Syed Hussain, MD

Dr. Hussain completed his doctor of medicine at Loyola University Chicago. He then completed both his general surgery internship and residency at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria. Following residency, Dr. Hussain completed his vascular and endovascular surgery fellowship at Southern Illinois University in Springfield. He is board-certified in vascular surgery by the American Board of Surgery.

In addition to his education, Dr. Hussain serves on the editorial advisory board for Endovascular Today Journal, along with being a reviewer for both Vascular Journal and Journal of Vascular Surgery. He is also a member of the Society of Vascular Surgery and the Outpatient Endovascular Interventional Society.

• Society for Vascular Surgery 
• Outpatient Endovascular Interventional Society 

Publications

1. Swischuck J, Fox P, Young K, Hussain S, Smouse R et al. Transcatheter Intra-arterial Infusion of rt-PA for Acute Lower Limb Ischemia: Results and Complications. J Vasc Intervent Radiol. Apr 2001: 423-428.

2. Tisol W, Mueller D, Hoy F, Hussain S et al. Ventricular Assist Device Use in Patients with Mechanical Heart Valves: An Outcome Series and Review of the Literature. Ann of Thora Surg. Sep 2001; 72:2051-5

3. Swischuck J, Hussain S, Katranji M, Castaneda F et al. Initial Results Using a Low Dose rt-PA Protocol for Treatment of Acute Lower Extremity Arterial Occlusions. J Vasc Intervent Radiol. Oct. 2002: 823-827.

4. Hussain S, Katranji A, Winkler J, Williams JB, Estes NC. Endoluminal Graft Exclusion of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm via Ileofemoral Conduit: The Next Evolution. J Endovasc Ther. Feb 2002: 24.

5. Whitty LA, Hussain SM, Williams JB, Winkler J. Current Therapy of Stanford Type B Aortic Dissections. Are there other alternatives? J Endovasc Thera. Feb 2004: 47.

6. Castillo-Mendez A, Hussain SM, Castaneda F. Pharmacomechanical Thrombolysis of Dialysis Access Grafts Using the MTI Castaneda Over-The- Wire Brush Catheter and Retaplase. Semin Interven Radiol. Jun 2004; 21: 129-134.

7. Pyle J, Ash JL, Hussain SM, Anderson RC. Sternal Resection and Reconstruction Following Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastatic to the Sternum. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. May 2005;129(5): 1177-78.

8. Schmittling ZC, McLafferty RB, Hussain SM, Hodgson KJ, et al. Closure Of a Surgically Created Arteriovenous Fistula with a Covered Stent Graft In a Patient with Venous Ambulatory Hypertension. Vasc Endovasc Surg. Jul 2005; 39(4):363-66.

9. Schmittling ZC, McLafferty RB, Hussain SM, Hodgson KJ, et al. The Inaccuracy of simple visual interpretation for measurement of carotid stenosis by Arteriography. J Vasc Surg. Jul 2005; 42(1): 62-66.

10. Hussain SM, McLafferty RB, Ramsey DE, Hodgson KJ, et al. Establishment of a Varicose Vein Center in a Tertiary Vascular Surgery Practice: Urban versus Rural Differences. Ann Vasc Surg. 2006 July; 20 (4) 447-50

11. Hussain SM, McLafferty RB, Schmittling ZC, Hodgson KJ, et al. Placement Of a Trapease Filter in the Superior Vena Cava Resulting in Perforation of The Superior Vena Cava and Cardiac Tamponade. Vasc Endovasc Surg. July 2005; 39(4): 367-701.

12. Rana NR, Ash JL, Hussain SM. Total Iliofemoral arterial occlusion Treated with Hybrid Technique. EV Today; April 2011

13. Hussain SM. What keeps an AAA endograft from migrating? EV Today 10/2010 Opinion Issue

14. Hussain SM, Ash JL, Rana NR, Hasanadka RS. New Endograft Technology: No proximal neck needed. EV Today 09/2012

15. Ramaiah V, Hussain SM, Ash JL et al. The Workhorse System:Versatality of the Ovation Prime System. EV Today. September 2014

16. Walker C, Mustapha J, Hussain SM et al. Leaving Options Open in Lower Extremity Intervention. EV Today. October 2014

17. Ash JL, Khan KD, Hussain SM. Endovascular Repair of AAA in Women: The Debate Continues. EV Today. January 2018

Book Chapters

1. Hussain SM, Hodgson KJ. Endovascular Therapy of Type A Aorto-Iliac Lesions. Vascular and Endovascular Challenges. Biba Medical Publishers. London, UK. 2005

2. Ash JL, Hussain SM, Hodgson KJ. Management of Endoleaks after Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. The Total Endovascular Aorta. 2010

3. Hussain SM, Rana NR. Sutureless Anastamosis in Femoral-Popliteal bypass for Lower extremity Revascularization. Current Vascular Surgery 2012.

