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Girma Tefera, MD

Photograph of Girma Tefera, MD

Associate Professor, Division of General Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery

G5/319 Clinical Science Center
600 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53792-3236

Appointments: (608) 263-8915

Office: (608) 263-1388

FAX: (608) 265-1148

tefera@surgery.wisc.edu

Education

  • Fellowship in Vascular Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, 1999-2000
  • Residency in General Surgery, Howard University Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1994-1999
  • Postgraduate Training in General Surgery, Friedrich Stadt Hospital, Dresden, Germany, 1988-1992
  • AO Clinic Fellowship in Trauma, Field Kirsh Hospital, Field Kirsh, Austria, 1991
  • MD, University of Pisa Faculty of Medicine, Pisa, Italy, 1982

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Tefera is certified by the American Board of Surgery. He specializes in all aspects of vascular surgery, with special interests in aortic aneurysm treatment with endovascular stent grafts and angioplasty of peripheral arteries including carotid artery, illiac and superficial femoral artery.

Research Interests

Dr. Tefera has clinical research interests in abdominal aortic aneurysm treatment with endovascular stent graft and distal peripheral artery bypass surgery as well as angioplasty and stent for limb salvage.

Recent Publications

  • Bley TA, Chase PJ, Reeder SB, François CJ, Shinki K, Tefera G, Ranallo FN, Grist TM, Pozniak M. Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: nonenhanced volumetric CT for follow-up., Radiology. 2009 Oct;253(1):253-62.
    [PubMed ID: 19703867]
  • Callcut RA, Acher CW, Hoch J, Tefera G, Turnipseed W, Mell MW. Impact of intraoperative arteriography on limb salvage for traumatic popliteal artery injury., The Journal of trauma. 2009 Aug;67(2):252-7; discussion 257-8.
    [PubMed ID: 19667876]
  • Mell MW, Wynn MM, Reeder SB, Tefera G, Hoch JR, Acher CW. A new intercostal artery management strategy for thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair., J. Surg. Res. 2009 Jun 1;154(1):99-104.
    [PubMed ID: 19101698]
  • Wynn MM, Mell MW, Tefera G, Hoch JR, Acher CW. Complications of spinal fluid drainage in thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair: a report of 486 patients treated from 1987 to 2008., J. Vasc. Surg. 2009 Jan;49(1):29-34; discussion 34-5.
    [PubMed ID: 18951749]
  • Adulla M, Chan MR, Hermsen JL, Tefera G, Yevzlin AS. Stent migration and folding in the subclavian vein during subclavian hemodialysis catheter placement., Seminars in dialysis. 2009 Jan-Feb;22(1):81-3.
    [PubMed ID: 19175535]
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