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Dr. Niren Angle is a vascular surgeon who has advanced training and experience in treating a broad range of blood vessel diseases and disorders, including aneurysms, arterial occlusive disease (atherosclerosis), and ischemia. He performs the most advanced and least invasive techniques for diagnosing vascular problems as well as the latest open and minimally invasive surgical treatments for vascular problems.
Dr. Angle performs the full range of traditional vascular surgeries as well as the latest endovascular procedures for minimally invasive treatment of vascular problems. He is certified in both general surgery and vascular surgery by the American Board of Surgery.
For the outstanding patient care he provides, Dr. Angle was selected by his peers as one of San Diego's "Top Doctors" for 2007. He was also honored with a UCSD Health Sciences Faculty Award for 2005. For the latter award, Dr. Angle was nominated and selected by the UCSD Medical Center faculty, who award the Excellence in Clinical Care honor to only two of their fellow UCSD doctors each year.
One of Dr. Angle’s specialties is treating carotid disease and cerebrovascular disease, including carotid stenosis, carotid body tumors, vertebral artery disease, and carotid dissection. He also has extensive experience in performing both open and endovascular surgeries for aortic disease and the treatment of aortic aneurysms. His scope of practice includes treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms, thoracoabdominal aneurysms, cerebrovascular disease, arterial disease of both the upper and lower extremities, venous disease, dialysis access, claudication, and mesenteric ischemia.
Guided by the latest findings in vascular biology as they relate to the factors that cause atherosclerosis, Dr. Angle also has a particular interest in including dietary pharmacotherapy, exercise, and supplements in his treatment plans for his patients who have vascular disease.
Dr. Angle’s primary research interest is in vascular biology, or the behavior of cells in the blood vessels in health and disease. He studies the most fundamental characteristics of endothelial and smooth muscle cell function. He investigates the causes of blockages in the arteries, such as growth factors that may cause blood vessel cells to multiply. In the vascular biology research laboratory he has established at UCSD, he is collaborating with researchers from the UCSD Departments of Bioengineering and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering to apply a combination of biology and bioengineering principles to the study of vascular disease and its treatment. He is also involved in clinical trials of therapies for vascular problems, including a new thrombolytic agent to treat acute limb ischemia.
Dr. Angle has also worked to develop new approaches to dialysis access in patients who have chronic renal failure.
At the UCSD Vascular Ultrasound Laboratory, of which Dr. Angle is Director, patients are offered the most sophisticated and noninvasive ultrasound diagnostic tests for arterial and venous disease. Along with his colleagues at UCSD Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Dr. Angle offers state-of-the-art medical and surgical care for vascular diseases and disorders.
For details of Dr. Angle’s experience, education and training, along with a list of his publications, please click on the Curriculum Vitae link under the “Online Info” tab. |