4. Hussain SM, Ash, JL, Hasanadka RS. Defining Endovascular Sealing: Will neck length become irrelevant? Current Vascular Surgery 2014

5. Hussain SM, Karagiorgos N. Use of Drug Coated Balloons in AV Fistula stenosis. Current Vascular Surgery 2017

6. Hussain SM, Ash JL Current Drug Coated Technology in Dialysis Access. Upper Extremity and Vascular Access 2018

Presentations

1. Pathophysiology of Coronary Artery Disease. Loyola University Medical Center. Regional Heart-Lung Conference; Maywood, IL: May 1998

2. Diagnosis and Management of Acute Renal Failure. University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria. Trauma/Critical Care Conference; Peoria, IL: April 2000

3. Percutaneous Drainage and Fibrinolytic Therapy for Treatment of Loculated or Complex Pleural Effusions. The 47th Annual Illinois Chapter of the American College of Surgeons; Springfield, IL: June 2000

4. Surgical Approach to Esophageal Cancer. University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Grand Rounds Conference; Peoria, IL: January 2001

5. Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria. Peripheral Vascular Surgery Conference; Peoria, IL: February 2001

6. Endoluminal Graft Exclusion of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm via Iliofemoral Conduit: The Next Evolution. The 15th International Congress for Endovascular Interventions; Scottsdale, AZ: February 2002

7. Endoluminal Graft Exclusion of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm via Iliofemoral Conduit: MidTerm results. The 49th Annual Illinois Chapter of the American College of Surgeons; Urbana- Champagne, IL: June 2002.

8. Pneumonectomy for Cancer: An Overview. University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Grand Rounds Conference; Peoria, IL: October 2002

9. The Viabahn Graft for Endovascular Repair of Femoral-Popliteal Disease. University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria. Peripheral Vascular Surgery Conference; Peoria, IL: February 2003

10. Current Therapy of Stanford Type B Aortic Dissections. Are there other alternatives? The 17th International Congress for Endovascular Interventions; Scottsdale, AZ: February 2004.

11. Thoracic Aortic Dissection. University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Grand Rounds Conference; Peoria, IL: April 2004.

12. Does the Establishment of a Varicose Vein Center Really Matter? The American Venous Forum; San Diego, CA: February 2005. (Poster)

13. Does the Establishment of a Varicose Vein Center Really Matter? The 5th Annual Downstate Research Symposium; Springfield, IL: May 2005.

14. Establishment of a Varicose Vein Center in a Tertiary Vascular Surgery Practice: Urban vs. Rural Differences. 16th Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society; Park City, Utah: January 2006

15. Establishment of Varicose Vein Center in a Tertiary Vascular Surgery Practice: Is it Really cost effective? The 6th Annual Downstate Research Symposium; Springfield, IL: April 2006

16. Carotid Artery Stenting: State of the Art or a Sad State of Affairs? The 53rd Annual Illinois Chapter of the American College of Surgeons; Starved Rock Lodge- Utica, IL: May 2006.

17. Peripheral Vascular Disease: An Epidemic. OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds: August 2006

18. Arterial Emergencies. OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, Emergency Department Grand Rounds: October 2006.

19. Overview of Peripheral Arterial Disease. Heart Month in LaSalle, Peru: February 2007.

20. The Battle Against Peripheral Vascular Disease. AmerenCilco, Peoria, IL: August 2007.

21. Venous Disease. HeartCare Midwest Symposium: September 2007.

22. CTA Imaging in Peripheral Arterial Disease. HeartCare Midwest Symposium: September 2007.

23. Arterial Access: Tips and tricks. Interventional Cardiology Fellows Symposium: Miami, Florida May 2008

24. Use of Starclose Closure Device for arterial access: VIVA Meeting Abbott Symposium October 2008 and 2009.

25. Updates in Vascular Surgery. HeartCare Midwest Symposium. October 2009

26. Common femoral artery to below knee popliteal artery bypass with Propaten PTFE: Short term results. Society of Vascular Surgery Gore Symposium June 2009 and 2010

