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Alan Synn, MD, FACS

Dr. Synn is a founding member of the Vascular Institute of the Rockies. He is a native Californian and graduate of Stanford University and the UCLA School of Medicine. He completed his General Surgery Residency at the University of Washington and Vascular Surgery Fellowship at the University of Iowa, subsequently joining the faculty full time. His expertise is the endovascular and open surgical care of aneurysms and complex arterial conditions. Dr. Synn’s research in these areas has been published and presented nationally. Dr. Synn is a leader in developing integrated services for patients with vascular disorders, and has served as hospital medical director of vascular services. He is past president of both the Denver Medical Society and the Rocky Mountain Vascular Surgical Society and has been recognized by his peers several years in a row as a “Top Doc” in 5280 Magazine. Dr. Synn enjoys his family life with his wife Lisa and their two children.

Specialties:

  • Peripheral Arterial Disease

Quick Facts:

  • Practicing for more than 20 years
  • Certified in Surgery and Vascular Surgery by the American Board of Surgery
  • CO State Medical License

Awards, Honors & Recognitions:

  • CMS State 1 HER (2012, 2013)
  • ACS Fellow
  • Regional Top Doctor (2014)
  • America’s Top Doctors, Vascular Surgery (2011)
  • Top Doctor, Vascular Surgery (2011)
  • Top Doctors List in Denver, Vascular Surgery (2006-2008, 2011, 2013, 2014)
  • First Prize (1990, 1992)
  • Merck Book Award (1986)
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (1986)
  • Lange Book Award (1985)
  • Merit Scholarship (1985)
  • Research Training Fellowship (1984)
  • Robert P. Klinefelter Scholarship (1982)

Publications:

