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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

  • Tefera G, Acher CW, Hoch JR, Mell M, Turnipseed WD. Effectiveness of intensive medical therapy in type B aortic dissection: a single-center experience., J. Vasc. Surg. 2007 Jun;45(6):1114-8; discussion 1118-9.
    [PubMed ID: 17543672]
  • Ahuja V, Tefera G. Successful covered stent-graft exclusion of carotid artery pseudo-aneurysm: two case reports and review of literature., Annals of vascular surgery. 2007 May;21(3):367-72.
    [PubMed ID: 17484973]
  • Mell M, Tefera G, Thornton F, Siepman D, Turnipseed W. Clinical utility of time-resolved imaging of contrast kinetics (TRICKS) magnetic resonance angiography for infrageniculate arterial occlusive disease., J. Vasc. Surg. 2007 Mar;45(3):543-8; discussion 548.
    [PubMed ID: 17223303]
  • Carr S, Tefera G. Surgical treatment of ovarian vein thrombosis., Vascular and endovascular surgery. 2006 Dec-2007 Jan;40(6):505-8.
    [PubMed ID: 17202100]
  • Thornton FJ, Du J, Suleiman SA, Dieter R, Tefera G, Pillai KR, Korosec FR, Mistretta CA, Grist TM. High-resolution, time-resolved MRA provides superior definition of lower-extremity arterial segments compared to 2D time-of-flight imaging., Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI. 2006 Aug;24(2):362-70.
    [PubMed ID: 16786572]
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