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Michael S. Conte, MD

  • Interim Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Professor & Chief, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
  • Edwin J. Wylie, M.D. Chair in Vascular Surgery
  • Co-Director, UCSF Heart and Vascular Center
  • Co-Director, UCSF Center for Limb Preservation
  • Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship & Integrated Residency Programs

Contact Information

Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
400 Parnassus Avenue, A-501
San Francisco, CA 94143-0957
Phone: (415) 353-2357
Fax: (415) 353-2669
[email protected]
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  • 1978-82, Boston University, B.S., Biomedical Engineering
  • 1982-86, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, M.D., Medicine
  • 1986-88, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, Junior Resident, General Surgery
  • 1988-89, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, Senior Resident, General Surgery
  • 1991-92, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, Senior Resident, General Surgery
  • 1992-93, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, Chief Resident, General Surgery
  • 1989-91, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard, Research Fellow, Vascular Surgery
  • 1993-94, Harvard Medical School, Fellow, Vascular Surgery
  • 1993-94, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Fellow, Vascular Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery, General Surgery, 1994
  • American Board of Surgery, Vascular Surgery, 1996
  • Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI)
  • UCSF Heart and Vascular Center

Dr. Michael Conte received his medical degree in 1986 at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed his surgical residency at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center in 1993, which included a two year research fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. He completed his vascular surgery training in 1994 as the John Homans Fellow at BWH and Harvard Medical School (HMS), in Boston.

Dr. Conte was an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Yale University from 1994-1997, and a member of the Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine. Subsequently he returned to BWH where he served as Assistant Professor (1997-2001) and then Associate Professor (2001-2008 ) of Surgery at HMS. From 2002-2008, he was the Director of Vascular Surgical Research at BWH and from 2005-2008, he was Co-Director of the Clinical Trials Group at the Center for Surgery and Public Health (a joint initiative between HMS, BWH, and the Harvard School for Public Health).

Dr. Conte is a member of many professional organizations, including the Society for Vascular Surgery and the Society of University Surgeons. Dr. Conte has also been an invited lecturer for many regional, national, and international meetings and conferences. In 2006, he received the Distinguished Achievement Award from the New York Weill Cornell Medical Center Alumni Council. He is on the Editorial Board for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vascular Medicine, Journal of Vascular Surgery, and Vascular. He has served as an Associate Editor for Circulation.

In 2017, Dr. Conte was named to Castle Connolly's list of the "Bay Area Top Doctors 2017" for Vascular Surgery.

  Award  
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  • Peripheral Vascular Disease Distinguished Achievement Award
  • American Heart Association
  • 2019
  • Bay Area Top Doctors
  • San Francisco Magazine
  • 2016
  • Best Doctors in America
  • Best Doctors, Inc.
  • 2015
  • T1 Catalyst Award Finalist
  • UCSF Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI)
  • 2012
  • Best Doctors in America
  • Best Doctors, Inc.
  • 2009
  • Best Doctors in Boston
  • Best Doctors, Inc.
  • 2007
  • Distinguished Achievement Award
  • New York Weill Cornell Medical Center Alumni Council
  • 2006
  • Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award
  • NHLBI/Lifeline
  • 1999
  • Fellowship Award
  • American Surgical Association Foundation
  • 1997 - 1999
  • Research Award
  • Lifeline Foundation
  • 1988
  • Alpha Omega Alpha
  • Medical Honor Society
  • 1986
  • Tau Beta Pi
  • National Engineering Honor Society
  • 1982
  • Dr. Conte's clinical interests include diseases of the aorta and its major branches, aneurysms, carotid artery disease, and peripheral artery disease (PAD). He is particularly interested in diabetic vascular disease, and in complex revascularization to preserve limb function and prevent amputation in patients with advanced forms of PAD. He had led the largest multicenter clinical trial to date examining the outcomes of leg bypass surgery in patients with severe PAD and is nationally and internationally recognized for his leadership in this area.

    Dr. Conte's research is focused on developing new molecular therapies to improve the long-term results of cardiovascular procedures. His translational research program includes basic laboratory investigations as well as prospective clinical trials to study the causes of failure of angioplasty and bypass surgery and develop new approaches to stratify patients at risk.

