Leigh Ann O'Banion, MD
Associate Professor
Surgery - Fresno
School of Medicine
Leigh Ann O'Banion, MD
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Associate Clinical Professor, Surgery
Leigh Ann O’Banion, MD, is an Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, at the University of California San Francisco Fresno, UCSF Fresno Center for Medical Education and Research.
Dr. O’Banion received her undergraduate degree in Biologic Sciences from Louisiana State University and her medical degree from the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. She completed her general surgery residency at UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program, Fresno, California. Subsequently, she completed her Vascular Fellowship at UCSF. Dr. O’Banion is board certified by the American Board of Surgery in General and Vascular Surgery. She is also a Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI)
Dr. O’Banion has been a faculty member in the Department of Surgery since 2017. Dr. O’Banion’s clinical and didactic teaching involves educating, lecturing, mentoring, and supervising medical students and residents that rotate on the vascular surgery service. Trainees represent a wide range of educational levels, including medical students, general surgery residents, as well as critical care and interventional cardiology fellows. She is an associate editor for the Journal of Vascular Surgery: Cases Innovations and Techniques. She currently serves as chair of the Communications committee of the WVS, Co-Chair of the SVS Foundation Gala Committee, the SVS Appropriateness Committee, the VESS Vascular Research Consortium Committee, as well as the AVF Digital Media Committee, and is committed to the education and promotion of vascular surgery.
Her clinical research focuses on limb salvage and outcomes based research on vascular patients with major amputation. She has presented her research at the local/regional and nation level and published in multiple surgical journals. Her work on traumatic popliteal injuries was awarded the 2020 Western Vascular Society Founder’s Research Award. She was awarded the 2021 UCSF Fresno Faculty Research Award.
A Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and Fellow of the Society of Vascular Surgery (FSVS), Dr. O’Banion is also a member of the Western Vascular Society, Vascular and Endovascular Surgical Society, the American Venous Forum and the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery.
Awards
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- Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching-Nominee, 2022
- Faculty Research Award, UCSF-Fresno, 2021
- Western Vascular Society Founder's Award, UCSF-Fresno, 2020
Education & Training
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- Vascular Surgery University of California San Francisco-Fresno 2017
- General Surgery University of California San Francisco-Fresno 2015
- MD LSU School of Medicine 2010
- B.S. Louisiana State University 2006
Interests
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- Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia
- Vascular Trauma
- Limb Salvage
- Amputation Prevention
- Amputee Outcomes
- Venous Leg Ulcers
Websites
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- @@limbsalvagedr on Twitter (twitter.com)
Grants and Projects
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- The Lower Extremity Amputation Protocol, Society of Vascular Surgery Foundation
Publications (26)
Top publication keywords:
CyanoacrylatesVenous ThrombosisPopliteal ArteryHypersensitivity, DelayedSaphenous VeinVascular System InjuriesVenous InsufficiencyElective Surgical ProceduresVascular Surgical ProceduresLimb SalvageDecision Support TechniquesVaricose VeinsIntermittent ClaudicationVaricose UlcerUltrasonography, Doppler
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Thrombotic complications of superficial endovenous ablation: a contemporary review of thermal and non-thermal techniques.
The Journal of cardiovascular surgery 2021 Kochubey MS, Siada SS, Tenet M, Kiguchi MM, Dirks RC, O'Banion LA -
Popliteal scoring assessment for vascular extremity injuries in trauma study.
Journal of vascular surgery 2021 O'Banion LA, Dirks R, Farooqui E, Saldana-Ruiz N, Yoon WJ, Pozolo C, Fox C, Crally A, Siada S, Nehler MR, Brooke BS, Beckstrom JL, Kiang S, Boggs HK, Chandra V, Ho VT, Zhou W, Lee A, Bowens N, Cho Y, … -
A comparison of cyanoacrylate glue and radiofrequency ablation techniques in the treatment of superficial venous reflux in CEAP 6 patients.
Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders 2021 O'Banion LA, Reynolds KB, Kochubey M, Cutler B, Tefera EA, Dirks R, Kiguchi MM -
Improved long-term functional outcomes and mortality of patients with vascular-related amputations utilizing the lower extremity amputation pathway.
Journal of vascular surgery 2023 O'Banion LA, Aparicio C, Borshan C, Siada S, Matheny H, Woo K -
Type IV Hypersensitivity Reaction after Cyanoacrylate Venous Closure.
Annals of vascular surgery 2023 O'Banion LAA, Shao MY, Ali A, Kochubey M, Yan Y, Fallentine J, Oh JH, Patel HR, Agrawal N, Carmona E, Hager ES, Kiguchi MM
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Lack of patient-centered evaluation of outcomes in intermittent claudication literature.
