Dr. Thomas W Wakefield MD
Vascular Surgeon | Vascular Surgery
1500 East Medical Center Dr 3rd Floor Cardiovasc Ann Arbor MI, 48109Rating
5/5
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Dr. Wakefield has been the head of the Vascular Surgery service at the University of Michigan since 2004. He is an honors graduate of the University of Toledo and received his MD from the Medical Coll ...
Education and Training
Med Coll of Ohio, Toledo Oh 1978
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- P-selectin inhibition enhances thrombus resolution and decreases vein wall fibrosis in a rat model.
- Clinical application of sonographic elasticity imaging for aging of deep venous thrombosis: preliminary findings.
- Cellular IL-10 is more effective than viral IL-10 in decreasing venous thrombosis.
- Factor VIII and race: a new dimension in hypercoagulability.
- P-selectin and leukocyte microparticles are associated with venous thrombogenesis.
- Deep vein thrombosis resolution is modulated by monocyte CXCR2-mediated activity in a mouse model.
- Staging deep venous thrombosis using ultrasound elasticity imaging: animal model.
- Revision of the CEAP classification for chronic venous disorders: consensus statement.
- Gender differences in deep venous thrombosis in a rat model: a preliminary study.
- Venous thromboembolism: regional differences in the nationwide inpatient sample, 1993 to 2000.
- The treatment of deep venous thrombosis, including the newer agents.
- Inflammation-dependent thrombosis.
- Decreased venous thrombosis with an oral inhibitor of P selectin.
- Correspondence of ultrasound elasticity imaging to direct mechanical measurement in aging DVT in rats.
- D-dimer, P-selectin, and microparticles: novel markers to predict deep venous thrombosis. A pilot study.
Fellowships
- Vascular Surgery, University of Michigan Health System 1986
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