Beyond the Basics: Comprehensive Vascular Care
Renown Vascular Surgery is the only comprehensive vascular surgery program in northern Nevada.
OUTPATIENT VASCULAR PROCEDURES are becoming commonplace and are being performed in physicians’ offices, surgical centers and imaging centers. What is not commonplace, however, is comprehensive management of vascular disease with
John Hansen, MD medical risk reduction and aggressive
medical management integrated with advanced intervention. Renown Health, which provides leading-edge vascular care for routine and the most complex vascular problems, is the definitive tertiary care center for more than 1 million people in northern Nevada and California.
“ Most hospitals do not offer vascular surgery, and Renown Health is the ONLY hospital in northern Nevada to provide 24-7 vascular surgery coverage,” says John Hansen, MD, division chief of Peripheral Vascular Surgery at Renown Health.“ Renown Health is one of the few hospitals in the West to be staffed with dedicated, fellowship-trained vascular surgeons with decades of experience and a system designed to respond at a moment’ s notice to every vascular emergency.”
Renown Health’ s surgeons and staff are dedicated to its mission of being the accepting hospital for all regional hospitals and practices.
Comprehensive Collaborative Care For all types of vascular problems, Renown Health uses a comprehensive care model to ensure patients get the preoperative, postoperative and lifelong care they need. Vascular surgeons work very closely with Renown Health’ s vascular medicine team to provide aggressive medical management and surveillance for patients.
“ Although symptoms may resolve, vascular disease does not go away after placing a stent or performing a procedure,” Dr. Hansen says.
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The jewel in the crown of the Renown Health vascular program is the aggressive medical management of the risk factors that lead to the problem.
“ Once a patient has been diagnosed with blocked arteries, for example, the future risk of heart attack and stroke is substantial,” Dr. Hansen says.“ Through this unique comprehensive approach, Renown Health patients live longer, have fewer procedures and experience greater quality of life.”
Dr. Hansen, along with his colleagues The Linh Nguyen, MD, and Benjamin Jaquish, MD, completed fellowship programs at the Mayo Clinic, Stanford University and Baylor Scott & White. They bring a level of expertise and experience very few communities can match.
Call 775-982-2084 for more information about vascular surgery, referrals or appointments.
VALUE OF INTEGRATED HEALTH NETWORKS AND TERTIARY CARE
Many hospitals and practices advertise sophisticated care and technology in a particular specialty, but this is often only half the story. Complex and sometimes routine medical procedures can escalate into the need for assistance from other service lines. Vascular surgery serves as a safety net for every surgical and interventional specialty in the hospital. Patients are transferred from across the state, often emergently, to salvage such events.
Renown Health offers advanced cardiology, structural heart, neurosurgery, spine, neuro-interventional radiology, critical care, trauma, cancer care and more. All specialties work together to ensure every patient receives the safest care possible. Collaboration between service lines is not only routine, but expected.