Hackensack Meridian Health Offers Innovative Treatment of Carotid Artery Disease

Hackensack Meridian Health's academic medical centers, Hackensack University Medical Center and Jersey Shore University Medical Center are just two of only a few hospitals in the country and two of only three hospitals in New Jersey to offer an innovative new treatment that dramatically reduces the risk of stroke in patients with blocked carotid arteries, the major blood vessels that deliver blood to the brain. The minimally invasive procedure, called TransCarotid Artery Revascularization (TCAR), employs a new FDA-approved neuroprotection system that temporarily reverses blood flow in the artery during the procedure to prevent dangerous plaque from traveling to the brain and causing a stroke. M. Usman Nasir Khan, M.D., FACS, chief of vascular surgery at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, and David O'Connor, M.D., FACS, vascular surgeon and director of vascular research and assistant clinical professor of surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center, are two of just three credentialed physicians in New Jersey to perform TCAR. Drs. Khan and O'Connor are among the first in the country to gain expertise with the TCAR procedure. (Note: This article can be found on page 16.)

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