  • Are there angiographic predictors of success for vein bypass to the peroneal artery?
    • Synn, A. Y., Hoballah, J. J., Sharp, W. J., Kresowik, T. F., Corson, J. D.
  • Metalloproteinase expression in venous aneurysms.
    • Irwin, C., Synn, A., Kraiss, L., Zhang, Q., Griffen, M. M., Hunter, G. C.
  • A distal anastomotic pseudoaneurysm after tibial artery vein bypass in an immunosuppressed patient.
    • Chalmers, R. T., Synn, A. Y., Hoballah, J. J., Corson, J. D.
  • Technical aspects and results of the open in situ saphenous vein bypass technique.
    • Corson, J. D., Hoballah, J. J., Kresowik, T. F., Sharp, W. J., Worsey, M. J., Synn, A. Y., Martinasevic, M., Kury, W. N., Brummer, M.
  • Is there a conduit of preference for a bypass between the carotid and subclavian arteries?
    • Synn, A. Y., Chalmers, R. T., Sharp, W. J., Hoballah, J. J., Kresowik, T. F., Corson, J. D.
  • Is the use of intraoperative post-reconstruction angiography following in situ saphenous vein bypass redundant?
    • Chalmers, R. T., Synn, A. Y., Hoballah, J. J., Sharp, W. J., Kresowik, T. F., Corson, J. D.
  • The impact of color duplex surveillance on the outcome of lower limb bypass with segments of arm veins.
    • Chalmers, R. T., Hoballah, J. J., Kresowik, T. F., Sharp, W. J., Synn, A. Y., Miller, E., Corson, J. D.
  • Late results of a prospective study of direct intra-arterial urokinase infusion for peripheral arterial and bypass graft occlusions.
    • Chalmers, R. T., Hoballah, J. J., Kresowik, T. F., Synn, A. Y., Nakagawa, N., Sharp, W. J., Corson, J. D.
  • Surgical management of pancreatitis in childhood.
    • Synn, A. Y., Mulvihill, S. J., Fonkalsrud, E. W.
  • Surgical disorders of the pancreas in infancy and childhood.
    • Synn, A. Y., Mulvihill, S. J., Fonkalsrud, E. W.
  • A prospective comparison of ankle/brachial indices and color duplex imaging in surveillance of the in situ saphenous vein bypass.
    • Laborde, A. L., Synn, A. Y., Worsey, M. J., Bower, T. R., Hoballah, J. J., Sharp, W. J., Kresowik, T. F., Corson, J. D.
  • EVAR in the Emergent Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.
    • A.Y. Synn
  • N/A
    • A.Y. Synn and S.J. Annest
  • Mettalloproteinase Expression in Venous Aneurysms
    • C. Irwin, A.Y. Synn, L. Kraiss, Q. Zhang, M.M. Griffen, and G.C. Hunter
  • Metalloproteinase Expression Is Increased in Venous Aneurysms.
    • C. Irwin, A. Synn, M. Griffin, L. Pounds, L. Killewich, and G.C. Hunter
  • Endovascular Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Vascular Surgeon's Perspective.
    • A.Y. Synn
  • "Presidential Inaugural Speech: Medicine Is Not a Simple Game"
    • A.Y. Synn
  • Medicine is Not a Simple Game.
    • A.Y. Synn
  • Popliteal venous aneurysms.
    • A.Y. Synn
  • Endovascular treatment of suprarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms.
    • A.Y. Synn
  • Techniques of infrainguinal arterial bypass.
    • A.Y. Synn
  • Complications of Greenfield vena caval filters.
    • A.Y. Synn
  • Revascularization of the Lower Limb Extremity with Cryopreserved Saphenous Vein Allografts: A Multicenter Clinical Experience.
    • C.O. Brantigan, S.A. Taheri, W.P. Swezer Jr., M.I. Sheldon, L.D. Burke, A. Vasquez, E. Owen, R. Smiley, J.Senkowsky, S.Annest, A.Y. Synn
  • Late Results of a Prospective Study of Direct Intra-arterial Urokinase Infusion for Peripheral Arterial and Bypass Graft Occlusions
    • R.T.A. Chalmers, J.J. Hoballah, T.F. Kresowik, A.Y. Synn, N. Nakagawa, W.J. Sharp and J.D. Corson
  • The Impact of Color Duplex Surveillance on the Outcome of Lower Limb Bypass with Segments of Arm Vein
