Education

• MD, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 1981
• Surgical Residency, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 1982-1986
• Research Fellow in Vascular Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 1986-1987
• Vascular Fellow, Brigham and Women’s Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 1987-1988
• Endovascular Fellow, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, 2000

Professional Activities

Dr. Kent has authored or co-authored more than 200 manuscripts and book chapters that have been published in peer-reviewed journals and textbooks on vascular disease. He has held leadership positions in a number of prestigious professional societies, including president of the Society for Vascular Surgery from 2006-2007. He is regularly invited to speak at local, national, and international scientific meetings on a wide variety of vascular surgery topics. Dr. Kent is a dedicated teacher, devoted to training future vascular surgeons, as well as retraining vascular surgeons in modern minimally invasive catheter techniques.

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Kent is nationally recognized for his experience and leadership in the field of vascular surgery. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery and specializes in all aspects of vascular surgery, including treatment of aortic aneurysms, carotid disease, thoracic outlet syndrome and lower extremity arterial disease. His practice includes endovascular procedures, as well as other minimally invasive techniques.

Dr. Kent 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, and Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Treatment.

Research Interests

Dr. Kent’s NIH-funded research program focuses on the investigation of the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying vascular disease with the goal of identifying new therapeutic targets for the treatment of vascular diseases. He has a longstanding history as an investigator on industry sponsored clinical trials. As a past recipient of the E.J. Wylie Traveling Fellowship, a prestigious award from the Society for Vascular Surgery, he has been recognized for his academic excellence in clinical and basic science research.

Dr. Kent's Lab

Funding/Grants

• TGF-β in Intimal Hyperplasia after Vascular Bypass
  Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health / NHLBI
  Principal Investigator(s): K. Craig Kent, MD
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Recent Publications

• Protein Kinase C-Delta Mediates Adventitial Cell Migration Through Regulation of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1 Expression in a Rat Angioplasty Model.
  Si Y, Ren J, Wang P, Rateri DL, Daugherty A, Shi XD, Kent KC, Liu B
  Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2012 Feb 9.
  [PubMed ID: 22328773]
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  Egorova NN, Voyouka AG, McKinsey JF, Faries PL, Kent KC, Moskowitz AJ, Gelijns A
  J. Vasc. Surg. 2011 Nov; 54(5):1554-5.
  [PubMed ID: 22027445]
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• Perioperative safety and volume: outcomes relationships in bariatric surgery: a study of 32,000 patients.
  Gould JC, Kent KC, Wan Y, Rajamanickam V, Leverson G, Campos GM
  J. Am. Coll. Surg. 2011 Dec; 213(6):771-7.
  [PubMed ID: 21996483]
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• Carotid tortuosity in patients with prior cervical radiation: increased technical challenge during carotid stenting.
  Derubertis BG, Hynecek RL, Kent KC, Faries PL
  Vasc Endovascular Surg 2011 Oct; 45(7):619-26.
  [PubMed ID: 21646237]
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• Effect of gender on long-term survival after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair based on results from the Medicare national database.
  Egorova NN, Vouyouka AG, McKinsey JF, Faries PL, Kent KC, Moskowitz AJ, Gelijns A
  J. Vasc. Surg. 2011 Jul; 54(1):1-12.e6; discussion 11-2.
  [PubMed ID: 21498023]
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