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    • UCSF Diabetic Foot Clinical Research Unit
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    • Tissue Oxygen Monitoring in Peripheral Vascular Disease
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    • Specialized lipid mediators and mechanisms of resolution in vascular injury
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    • IGF::OT::IGF VASCULAR INTERVENTIONS/INNOVATIONS AND THERAPEUTIC ADVANCES (VITA): PRO-RESOLVING VASCULAR DEVICES BASE PERIOD: NOVEMBER 15, 2013 - NOVEMBER 14, 2014
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    • Survivin: a novel regulator of intimal hyperplasia and vein graft remodeling
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    • General Clinical Research Center
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    • GENETIC ENGINEERING OF A FAILURE RESISTANT VEIN GRAFT
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      Aug 2004
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    MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 327
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    1. Ramirez JL, Sung E, Jaramillo E, Gasper WJ, Conte MS, Boitano L, Iannuzzi JC. Development and Validation of a Novel Preoperative Risk Score to Identify Patients at Risk for Non-Home Discharge After Elective Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair (EVAR). Ann Vasc Surg. 2023 Oct 16. View in PubMed
    2. Ramirez JL, Matthay ZA, Lancaster E, Smith EJT, Gasper WJ, Zarkowsky DS, Doyle AJ, Patel VI, Schanzer A, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC. Decreasing prevalence of centers meeting the Society for Vascular Surgery abdominal aortic aneurysm guidelines in the United States. J Vasc Surg. 2023 Sep 27. View in PubMed
    3. Fitridge R, Chuter V, Mills J, Hinchliffe R, Azuma N, Behrendt CA, Boyko EJ, Conte MS, Humphries M, Kirksey L, McGinigle KC, Nikol S, Nordanstig J, Rowe V, Russell D, van den Berg JC, Venermo M, Schaper N. The intersocietal IWGDF, ESVS, SVS guidelines on peripheral artery disease in people with diabetes and a foot ulcer. Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2023 Sep 19; e3686. View in PubMed
    4. Fitridge R, Chuter V, Mills J, Hinchliffe R, Azuma N, Behrendt CA, Boyko EJ, Conte MS, Humphries M, Kirksey L, McGinigle KC, Nikol S, Nordanstig J, Rowe V, Russell D, van den Berg JC, Venermo M, Schaper N. The intersocietal IWGDF, ESVS, SVS guidelines on peripheral artery disease in people with diabetes mellitus and a foot ulcer. J Vasc Surg. 2023 Nov; 78(5):1101-1131. View in PubMed
    5. Fitridge R, Chuter V, Mills J, Hinchliffe R, Azuma N, Behrendt CA, Boyko EJ, Conte MS, Humphries M, Kirksey L, McGinigle KC, Nikol S, Nordanstig J, Rowe V, Russell D, van den Berg JC, Venermo M, Schaper N. The Intersocietal IWGDF, ESVS, SVS Guidelines on Peripheral Artery Disease in People With Diabetes Mellitus and a Foot Ulcer. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2023 Sep 06. View in PubMed
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    • John Maduell

      Conceptual Artist Retains Limb Against Long Odds

      John Maduell
      In his 33-year career as a conceptual artist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, John Maduell illustrated futuristic technologies few others could imagine. But he never envisioned the toll diabetes and vascular disease would take on his body—or that one day he might lose his legs because of these problems.  Maduell's troubles started two years ago when he developed a diabetic ulcer on his left foot. "Before I knew it, I was in the hospital, with three toes amputated," he says. Still, the wound didn't heal, and Maduell, who now lives and paints in Modesto, was told removing the[...]
      Story Categories: Diabetic Foot UlcersDiabetic Peripheral NeuropathyPeripheral Artery Disease (PAD)
    • Bicknell Ramsay

      Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Treatment Saves Limb

      Bicknell Ramsay — a 74-year-old retired engineer who lives a fully active life — was concerned that a wound on his foot would not heal. Having volunteered for a clinical study on peripheral artery disease (PAD), he described the wound to the principal investigator, UCSF nurse practitioner Roberta Oka, R.N., DNSc. She referred Ramsay to Michael S. Conte, M.D., (pictured at right on left), Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at UCSF Medical Center. By then, the wound exceeded two centimeters and was enlarging. After an ankle-brachial index test found only 30 percent of normal[...]
      Story Categories: Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)Coronary Artery DiseaseCritical Limb IschemiaLower Extremity Bypass SurgeryPeripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

     

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