rchaer

Vascular Surgeon, Program Director @UPMC_Vascular

[Stony Brook Vascular @stonybrookvasc]

Congratulations to our graduating chief residents, Stephanos Giannopoulos, (PGY-5) and Binit Katuwal, (PGY-7), on outstanding Grand Rounds presentations. We are proud of their leadership, scholarship, and dedication. The future of vascular surgery is brighter 👏

[American Board of Surgery @AmBdSurg]

Meet Dr. Brigitte K. Smith, a director on the Vascular Surgery Board. Thank you, Dr. Smith, for your commitment to improving patient outcomes within the practice of vascular surgery.

[Vascular Specialist Online @VascularOnline]

Alcohol use disorder independently raises the risk of major adverse limb events and mortality among patients undergoing lower-extremity revascularization for CLTI, according to a retrospective cohort study published in JVS.

https://t.co/0CTvf81Uhc

[rchaer @rchaer2]

This week was special. I was honoured to visit Umass and witness what a high performing team really means. A division of superstars lead by someone I’m proud to call a colleague and dear friend @AndresSchanzer @UMassVascSurg @UMassSurgery
Academic Surgery is alive and well!

[Ahmad Aljobeh @azaljobeh]

Had a great time at #SCVS2026 in beautiful San Diego.

Honored to receive the Jason Foster Aortic Award for my presentation and grateful to @ApostolosTassi1 and @rchaer2 @stonybrookvasc for their mentorship on this work highlighting gaps in AAA screening.

#VascularSurgery

[Stony Brook Vascular @stonybrookvasc]

Congratulations to Dr Aljobeh on winning the SCVS aortic award for his work on AAA screening

[rchaer @rchaer2]

@thesurgerylife @farkomd @PipeCabreraV @SWexner @pferrada1 @TomVargheseJr @CiruAndes2 @AmCollSurgeons That’s what I use as well. The Pediatric metal yankuer is also very good for dissection.

[Stony Brook Vascular @stonybrookvasc]

Stonybrook vascular at AVF 2026 day of service. Thank you to the AVF and for Kristan, Charlene, and Dr Pergamo for volunteering their time and expertise! @VenousForum

[Stony Brook Vascular @stonybrookvasc]

Kristan and Charlene sharing their expertise with a packed audience at AVF2026. So amazing!
Congrats to Kristan for winning her abstract session👍🏻

[Stony Brook Vascular @stonybrookvasc]

Congratulations to Kristan Probeck and Charlene Persaud who have masterfully lead, designed and contributed to the APP program at AVF 2026

[Stony Brook Vascular @stonybrookvasc]

🎄 Merry Christmas from the Stony Brook Vascular family! Missing a few members (probably on call 😅), but grateful for our growing, close-knit crew.

[Stony Brook Vascular @stonybrookvasc]

Semi-annual vascular dinner 🍽️ — where we discuss life in and out of the OR 💉, troubleshoot a few issues 🧠, and pretend we’re not talking about work… while still talking about work 😅. Lucky to have attendings who genuinely listen and push to make things better every day 🙌

[Stony Brook Vascular @stonybrookvasc]

Strong Stony Brook Vascular presence at the Venous Symposium Europe 2025 🇪🇺

Dr. Labropoulos shared expert insights on venous disease management.
PGY-3 Dr. Koustas had his IVUS case selected for a podium presentation and won Best Venous Ultrasound Image. 👏

[Stony Brook Vascular @stonybrookvasc]

Stony Brook Vascular representing strong at the NYSVS Dinner — proud of Dr. Kokkosis as NYSVS President and inspired by Dr. Chaer’s keynote. Congrats to resident Ahmad Aljobeh for winning Best Case Presentation! #VascularSurgery #NYSVS #StonyBrookVascular

[American Board of Surgery @AmBdSurg]

Meet the current vice chair of the @vsb_abs, Dr. Rabih Chaer. Thank you, Dr. Chaer, for bringing your record of academic and clinical excellence to help the ABS and VSB further their mission.

[Stony Brook Vascular @stonybrookvasc]

A successful first Aortic Dissection & Aneurysm Awareness Day at Stony Brook, led by Drs. Chaer, Price & Tassiopoulos.
Patients, families & specialists came together to share experiences and advance education on aortic disease.
A great beginning to an important annual tradition!

[Stony Brook Vascular @stonybrookvasc]

Hands-on vascular skills, knowledge, and mentorship at the Big Apple Bootcamp! 🍎💉 PGY-3 Dr. Koustas participated, while Program Director Dr. Kokkosis served as faculty mentoring the next generation. Grateful to @WeillCornell & all attendings for their dedication.

[Stony Brook Vascular @stonybrookvasc]

🚨 Calling all future vascular surgeons!
Join us for the Stony Brook Vascular Meet & Greet 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️

📅 Sept 8, 2025
🕗 8 PM EST
💻 On Zoom

✅ Meet our attendings
✅ Chat with our residents
✅ Learn why #StonyBrookVascular is a great place to train🩺

🔗 Zoom link above

[VSB-ABS @vsb_abs]

The #FeaturedEPA this week is dialysis access. Learn more about the #dialysisaccess EPA from the vascular surgery EPA suite here: https://t.co/xviAOWMDIw

[American Board of Surgery @AmBdSurg]

For this #EPAoftheweek, learn about dialysis access from the vascular surgery EPA suite: https://t.co/LcQSEllHOs