Anil Hingorani, MD, is a board-certified vascular surgeon based in Brooklyn, New York, affiliated with New York University. Dr. Hingorani is skilled in identifying and treating various vascular conditions, including vascular access, varicose veins, lower limb arterial disease, carotid artery angioplasty and stent, aortic artery aneurysm and vein disorders. He received his medical degree from Albany Medical College in 1990 and has practiced for over 25 years.
Anil Hingorani, MD, is a vascular surgeon practicing in the Borough Park area of South Brooklyn since the mid-1990s. Though originally from a small province in the northwestern part of India, he now enjoys boardwalk bike rides and the sunny beaches of Coney Island with his son. He is passionate about two things: his family and vascular surgery.
"I've had patients who have been with me for over 28 years, and I've gotten to know their families," he said. "The long-lasting relationships you develop with your patients are unique to vascular, and that's one thing that's kept me very engaged in the field."
After graduating from Albany Medical College in 1990, Dr. Hingorani finished his surgical residency at St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center of Columbia University in New York. He then pursued a vascular fellowship at Brooklyn's Maimonides Medical Center. Dr. Hingorani sees the vascular specialty as an ever-evolving field that brings new challenges and opportunities for innovative ideas and technologies to flourish. He remembers a time during his fellowship when it took him two years to learn a new technique. He mastered the method despite its difficulty, but by the end of his fellowship, a new and more straightforward process had replaced it.
Dr. Hingorani remembered thinking, "Oh my gosh, what type of a field have I gotten myself into?"
This situation no longer affected him because the result meant better advancements with less invasive patient procedures. It's never a dull day working in vascular for Dr. Hingorani, as he accepts the challenges that come his way as opportunities for personal improvement and growth in the specialty.
Two people who have influenced his career as a vascular surgeon are Drs. Donna Mendes and David Tilson. For him, Dr. Mendes is a pioneer in the specialty and a role model who brought excellence to the care of her patients. On the other hand, Dr. Tilson is a leader in the academic side of vascular medicine who showed Dr. Hingorani a different side of vascular surgery with his research. Besides continuing to work as a clinician, Dr. Hingorani sees his future filled with supporting the trainees interested in vascular surgery, which will push the field forward regarding research and new ideas.
He has read a growing body of literature on medical care from multiple specialties, suggesting that diversity is associated with better patient outcomes.
"By having diversity in medicine and vascular surgery, we not only increase the viewpoint of clinical care in terms of research, but we also directly influence the care of our patients," Dr. Hingorani said.
The SVS and the SVS Foundation are committed to looking at diversity and supporting vascular specialists to battle problems in the field.
Dr. Hingorani remembers when he was only the second board-certified vascular surgeon in 1998 Brooklyn, serving a 2.8 million population. He admits a lot has changed over the last 20 years, but establishing vascular surgery in areas considered vascular deserts was challenging. He sees the SVS and the SVS Foundation directly tackling these issues through programs that will continue making progress for the specialty.
"One of the purposes of the SVS Foundation is to help support the SVS, and I think that the fact that the Foundation has put this (Voices of Vascular) series together is proof in the pudding," he said.
Dr. Hingorani notes the SVS educates the public with the population health ad-hoc committee that gets to the heart of some of the significant issues of dealing with how to take care of vascular health nationwide.
"A lot of the stuff we talked about in that committee, dealt with diversity issues, access to care, and education with patients who don't understand what a vascular surgeon is; these are still significant issues the SVS and the Foundation are dealing with every day on multiple levels," Dr. Hingorani said.
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