Welcome to Dr. Jeffrey Indes – our new chief of vascular and endovascular surgery in the Department of Surgery. Indes is a board-certified vascular surgeon and joins us from Yale where he served as associate program director in vascular surgery and assistant professor of surgery (vascular) at Yale School of Medicine since 2008.
“We are very honored to welcome Dr. Indes to the Department of Surgery at UConn Health,” said Dr. David W. McFadden, chair of the Department of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief at UConn Health. “Dr. Indes is a highly-skilled vascular surgeon with in-depth experience and training in the latest advanced, minimally invasive treatments and clinical trial research that will benefit our patients greatly.”
“I am excited to join UConn Health,” said Indes, who arrived last month. “I look forward to using the future hybrid operating room with advanced imaging to allow our team to offer patients the most advanced, minimally invasive treatments for aneurysms, arterial and venous diseases. Also, I plan to launch pioneering clinical trials to test the latest promising vascular surgery techniques and technology.”
Indes specializes in all aspects of vascular and endovascular surgery. He repairs complex aortic, thoracic, and abdominal aneurysms. He also treats patients experiencing blockages from carotid artery disease and peripheral artery disease (PAD). In addition, he performs arteriovenous (AV) access grafts for dialysis patients, and surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS), and mesenteric and renal vascular diseases. He also offers the latest treatments for removing varicose veins.
Indes adds, “As our population ages, it is critical to utilize the latest minimally invasive and endovascular surgical treatments available to care for older patients with vascular diseases who may have complex and challenging cases and ordinarily may not be candidates for surgery.”
“Dr. Indes’ arrival to UConn Health will significantly enhance the clinical, academic and residency training arms of the vascular surgery and endovascular program,” said Dr. Michael Azrin, director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at The Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center of UConn Health.
Indes received his medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine with special honors in research for studying angiogenesis. He completed his residency training in general surgery at Temple University Hospital and his fellowship in vascular and endovascular surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center.