    • R.T.A. Chalmers, J.J. Hoballah, T.F. Kresowik, W.J. Sharp, A.Y. Synn, E. Miller, and J.D. Corson
  • Internal Vessel Occluders Facilitate Distal Anastamosis.
    • R.T.A. Chalmers, J.J. Hoballah, W.J. Sharp, T.F. Kresowik, A.Y. Synn, and J.D. Corson
  • The Late Outcome of a Prospective Study of Thrombolytic Treatment of Native Arterial and Bypass Graft Occlusions.
    • R.T.A. Chalmers, T.F. Kresowik, J.J. Hoballah, W.J. Sharp, A.Y. Synn, and J.D. Corson
  • A Prospective Study of the Impact of Color Duplex Surveillance on the Outcome of Lower Limb Bypass with Arm Veins.
    • R.T.A. Chalmers, T.F. Kresowik, J.J. Hoballah, W.J. Sharp, A.Y. Synn, and J.D. Corson
  • The late results of a prospective study of direct intra-arterial urokinase treatment of peripheral arterial and bypass graft occlusions.
    • R.T.A. Chalmers, A.Y. Synn, J.J. Hoballah, T.F. Kresowik, W.J. Sharp, and J.D. Corson
  • Is intraoperatiave post reconstruction angiography following in situ saphenous vein bypass useful?
    • R.T.A. Chalmers, A.Y. Synn, J.J. Hoballah, W.J. Sharp, T.F. Kresowik, and J.D. Corson
  • Is there a conduit of preference for a bypass between the carotid and subclavian arteries?
    • A.Y. Synn, R.T.A. Chalmers, W.J. Sharp, J.J. Hoballah, T.F. Kresowik, and J.D. Corson
  • Completion angiography after in situ vein bypass.
    • J.D. Corson, A.Y. Synn, J.J. Hoballah, W.J. Sharp, and T.F. Kresowik
  • Technical Aspects and Results of the Open In Situ Saphenous Vein Bypass Technique
    • J.D. Corson, J.J. Hoballah, T.F. Kresowik, W.J. Sharp, M.J. Worsey, A.Y. Synn, M. Martinasevic, W. Kury Neto, and M. Brummer
  • N/A
    • A.L. Laborde, A.Y. Synn, M.J. Worsey, T.R. Bower, J.J. Hoballah, T.F. Kresowik, W.J. Sharp, and J.D. Corson
  • Is There a Conduit of Preference for a Bypass Between the Carotid and Subclavian Arteries?
    • A.Y. Synn, R.T.A. Chalmers, W.J. Sharp, J.J. Hoballah, T.F. Kresowik, and J.D. Corson
  • A Distal Anastomotic Pseudoaneurysm After Tibial Artery Vein Bypass in an Immunosuppressed Patient
    • R.T.A. Chalmers, A.Y. Synn, J.J. Hoballah, and J.D. Corson
  • A Prospective Study of the Impact of Color Duplex Surveillance on the Outcome of Lower Limb Bypass with Arm Veins.
    • R.T.A. Chalmers, J.J. Hoballah, W.J. Sharp, T.F. Kresowik, A. Y. Synn, E.Miller, and J.D. Corson
  • The Late Outcome of a Prospective Study of Thrombolytic Treatment of Native Arterial and Bypass Graft Occlusions.
    • R.T.A. Chalmers, T.F. Kresowik, J.J. Hoballah, W.J. Sharp, A.Y. Synn, and J.D. Corson
  • Internal Vessel Occluders Facilitate Distal Anastamosis.
    • R.T.A. Chalmers, J.J. Hoballah, W.J. Sharp, T.F. Kresowik, A.Y. Synn, and J.D. Corson
  • Invited Commentary re: TJ Bunt and JM Malone: Type IV Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
    • A.Y. Synn
  • The Open Technique of In Situ Bypass: Results of a Five Year Experience. (videotape)
    • J.D. Corson, T.F. Kresowik, J.J. Hoballah, A.Y. Synn, M.J. Worsey, and W.J. Sharp
  • Vein Bypass to the Peroneal Artery for Lower Extremity Tissue Loss: Are There Angiographic Predictors of Failure?
    • J.D. Corson, A.Y. Synn, J.J. Hoballah, W.J. Sharp, and T.F. Kresowik
  • Technical aspects of the open in situ saphenous vein bypass technique.
    • J.D. Corson, J.J. Hoballah, T.F. Kresowik, W.J. Sharp, A.L. Laborde, A.Y. Synn, M. Martinasevic
  • Vein Bypass to the Peroneal Artery for Lower Extremity Tissue Loss: Are There Angiographic Predictors of Failure?
    • J.D. Corson, A.Y. Synn, J.J. Hoballah, W.J. Sharp, and T.F. Kresowik
  • Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Replacement in Octogenarians.
