Component Separation Techniques in Ventral Hernia Repair Course, Carolinas Hernia Institute, NC
2011: American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA
2011: Review Course - Essentials of Vascular Surgery for General and Vascular Surgeons, ACS; San Francisco, CA
2011: “Acute Limb Ischemia”, Surgical Grand Rounds; University of North Dakota
2011: Component Separation in General Surgery, Cornell Medical College, NY
2012: “Open vs. Endovascular Repair of the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm – What’s the Controversy”, Oral Presentation; Northern Plains Vascular Society Conference, Denver, CO
2012: Abstract, “Anticoagulation & Falls in the Elderly”, Oral Presentation; Southwestern Surgical Congress, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
2013: Veith Vascular Surgery Symposium, New York, NY
2014: “Emergent Carotid Revascularization” – Surgery Grand Rounds, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis
October 2014 – Medtronic Fellow Technology Exchange Course, Minneapolis, MN
October 2014: “A Novel use of IVUS in the Management of Chronic Type B Aortic Dissection Associated Aneurysms” – Video Presentation, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco
April 2015: “Ruptured Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm – Optimal Management Strategies”; Oral Presentation, Minnesota Vascular Surgery Annual Meeting
May 2015: Osler Institute Vascular Surgery Oral Board Course; Dallas, TX
May 2015: Cardiovascular Fellows’ Finishing School Course; DeBakey Institute for Cardiovascular Education & Training; Houston, TX
Sept 2015: Abstract/Presentation – “Ruptured Brachial Artery Pseudoaneurysm”; Midwestern Vascular Surgical Meeting; Chicago, IL