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1 National VQI Approved Projects Publications Eslami MH, Rybin D, Doros G, Farber A. Open repair of asymptomatic popliteal artery aneurysm is associated with better outcomes than endovascular repair. Journal of Vascular Surgery Mar;61(3): De Martino RR, Hoel AW, Beck AW, Eldrup-Jorgensen J, Hallett JW, Upchurch GR, Cronenwett JL, Goodney PP. Participation in the Vascular Quality Initiative is associated with improved perioperative medication use, which is associated with longer patient survival.; Vascular Quality Initiative. Journal of Vascular Surgery Apr;61(4): Eslami MH, Rybin D, Doros G, Farber A. Open repair of asymptomatic popliteal artery aneurysm is associated with better outcomes than endovascular repair. Journal of Vascular Surgery Mar;61(3): Eslami MH, Rybin D, Doros G, Kalish JA, Farber A; Vascular Study Group of New England. Comparison of a Vascular Study Group of New England risk prediction model with established risk prediction models of in-hospital mortality after elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Journal of Vascular Surgery Nov;62(5): Ortiz D, Jahangir A, Singh M, Allaqaband SQ, Bajwa T, Mewissen M. Access Site Complications Following Peripheral Vascular Interventions: Incidence, Predictors and Outcomes. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2014;7: Schneider JR, Helenowski IB, Jackson CR, Verta MJ, Zamor KC, Patel NH, Kim S, Hoel AW A comparison of results with eversion versus conventional carotid endarterectomy from the Vascular Quality Initiative and the Mid-America Vascular Study Group. Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative and the Mid-America Vascular Study Group. Journal of Vascular Surgery May;61(5): Teixeira PG, Woo K, Weaver FA, Rowe VL. Vein harvesting technique for infrainguinal arterial bypass with great saphenous vein and its association with surgical site infection and graft patency. Journal of Vascular Surgery May;61(5): Simons J, Goodney P, Flahive J, Hoel A, Hallett J, Kraiss L, Schanzer A. A Comparative Evaluation of Risk Adjustment Models for Benchmarking Amputation-Free Survival after Lower Extremity Bypass. On behalf of the Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative. Journal of Vascular Surgery. September 30, 2015.

2 9. Ali MM, Flahive J, Schanzer A, Simons JP, Aiello FA, Doucet DR, Messina LM, Robinson WP. In Patients Stratified by Preoperative Risk, Endovascular Repair of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Has a Lower In-Hospital Mortality and Morbidity than does Open Repair. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 Jun;61(6): Robinson W, Schanzer A, Aiello FA, Flahive J, Doucet D, Simons J, Doucet D, Arous E, Messina LM. Endovascular Repair of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms does not Independently Reduce Long-Term Mortality Compared to Open Repair. Accepted to Journal of Vascular Surgery, September, Arous EJ, Simons JP, Flahive J, Beck AW, Stone DH, Hoel AW, Messina LM, Schanzer A. National Variation in Preoperative Imaging, Duplex Ultrasound Criteria, and Intervention Threshold for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2015;62: VSGNE Approved Projects Publications Cronenwett JL, Likosky DS, Russell MT, Eldrup-Jorgensen J, Stanley AC, Nolan BW; A regional registry for quality assurance and improvement: The Vascular Study Group of Northern New England (VSGNNE).J Vasc Surg. 2007;46: Goodney PP, Likosky DS, Cronenwett JL Factors associated with stroke or death after carotid endarterectomy in Northern New England. J Vasc Surg 2008; 48: Beck AW, Goodney PP, Nolan BW, Likosky DS, Eldrup-Jorgensen J, Cronenwett JL; Vascular Study Group of Northern New England. Predicting 1-year mortality after elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg. 2009;49: Schanzer A, Goodney PP, Li Y, Eslami M, Cronenwett J, Messina L, Conte MS,Vascular Study Group of Northern New England. Validation of the PIII CLI risk score for the prediction of amputation-free survival in patients undergoing infrainguinal autogenous vein bypass for critical limb ischemia. J Vasc Surg. 2009;50: Simons JP, Goodney PP, Nolan BW, Cronenwett JL, Messina LM, Schanzer A; Vascular Study Group of Northern New England. Failure to achieve clinical improvement despite graft patency in patients undergoing infrainguinal lower extremity bypass for critical limb ischemia. J Vasc Surg. 2010;51:

3 7. Bertges DJ, Goodney PP, Zhao Y, Schanzer A, Nolan BW, Likosky DS, Eldrup-Jorgensen J, Cronenwett JL; The Vascular Study Group of New England Cardiac Risk Index (VSG-CRI) predicts cardiac complications more accurately than the Revised Cardiac Risk Index in vascular surgery patients. J Vasc Surg. 2010; 52: Goodney PP, Nolan BW, Eldrup-Jorgensen J, Likosky DS, Cronenwett JL, Vascular Study Group of Northern New England. Restenosis after carotid endarterectomy in a multicenter regional registry. J Vasc Surg. 2010; 52: Robinson WP, Schanzer A, Li Y, Nolan B, Goodney P, Eslami M, Messina LM, Cronenwett JL. Derivation and Validation of a Practical Risk Score for Mortality after Repair of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Comparison to Existing Models in a U.S. Regional Cohort. Journal for Vascular Surgery Feb;57(2): Tan TW, Rybin D, Kalish JA, Doros G, Hamburg N, Schanzer A, Cronenwett JL, Farber A. Routine use of completion imaging after infrainguinal bypass is not associated with higher bypass graft patency. Journal for Vascular Surgery. 2014;60: Goodney PP, Eldrup-Jorgensen J, Nolan BW, Bertges DJ, Likosky DS, Cronenwett JL; Vascular Study Group of New England. A regional quality improvement effort to increase beta blocker administration before vascular surgery. J Vasc Surg. 2011;53: Goodney PP, Schanzer A, Demartino RR, Nolan BW, Hevelone ND, Conte MS, Powell RJ, Cronenwett JL; Vascular Study Group of New England. Validation of the Society for Vascular Surgery's Objective Performance Goals for critical limb ischemia in everyday vascular surgery practice. J Vasc Surg. 2011;54: Nolan BW, De Martino RR, Stone DH, Schanzer A, Goodney PP, Walsh DW, Cronenwett JL, Vascular Study Group of New England. Prior failed percutaneous endovascular intervention in patients with critical limb ischemia predicts poor outcome after lower extremity bypass. J Vasc Surg 2011; 54: Wallaert JB, Nolan BW, Adams J, Stanley AC, Eldrup-Jorgensen J, Cronenwett JL, Goodney PP. The impact of diabetes on perioperative outcomes following lowerextremity bypass surgery. J Vasc Surg. 2012; 56: Goodney PP, Wallaert JB, Scali ST, Stone DH, Patel V, Shaw P, Nolan BW, Cronenwett JL. Impact of practice patterns in shunt use during carotid endarterectomy with contralateral carotid occlusion. Vascular Study Group of New England. Journal for Vascular Surgery Jan;55(1):61-71.e1.

4 16. Wallaert JB, Goodney PP, Vignati JJ, Stone DH, Nolan BW, Bertges DJ, Walsh DB, Cronenwett JL. Completion imaging after carotid endarterectomy in the Vascular Study Group of New England. Journal for Vascular Surgery Aug;54(2):376-85, Jones DW, Schanzer A, Zhao Y, MacKenzie TA, Nolan BW, Conte MS, Goodney PP, the Vascular Study Group of New England. Growing Impact of Restenosis on the Surgical Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease. Journal of the American Heart Association Nov 25;2(6): e Simons JP, Schanzer A, Nolan BW, Stone DH, Kalish JA, Cronenwett JL, Goodney PP; Vascular Study Group of New England. Outcomes and practice patterns in patients undergoing lower extremity bypass. Journal for Vascular Surgery. 2012; 55: Goodney PP, Cambria RA, Bertges DJ, Eldrup-Jorgensen J, Indes JE, Schanzer A, Stone DH, Kraiss LW, Cronenwett JL Predicting functional status following amputation after lower extremity bypass. Suckow BD,; Vascular Study Group of New England. Annals of Vascular Surgery Jan;26(1): Goodney PP, Likosky DS, Cronenwett JL, Vascular Study Group of Northern New England. Predicting ambulation status one year after lower extremity bypass. Journal for Vascular Surgery ;49: Goodney PP, Nolan BW, Schanzer A, Eldrup-Jorgensen J, Bertges DJ, Stanley AC, Stone DH, Walsh DB, Powell RJ, Likosky DS, Cronenwett JL, Vascular Study Group of Northern New England. Factors Associated with Amputation or Graft Occlusion One Year after Lower Extremity Bypass in Northern New England. Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2010; 24: Goodney PP, Nolan BW, Schanzer A, Eldrup-Jorgensen J, Stanley AC, Stone DH, Likosky DS, Cronenwett JL, Vascular Study Group of Northern New England. Factors associated with death 1 year after lower extremity bypass in Northern New England. Journal for Vascular Surgery. 2010; 51: Suckow BD, Goodney PP, Cambria RA, Bertges DJ, Eldrup-Jorgensen J, Indes JE, Schanzer A, Stone DH, Kraiss LW, Cronenwett JL, Vascular Study Group of New England. Predicting functional status following amputation after lower extremity bypass. Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2012; 26: Stone DH, Goodney PP, Schanzer A, Nolan BW, Adams JE, Powell RJ, Walsh DB, Cronenwett JL. Clopidogrel is not associated with major bleeding complications during peripheral arterial surgery. Vascular Study Group of New England. Journal for Vascular Surgery Sep;54(3):

