Offer first-class surgery to treat:

Diseases of the entire Aorta such as: Aneurysms and Dissections (TEVAR, EVAR, ESAR, FEVAR). Lower Limb Venous Diseases (VNUS, Venaseal, Chiva, MOCA, Varicose Vein Injections).
Lower Limb Arterial Disease (Angioplasties, Stents, Atherectomy, Bypass).
Pelvic Congestive Syndrome and Varicoceles. (Embolizations).
Advanced Management of Ulcers and Diabetic Foot (Wound Care, VAC, Prevena).
Deep Venous Thrombosis (Thrombectomy)
Acute Arterial Ischemia (Open Thrombectomy and Endovascular).
Pulmonary Embolism (EKOS)

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• Specialty in Vascular Surgery. Universidad de Costa Rica. July 2015 - July 2019

• Critical Issues in Aortic Endografting Meeting ; Coral Gables, Florida

  February 2020 - February 2020

• Controversy and Updates in Vascular Surgery (CACVS) , Paris Francia

  February 2019

• Aortic Surgery, How to do it, Milan Italy.

  December 2018

• Veith Symposium, New York

  November 2016

• Open Aortic Training Course - Houston Methodist, USA

  May 2016

• Umass Vascular Skills & Simulation Course (UVASC) University of Massachusetts Medical School. Worcester, Massachusetts

  April 2016

• Training ground; Debakey Cardiovascular Training Institute, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA

  2015

• Principles of Practice of Clinical Research, Harvard, UCR

  2015

• Internship

  Advanced Trauma Life Support

• Basic life support (BLS)

• VenaSeal Closure System Physician Certification

• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support

• Pharmacomechanical thrombectomy (Angiojet), Boston Scientific, EDUCARE, Mexico.

• FEVAR (Fenestrated Endovascular Repair) Cook Vista, NYU with Dr.Maldonado

• Hospital Rotation

• Hospital Rotation

• Hospital Rotation

• Hospital Rotation

• Physicians and Surgeons College of Costa Rica cod. MED10225Active

  Medic and Surgeon - Costa Rica

• 2018 Best Resident College Physicians Award.

• PRESENTACIONES EN PLENARIAS DE CONGRESOS RECIENTES
• Septiembre 2022, Congreso Sociedad Europea de Cirugia Vascular (European Society of Vascular Surgery),Impact of aortic sac size /height index on mid-term survival after thoracic endovascular aortic repair, Roma, Italia
• Junio 2022. Congreso Sociedad Americana Cirugia vascular(2022 Society of vascular surgery Vascular Annual Meeting VAM/SVS) Embolization Outcomes of Well-defined Versus Indistinct Type II Endoleaks After Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair
• Mayo 2022, Houston Aortic Symposium, Midterm Results After Endovascular Repair of Complex Aortic Aneurysms Using Inverted Limb Bifurcated Devices
• Marzo 2022, Society of Clinical Vascular Surgery, Outcomes Of Carotid Stenting In Patients With Fibromuscular Dysplasia, Las Vegas
• Enero 2022, Southern Association for Vascular Surgery Meeting, Endovascular Aortic Arch Repair With Physician Modified Endograft (PMEG) Device Annual meeting, Southern Association for Vascular SurgeryJanuary 22, 2022 Manalapan, Florida
• PUBLICACIONES
• Porras-Colon J, Pizano A, Pavarino FR, et al. Embolization Outcomes of Well-defined Versus Indistinct Type II Endoleaks After Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2022;75(6):e77-e78. doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2022.03.052
• Porras-Colon J, Scott CK, Pavarino FL, et al. Fabric Tears and Type IIIb Endoleaks After Fenestrated-Branched Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2022;75(4):6S. doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2022.01.035
• Porras-Colon J, Knowles M, Timaran CH. Outcomes and strategies for utilization of brachial access and preloaded systems during F/BEVAR. Semin Vasc Surg. 2022 Sep;35(3):287-296. doi: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2022.08.001. Epub 2022 Aug 12
• Porras-Colon J, Scott CK, Pizano A, Driessen A, Timaran CH, Modrall JG, Tsai S, Kirkwood ML, Ramanan B. Outcomes of Carotid Stenting in Patients with Fibromuscular Dysplasia. J Vasc Surg. 2022 Nov 15:S0741-5214(22)02461-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.10.040