Fred A. Weaver, MD

Professor of Surgery

Division Chief, Vascular Surgery

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Overview

Dr. Fred Arthur Weaver is a Professor of Surgery at Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. Dr. Weaver received his B.S. and M.D. degrees from USC and his
General and Vascular Surgery training at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. At USC, he has served as Program Director for General Surgery, and later for Vascular Surgery.

Dr. Weaver received his Masters in Medical Management from USC in 2005. He is Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Chief of Vascular Surgery at Keck Hospital of USC, and Co-Director of the USC CardioVascular Thoracic Institute. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery in General and in Vascular Surgery. Dr. Weaver is past President of the Western Vascular Society, Pacific Coast Surgical Association, and Society of Clinical Vascular Surgery. In 2015, he received the Society for Vascular Surgery Presidential Citation Award.

Dr. Weaver is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Vascular Surgery, on the Editorial Board of the Annals of Vascular Surgery, and serves as the Chair of the Society for Vascular Surgery/Vascular Quality Initiative. He has been recognized as a Top, Best, or Super Doctor by various local and national publications. He has published over 200 articles and 43 textbook chapters, and has been
an invited speaker at numerous regional, national, and international meetings. His major clinical and research interests concern the diagnosis and management of diseases affecting the aorta and its major branches.

Publications

  • Invited commentary. J Vasc Surg. 2018 08; 68(2):517-518.. View in PubMed
  • First granted example of novel FDA trial design under Expedited Access Pathway for premarket approval: BeAT-HF. Am Heart J. 2018 10; 204:139-150.. View in PubMed
  • Comparison of devices used in carotid artery stenting: A vascular quality initiative analysis of commonly used carotid stents and embolic protection devices. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2018 10 01; 92(4):743-749.. View in PubMed
  • Outcomes from the Gore Global Registry for Endovascular Aortic Treatment in patients undergoing thoracic endovascular aortic repair for type B dissection. J Vasc Surg. 2018 11; 68(5):1314-1323.. View in PubMed
  • Cardiac and Vascular Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury: The 20th International Consensus Conference of the ADQI (Acute Disease Quality Initiative) Group. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 06 01; 7(11).. View in PubMed
  • Baroreflex activation therapy for the treatment of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in patients with and without coronary artery disease. Int J Cardiol. 2018 Sep 01; 266:187-192.. View in PubMed
  • Postoperative Development of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome among Patients Undergoing Endovascular Aortic Repair for Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. Ann Vasc Surg. 2018 May; 49:289-294.. View in PubMed
  • Repair of Delayed Type 1a Endoleak using Fenestrated and Parallel Endografts. Ann Vasc Surg. 2018 May; 49:309.e7-309.e15.. View in PubMed
  • Challenge and Yield of Enrolling Racially and Ethnically Diverse Patient Populations in Low Event Rate Clinical Trials. Stroke. 2018 01; 49(1):84-89.. View in PubMed
  • Use of Double-Barrel Gore Excluder Bifurcated Endografts for Renal Artery Incorporation in an Urgent Endovascular Repair of a Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm. Ann Vasc Surg. 2018 May; 49:309.e1-309.e6.. View in PubMed