Venkat Kalapatapu, M.D, FRCS (Edin), FACS
Professor of Clinical Surgery
Attending Vascular Surgeon, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Vascular Surgeon, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Vascular Surgeon, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Program Director, Vascular Surgery, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Surgery
Contact information
4 Silverstein
Hospital of Univ of Penn
3400 Spruce St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Hospital of Univ of Penn
3400 Spruce St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-615-1698
Fax: 215-614-0463
Fax: 215-614-0463
Education:
MBBS (Medicine)
Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, AP, India, 1994.
MS (Mastery of Surgery)
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, 1998.
Permanent linkMBBS (Medicine)
Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, AP, India, 1994.
MS (Mastery of Surgery)
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, 1998.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Aortic aneurysmAortic dissection
Aortic occlusion
Carotid artery disease
Peripheral arterial disease
Varicose veins
Thoracic outlet syndrome
Deep Venous Thrombosis
Mesenteric arterial disease
Description of Research Expertise
Aortic aneurysmAortic dissection
Atherosclerosis
Selected Publications
Gillinov LA, Wang GJ, Goel NJ, Catalano MA, Szeto WY, Kalapatapu VR, Desai ND: Long-term outcomes of thoracic endovascular aortic repair for descending thoracic aortic aneurysms based on pooled results from FDA clinical trials. Journal of Vascular Surgery 82(3): 770-779.e2, Sept. 2025 Notes: Epub May 26, 2025.Dang QL, O'Brien CS, Rothstein W, Brown C, Kalapatapu V: Hybrid repair of type A aortic dissection after infrarenal endovascular aortic repair and bilateral iliac branched grafts. Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases & Innovative Techniques 11(1): 101666, Oct. 26 2024 Notes: eCollection Feb. 2025.
Starnes BW, Rajani RR, Rossi P, Singh N, Benarroch-Gampel J, Cho JS, Nassiri N, Smeds MR, Kalapatapu V, Stern JR, Kabutey NK, Corvera J; RelayPro Investigators: Early survival benefit of a low-profile endograft in blunt traumatic aortic injury. Journal of Vascular Surgery 80(3): 678-684.e1, Sept. 2024 Notes: Epub Apr. 25, 2024.
Rice JR, Rothenberg KA, Ramadan OI, Savage D, Kalapatapu V, Julien HM, Schneider DB, Wang GJ: Factors associated with urgent amputation status and its impact on mortality. Annals of Vascular Surgery 105: 334-342, Aug. 2024 Notes: Epub Apr. 4, 2024.
Hatchimonji JS, Bakillah E, Kaufman EJ, Dowzicky PM, Braslow BM, Kalapatapu VR, Reilly PM, Sharoky CE: The open abdomen in mesenteric ischemia: A tool for patients undergoing revascularization. World Journal of Surgery 48(2): 331-340, Feb. 2024 Notes: Epub Jan. 3, 2024.
Hatchimonji J, Haddad D, Glaser J, Kalapatapu V, Braslow BM, Shiroff AM, Sharoky CE: When to consider laparoscopy in acute mesenteric ischemia: A nationwide analysis. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 237(5 Suppl 1): S576, Nov. 2023 Notes: Presented at the 9th Owen H Wangensteen Scientific Forum of the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, Boston, MA, Oct. 2023.
Hatchimonji J, Bakillah E, Kaufman EJ, Dowzicky P, Braslow BM, Kalapatapu VR, Reilly PM, Sharoky C: Defining Appropriate Cases for Damage Control Laparotomy in Mesenteric Ischemia. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 236(5 Suppl 3), May 2023 Notes: Presented at the American College of Surgeons 2022 Annual Clinical Congress, San Diego, CA, Oct. 2022.
Biagetti G, Alexis M, Xu E, Khan S, Uceda D, Kern J, Martin N, Kalapatapu V: Conservative management in lower extremity gunshot injuries: A ten-year experience. Journal of Vascular Surgery 76(3): e28, Sept. 2022 Notes: Presented at the 2022 Eastern Vascular Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Sept./Oct. 2022.
Al Adas Z, Wang G, Jackson B, Kalapatapu V, Ellozy S, Mazur A, Schneider D: Utility of balloon-expandable covered stents as iliac limbs in endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. Journal of Vascular Surgery 76(3): e21, Sept. 2022 Notes: Presented at the 2022 Eastern Vascular Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Sept./Oct. 2022.
Uceda D, Al Adas Z, Milici J, Biagetti G, Benjamin J, Dumon K, Kalapatapu V: Median arcuate ligament syndrome: A 10-year review of management at a tertiary medical center. Journal of Vascular Surgery 76(3): e16-e17, Sept. 2022 Notes: Presented at the 2022 Eastern Vascular Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Sept./Oct. 2022.