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What Are Varicose Veins? Why A Vascular Surgeon?

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Dr. R. Anthony Carabasi III, M. D.

Dr. Carabasi is a board certified vascular surgeon who has been in practice for over 20 years at a prominent medical school in Philadelphia. He has been listed as a “Top Doc” in Philadelphia Magazine or as a “Top Doc” for Castle Connelly Medical, consistently since 1994. He is also listed in Castle Connelly’s “Americas Top Doctors”. He is committed to providing the highest quality care for your vein problems.

After graduating Summa Cum Laude from Villanova University, Dr. Carabasi completed his general surgery internship at Jefferson Medical College, and Columbia University College of Physicians And Surgeons, Presbyterian Hospital in New York. Following his general surgery residency at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, he went on to study at Pennsylvania Hospital and completed his Vascular Fellowship program. He then went into academic practice, where he has been until recently, when he opened the private practice of “Advanced Vein & Vascular Center, Inc”, to concentrate on his vein practice.

Dr. Carabasi has been very active in the Vascular community over the years. That activity includes the involvement in:

NATIONAL COMMITTEES

  • SESAP VII, American College of Surgeons, 1998-1991
  • Executive Committee, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery 1988-1997
  • Chairman, Constitution and Bylaws Committee, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, 1988-1990
  • Member, Admissions Committee, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, 1990-1993
  • Chairman, Membership Committee, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, 1994-1997
  • Chairman, American College of Surgeons, Pennsylvania District #5, Committee on Applicants, 2000 – present
  • Vice President, American College of Surgeons, Pennsylvania District #5, 8/05 to present
REGIONAL COMMITTEES
  • Programs Committee, Metropolitan Chapter, American College of Surgeons 1987-1990, Chairman, 1990
  • Secretary, Delaware Valley Vascular Society, 1988-1992
  • President Elect, Delaware Valley Vascular Society, 1993-1994
  • President, Delaware Valley Vascular Society, 1994-1995
  • Elected Delegate from the Philadelphia County Medical Society to the Pennsylvania Medical Society (01/85-12/86)
  • Chairman, Executive Council of The Philadelphia Regional Vascular Forum, 1996
  • Treasurer, Executive Committee, Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter, American College of Surgeons 7/1/03 to 6/30/04
  • Secretary, Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter, American College of Surgeons 7/1/04-present
MEDICAL SOCIETIES
  • Society for Vascular Surgery
  • International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery
  • Association for Academic Surgery
  • Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
  • Eastern Vascular Society
  • Eastern Surgical Society
  • Delaware Valley Vascular Surgery Society
  • American Medical Association
  • Pennsylvania Medical Society
  • Philadelphia County Medical Society
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • New York Academy of Science
  • International Society of Endovascular Specialists
HONORS AND AWARDS
  • Clinical Surgery Prize for general excellence in Clinical Surgery: In memory of Francis Torrens Stewart, MD, Professor of Surgery Jefferson Medical College, 1910-1979, awarded June 9, 1977
  • Resident Award for Surgical Excellence, 1978-1979
    Methodist Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 1986
  • Fellow, Stroke Council of the American Heart Association, 1987
  • “Top Doc” Philadelphia Magazine 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004,
  • “America’s Top Doctors” Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., 4th Edition 2004
  • “America’s Top Doctors” Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 5th Edition 2005.
  • “America’s Top Doctors” Castle Connolly Medical Ltd, 6th Edition 2006.
  • Dean’s Citation for Faculty Excellence in Education and Mentoring Award, Wednesday May 24, 2006, Union League
CERTIFICATION
  • American Board of Surgery
  • General Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery
  • General Vascular Surgery
LICENSURE
  • Pennsylvania Professor of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University
    07/01/91- Present
  • Professor of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University
    07/01/91- Present
  • Director, Division of Vascular Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University
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