THOMAS F. SWEENEY, Vascular Surgeon

THOMAS F. SWEENEY, M.D.




EDUCATION:

High School:	Notre Dame High School, West Haven, CT, June, 1965


College:	College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, Cum Laude, 1969



Medical School:	Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
	June, 1973; Mosby Book Award



Internship:	Yale-New Haven Medical Center, June, 1973 - June, 1974


Residency:	Yale-New Haven Medical Center, June, 1973 - June, 1978
	Chief Resident in Surgery, June, 1977 - June, 1978


PRACTICE:	General and Vascular Surgery Associates, P.C. New Haven, CT August, 1978 - February, 1990 Thoracic and Cardiovascular Associates of New Haven, P.C. New Haven, CT March, 1990 - April, 1996 Practice name change effective April, 1996: Vascular Surgery Specialists, P.C.; Practice name change effective July, 2000: CT Vascular Center, P.C.

ATTENDING STAFF:	Yale-New Haven Medical Center August, 1978 - Present Hospital of St. Raphael August, 1978 - Present Griffin Hospital (Courtesy) April, 1994 - Present Milford Hospital (Courtesy) April, 1994 - Present


ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT:	Associate Chief Section of Vascular Surgery Yale-New Haven Hospital Assistant Clinical Professor July, 1986 - Present Clinical Instructor July, 1979 - July, 1986


CERTIFICATION:	American Board of Surgery December, 1979 Re-certification December, 1989 Certificate of Special Qualification in General Vascular Surgery May, 1989 Re-certification December, 1998

SOCIETIES:	American College of Surgeons, October, 1981 New England Society for Vascular Surgeons, October, 1980 American Medical Association Connecticut Society of American Board Surgeons Eastern Vascular Society, 1986 Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, 1988 American Association for Vascular Surgery, 1988 Connecticut State Medical Society New Haven County Medical Society New England Surgical Society, 1991 Vice President, New Haven Medical Society, 1996 - 1997 President, New Haven Medical Society, 1997 - 1998


COMMUNITY:	Board of Directors, New Haven Symphony Orchestra, 1984 - 1989 Chairman, Yale Medical School Reunion, 1993 and 1998 Board of Directors, Yale Medical School Alumni Fund, 1998 - Present


RESEARCH INTEREST:	Vascular Prosthetic Infections


HOSPITAL COMMITTEES:	Yale New Haven Hospital Medical Records Committee, 1980 - 1994 Critical Care Units Committee, 1982 - 1987 Equipment and Products Standards Committee, 1982 - 1985 Physical Advisory Board for Patient Care Support System, 1983 - 1987 Surgical Departmental Committee, 1995 - Present The Hospital of St. Raphael Pharmacy Committee, 1979 - 1981 Blood Bank Committee, 1981 - 1987 Intensive Care Unit Committee, 1982 - Present Bylaws Committee, 1987 - 1988 IPA Board of Trustees, 1996 - Present Credential's Committee, 1997 - Present



TEACHING CONFERENCES:	Yale New Haven Hospital Community Service Lecture Series, "Lower GI Bleeding." Yale Medical Student Tutor, Community Service, General Surgery Yale Medical Student Lecture Series, "Peripheral Vascular Disease." Pre-clerkship Tutor, Yale Medical Students, 1987 - Present Hospital of St. Raphael Weekly Vascular Rounds with Surgery Residents Surgical Intensive Care Unit Attending

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Tilson, M.D., Sweeney, T.F., and Wright, H.K.: Compensatory hypertrophy of thea ileum following esophago-ileostomy. Surg. Forum p. 172, 1973.

Tilson, M.D., Sweeney, T.F., and Wright, H.K.: Compensatory hypertrophy of the ileum after gastroduodenojejunal exclusion. Reprinted from Archives of Surgery, 110:309-312, 1975.

Ariyan, S., Sweeney, T.F., Gusberg, R.J., Stansel, H.C.: Obturator canal bypass grafts from septic lesions of the femoral artery. Archives of Surgery, Vol. 114,0 31:69, Sept. 1980.

Sweeney, T.F., Ramsby, G., and Kochan, M.: Edema of the lower extremity secondary to obstructive sarcoidosis. Angiology, 31:69, 1980

Sweeney, T.F., Kerstein, M.D.: Management of Peripheral Vascular Infections inv Management of Surgical Infections. M.D. Kersstein, Ed. Futura Publishing Co., Mount Kisco, N.Y., pp 117-137, 1980

Sweeney, T.F., Contributing Author. Principles of Surgery; Pre-test Self Assessment and Review, Schwartz, S.I. Ed., McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., 1981, reprinted 1984

Kerstein, M.D., and Sweeney, T.F., Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. Aortic Aneurysmo Surgical Therapy. Campbell, C., Ed. Futura Publishing Co., pp. 139-190, 1981

Sweeney, T.F., Kerstein, M.D.: Primary and Secondary Sepsis in Aneurysm. M.D. Kerstein, P.V. Mouldeer and W.R. Publishers, Baltimore, pp. 112-117, 1982

Sweeney, T.F., Piorkowsky, R., Ariyan, S., Kerstein, M.D.: An Alternative inn management of infected vascular prosthesis. Vascular Surgery. No. 3,- 17:195, 1983

Sweeney, T.F, and Kerstein, M.D.: "Antibiotics in Surgery for Vascular Trauma" inq Vascular Trauma. Keerstein, Mould and Webb, Eds. University Park Press, pp 120-127, June 1984

Arenas, R., Seaman, D., McLaughlin, C., Sweeney, T.F., Ciardiello, K.: Clostridiumm septicum myonecrosis in association with colonic malignancy: Report of a casea literature review. Connecticut Medicine. 53:09-910, 1988

VASCULAR PRESENTATIONS:

Craig, M., Kwass, W., and Sweeney, T.F.: "Mycotic femoral pseudoaneurysms." Presented at New England Society for Vascular Surgery, Sept. 25, 1986.

Coatti, J., Sweeney, T.F., Kwass, W.: "In situ versus reverse saphenous vein bypassed at the tibial-peroneal level in community practice." Presented at New England Surgical Society, Sept. 13, 1987

Poster Presentation: Carotid Endarterectomy, Predictors of Outcome and Need for ICU Observation.

GENERAL SURGERY PRESENTATIONS:

Arenas, R., Seaman, D., McLaughlin, C., Sweeney, T.F., Ciardiello, K.: "Clostridium septicum myonecrosis in association with colonic malignancy." Presented at Spring Meeting of New England Colorectal Society.

GRAND ROUNDS PRESENTATIONS:
The Hospital of St. Raphael
Treatment of Intractable Ascites - 1986
Management of the Infected Vascular Prosthesis - 1989
Use of Lasers in Vascular Surgery - 1990
Alternative Bypasses in the Absence of a Saphenous Vein - 1998

LECTURES:
Vascular Prothetic Infections - Bridgeport Resident Lecture Series from Yale - 1990
Distal Bypass Grafts - Milford Hospital - 1991

AWARDS:
1992 - Outstanding Surgical Teacher - The Hospital of St. Raphael