Education

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

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.

Dr. Tefera provides a wide range of services including Adbominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Repair - Endovascular, Adbominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Repair - Open, Amputation, Angioplasty With Stent Placement, Carotid Endartecotomy, Carotid Stenting, Peripheral Artery Bypass, Thoracic Aortic Aneursym - Endovascular, Thoracic Aortic Aneursym - Open, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Treatment, and Varicose Vein Treatment.

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.

Active Clinical Trials

• Carotid Angioplasty and Stenting Versus Endarterectomy in Asymptomatic Subjects Who Are at Standard Risk for Carotid Endarterectomy With Significant Extracranial Carotid Stenotic Disease (ACT I)
  Principal Investigator(s): Girma Tefera, MD
  Status: Recruiting
  [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00106938]
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• Carotid Stenting For High Surgical-Risk Patients; Evaluating Outcomes Through The Collection Of Clinical Evidence
  Principal Investigator(s): Girma Tefera, MD
  Status: Recruiting
  [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00406055]
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• Evaluation of the GORE Conformable TAG® Thoracic Endoprosthesis for Treatment of Acute Complicated Type B Aortic Dissection
  Principal Investigator(s): Girma Tefera, MD
  Status: Enrolling by invitation
  [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00908388]
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• Evaluation of the GORE Conformable TAG® Thoracic Endoprosthesis for Treatment of Traumatic Transection of the Descending Thoracic Aorta
  Principal Investigator(s): Girma Tefera, MD
  Status: Active, not recruiting
  [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00917852]
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• Prospective Aneurysm Trial: High Angle Aorfix™ Bifurcated Stent Graft
  Principal Investigator(s): Girma Tefera, MD
  Status: Recruiting
  [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00522535]
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• The Gore FREEDOM Study: GORE Flow Reversal System and GORE Embolic Filter Extension Study for the Ongoing Collection of Patient Outcomes
  Principal Investigator(s): Girma Tefera, MD
  Status: Enrolling by invitation
  [ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01343667]
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Recent Publications

• Technical note and results in the management of anatomical variants of renal vascularisation during endovascular aneurysm repair.
  Spear R, Maurel B, Sobocinski J, Perini P, Guillou M, Midulla M, Azzaoui R, Tefera G, Haulon S
  Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2012 Apr; 43(4):398-403.
  [PubMed ID: 22306175]
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• Tracheoinnominate fistula: successful management with endovascular stenting.
  Shepard PM, Phillips JM, Tefera G, Hartig GK
  Ear Nose Throat J 2011 Jul; 90(7):310-2.
  [PubMed ID: 21792799]
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• A cluster-randomised controlled trial to compare the effectiveness of different knowledge-transfer interventions for rural working equid users in Ethiopia.
  Stringer AP, Bell CE, Christley RM, Gebreab F, Tefera G, Reed K, Trawford A, Pinchbeck GL
  Prev. Vet. Med. 2011 Jun 15; 100(2):90-9.
  [PubMed ID: 21420748, PMC ID: 3149660]
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• Syndromes associated with the deep veins: phlegmasia cerulea dolens, May-Thurner syndrome, and nutcracker syndrome.
  Suwanabol PA, Tefera G, Schwarze ML
  Perspect Vasc Surg Endovasc Ther 2010 Dec; 22(4):223-30.
  [PubMed ID: 21411461]
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• Traumatic thoracic aortic injury and ruptures.
  Tefera G
  J. Vasc. Surg. 2010 Oct; 52(4 Suppl):41S-4S.
  [PubMed ID: 20800420]
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