CardioVascular Center

Vascular Center

Highly specialized vascular care

The Vascular Center at Tufts Medical Center brings together specialists in vascular surgery, cardiology, interventional radiology, podiatry and infectious disease to provide comprehensive, state-of-the-art care for the range of arterial and vascular diseases.

Specialists from departments across Tufts Medical Center, many of them national leaders in their fields, work together to review your medical history and test results and tailor care plans to your individual needs to provide you with highly personalized care.

Diagnosing vascular disease using the latest technologies

Our team offers an integrative approach to diagnosing patients through our Cardiovascular Imaging Center. We provide the complete range of advanced diagnostic services, including:
  • Noninvasive vascular hemondynamics and duplex ultrasound imaging
  • Computed tomographic angiography
  • Magnetic resonance angiography
  • Invasive diagnostic angiography
  • Catheter directed digital angiography
  • Intervascular ultrasound

How we treat vascular disease

Our goal is to provide patients with an evaluation that encompasses all elements of vascular medicine and a care plan that emphasizes efficacy and efficiency, while reducing risk. By using our new Hybrid OR Suite, our surgeons and interventional specialists can perform some of the most advanced therapeutic procedures available, including trans-catheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), complex aortic endovascular repair and minimally-invasive coronary revascularization.

Other services we provide include angioplasty, stent and stent grafts, plaque excision, laser plaque abalation and rotational atherectomy. We offer these treatment services for patients with a wide range of vascular diseases, which include problems that affect arterial and venous circulation. Learn more about how we treat these conditions:

Neil J. Halin, DO, FSIR, FAOCR

Neil J. Halin, DO, FSIR, FAOCR

Virtual Appointments Available

Title(s): Interim Radiologist-in-Chief; Chief, Cardiovascular-Interventional Radiology; Vice Chair, Radiology for Quality and Operations; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Radiology, CardioVascular Center
Appt. Phone: 617-636-3004
Fax #: 617-636-0041

Peripheral vascular disease, biliary and urinary obstruction, thrombo-embolic disease, vascular disease, general radiology

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David W. Allen, MD

David W. Allen, MD

Virtual Appointments Available

Title(s): Radiologist; Cardiovascular-Interventional Radiology; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Radiology
Appt. Phone: 617-636-3004
Fax #: 617-636-0041

Interventional radiology, general radiology

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Mohamad El-Zaru, MD
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Mohamad El-Zaru, MD

Accepting New Patients

Title(s): Staff Cardiologist, Interventional Cardiology Center; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Medicine, CardioVascular Center, Cardiology
Appt. Phone: 617-636-8252
Fax #: 617-636-5039

Cardiovascular disease

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Mark D. Iafrati, MD

Mark D. Iafrati, MD

Virtual Appointments Available

Title(s): Director, Vascular Surgery training program, Director, Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine, Director, Research for the Vascular Surgery Division, Senior Vascular Surgeon, Associate Professor
Department(s): Surgery, CardioVascular Center, Vascular Surgery
Appt. Phone: 617-636-5019
Fax #: 617-636-8003

Complex vascular surgery, vascular biology, endovascular surgery, venous surgery, complex wound care

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William C. Mackey, MD

William C. Mackey, MD

Title(s): Surgeon-in-Chief; Andrews Professor and Chairman, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Surgery, CardioVascular Center, General Surgery, Vascular Surgery
Appt. Phone: 617-636-5927
Fax #: 617-636-8003

Carotid artery surgery, stroke prevention, aortic aneurysms, claudication and other circulatory problems, re-operative vascular surgery, treatment of vascular surgery complications, venous diseases

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Joseph F. Polak, MD, MPH

Joseph F. Polak, MD, MPH

Title(s): Radiologist; Chief, Radiology, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital; Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Radiology
Appt. Phone: 617-636-3004
Fax #: 617-636-0041

Cardiovascular imaging, interventional radiology, imaging of atherosclerosis and plaque evaluation, interventions of venous diseases, general radiology

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Payam Salehi, MD, PhD
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Payam Salehi, MD, PhD

Accepting New Patients

Virtual Appointments Available

Title(s): Chief, Vascular Surgery; Co-Director, Aortic Disease Program; Vascular Surgeon; Associate Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Surgery, CardioVascular Center, Vascular Surgery
Appt. Phone: Aortic Disease referrals phone: 617-636-5590; Vascular Surgery referrals phone: 617-636-8094
Fax #: 617-636-8003

Complex aortic surgery, thoracic outlet syndrome, cerebrovascular disease, vascular and endovascular surgery, venous surgery, complex wound care

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Andrew R. Weintraub, MD
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Andrew R. Weintraub, MD

Accepting New Patients

Virtual Appointments Available

Title(s): Associate Director, Interventional Cardiology and Vascular Center; Medical Director, Valvular and Structural Heart Health Center; Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Department(s): Medicine, CardioVascular Center, Cardiology
Appt. Phone: 617-636-6140
Fax #: 617-636-2276

Interventional cardiology, vascular medicine, peripheral vascular intervention

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