5 25. Stone DH, Nolan BW, Schanzer A, Goodney PP, Cambria RA, Likosky DS, Walsh DB, Cronenwett JL, Vascular Study Group of Northern New England. Protamine reduces bleeding complications associated with carotid endarterectomy without increasing the risk of stroke. Journal for Vascular Surgery. 2010;51: Wallaert JB, Goodney PP, Vignati JJ, Stone DH, Nolan BW, Bertges DJ, Walsh DB, Cronenwett JL. Completion imaging after carotid endarterectomy in the Vascular Study Group of New England. Journal for Vascular Surgery. 2011; 54: Hoel AW, Nolan BW, Goodney PP, Zhao Y, Schanzer A, Stanley AC, Eldrup-Jorgensen J, Cronenwett JL; Vascular Study Group of New England. Variation in smoking cessation after vascular operations. J Vasc Surg May;57(5): Suckow BD, Kraiss LW, Stone DH, Schanzer A, Bertges DJ, Baril DT, Cronenwett JL, Goodney PP; Vascular Study Group of New England. Comparison of graft patency, limb salvage, and antithrombotic therapy between prosthetic and autogenous below-knee bypass for critical limb ischemia. Ann Vasc Surg Nov;27(8): Spangler EL, Goodney PP, Schanzer A, Stone DH, Schermerhorn ML, Powell RJ, Cronenwett JL, Nolan BW; Vascular Study Group of New England. Outcomes of carotid endarterectomy versus stenting in comparable medical risk patients. J Vasc Surg Jun 19. [Epub ahead of print] 30. Johnson MS, Chiang J, Eldrup-Jorgensen J, Clark DE, Healey CT. Effect of chronic oral anticoagulation with warfarin on the durability and outcomes of endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. Journal for Vascular Surgery Aug;58(2): Duffy RP, Adams JE, Callas PW, Schanzer A, Goodney PP, Ricci MA, Cronenwett JL, Bertges DJ. The influence of gender on functional outcomes of lower extremity bypass. Vascular Study Group of New England. Journal for Vascular Surgery Nov;60(5): Glaser J, Kuwayama D, Stone D, Schanzer A, Eldrup-Jorgensen J, Powell R, Stanley A, Nolan B. Factors that determine the length of stay after carotid endarterectomy represent opportunities to avoid financial losses. Journal for Vascular Surgery Oct;60(4): e Simons JP, Schanzer A, Nolan BW, Stone DH, Kalish JA, Cronenwett JL, Goodney PP; Vascular Study Group of New England. Outcomes and practice patterns in patients undergoing lower extremity bypass. Journal for Vascular Surgery 2012 Jun;55(6):

