Dixon Santana, MD FACS

Vascular and Endovascular procedures. 85 to 90% of the procedures are percutaneous based in a dedicated endovascular suite. Practice include TIPS procedures for UGIB, coiling of UGIB and LGIB, diagnosis of AVM's, solid tumor coil embolizations and or intra-arterial administration of chemotherapeutic agents, coiling and excision of carotid body tumors. Aortic aneurysm endoexclusions, thoracic aneurysm endoexclusions, carotid-subclavian steal syndromes, etc. Vascular access surgery for acute and chronic hemodyalisis, CAPD, catheter placement with percutaneous maintenance of vascular access. Renal artery angioplasties, mesenteric arteries angioplasties. Lower extremity percutaneous and open surgical limb salvage procedure using state of the art technology. Cerebrovascular disease evaluation and treatment including carotid stenting with cerebral protection devices and open carotid endarterectomies with cerebral flow protection devices. Vascular access creation and maintenance using percutaneous based therapies to avoid repated surgical interventions and traditional open surgical management. There is close collaboration with transplant surgeons to assist and coordinate kidney transplants.

Critical Care

Hand, Wrist, Arm Disorders/Procedures

Head and Neck

• foreign body aspiration
• head and neck surgery

Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas Disor/Proc

• cholecystectomy
• hepatic artery infusion pumps
• laparoscopic cholecystectomy
• liver biopsy
• liver surgery
• pancreatic cancer

Minimal Access Surgery

Aneurysms

• abdominal aortic aneurysm
• aneurysm repair
• angioplasty stenting
• endovascular stent graft
• endovascular stent graph
• peripheral vascular aneurysm

Cerebrovascular

• cerebrovascular disease
• stroke
• transient ischemic attach (TIA)

Diagnostic Imaging/procedures

Lower Extremity Ischemia

• aortoiliac occlusive disease
• diabetic problems

Minimally Invasive Procedures

• doppler ultrasound
• embolization procedures
• endoscopic surgery
• laparoscopic surgery
• laser surgery
• robotic surgery
• tumor ablation
• video assisted thoracic surgery

Venous Disorders/Procedures

• chronic venous insufficiency
• spider veins
• varicose vein ablation
• venous insufficiency

Thoracic

• esophageal surgery
• hemothorax
• pleural effusion
• pneumothorax
• pulmonary embolism
• thoracic outlet syndrome

Trauma/Injury Procedures

• abdominal injuries
• abdominal wall reconstruction
• amputation
• amputee rehabilitation
• blunt trauma
• bronchoscopy
• burns
• cardiac injury
• chest injuries
• craniomaxillofacial surgery
• cricothyroidotomy
• extremity injury
• finger injuries
• foot and ankle reconstruction
• foot/leg injury
• hand/arm injury
• intestine injuries
• jaw reconstruction
• kidney injury
• liver injury
• liver resection
• lung resections
• neck injuries
• reconstructive limb surgery
• reconstructive microvascular surgery
• reconstructive surgery
• skin grafting
• stomach injuries
• tracheotomy
• vascular injuries
• wound debridement

Vascular Disorders/Procedures

• arm artery disease
• atherosclerosis
• carotid angioplasty
• carotid disease
• carotid endarterectomy
• claudication
• deep vein thrombosis
• lymphedema
• peripheral artery disease
• renal artery stenosis
• renal vein thrombosis
• renovascular conditions
• vena cava filter placement

Venous Disorders/Procedures

University Medical Center (Lubbock, TX).

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

Covenat Medical Center

Lubbock,

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

02/2012—Present

Surgery and Radiology Vascular Surgery Vascular Interventional Radiology

Assistant Professor

01/2004—08/2010

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine

Lubbock, TX

Chief

06/2005—Present

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine

Lubbock, TX

Other

06/2010—Present

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine

Lubbock, TX

Associate Professor

09/2010—Present

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine

Lubbock, TX

Other

06/2011—Present