MARTIN BORHANI, MD, FACS

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & CHIEF, VASCULAR SURGERY

THEODORE & JOANNA DRUGAS CHAIR IN VASCULAR SURGERY

General Profile

Specialty:

Vascular Surgery

Sub-Specialties:

Peripheral vascular surgery

Appointments:

Director, Surgical Residency Program
Co-director, Surgical Education at Christ Hospital University of Illinois at Chicago

Clinical Interests:

Aortic aneurysm repair; surgical, endovascular and robotic interventions; carotid artery disease; complex revascularization of the great vessels; upper and lower extremity arterial occlusive disease; peripheral arterial bypass, extremity, renal and visceral

Languages Spoken:

English

Education

Medical Education:

Ohio State University College of Medicine

Residency:

University of Illinois Hospital

Fellowship:

Washington University School of Medicine

Certifications:

American Board of Surgery; American Board of Surgery certification in Vascular Surgery

Publications, Awards, & Memberships

Awards:

Olga Jonassan Award at University of Illinois at Chicago (2004)

Publications:

Krishnamoorthy V, Bhatt K, Nicolau R, Borhani M, Schwartz DE. Transesophageal echocardiography-guided aortic thrombectomy in a patient with a mobile thoracic aortic thrombus. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2011 Dec;15(4):176-8. abstract

Ennis WJ, Borhani M, Meneses P. “Re-establishing macro vascular flow and wound healing: beyond the vascular intervention” Vascular Disease Management 2008;5(3):56-62.

Ennis WJ, Borhani M, Meneses P. “Push-Pull Theory; using mechanotransduction to achieve tissue perfusion and wound healing in complex cases” Gynecol Oncol 2008 abstract

Buckley C, Wyble CW, Borhani M, Ennis TL, Kobayashi DK, Curci JA, Shapiro SD, Thompson RW. Accelerated enlargement of experimental abdominal aortic aneurysms in a mouse model of chronic cigarette smoke exposure. J Am Coll Surg, 199(6): 896-903, 2004. abstract

Lee JK, Borhani M, Ennis TL, Upchurch GR, Thompson RW. Experimental abdominal aortic aneurysms in mice lacking expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, 21:1393-401, 2001. abstract

Liao L, Miralles M, Kelley BJ, Curci JA, Borhani M, Thompson RW. Suppression of experimental abdominal aortic aneurysms in the rat by treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors. J Vasc Surg 33:1057-64, 2001. abstract

Borhani M, Lee JK, Ennis TL, Thompson RW. Enalapril suppresses experimental aortic aneurysm formation in mice: evidence for a novel molecular mechanism distinct from angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition. Surgical Forum 51: 2000.

Geraghty PJ, Borhani M, Thompson RW. Targeted gene disruption of interleukin-10 accelerates murine aortic aneurysm development. In preparation

Borhani M, Nikcevic G, Eton D, Cava R, Landau DS, Pestic L, Baraniewski H, Schuler JJ, de Lanerolle P. Altering the cytoskeleton through gene therapy inhibits myointimal hyperplasia in a porcine model. Surgical Forum 47:339-341, 1996.

Borhani M, Pestic L, Eton D, Guerriero V, Schuler JJ, de Lanerolle P. Expressing the catalytic domain of myosin light chain kinase inhibits myointimal hyperplasia in a porcine model. In preparation.

Eton D, Warner D, Owens C, McClenic B, Cava R, Ofek B, Borhani M, Baraniewski H, Schuler JJ. Results of endoluminal grafting in an experimental aortic aneurysm model. Journal of Vascular Surgery 23:819-829, 1996.

Eton D, Warner DL, Owens C, Cava R, Borhani M, Farolin MJ, Marboe CC. Histologic response to stent graft therapy. Circulation 94(suppl II):II182-II187, 1996.