Department of Surgery Faculty
Benjamin J. Pearce, MD
Assistant Professor
Division: Vascular/Endovascular Surgery
Email: pearceb3@uthscsa.edu
Board Certifications:
General Surgery, American Board of Surgery
Vascular Surgery, American Board of Surgery
Education:
MD, UT Health Science Center San Antonio School of Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, 2000
Postgraduate training:
Vascular Surgery Fellowship, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, 2009
General Surgery Residency Program, University of Chicago Hospitals, Chicago, IL, 2007
Clinical and research interests: Dr. Pearce focuses on all manifestations of peripheral vascular disease and is trained in both minimally invasive and open vascular surgery. His specific clinical interests include stent grafting for acute aortic dissection, hybrid aortic surgery, cerebrovascular disease, and open lower extremity revascularization.
Dr. Pearce's clinical research includes application of stent graft technology to acute aortic dissection and improving outcomes of lower extremity revascularization in the endovascular era. He is also interested in the future of surgical education and advancing the current curriculum within the constraints of work hour restrictions.
Publications:
Pearce BJ, Passman MA, Patterson MA, Taylor SM, Lecroy CJ, Combs BR,
Jordan WD.
Early outcomes of thoracic endovascular stent graft repair for acute
complicated type B dissection using Gore TAG® endoprosthesis.
Abstract
submitted to Ann Vasc Surg, from PVSS Winter Meeting 2008.
Wahlgren CM, Lohman R, Pearce BJ, Spiguel LR, Dorafshar A, Skelly CL. Metachronous giant brachial artery pseudoaneurysms: a case report and review of the literature. Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2007 Oct-Nov;41(5):467-72.
Pearce BJ, Baldwin Z, Bassiouny H, Gewertz BL, McKinsey JF. Endovascular Solutions to Complications of Open Aortic Repair. Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2005 May-Jun;39(3):221-8.
Schwarze M, Pearce BJ, Gewertz BL. Chapter 19: Special Considerations in Complex Infrarenal Aortic Aneurysms. Mastery of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, 1st ed., December 2005
Baldwin ZK, Chandiwal A, Balasubramanian V, Pearce BJ, Curi MA, Skelly CL,Huang WW, Vosicky JE, Roizman B, Weichselbaum RR, Schwartz LB. Modulation of vascular remodeling induced by a brief intraluminal exposure to the recombinant R7020 strain of Herpes simplex-1. J Vasc Surg. 2005 Jan;41(1):115-21
Cate G, Fosse E, Hol PK, Samset E, Bock RW, McKinsey JF, Pearce BJ, Lothert M. Integrating surgery and radiology in one suite: a multicenter study. J Vasc Surg. 2004 Sep;40(3):494-9
Baldwin ZK, Pearce BJ, Curi MA, Desai TR, McKinsey JF, Bassiouny HS, Katz D, Gewertz BL, Schwartz LB. Limb salvage after infrainguinal bypass graft failure. J Vasc Surg. 2004 May;39(5):951-7
Pearce BJ, McKinsey JF. Current status of intravascular stents as delivery devices to prevent restenosis. Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2003 Jul-Aug;37(4):231-7.
Presentations:
Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery University of Chicago, April 2003: “ACGME
Duty Hour Standards.”
Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery Meeting, March 2003, Miami, Florida, Poster: “Endovascular Repair for Late Complications of Open Aortic Surgery.”
University of Chicago Charles Huggins Research Conference, May 2003, Chicago, Illinois, Poster: “Inhibition of Smooth Muscle Cell Migration.”
Seimens Angiography in the Operating Room Conference, October 2003, Forrcheim, Germany, Oral Presentation: “Vascular Interventions: Where do we go from here?”
Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery University of Chicago, February 2004: “Impact of Restricted Duty Hours on Patient Care.”
Grand Rounds, Department of Surgery University of Chicago, January 2007: “Improving Postoperative Respiratory Outcomes after General Anesthesia in the Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patient.”
Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society Winter Meeting. February 2008, Snowmass, Colorado, Oral Presentation: “Early outcomes of thoracic endovascular stent graft repair for acute complicated type B dissection using Gore TAG® endoprosthesis.”
Biosketch: Dr. Pearce received a BS from Duke University and his MD from the UT Health Science Center San Antonio School of Medicine in 2000. After completing two years of vascular surgery research and a five year surgical residency program at the University of Chicago Hospitals, he completed a Vascular Surgery fellowship at the University of Alabama - Birmingham in 2009. He is board certified in General Surgery by the American Board of Surgery.
Awards:
2010, San Antonio Magazine 'Best Doctors'
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, 2000
Most Outstanding Clinical Student in Psychiatry Clerkship Class of 2000
Most Outstanding Clinical Student in Medicine Clerkship Class of 2000
Arnold P. Gold Foundation Award Winner for Humanism in Medicine, University of
Chicago 2001, 2007
Godfrey Getz Cardiovascular Training Grant 2002-2004
Jordan Phemister Grant for Surgical Resident Research 2003
Robert Baker Golden Apple Teaching Award, University of Chicago 2007
Professional societies:
Peripheral Vascular Surgical Society
Southern Association of Vascular Surgery
University of Chicago Surgical Society
