Sukgu Han, MD

Dr. Han Is the Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy. He also serves as a Co-director of Comprehensive Aortic Center at Keck Hospital of University of Southern California. He holds the title of Professor of Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

Dr. Han completed his undergraduate education at the University of California, Irvine, where he graduated with magna cum laude honors in 2000. He obtained his M.D. from the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, where he was awarded a membership of Alpha Omega Alpha honors society as a third-year medical student. He completed general surgery training at our own University of Southern California, where he was voted the most outstanding chief resident by the faculty in 2012. During residency, he also obtained a master’s degree in biomedical engineering at the Viterbi School of Engineering at USC. Dr. Han went on to complete vascular surgery fellowship training at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Han obtained additional dedicated training in complex aortic repairs at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.

Since joining USC as faculty in 2014, Dr. Han has been instrumental in advancing the Aortic Center at Keck Medical Center of USC as one of the most robust programs in the country for care of patients with aortic emergencies and complex aortic pathologies. Dr. Han also serves as a principal investigator on numerous clinical trials on cutting-edge branched, fenestrated endovascular aortic stent grafts. Dr. Han is a frequent invited lecturer on complex aortic repairs at both national and international meetings. He maintains one of the busiest clinical practices at USC.

Dr. Han is board certified in Vascular Surgery and General Surgery.

• Use of Double-Barrel Gore Excluder Bifurcated Endografts for Renal Artery Incorporation in an Urgent Endovascular Repair of a Thoracoabdominal Aortic AneurysmAnn Vasc Surg. 2018 May; 49:309. e1-309. e6. . View in PubMed
• In-Situ Fenestration of a PTFE Thoracic Aortic Stent Graft for Delayed Left Subclavian Artery Revascularization Following Frozen Elephant Trunk Repair of Type A Aortic DissectionAnn Vasc Surg. 2020 Feb; 63:459. e9-459. e15. . View in PubMed
• Lift Sandwich Grafting Enables Transfemoral Abdominal Aortic Branch Incorporation during Endovascular Aortic Repair for Chronic Type B Aortic DissectionAnn Vasc Surg. 2019 May; 57:50. e1-50. e8. . View in PubMed
• Repair of Delayed Type 1a Endoleak using Fenestrated and Parallel EndograftsAnn Vasc Surg. 2018 May; 49:309. e7-309. e15. . View in PubMed
• Endovascular rescue of failed physician-modified multibranched endografts with fabric tear, using Gore thoracoabdominal multibranched endoprosthesis J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2024 Dec; 10(6):101603. . View in PubMed
• Hybrid approach to achieve secure distal seal zones during endovascular aortic repair in a patient with Marfan syndrome J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2024 Dec; 10(6):101595. . View in PubMed
• Adjunctive electroseptotomy for endovascular repair of aortic dissections: Disruptive technique with shocking value or just playing with fire? J Vasc Surg. 2024 Nov; 80(5):1407.. View in PubMed
• Early outcomes from the pivotal trial of a four-branch off-the shelf solution to treat complex abdominal and type IV thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysmsJ Vasc Surg. 2024 Nov; 80(5):1326-1335. e4. . View in PubMed
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• Impact of Combining Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis and Physician-Modified Fenestrated-Branched Endovascular Repair for Complex Abdominal and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms with Concomitant Iliac Artery Aneurysms Ann Vasc Surg. 2024 Oct 10. . View in PubMed
• Three-year outcomes of a US pivotal trial substudy for conformable endoprosthesis in =10 mm nonangulated neck anatomy J Vasc Surg. 2024 Sep 19. . View in PubMed
• Early results from the pivotal trial substudy of the GORE EXCLUDER conformable endoprosthesis in angulated necks J Vasc Surg. 2024 Sep 17. . View in PubMed
• Spinal cord ischemia and reinterventions following thoracic endovascular repair for acute type B aortic dissections J Vasc Surg. 2024 Sep; 80(3):656-664. . View in PubMed
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• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus portends a poor prognosis after endovascular repair of mycotic aortic aneurysms and aortic graft infections J Vasc Surg. 2020 07; 72(1):276-285. . View in PubMed
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