Peter H. Lin

Peter H. Lin
Dr. Peter H. Lin

Peter Lin is chief of the vascular surgery and endovascular therapy division of the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. In addition, he is the program director of the Vascular Surgery fellowship at the Baylor College of Medicine and consultant and attending vascular surgeon at the St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, the Ben Taub General Hospital and the St. Joseph Medical Center.

Education

Lin earned his undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of California at Riverside in 1988. He graduated from the Finch University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School in Chicago Illinois in 1992. He subsequently completed his general surgery residency at the Finch University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School in Illinois. During his general surgery residency training, he took a position as a research assistant in the Vascular Surgery Research Lab at the Loyola Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood, Illinois. From 1998 to 2000, he completed a Vascular Surgery fellowship and an Endovascular Surgery fellowship at the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta Georgia.

Career

Lin's career includes notable accomplishments as an attending physician and medical school faculty first in Atlanta, Georgia, and later in Houston, Texas.

Atlanta (2000-2001)

• Assistant Professor of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. (2000 – 2001)
• Staff Physician, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA. (2000 – 2001)
• Staff Physician, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Atlanta, GA. (2000 – 2001)
• Staff Physician, Egleston Children Hospital, Atlanta, GA. (2000 – 2001)

Houston (2001-Present)

• Assistant Professor of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. (2001 – 2005)
• Chief of Vascular Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX. (2002 – present)
• Associate Professor of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. (2005 – present)
• Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX. (2007 – present)
• Program Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. (2007 – present)
• Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. (2007 – present)
• Staff Physician, Houston VA Medical Center, Houston, TX. (2001 - present)
• Staff Physician, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX. (2001 - 2003)
• Staff Surgeon, The Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, TX. (2003 – present)
• Staff Physician, Texas Children Hospital, Houston, TX. (2005 – present)
• Staff Physician, St. Joseph Medical Center, Houston, TX. (2008 – present)

Honors

• Dana King Research Award, University of California, Riverside (1987)
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (1994)
• Charles C. Guthrie Award - Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society (1995)
• American College of Surgeons, Residents Research Competition (1996)
• Vascular Fellow’s Forum - 13th Annual International Congress on Endovascular Interventions, Phoenix, Arizona 2000)
• Allastair Karmody Award – 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, Boca Raton, Florida (2001)
• American Venous Forum Research Award - 14th Annual Meeting of American Venous Forum, La Jolla, California (2002)
• Gene Guinn Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award - General Surgery Residency, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine (2002)
• Gene Guinn Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award - General Surgery Residency, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine (2003)
• American Venous Forum Research Award (Second place winner) - 16th Annual Meeting of American Venous Forum, Orlando, Florida (2004)
• Gene Guinn Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award - General Surgery Residency, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine (2004)
• Molecular Surgeon Faculty Research Achievement Award, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine (2004)
• Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award - Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine (2005)
• “Houston’s Top Doctors," Houston Magazine, 2005
• Molecular Surgeon Faculty Research Achievement Award, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine (2005)
• Molecular Surgeon Faculty Research Achievement Award, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine (2006)
• Molecular Surgeon Faculty Research Achievement Award, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine (2007)
• Gene Guinn Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award - General Surgery Residency, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine (2008)
• Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery Distinguished Service Award (2008)

Research interests and contributions

Lin’s research interest is in cellular dysfunction in arterial and venous thrombosis as well as experimental model of endovascular therapy. His research expertise also includes clinical outcome of endovascular interventions. Lin has published more than 250 scholarly articles in scientific journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Blood, Atherosclerosis, Journal of Vascular Surgery, Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, Surgical Forum, Journal of Surgical Research, Vascular Surgery, Journal of Vascular Interventional Radiology, Journal of Endovascular Therapy, and Journal of the American College of Surgeons, and American Journal of Surgery. He has authored more than 55 book chapters and edited 3 vascular textbooks. Additionally, he has made numerous presentations to professional audiences throughout North America, Australia, and Europe. His writing and speaking have focused on a range of subjects including endovascular treatment of aortic aneurysms, venous disease, endovascular treatment of lower extremity occlusive disease, experimental models of endovascular therapy, and thrombolysis in arterial and venous thrombosis research.

Publications

Publications have focused on intimal hyperplasia, endovascular surgery and surgical techniques. Partial list:

• Lin PH, Huynh TT, Kougias P, Wall MJ Jr, Coselli JS, Mattox KL. Endovascular repair of traumatic thoracic aortic injuries: a critical appraisal. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2008 Aug;16(4):337-45. PMID 18670033
• Lin PH, Bechara C, Kougias P, Huynh TT, Lemaire SA, Coselli JS. Assessment of Aortic Pathology and Peripheral Arterial Disease Using Multidetector Computed Tomographic Angiography. Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2008 Jul 11. PMID 18621886
• Lin PH, Barshes NR, Albo D, Kougias P, Berger DH, Huynh TT, LeMaire SA, Dardik A, Lee WA, Coselli JS. Concomitant colorectal cancer and abdominal aortic aneurysm: evolution of treatment paradigm in the endovascular era. J Am Coll Surg. 2008 May;206(5):1065-73. PMID 18471757
• Lin PH, Barshes NR, Annambhotla S, Kougias P, Huynh TT. Advances in endovascular interventions for deep vein thrombosis. Expert Rev Med Devices. 2008 Mar;5(2):153-66. PMID 18331178
• Lin PH, Barshes NR, Annambhotla S, Huynh TT. Prospective randomized trials of carotid artery stenting versus carotid endarterectomy: an appraisal of the current literature. Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2008 Feb-Mar;42(1):5-11. PMID 18238861
• Lin PH, Kougias P, Huynh TT, Huh J, Coselli JS. Endovascular repair of ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm: technical considerations of a common carotid artery approach using the Zenith aortic cuff endograft. J Endovasc Ther. 2007 Dec;14(6):794-8. PMID 18052591
• Lin PH, Zhou W, Kougias P, El Sayed HF, Barshes NR, Huynh TT. Factors associated with hypotension and bradycardia after carotid angioplasty and stenting. J Vasc Surg. 2007 Nov;46(5):846-53. PMID 17980268
• Lin PH, El Sayed HF, Kougias P, Zhou W, LeMaire SA, Coselli JS. Endovascular repair of thoracic aortic disease: overview of current devices and clinical results. Vascular. 2007 Jul-Aug;15(4):179-90. PMID 17714632

External links

• Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy at the Baylor College of Medicine
• Baylor Vascular Surgery Heritage
• Dr. Peter Lin in the News
• Dr. Peter Lin, DVT treatment