Assistant Professor, Surgery, Savannah, Mercer University School of Medicine

Vascular Surgery

Christopher Wixon is an expert in the field of Vascular Surgery. He attended Penn State College of Medicine. He over the years received 9 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Halsted Faculty Teaching Award", "Rhone Poulenc Traveling Fellow", "Alpha Omega Alpha", "2nd Place, Annual Residents Research Award", "2nd Place, Senior Medical Student Research Award", "Frank Durrell Enck Memorial Prize in Physics", "Black Pyramid Senior Honor Society" and "Kershner Award in Physics". Dr. Christopher L. Wixon is a published physician. He published 16 publications, including: 'Duplex-directed thrombin injection as a method to treat femoral artery pseudoaneurysms.' Christopher Wixon is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.

Publications

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• Changing practice paradigms: negotiating your future.
• Endovascular exclusion of ruptured popliteal artery Aneurysm.
• Cystic adventitial disease of the popliteal Artery: a potential cause of lower extremity claudication.
• Surveillance after endovascular Aneurysm repair: diagnostics, complications, and associated costs.
• Noninvasive evaluation of the effectiveness of endoVascular AAA exclusion.
• The natural history of intermediate and critical Vein graft stenosis: recommendations for continued surveillance or repair.
• Preimplant Vein intimal thickness is not a predictor of bypass graft stenosis.
• Understanding strategies for the treatment of Ischemic steal syndrome after hemodialysis access.
• Considerations in the management of Aneurysms of the superior mesenteric artery.
• An economic appraisal of lower extremity bypass graft maintenance.
• Duplex-directed thrombin injection as a method to treat femoral artery pseudoAneurysms.
• The Gibraltar sign.
• Horner's syndrome after Carotid endarterectomy--a case report.
• Complex valve operations: antegrade versus retrograde cardioplegia?
• Distal reVascularization-interval ligation for maintenance of dialysis access and restoration of distal perfusion in ischemic steal syndrome.

Schools

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• Pennsylvania State University College Of Medicine

• E Carolina University School Of Med

• University Of Az College Of Med

• University Medical Center

• Franklin and Marshall

• University Of Utrecht

Procedures Preformed

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• Amputation
• Aortic Repair, Open or Repair of Arterial Aneurysm, Open
• Arterial Graft
• Arteriovenous Shunt Creation
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Conditions Treated

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• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
• Acute Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
• Acute Venous Embolism Thrombosis
• Aneurysm
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Doctors Specialties

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• General Surgery
• Vascular Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
• Halsted Faculty Teaching Award
• Rhone Poulenc Traveling Fellow
• Alpha Omega Alpha
• 2nd Place, Annual Resident’s Research Award
• 2nd Place, Senior Medical Student Research Award
• Frank Durrell Enck Memorial Prize in Physics
• Black Pyramid Senior Honor Society
• Kershner Award in Physics

Education

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• University of Arizona
• Penn State College of Medicine

Hospital

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• St. Joseph's Hospital

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1407882582
NPPES Provider LastName		WIXON
NPPES Provider FirstName		CHRISTOPHER
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		314046200
NPPES Provider State		GA
Specialty Description		Vascular Surgery
Total Claim Count		646.0
Distinct Opioid Count		2.0
Opioid Claim Count		156.0
Percent Opioid Claims		24.15

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1407882582
Last Name Of The Provider	WIXON
First Name Of The Provider	CHRISTOPHER
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