The Vascular Surgery Division is one of the nine clinical divisions of the Department of Surgery. It is responsible for the treatment of patients with a wide variety of vascular disorders, at both Stony Brook University Medical Center (see Vascular Center) and the Northport VA Medical Center. Between the two institutions more than 400 major reconstructive procedures are performed each year, including aortic, renal mesenteric, extracranial cerebral vascular, and peripheral arterial reconstruction. The Vascular Surgery Division is also responsible for the care of patients with portal hypertension as well as the maintenance of angio access for two large dialysis centers. Numerous other procedures such as amputation, muscle flaps, venous reconstruction, and skin grafting procedures necessary for the total care and rehabilitation of patients suffering from vascular-related diseases are also performed by the Vascular Surgery Division, which continues to grow and expand its scope of diagnosis and treatment of circulatory disorders.

University Medical Center's Non-Invasive Vascular Laboratory, under the direction of Nicos Labropoulos, PhD, houses a wide variety of up-to-date equipment, including Duplex scanners and transcranial Doppler units, used not only as aids in the diagnosis of circulatory disorders, but also in the follow-up of a large number of outpatients. The Non-Invasive Vascular Laboratory is complemented by an excellent special procedures division of the Department of Radiology, which likewise has the latest in angiography equipment and CT scanners, at both University Medical Center and the Northport VA Medical Center. The special procedures division provides service in all the techniques of interventional radiology, including balloon dilatation, invasive pressure monitoring and therapeutic embolization.

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