27. Building a successful vascular surgery practice. Society of Clinical Vascular Surgery Vascular Fellows Symposium. March 2009, March 2010

28. Closure for arterial access: Abbott Vascular Symposium. Santa Clara, CA. September 2010

29. Success after fellowship. VEITH Meeting Vascular Fellows Course. November 2010

30. Alternative Approach to the treatment of Lower Extremity occlusive disease. GORE National Sales Meeting- Keynote Speaker. May 2011

31. Femoral to above knee popliteal artery bypass with Hybrid graft technology. Society of Vascular Surgery Gore Symposium June 2011

32. Renal artery stenting: indicated or not? 1st Annual HeartCare Midwest Vascular Symposium. October 2011

33. Common femoral artery to below knee popliteal artery bypass with Propaten PTFE: 5-year Outcomes. VEITH Meeting Gore Symposium November 2011

34. Hybrid Bypass graft for femoral to above knee popliteal artery bypass. VEITH Meeting presentation November 2011.

35. 3-D Fusion technology for Hybrid Vascular Suites. VEITH Meeting GE presentation. November 2011

36. Alternative therapies in vascular bypass technology. Physician Training Course. Brussels, Belgium February 2012

37. Use of Hybrid bypass graft for femoral to above knee popliteal artery bypass. Charing Cross Congress. London, England April 2012

38. Durability II SFA stent trial: Discussion of Results. Chicago Endovascular (CVC) July 2012

39. State of Carotid Artery Stent Placement- GO or NOT?. Chicago Endovascular (CVC) July 2012

40. State of Atherectomy after Definitive LE. VIVA Meeting October 2012

41. Stenting of the SFA: Is there a difference among different stents? Chinese Vascular Symposium (ShangHai) November 2012

42. Sutureless anastamosis for a femoral popliteal bypass graft- technique and outcomes. Northwestern University Vascular Meeting. Chicago, Illinois December 2012

43. Complex embolization therapy of visceral artery segments. LINC Meeting. Leipzig, Germany January 2013

44. TASC C & D Lesions: Surgery or Endovascular Therapy? CARVE Meeting. Vail, Colorado February 2013

45. Current status of carotid endarterectomy. CARVE Meeting. Vail, Colorado February 2013

46. Hybrid technology for Thoracic and Abdominal aortic aneurysms. CARVE Meeting. February 2013

47. Cobalt Chromium Technology in Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease. Society of Vascular Surgery 2013. San Francisco, California.

48. 12 month Definitive LE for Atherectomy. New technologies for Lower extremity Vascular Disease Symposium. Atlanta, Georgia

49. Definitive LE- Role for Atherectomy in PVD. Vascular Society of India 2013. Goa, India

50. Cutting Balloon Catheter Twist:Role of the Chocolate Balloon. VEITH Meeting 2013. New York, New York.

51. New Technology for AAA: Outcomes with Trivascular Ovation Endograft. VEITH Meeting 2013. New York, New York.

52. Sealing Mechanisms for AAA. Charing Cross Vascular Symposium. April 2014 London, England.

53. Novel Sealing from Ovation Endograft in AAA. Pacific Northwest Endovascular Conference. May 2014. Seattle, Washington

54. Treatment of AAA Endograft Complications. C3 Meeting. June 2014. Orlando, Fl

55. Traumatic Vascular Injuries. CVC July 2014. Chicago, Illinois

56. Small Profile Devices for AAA- Are femoral cutdowns obsolete? CVC July 2014. Chicago, Illinois

57. Vascular Anatomy of the Foot and Implications for Pedal Access. AMP- the CLI Meeting. August 2014. Chicago, Illinois

58. Outcomes of the use of iliac limbs in the Ovation Device. VEITH Meeting. November 2014. New York, New York

59. Defining Endovascular Sealing: Will neck length become irrelevant? Northwestern University Vascular Symposium. December 2014. Chicago, Illinois

60. LIVE AAA CASE PRESENTATION: Chicago Endovascular Congress July 2015

61. Abnormal Pedal anatomy for pedal access. AMP Meeting. Chicago, IL. August 2015

62. Retrograde directional atherectomy via popliteal and pedal artery access: tips and techniques. VEITH Symposium November 21, 2015. New York, New York

