A graduate of Fudan University Shanghai Medical College, Feng Qin, MD, serves as an attending vascular surgeon at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital and Mount Sinai Beth Israel in New York. Dr. Feng Qin belongs to the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery (SCVS).Members of SCVS receive access to numerous benefits, including a subscription to the Journal of Vascular Surgery, regular newsletters, educational activities, and discounted registration rates to the SCVS Annual Symposium. The symposium holds numerous other educational opportunities, including presentations and simulation training.Vascular surgery professionals can joint SCVS as active or candidate members. Active memberships are available to licensed surgeons certified by the American Board of Surgery. These professionals must have completed a vascular residency program and have at least two years of experience in vascular surgery before they can apply for membership. Candidate memberships are available to residents who are enrolled in an accredited fellowship, research, or residency program. Candidate members can later upgrade to active membership.
Feng Qin, MD, is a respected presence in the New York medical world who practices vascular surgery with Beth Israel Hospital and St. John’s Episcopal Hospital. Feng Qin, MD, has conducted extensive research in his field and has co-authored papers such as "The tourniquet revisited as an adjunct to lower limb revascularization” (Journal of Vascular Surgery, 2000).The paper documents a three-year study involving 195 patients who went through more than 200 lower-extremity infrainguinal reconstruction operations. Group One had a bypass with tourniquet and inflow occlusion, while Group Two had the bypass without the tourniquet. The researchers analyzed several variables in the study, including included infrainguinal reconstruction type, blood loss, tourniquet ischemia time, and tourniquet-related complications.The study concluded that employing a tourniquet for revascularization of the lower limb was both effective and safe and enhanced operative field visualization. As a result, target blood-vessel dissection was reduced. One aspect not impacted by tourniquet use was overall procedural time required for operations, though complex and challenging phases of operations were expedited.
Feng Qin, MD, leverages more than three decades of experience as a vascular surgeon that began with a fellowship in vascular surgery at Shanghai Second Medical University in China. Feng Qin, MD, was also a research fellow at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, and now serves as the attending vascular surgeon at three hospitals in New York.A surgical subspecialty, vascular surgery involves the comprehensive medical management of the vascular system. This system, also known as the circulatory system, consists of all the arteries and veins that enable blood to move throughout the body. Vascular surgeons treat an array of conditions that range from abdominal aortic aneurysms and venous thrombosis to arterial disease and varicose veins.Varicose veins are large, visible veins that are most often found in the legs of patients. Although they are not a serious medical condition, varicose veins can cause discomfort, color changes in the skin, rashes, and sores. The condition results from increased blood pressure in the veins, which can be caused by obesity, old age, and inactivity, among other risk factors. Moreover, the condition can be exacerbated by sitting or standing for extended periods, as blood can pool in the legs, increasing pressure and causing discomfort.
