SCOTT J. ZIPORIN, MD

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SURGERY

General Profile

Specialty:

Vascular

Appointments:

Attending Surgeon at University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System

Clinical Interests:

Aortic aneurysm repair: surgical and endovascular interventions for thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms; surgical, endovascular and robotic interventions for peripheral arterial aneurysms; carotid artery disease; surgical and endovascular interventions; complex revascularization of the great vessels arising from the aortic arch; upper and lower extremity arterial occlusive disease; bypass and endovascular interventions; peripheral arterial bypass, extremity, renal and visceral

Languages Spoken:

English

Education

Medical Education:

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Residency:

General Surgery, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University

Fellowship:

Vascular Surgery, Harvard-Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Certifications:

N/A

Publications, Awards, & Memberships

Publications:

Ziporin SJ, Ennis TL, Shapiro SD, Senior RM, Thompson RW. Targeted gene deletion of matrix metalloproteinase-9(gelatinase B) suppresses the development of experimental abdominal aortic aneurysms. Journal of Clinical Investigation105(11):1641-49,June2000

Hovsepian DM, Ziporin SJ, Sakurai MK, Lee JK, Curci JA, Thompson RW. Elevated
plasma levels of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms: a circulating marker of degenerative aneurysm disease. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 11(10): 1345-52, November-December 2000.

Hance KA, Tataria M, Ziporin SJ, Lee JK, Thompson RW. Monocyte chemotactic activity in human abdominal aortic aneurysms: role of elastin degradation peptides and the 67-kD cell surface elastin receptor. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 35(2): 254-61, February 2002

Colonnello JS, Hance KA, Shames ML, Wyble CW, Ziporin SJ, Leidenfrost JE, Ennis TL, Upchurch GR Jr., Thompson RW. Transient exposure to elastase induces mouse aortic wall smooth muscle cell production of MCP-1 and RANTES during development of experimental aortic aneurysm. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 38(1): 138-46, July 2003.

Ziporin SJ, Rubin BG. (2008). Venous Disease, Thromboembolism and Lymphedema. In: M. Klingensmith The Washington Manual of Surgery, 5th Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. 327-340.

Ziporin SJ, Ifune CK, MacConmara MP, Geraghty PJ,Choi ET. A case of external iliac arteriovenous fistula and high-output cardiac failure after endovenous laser treatment of great saphenous vein. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 51(3): 715-719, March 2010.