63. 4 Year Data of the Pivotal Trial. VEITH Symposium Nov 18, 2015. New York, New York

64. Directional Atherectomy in Complex Lower Extremity PVD. CLI Symposium – Orlando, FL 1/2016

65. Post-perfusion Syndrome after Lower Extremity Endovascular Intervention: CVC 2016 Chicago, IL.

66. Use of IVUS in peripheral interventions: CVC 2017 Chicago, Illinois

67. Sealing Mechanisms for complex AAA- is fenestration the only option?: VEITH 2017

68. Drug coated balloon Angioplasty of AV Fistula stenosis- early outcomes: Northwestern University Vascular Symposium. December 2017 Chicago, Illinois

69. Use of Drug Coated Balloon Catheters in the Era of Decreased Reimbursement. Chicago Endovascular Congress. July 2018. Chicago, Illinois

70. Novel Arterial Closure Devices and Outcomes in an Outpatient Lab Setting. VEITH 2018. New York City, NY.

71. Epidemiology of CLI and Trends in Therapy. Medtronic Tech Exchange. January 2019. Ft Lauderdale, Florida.

72. Video Conference: Use of Drug Coated Balloon Technology in AV Access for Dialysis. Medtronic Global Sales Training March 2019. Minneapolis, MN.

73. Prospective Non-Randomized Evaluation of CELT Arterial Closure Device in an Outpatient Catheterization Laboratory. Charing Cross Conference April 2019. London, England

74. European Atherectomy Training Course. Milan, Italy. ZOOM Conf June 2021

75. Western Europe Directional Atherectomy Training Course. Galaway, Ireland. ZOOM Conf Nov 2021

Research

1. Sub-Investigator, CAPTURE Carotid Stent Trial (Methodist Medical Center).

2. Sub-Investigator, CORAL study for Renal Artery Stenting (OSF Saint Francis Medical Center and Proctor Hospital).

3. Principal Investigator, CHOICE Carotid Stent Trial (OSF/Proctor Health Systems)

4. Principal Investigator, DURABILITY II SFA Stent Trial ( OSF Saint Francis Medical Center and Proctor Hospital)

5. Principal Investigator, CTAG Trial for Gore Thoracic Endograft (OSF Saint Francis Medical Center)

6. Principal Investigator, TIGRIS Gore SE SFA Stent systems ( OSF St. Francis Medical Center and Proctor Hospital)

7. Principal Investigator, CANOPY Carotid Stent Trial (OSF St. Francis Medical Center and Proctor Hospital)

8. Sub- Investigator, SUPERNOVA SFA Stent Trial (OSF St. Francis Medical Center)

9. Principal Investigator, VISIBILITY Iliac Stent Trial (OSF St. Francis Medical Center and Proctor)

10. Sub-Investigator, Cook TX2 Thoracic aneurysm endograft trial (OSF St. Francis Medical Center)

11. Principal Investigator, Atrium PTFE graft vs. Gore Propaten PTFE for below knee popliteal artery bypass- outcomes study (Conjunction with Ross Milner at U o C)

12. Sub-Investigator, BARD Denali Filter Trial (OSF Saint Francis Medical Center and Proctor Hospital)

13. Sub-Investigator, COOK Fenestrated AAA Endograft (OSF St. Francis Medical Center)

14. Principal Investigator, GORE Branched Hypogastric Graft Trial (Presence Health System and Christie Clinic)

15. Principal Investigator, Gore GREAT Registry for Aneurysm Endografts (OSF Health)

16. NATIONAL Principal Investigator: Trivascular Ovation PMA Trial; October 2013

17. Sub-Investigator: LUCY Study; Trivascular/Endologix Ovation AAA Device - April 2015

18. Clinical Events Committee (CEC): Trivascular LIFE Study; April 2015

19. Principal Investigator, TREOVANCE Stent Graft System- Phase II Trial; Nov 2015

20. Principal Investigator, SilkRoad TCAR Roadster II – Registry Trial July 2015

21. Principal Investigator, APV- IN.PACT- IDE AV Access Study- April 2017

22. Principal Investigator, ELEVATE IDE Trial- Ovation AAA Endograft- May 2017

23. Principal Investigator, EVAS 2 Trial- Endologix – January 2019

24. Sub-Investigator, PQ Bypass Trial- PQ Bypass Inc- January 2019