6 34. Baril DT, Goodney PP, Robinson WP, Nolan BW, Stone DH, Li Y, Cronenwett JL, Schanzer A. Prior contralateral amputation predicts worse outcomes for lower extremity bypasses performed in the intact limb. Journal of Vascular Surgery Aug;56(2): Goodney PP, Chang CK, Schanzer A, Cambria R, Bertges DJ, Cronenwett JL; Vascular Study Group of Northern New England Outcomes of symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. De Martino RR1, Nolan BW. Journal of Vascular Surgery Jul;52(1): Tan TW, Farber A, Hamburg NM, Eberhardt RT, Rybin D, Doros G, Eldrup-Jorgensen J, Goodney PP, Cronenwett JL, Kalish JA; Vascular Study Group of New England. Blood transfusion for lower extremity bypass is associated with increased wound infection and graft thrombosis. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2013;216: Stone DH, Goodney PP, Kalish J, Schanzer A, Indes J, Walsh DB, Cronenwett JL, Nolan BW; Vascular Study Group of New England. Severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is associated with adverse outcomes in patients undergoing elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Journal of Vascular Surgery Jun;57(6): Vierthaler, L, Callas, PW, Goodney, PP, Schanzer, A, Patel, VI, Cronenwett, JL, Bertges, DJ. For the Vascular Study Group of New England. Determinants of survival and major amputation after peripheral endovascular intervention for critical limb ischemia. Journal of Vascular Surgery Sep;62(3): e Farber A, Tan TW, Rybin D, Kalish JA, Hamburg NM, Doros G, Goodney PP, Cronenwett JL. Vascular Study Group of New England. Intraoperative use of dextran is associated with cardiac complications after carotid endarterectomy. Journal of Vascular Surgery Mar;57(3): McPhee JT, Goodney PP, Schanzer A, Shaykevich S, Belkin M, Menard MT. Distal anastomotic vein adjunct usage in infrainguinal prosthetic bypasses. Journal of Vascular Surgery Apr;57(4): De Martino RR, Goodney PP, Nolan BW, Robinson WP, Farber A, Patel VI, Stone DH, Cronewett JL. Optimal selection of patients for elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair based on life expectancy. Vascular Study Group of New England. Journal of Vascular Surgery Sep;58(3): Tsai S, Conrad MF, Patel VI, Kwolek CJ, LaMuraglia GM, Brewster DC, Cambria RP. Durability of open repair of juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms. Journal of Vascular Surgery Jul;56(1): Lo RC, Bensley RP, Hamdan AD, Wyers M, Adams JE, Schermerhorn ML. Gender differences in abdominal aortic aneurysm presentation, repair, and mortality in the

7 Vascular Study Group of New England. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2013;57(5): Wallaert JB, Cronenwett JL, Bertges DJ, Schanzer A, Nolan BW, De Martino R, Eldrup- Jorgensen J, Goodney PP. Vascular Study Group of New England. Optimal selection of asymptomatic patients for carotid endarterectomy based on predicted 5-year survival. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2013 Jul;58(1): Wallaert JB, De Martino RR, Finlayson SR, Walsh DB, Corriere MA, Stone DH, Cronenwett JL, Goodney PP. Carotid endarterectomy in asymptomatic patients with limited life expectancy. Stroke. 2012; 43: Jones DW, Schanzer A, Zhao Y, MacKenzie TA, Nolan BW, Conte MS, Goodney PP; Vascular Study Group of New England. Growing impact of restenosis on the surgical treatment of peripheral arterial disease. Journal of the American Heart Association Nov 25;2(6):e Jones DW, Stone DH, Conrad MF, Baribeau YR, Westbrook BM, Likosky DS, Cronenwett JL, Goodney PP. Regional use of combined carotid endarterectomy/coronary artery bypass graft and the effect of patient risk. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2012; 56: Simons JP, Baril DT, Goodney PP, Bertges DJ, Robinson WP, Cronenwett JL, Messina LM, Schanzer A; Vascular Study Group of New England. The effect of postoperative myocardial ischemia on long-term survival after vascular surgery. Journal of Vascular Surgery Dec;58(6): Simons JP, Goodney PP, Baril DT, Nolan BW, Hevelone ND, Cronenwett JL, Messina LM, Schanzer A; Vascular Study Group of New England. The effect of postoperative stroke and myocardial infarction on long-term survival after carotid revascularization. Journal of Vascular Surgery Jun;57(6): Suckow BD, Kraiss LW, Schanzer A, Stone DH, Kalish J, DeMartino RR, Cronenwett JL, Goodney PP. Vascular Study Group of New England. Statin therapy after infrainguinal bypass surgery for critical limb ischemia is associated with improved 5-year survival. Journal of Vascular Surgery Jan;61(1): Patel RB, Beaulieu P, Homa K, Goodney PP, Stanley AC, Cronenwett JL, Stone DH, Bertges DJ; Vascular Study Group of New England. Shared quality data are associated with increased protamine use and reduced bleeding complications after carotid endarterectomy in the Vascular Study Group of New England. Journal of Vascular Surgery Dec;58(6):