    • J.J. Hoballah, M. Martinasevic, A.Y. Synn, T.R. Bower, J.D. Corson, T.F. Kresowik, W.J. Sharp, and A.L. Laborde
  • Angiographic Predictors of Failure in Vein Bypass of the Peroneal Artery for Ischemic Tissue Loss.
    • A.Y. Synn, J.J. Hoballah, W.J. Sharp, T.F. Kresowik, and J.D. Corson
  • Vein Bypass to the Peroneal Artery for Lower Extremity Tissue Loss: Are There Angiographic Predictors of Failure?
    • A.Y. Synn, J.J. Hoballah, W.J. Sharp, T.F.Kresowik, and J.D. Corson
  • A prospective Comparison of Ankle/Brachial Indices and Color Duplex Imaging in Surveillance of the In Situ Saphenous Vein Bypass
    • A.L. Laborde, A.Y. Synn, M.J. Worsey, T.R. Bower, J.J.Hoballah, W.J. Sharp, T.F. Kresowik, and J.D. Corson
  • Vein Bypass to the Peroneal Artery for Lower Extremity Tissue Loss: Are There Angiographic Predictors of Failure?
    • A.Y. Synn, J.J. Hoballah, W.J.Sharp, T.F.Kresowik, and J.D.Corson
  • Chronic Critical Ischemia of the Lower Extremity
    • J.D. Corson and A.Y. Synn
  • Is the Use of Intraoperative Post-Reconstruction Angiography Following In Situ Saphenous Vein Bypass Redundant?
    • R.T.A. Chalmers, A.Y. Synn, J.J. Hoballah, W.J.Sharp, T.F. Kresowik, and J.D. Corson
  • N/A
    • J.D. Corson, A.Y. Synn, T.F. Kresowik, W.J. Sharp, and J.J. Hoballah
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of the In Situ Saphenous Vein Bypass.
    • A.Y. Synn, M.J. Worsey, J.J. Hoballah, W.J. Sharp, T.F. Kresowik, and J.D. Corson
  • Modern Concepts in the Management of Carotid Body Tumors.
    • A.L. Laborde, M.J. Worsey, T.R. Bower, A.Y. Synn, J.J. Hoballah, W.J. Sharp, and J.D. Corson
  • Are Noninvasive Postoperative Surveillance Studies of Saphenous Vein Bypasses Cost Effective?
    • T.R. Bower, A.L. Laborde, A.Y. Synn, J.J. Hoballah, W.J. Sharp, T.F.Kresowik, and J.D. Corson
  • A prospective comparison of color duplex scanning versus ankle/brachial indices for postoperative surveillance of in situ saphenous vein bypasses.
    • A.L. Laborde, A.Y. Synn, M.J. Worsey, T.R. T.R.Bower, J.J.Hoballah, T.F. Kresowik, W.J.Sharp, and J.D. Corson
  • Reversible pancreatic endocrine failure due to chronic pancreatic pseudocyst: a case report.
    • A.Y. Synn and M. Meissner
  • Hemodialysis angioaccess in a community hospital: results and predictors of longevity.
    • A.Y. Synn, M. Brinton, C. Stahler, and K. Johansen
  • Hemodialysis angioaccess in a community hospital: results and predictors of longevity.
    • A.Y. Synn, M. Brinton, C. Stahler, and K. Johansen
  • Surgical Disorders of the Pancreas in Infancy and Childhood
    • A.Y. Synn, S.J. Mulvihill, and E.W. Fonkalsrud
  • Surgical Management of Pancreatitis in Childhood
    • A.Y. Synn, S.J. Mulvihill, and E.W. Fonkalsrud
  • Surgical Management of Pancreatitis in Childhood.
    • A.Y. Synn, S.J. Mulvihill, and E.W. Fonkalsrud
  • Disorders of the pancreas in infancy and childhood.
    • A.Y. Synn, S.J. Mulvihill, and E.W. Fonkalsrud
  • In-utero supplemental fetal feeding in an animal model: effects on fetal growth and development.
    • S.J. Mulvihill, A.Albert, A.Y. Synn, and E.W. Fonkalsrud
  • Fonkalsrud: In-utero Supplemental Fetal Feeding in an Animal Model: Effects on Fetal Growth and Development
    • S.J. Mulvihill, A.Albert, A.Y. Synn, and E.W. Fonkalsrud
  • "The Office Based Management of Venous Disorders"
  • "Presidential Address: On Baseball and the Art of Medicine"
  • "Endovascular Interventions: Freeze, Scrape, or Cage"
  • Garnd Rounds: "Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: an Update."
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