Dennis F. Bandyk, MD, FACS
Brad L. Johnson, MD, FACS
Martin R. Back, MD, FACS
Murray L. Shames, MD, FACS
Paul A. Armstrong, DO, FACS

Office Location:
USF Health South Bldg
2A Columbia Drive, 3rd Floor
Tampa, Florida 33606
(813) 259-0921

Dr. Shames' Email Address:
mshames@health.usf.edu

Education:
Medical School:
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
June 1994

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Arts, May 1990
Majors in Biological Basis of Behavior (Neuroscience) and Economics

Residencies:
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
General Surgery Resident, July 1994- June 1999
Fellowships:
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Research Fellow/Instructor in Surgery, July 2001-June 2002
Vascular Surgery Clinical Fellow, July 2000- June 2001

Concord Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Senior Registrar in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
July 1999- June 2000

Board & Certifications:
American Board of Surgery, October 2001 (General Surgery)
American Board of Surgery, May 2003 (Vascular Surgery)

Medical License:
Florida

Awards and Honors:
Certificate of Recognition for Clinical Teaching
University of Sydney School of Medicine
December 1999

Best Research Paper and Presentation
Florida Vascular Society
12th Annual Meeting, May 1999, Miami, FL

Outstanding Resident Award
University of South Florida, 1997-8

Professional Societes:
Fellow American College of Surgeons, October 2004
Society of Vascular Surgery, October 2001-present
Tampa Bay Surgical Society, August 2003- present
Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society, July 2003- present
Association for Academic Surgery, April 28, 2003 - present
International Society of Endovascular Specialists, 2000-present
International Society of Vascular Surgery, Jan 2005- present
Florida Vascular Society, 2004-current

Specialty/Research Interest:
Endovascular Surgery
AAA Pathophysiology
Endovascular treatment of PVD
Minimally Invasive treatment of varicose Veins

Published Papers:
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