Alan Lumsden, MD

Walter W. Fondren III Distinguished Endowed Chair, DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Chair, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Institute for Academic Medicine
Full Clinical Member, Research Institute

Alan Lumsden, MD

Biography

Dr. Lumsden’s academic career began in 1989 at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia where he completed his postdoctoral training and served as a Collaborative Scientist in the Division of Pathobiology and Immunology at the renowned Yerkes Primate Center. He remained at Emory for several years, rising to the rank of Associate Professor and Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery. In 2002, Dr. Lumsden joined the faculty at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas as Professor and Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy. He assumed his current positions at Houston Methodist in 2008.

Dr. Lumsden has developed an international reputation as a leader in the field of endovascular surgery. He has clinical and research expertise in stent graft treatment of thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms, stenting and endarterectomy in carotid arterial disease, renovascular hypertension, aortoiliac occlusive disease, mesenteric vascular and minimally invasive therapy in venous disease. Dr. Lumsden also conducts FDA-mandated training for surgeons nationwide in a carotid stenting simulator housed at the Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center.

 

Description of Research

Dr. Lumsden’s research interests include developing novel minimally invasive methods of therapy and preventing restenosis. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, and he has contributed more than 200 papers to the medical literature, as well as numerous abstracts, books, and book chapters.

 

Areas Of Expertise

Endovascular surgery Minimally invasive surgery Stents Restenosis

 

Education & Training

Clinical Fellowship, Emory University Health Center

Residency, Emory University Health Center

Internship, University of Edinburgh Royal Physicians College

MD, University of Edinburgh Medical School

 

Active Clinical Trials
Cook IVC Filter Study

NCT02046096


Zenith® p-Branch™ Multicenter Study

NCT01740700

 

Publications

Current status of endovascular catheter robotics
Lumsden, AB & Bismuth, J 2018, Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, vol 59, no. 3, pp. 310-316. DOI: 10.23736/s0021-9509.18.10447-2

 

Computed tomography criteria for the use of advanced localization techniques in minimally invasive thoracoscopic lung resection
Kim, MP, Nguyen, DT, Chan, EY, Meisenbach, LM, Kopas, LM, Graviss, EA, Lumsden, AB & Gupta, N 2018, Journal of Thoracic Disease, vol 10, no. 6.


Current status of endovascular catheter robotics
Lumsden, AB & Bismuth, J 2018, Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery. DOI: 10.23736/S0021-9509.18.10447-2 


Computed tomography angiography-fluoroscopy image fusion allows visceral vessel cannulation without angiography during fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair. Schwein, A, Chinnadurai, P, Behler, G, Lumsden, AB, Bismuth, J & Bechara, CF 2018, Journal of Vascular Surgery. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2017.11.062 


Go big or go home: But think small
Lumsden, AB & Reardon, MJ 2018, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.05.007 

 

 

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Alan B. Lumsden, MD, narrates this video of a carotid endarterectomy (CEA) case. This is part two of a two-part series that walks viewers through the procedure step by step, with opportunities for questions and discussion.

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