8 52. Lo RC, Lu B, Fokkema MTM, Conrad M, Patel VI, Fillinger M, Schermerhorn ML. Relative importance of aneurysm diameter and body size for predicting AAA rupture in men and women. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2014; 59(5), Baril DT, Patel, VI, Judelson DR, Goodney PP, McPhee JT, Hevelone N, Cronenwett JL, Schanzer A. Outcomes of lower extremity bypass performed for acute limb ischemia. Journal of Vascular Surgery Oct;58(4): Tan TW, Eslami MH, Kalish JA, Eberhardt RT, Doros G, Goodney PP, Cronenwett JL, Farber A. The Need for Treatment of Hemodynamic Instability following Carotid Endarterectomy is Associated with Increased Perioperative and One-year Morbidity and Mortality. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2014;59: Kalish J, Eslami M, Gillespie D, Schermerhorn M, Rybin D, Doros G, Farber A, on behalf of the Vascular Study Group of New England. Routine use of ultrasound guidance in femoral arterial access for peripheral vascular intervention decreases groin hematoma rates. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2015;61: Fokkema M, de Borst GJ, Nolan BW, Lo RC, Cambria RA, Powell RJ, Moll FL, Schermerhorn ML; Vascular Study Group of New England. Carotid Stenting versus Endarterectomy in Patients undergoing Re-intervention after Prior Carotid Endarterectomy. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2014;59(1): Ferranti, KM, Osler, TM, Duffy, RP, Stanley, AC, Bertges, DJ. For the Vascular Study Group of New England. Association between gender and outcomes of lower extremity peripheral vascular interventions. Journal of Vascular Surgery Oct;62(4): Eslami MH, Rybin D, Doros G, Farber A. Open repair of asymptomatic popliteal artery aneurysm is associated with better outcomes than endovascular repair. Journal of Vascular Surgery Mar;61(3): Matyal R, Shakil O, Hess PE, et al. Impact of gender and body surface area on outcome after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. American Journal of Surgery Feb;209(2): De Martino RR, Eldrup-Jorgensen J, Nolan BW, Stone DH, Adams J, Bertges DJ, Cronenwett JL, Goodney PP; Vascular Study Group of New England. Perioperative management with antiplatelet and statin medication is associated with reduced mortality following vascular surgery. Journal of Vascular Surgery Jun;59(6): Schermerhorn ML, Fokkema M, Goodney P, Dillavou ED, Jim J, Kenwood CT, Siami FS, White RA; SVS Outcomes Committee. The impact of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services high-risk criteria on outcome after carotid endarterectomy and carotid artery stenting in the SVS Vascular Registry. Journal of Vascular Surgery May;57(5):

9 62. Nolan BW, De Martino RR, Goodney PP, Schanzer A, Stone DH, Butzel D, Kwolek CJ, Cronenwett JL; Vascular Study Group of New England. Comparison of carotid endarterectomy and stenting in real world practice using a regional quality improvement registry. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2012; 55: Eslami MH, Rybin D, Doros G, Kalish JA, Farber A; Vascular Study Group of New England. Comparison of a Vascular Study Group of New England risk prediction model with established risk prediction models of in-hospital mortality after elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Journal of Vascular Surgery Nov;62(5): Dermody M, Homsy C, Zhao Y, Goodney PP, Estes JM. Outcomes of infrainguinal bypass determined by age in the Vascular Study Group of New England. Journal of Vascular Surgery. July 2015, 62(1): Shue B, Damle RN, Kalish JA, Stone DH, Patel VI, Schanzer A, Baril DT. The increased use of CTA and MRA as the sole imaging modalities prior to infrainguinal bypass has had no effect on outcomes. Annals of Vascular Surgery Aug;29(6): De Martino RR, Brooke BS, Robinson W, Schanzer A, Indes JE, Wallaert JB, Nolan BW, Cronenwett JL, Goodney PP. Designation as "unfit for open repair" is associated with poor outcomes after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes Sep 1;6(5): Impact of chronic kidney disease on outcomes after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Patel VI, Lancaster RT, Mukhopadhyay S, Aranson NJ, Conrad MF, LaMuraglia GM, Kwolek CJ, Cambria RP. Journal of Vascular Surgery Nov;56(5): Kalish J, Farber A, Homa K, Trinidad M, Beck A, Davies MG, Kraiss LW, Cronenwett JL, on behalf of the SVS Patient Safety Organization Arterial Quality Committee. Factors associated with surgical site infection after lower extremity bypass in the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI). Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2014;60: Arous EJ, Baril DT, Robinson WP, Aiello FA, Hevelone ND, Arous EJ, Messina LM, Schanzer A. Institutional differences in carotid artery duplex diagnostic criteria result in significant variability in classification of carotid artery stenoses and likely lead to disparities in care. Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes ;423-9.

10 70. Arous EJ, Simons JP, Flahive JM, Beck AW, Stone DH, Hoel AW, Messina LM, Schanzer A; Vascular Study Group of New England. National variation in preoperative imaging, carotid duplex ultrasound criteria, and threshold for surgery for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis. Journal of Vascular Surgery Oct;62(4):937-44