Colleen Flanagan, MD
Resident
Medicine
School of Medicine

Colleen Flanagan, MD is an Integrated (0+5) Vascular Surgery Resident at UCSF. She graduated with honors from Tufts University with degrees in Biology and History. She then worked in a healthcare consulting firm focused on transactional and claims-based database analytics. She subsequently received her medical degree from the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine with AOA honors.

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Dr. Flanagan graduated early from medical school to work in the cardiac ICU as part of the COVID-19 Surge Staffing Response prior to starting residency.

Dr. Flanagan is completing an ACGME fellowship in Clinical Informatics within the UCSF Division of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation (Doc-IT) during the 2023-2025 professional development period. She is interested in clinical informatics, and the use of AI/machine learning to augment vascular surgery practice, clinical research, and efficiency in care-delivery. Specifically, she is passionate about the responsible application of AI/ML to transform unstructured clinical data (e.g. notes, images) into structured data to improve administrative efficiency and research database quality. Many of her research interests are population health-based and include medical optimization of vascular surgery patients, increasing appropriate vascular surgery referrals and screening, and improving surveillance for aortic pathologies.

Awards

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• Best Presentation Award, Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Society, 2024
• Best Poster: Vascular Trauma, Complications and Special Topics, Society for Vascular Surgery, 2021
• AMWA Glasgow-Rubin Citation for Academic Achievement (top 10% of class), University of Massachusetts Medical School, 2020
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 2020
• John Efstathiou Memorial Award; for personal integrity and compassionate care, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 2020
• Hematology Opportunities for the Next-Generation of Research Scientists Award, American Society of Hematology, 2017
• Massachusetts Medical Society Committee on History Essay Award, Massachusetts Medical Society, 2017

Education & Training

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• MD Medicine University of Massachusetts Medical School 2020
• BA Biology, History Tufts University 2014

Interests

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• Carotid artery disease
• Aortic Dissection
• Data Science
• Clinical Informatics
• Peripheral vascular disease
• Vascular Surgery
• Aortic Aneurysms

Grants and Projects

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• Clinical Informatics Innovations within the VHA, Veteran's Health Administration, 2023-2025

Publications (8)

Top publication keywords:
Pulmonary EmbolismStentsDatabases, FactualProsthesis DesignBlood Vessel ProsthesisAorta, AbdominalEndovascular ProceduresVenous ThromboembolismAnemiaRegistriesAortic Aneurysm, AbdominalAortic AneurysmMyocardial InfarctionVenous ThrombosisBlood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation

• Large language models can accurately populate Vascular Quality Initiative procedural databases using narrative operative reports.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2024 Flanagan CP, Trang K, Nacario J, Schneider PA, Gasper WJ, Conte MS, Wick EC, Conway AM
• Low rates of aortic surveillance imaging and clinical follow-up in patients with acute aortic dissection.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2024 Flanagan CP, Kim AS, Ramirez JL, Mangipudi SA, Smith EJT, Conte MS, Hiramoto JS
• Promoting Female Surgeons Through Structured Award Nominations.
  Annals of surgery 2024 Trang K, Stephens CQ, Flanagan C, Yap A, Brown A, Kelly Y, Yeo HL, Sosa JA, Kornblith LZ, Varma MG
• Association of Intraoperative and Perioperative Transfusions with Postoperative Cardiovascular Events and Mortality After Infrainguinal Revascularization.
  Annals of vascular surgery 2022 Matthay ZA, Smith EJ, Flanagan CP, Wu B, Malas MB, Hiramoto JS, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC
• Risk factors for venous thromboembolism after vascular surgery and implications for chemoprophylaxis strategies.
  Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders 2021 Matthay ZA, Flanagan CP, Sanders K, Smith EJ, Lancaster EM, Gasper WJ, Kornblith LZ, Hiramoto JS, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC
• Evolution of fenestrated/branched endovascular aortic aneurysm repair complexity and outcomes at an organized center for the treatment of complex aortic disease.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2021 Simons JP, Crawford AS, Flanagan CP, Aiello FA, Arous EJ, Judelson DR, Messina LM, Robichaud DI, Valliere SA, Schanzer A
• Preoperative functional status predicts 2-year mortality in patients undergoing fenestrated/branched endovascular aneurysm repair.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2021 Flanagan CP, Crawford AS, Arous EJ, Aiello FA, Schanzer A, Simons JP
• Positional transient loss of consciousness and hemispheric deficits in the setting of severe four-vessel extracranial cerebrovascular disease.
  Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques 2019 Flanagan CP, Sheth PD, Simons JP