Extended Efforts in Limb Salvage

UW Health microvascular plastic surgeons - specialists in reconstructive surgery and microvascular techniques to return blood flow to wounds or blocked vessels - partner with board certified UW Health vascular surgeons to form a team dedicated to lower-extremity limb salvage.

Our program offers:

• Access to cutting edge treatments and devices
• Years of experience with minimally-invasive approaches
• National recognition for the development and publication of minimally-invasive treatments for lower-extremity vascular disease
• If surgery is necessary, years of expertise with complex issues related to surgery including:
  • Patients requiring redo surgeries where there is a lack of a vein
  • Operations on calcified vessels
  • Bypass to the smallest vessels in the foot
  • Plastic surgery for complex wounds

Care for Complex Patients

UW Health's team offers immediate and advanced treatment options for complex patients including:

• Evaluation and management of patients with severe PAD: Pain while resting, non-healing ulcers and gangrene
• Evaluation and management of patients with tissue loss that limits limb function: Exposed tendons and mid- and hind-foot wounds, particularly involving loss of weight bearing surface
• Treatment for patients with lower-limb pain due to PAD and/or poor circulation (lower limb pain or cramping after walking)

Meet Our Team

• Charles W. Acher, MD
• Ahmed M. Afifi, MD
• Michael L. Bentz, MD
• John R. Hoch, MD
• K. Craig Kent, MD
• Timothy W. King, MD, PhD
• Jon S. Matsumura, MD
• Samuel O. Poore, MD, PhD
• Venkat K. Rao, MD, MBA
• Margaret L. Schwarze, MD
• John W. Siebert, MD
• Girma Tefera, MD
• William D. Turnipseed, MD
• Dai Yamanouchi, MD, PhD