Journal of vascular surgery 2023 O'Banion LA, Saadi S, Hasan B, Nayfeh T, Simons JP, Murad MH, Woo K -
Carotid endarterectomy is safe for octogenarians.
Journal of vascular surgery 2022 Qumsiyeh Y, Siada S, Yan Y, Dirks R, Ali A, Daneshvar M, O'Banion LA -
Thrombotic complications after radiofrequency and cyanoacrylate endovenous ablation: Outcomes of a multicenter real-world experience.
Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders 2022 O'Banion LAA, Siada S, Cutler B, Kochubey M, Collins T, Ali A, Tenet M, Dirks R, Kiguchi MM -
Society for Vascular Surgery appropriate use criteria for management of intermittent claudication.
Journal of vascular surgery 2022 Woo K, Siracuse JJ, Klingbeil K, Kraiss LW, Osborne NH, Singh N, Tan TW, Arya S, Banerjee S, Bonaca MP, Brothers T, Conte MS, Dawson DL, Erben Y, Lerner BM, Lin JC, Mills JL, Mittleider D, Nair DG, O'… -
Choice of Endovascular vs Open Repair of Traumatic Peripheral Arterial Injury Should not be Generalized but Rather a Tailored Approach Specified According to Vascular Bed.
Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2022 O'Banion LA, Magee GA -
Outcomes and Their State-level Variation in Patients Undergoing Surgery With Perioperative SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the USA: A Prospective Multicenter Study.
Annals of surgery 2022 COVIDSurg Collaborative -
Reply.
Journal of vascular surgery 2022 O'Banion LA, Magee GA -
Balancing Quality and Quantity in Optimizing Health Care Resource Utilization.
JAMA network open 2021 O'Banion LA, Woo K -
Response to: Beyond the Crossroads by DuBose et al.
Annals of surgery 2021 Bowser KE, Shalhub S, Mouawad NJ, O'Banion LA, Escobar GA, Choong AM, Khan SZ, Ohman JW, Mills JL, Aziz F -
Reply.
Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders 2021 O'Banion LA, Kiguchi MM -
SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study.
The British journal of surgery 2021 COVIDSurg Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative -
Contemporary outcomes of traumatic popliteal artery injury repair from the popliteal scoring assessment for vascular extremity injury in trauma study.
Journal of vascular surgery 2021 O'Banion LA, Dirks R, Saldana-Ruiz N, Farooqui E, Yoon WJ, Pozolo C, Fox CJ, Crally A, Siada S, Nehler MR, Brooke BS, Beckstrom JL, Kiang S, Boggs HK, Chandra V, Ho VT, Zhou W, Lee A, Bowens N, Cho Y,… -
Endovascular versus open repair of isolated superficial femoral and popliteal artery injuries.
Journal of vascular surgery 2021 Potter HA, Alfson DB, Rowe VL, Wadé NB, Weaver FA, Inaba K, O'Banion LA, Siracuse JJ, Magee GA -
Global impact of the first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic wave on vascular services.
The British journal of surgery 2020 Vascular and Endovascular Research Network (VERN) COVER study collaborative* -
Outcomes of major lower extremity amputations n dysvascular patients: Room for improvement.
American journal of surgery 2020 O'Banion LA, Dirks R, Farooqui E, Kaups K, Qumsiyeh Y, Rome C, Davis J -
Managing central venous access during a health care crisis.
Journal of vascular surgery 2020 Chun TT, Judelson DR, Rigberg D, Lawrence PF, Cuff R, Shalhub S, Wohlauer M, Abularrage CJ, Anastasios P, Arya S, Aulivola B, Baldwin M, Baril D, Bechara CF, Beckerman WE, Behrendt CA, Benedetto F, … -
Letter to the Editor: The Power of Social Media: A Call for Change in Professional Perspective
Journal of Vascular Surgery 2020 Long KN, Vouyouka A, Makaroun M, O'Banion LA., et al. -
Cryopreserved saphenous vein as a last-ditch conduit for limb salvage.
Journal of vascular surgery 2017 O'Banion LA, Wu B, Eichler CM, Reilly LM, Conte MS, Hiramoto JS -
Radiocephalic fistulas for hemodialysis: a comparison of techniques.
The American surgeon 2015 O'Banion LA, Van Buren D, Davis JW -
Limb salvage after complex repairs of extremity arterial injuries is independent of surgical specialty training.
The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2013 Shackford SR, Kahl JE, Calvo RY, Shackford MC, Danos LA, Davis JW, Vercruysse GA, Feliciano DV, Moore EE, Moore HB, Knudson MM, Howard BM, Sise MJ, Coimbra RS, Costantini TW, Brakenridge SC, Tominaga … -
Acute ethanol intoxication and the trauma patient: hemodynamic pitfalls.
World journal of surgery 2011 Bilello J, McCray V, Davis J, Jackson L, Danos LA