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.

Current appointments: UWHC, Meriter, VA

Clinic appointments: West Clinic, 1 S Park Clinic, Portage

Dr. Tefera provides a wide range of services including Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Repair - Endovascular, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Repair - Open, Amputation, Angioplasty With Stent Placement, Carotid Endartecotomy, Carotid Stenting, Compartment Syndrome Treatments, Extended Efforts in Limb Salvage, 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

• Evaluation of the GORE Conformable TAG® Thoracic Endoprosthesis for Treatment of Acute Complicated Type B Aortic Dissection
  Principal Investigator(s): Girma Tefera, MD
  Status: Active, not recruiting
  [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: Active, not 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

• Clinical Implications of Non-Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography for Follow-Up After Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.
  Bobadilla JL, Suwanabol PA, Reeder SB, Pozniak MA, Bley TA, Tefera G
  Ann Vasc Surg 2013 May 24.
  [PubMed ID: 23711975]
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• Low incidence of paraplegia after thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair with proactive spinal cord protective protocols.
  Bobadilla JL, Wynn M, Tefera G, Acher CW
  J. Vasc. Surg. 2013 Jun; 57(6):1537-42.
  [PubMed ID: 23490292]
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• A community-based participatory study investigating the epidemiology and effects of rabies to livestock owners in rural Ethiopia.
  Okell CN, Pinchbeck GP, Stringer AP, Tefera G, Christley RM
  Prev. Vet. Med. 2013 Jan 1; 108(1):1-9.
  [PubMed ID: 22884728]
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• 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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• The effect of warfarin therapy on endoleak development after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) of the abdominal aorta.
  Bobadilla JL, Hoch JR, Leverson GE, Tefera G
  J. Vasc. Surg. 2010 Aug; 52(2):267-71.
  [PubMed ID: 20591602]
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• Effect of early plasma transfusion on mortality in patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm.
  Mell MW, O'Neil AS, Callcut RA, Acher CW, Hoch JR, Tefera G, Turnipseed WD
  Surgery 2010 Nov; 148(5):955-62.
  [PubMed ID: 20378142]
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