JohnDouglasAffusoMDMS, RPVI

Vascular Surgeon

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Office
2104 Harrisburg Pike
Suite 200
Lancaster, PA 17604
Phone+1 717-544-3626

Fax+1 717-544-3628

Dr. John Affuso is a vascular surgeon in Lancaster, PA and is affiliated with Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital. He received his medical degree from Sidney Kimmel Medical College and has been in practice 10 years. He is experienced in aortic aneurysms, carotid artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, varicose veins, dialysis access, and all other areas of vascular surgery.

Temple University HospitalFellowship, Vascular Surgery - Independent, 2012 - 2014
Rutgers Health/Robert Wood Johnson Medical SchoolResidency, Surgery, 2007 - 2012
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityClass of 2007
Villanova UniversityMS, Psychology, 2002
Seton Hall UniversityBA, Psychology, 1999

2nd Place, Basic Science Award Delaware Valley Vascular Society Scientific Meeting, 2013
Outstanding Resident Award 2012
Stephen F. Lowry, MD Award for Outstanding Contribution to the General Surgery Residency 2012
William P. Burks, MD Surgeon Humanist Award 2012
Sub-Internship High Honors, General Surgery 2006
Sub-Internship High Honors, Colorectal Surgery 2006
Clinical Rotation High Honors, Obstetrics and Gynecology 2005
Full Academic Scholarship 1999
Psi Chi National Psychology Honor Society 1999
Seton Hall University Dean’s List 1997
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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PubMed

36 citations
Early Postinfarction Ventricular Restraint Improves Borderzone Wall Thickening Dynamics During Remodeling
James J. Pilla, Aaron S. Blom, Joseph H. Gorman, Daniel J. Brockman, John Affuso
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2005-12-01
83 citations
Fetal testosterone surge: specific modulations induced in male rats by maternal stress and/or alcohol consumption.
Ingeborg L. Ward, O. Byron Ward, John D Affuso, William D Long, Jeffrey A. French
Hormones and Behavior. 2003-05-01
75 citations
Cardiac Support Device Modifies Left Ventricular Geometry and Myocardial Structure After Myocardial Infarction
Aaron S. Blom, Rupak Mukherjee, James J. Pilla, Abigail S. Lowry, William M. Yarbrough
Circulation. 2005-08-30

Journal Articles

Use of an optical flow method for the analysis of serial CT lung images
Torigian DA, Gefter WB, Affuso JD, Asmuth, JC, Dougherty L, Academic Radiology, 1/1/2009
Application of an optical flow method to inspiratory and expiratory lung MDCT to assess regional air trapping: a feasibility study
Torigian DA, Gefter WB, Affuso JD, Emami K, Dougherty L, American Journal of Roentgenology, 1/1/2007
Early postinfarction ventricular restraint improves borderzone wall thickening dynamics during remodeling
Pilla JJ, Blom AS, Gorman JH, Brockman DJ, Affuso J, Parish L, Sakamoto H, Jackson BM, Acker MA, Gorman RC, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1/1/2005
Fetal testosterone surge: specific modulations induced in male rats by maternal stress and/or alcohol consumption
Ward IL, Ward OB, Affuso JD, Long WD 3rd, French JA, Hendricks SE, Hormones and Behavior., 1/1/2003
Negative information: both presence and absence of spatial pattern elements guide rats’ spatial choices
DiGello E, Brown MF, Affuso J, Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 1/1/2002
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Books/Book Chapters

PanVascular Medicine
Chapter: Profundaplasty
Page 3281 - 3296Frank A. Schmieder, John D. AffusoEditors: Peter Lanzer.Springer, BerlinEdition 2nd,2015

Lectures

Evaluation of dialysis access placement practices in North Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA - 1/1/2014
Categorizing vascular wounds
Philadelphia, PA - 1/1/2014
Blue toe syndrome and wounds
Philadelphia, PA - 1/1/2014
Treating edema for wound healing
Philadelphia, PA - 1/1/2014
Outcomes of brachiobasilic arteriovenous fistulas over a three-year period in an urban population
Philadelphia, PA - 1/1/2013
Successful treatment of type B aortic dissection with malperfusion to lower extremity with TEVAR and open-cell stent placement
Atlantic City, NJ - 1/1/2012
Successful management of renovascular hypertension with coil embolization of a renal artery aneurysm
Belleville, NJ - 1/1/2009
Ventricular restraint postinfarction improves borderzone dynamics during remodeling
Bermuda - 1/1/2005
Early mechanical restraint improves borderzone function during infarction induced ventricular remodeling
San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2004
The Effects of Apomorphine on the Conditioned Predatory Behavior of Rats
Seton Hall University, South Orange NJ - 1/1/1999
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