
John A. Kern
Vascular Surgeon | Vascular Surgery
Lee St Charlottesville VA, 22908About
Dr. John Kern is a vascular surgeon practicing in Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Kern specializes in disorders relating to the arterial, venous and lymphatic systems. As a vascular surgeon, Dr. Kern diagnoses and treats vascular diseases and performs vasular surgeries. Common conditions that a vascular surgeon treats are aneurysms, atherosclerosis and varicose veins. Vascular specialists might also treat trauma, venous ulcers, poor leg circulation, peripheral arterial disease and other vascular-related issues.
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Adenosine A2A analogue improves neurologic outcome after spinal cord trauma in the rabbit.
- Adenosine A2A agonist reduces paralysis after spinal cord ischemia: correlation with A2A receptor expression on motor neurons.
- Safety and efficacy of the supraclavicular approach to thoracic outlet decompression.
- Magnetic resonance imaging identifies the fibrous cap in atherosclerotic abdominal aortic aneurysm.
- Adenosine A2A analogue reduces long-term neurologic injury after blunt spinal trauma.
- The evolution of ischemic spinal cord injury in function, cytoarchitecture, and inflammation and the effects of adenosine A2A receptor activation.
- Evaluation of an absorbable cyanoacrylate adhesive as a suture line sealant.
- Acute descending aortic dissections: management of visceral, spinal cord, and extremity malperfusion.
- Comparison of systemic and retrograde delivery of adenosine A2A agonist for attenuation of spinal cord injury after thoracic aortic cross-clamping.
- A comparison of adenosine A2A agonism and methylprednisolone in attenuating neuronal damage and improving functional outcome after experimental traumatic spinal cord injury in rabbits.
- Optimization of a mouse locomotor rating system to evaluate compression-induced spinal cord injury: correlation of locomotor and morphological injury indices.
- Protecting the central nervous system during ischemia: a difficult task.
- Endoscopic versus open saphenous vein harvest for femoral to below the knee arterial bypass using saphenous vein graft.
- Functional and cytoarchitectural spinal cord protection by ATL-146e after ischemia/reperfusion is mediated by adenosine receptor agonism.
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University of Virginia Physician
Lee St And 11th St SW 2nd Floor Lee St And 11th St SW -Charlottesville, VA 22908Get Direction
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- Kenneth J. Cherry OtherLee St Charlottesville VA 22908
- Dr. Tanya R Flohr MD1215 Lee St Charlottesville VA 22908
- Dr. Timothy James Ryan M.D.1215 Lee St Charlottesville VA 22908
- Dr. Naren Gupta M.B.B.S., M.S., PHD1215 Lee St Charlottesville VA 22908
- Joshua D. Adams MDLee St Charlottesville VA 22908
Nearest Hospitals
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTERl
JEFFERSON PARK AVE CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22908MARTHA JEFFERSON HOSPITALl
500 MARTHA JEFFERSON DRIVE CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22911UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTERl
JEFFERSON PARK AVE CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22908MARTHA JEFFERSON HOSPITALl
500 MARTHA JEFFERSON DRIVE CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22911