Ruby Lo, MD, MPH, RPVI

Specialties

• Vascular Surgery

Board Certification:
American Board of Surgery (General Surgery, Vascular Surgery)
Alliance for Physician Certification & Advancement (Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation [RPVI])

Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

Residency: General Surgery - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Fellowship: Vascular Surgery - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Memberships in Societies:
Society for Vascular Surgery
New England Society for Vascular Surgery

Hospital Affiliations: Rhode Island Hospital

1. Lo RC, Bensley RP, Hamdan AD, Wyers M, Adams JE, Schermerhorn ML; Vascular Study Group of New England. Gender differences in abdominal aortic aneurysm presentation, repair, and mortality in the Vascular Study Group of New England. J Vasc Surg. 2013 May;57(5):1261-8.
2. Lo RC, Darling J, Bensley RP, Dahlberg SE, Giles K, Hamdan AD, Wyers M, Schermerhorn ML. Outcomes following infrapopliteal angioplasty for critical limb ischemia. J Vasc Surg. 2013 Jun;57(6)1455-63.
3. Lo RC, Schermerhorn ML. A review of infrapopliteal angioplasty and stenting for critical limb ischemia. Italian Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 2013 20:3(133-145)
4. Fokkema M, Bensley RP, Lo RC, Hamdan AD, Wyers MC, Moll FL, deBorst GJ, Schermerhorn ML. In-hospital versus post-discharge adverse events following carotid endarterectomy. J Vasc Surg. 2013 Jun;57(6):1568-75.
5. Bensley RP, Yoshida S, Lo RC, Fokkema M, Hamdan AD, Wyers MC, Chaikof EL, Schermerhorn ML. Accuracy of administrative data versus clinical data to evaluate carotid endarterectomy and carotid stenting. J Vasc Surg. 2013 Aug;58(2):412-9.
6. Bensley RP, Curan T, Hursk R, Lo RC, Wyers MC, Hamdan AD, Chaikof EL, Schermerhorn ML. Open repair of intact thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. J Vasc Surg. 2013 Oct;58(4):894-900.
7. Fokkema M, de Borst GJ, Nolan BW, Indes J, Buck DB, Lo RC, Moll FL, Schermerhorn ML; Vascular Study Group of New England. Clinical relevance of cranial nerve injury following carotid endarterectomy. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2014 Jan;47(1):2-7.
8. Fokkema M, de Borst GJ, Nolan BW, Lo RC, Cambria RA, Powell RJ, Moll FL, Schermerhorn ML. Carotid stenting versus endarterectomy in patients undergoing reintervention after prior carotid endarterectomy. Vascular Study Group of New England. J Vasc Surg. 2014 Jan;59(1):8-15.
9. Lo RC, Bensley RP, Dahlberg SE, Matyal R, Hamdan AD, Wyers M, Chaikof EL, Schermerhorn ML. Presentation, treatment, and outcome differences between men and women undergoing revascularization or amputation for lower extremity peripheral arterial disease. J Vasc Surg. 2014 Feb;59(2):409-418.
10. Lo RC, Lu B, Fokkema MTM, Fillinger M, Conrad M, Patel VI, Matyal R, Schermerhorn ML. Relative importance of aneurysm diameter and body size for predicting AAA rupture in men and women. J Vasc Surg. 2014 May;59(5):1209-16.
11. Curran T, Zhang JQ, Lo RC, Fokkema M, McCallum JC, Buck DB, Darling J, Schermerhorn ML. Risk factors and indications for readmission after lower extremity amputation in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. J Vasc Surg. 2014 Nov;60(5):1315-24.
12. Lo RC, Fokkema MT, Curran T, Darling J, Hamdan AD, Wyers M, Martin M, Schermerhorn ML. Routine use of ultrasound-guided access reduces access-site related complications after lower extremity percutaneous revascularization. J Vasc Surg. 2015 Feb;61(2):405-12.
13. Matyal R, Shakil O, Hess PE, Lo RC, Jainandunsing JS, Mahmood B, Harman GS, Schermerhorn ML, Mahmood F. Impact of gender and body surface area on outcome in abdominal aortic aneurysm. Am J Surg. 2015 Feb;209(2):315-23.
14. Lo RC, Schermerhorn ML. Abdominal aortic aneurysms in women. J Vasc Surg. 2016 Mar;63(3):839-44.
15. Lo RC, Buck DB, Herrman J, Hamdan AD, Wyers M, Patel VI, Fillinger M, Schermerhorn ML; Vascular Study Group of New England. Risk factors and consequences of persistent type II endoleaks. J Vasc Surg. 2016 Apr;63(4):895-901.
16. Deery SE, Soden PA, Zettervall SL, Shean KE, Bodewes TC, Pothof AB, Lo RC, Schermerhorn ML. Sex differences in mortality and morbidity following repair of intact abdominal aortic aneurysms. J Vasc Surg. 2017 Apr;65(4):1006-1013.
17. Zettervall SL, Lo RC, Soden PA, Deery SE, Ultee KH, Pinto DS, Wyers MC, Schermerhorn ML. Trends in treatment and mortality for mesenteric ischemia in the United States from 2000 to 2012. Ann Vasc Surg. 2017 Jul; 42:111-119.
18. Jones DW, Stangenberg L, Swerdlow NJ, Alef M, Lo R, Shuja F, Schermerhorn ML. Image fusion and 3-dimensional road mapping in endovascular surgery. Ann Vasc Surg. 2018 Oct; 52:302-311.
19. Bortman J, Mahmood F, Schermerhorn M, Lo R, Swerdlow N, Mahmood F, Matyal R. Use of 3-dimensional printing to create patient-specific abdominal aortic aneurysm models for preoperative planning. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2018 Aug 9

20. Liang P, Li C, O’Donnell TFX, Lo RC, Soden PA, Swerdlow NJ, Schermerhorn ML. In-hospital versus post-discharge major adverse events within 30 days following lower extremity revascularization. J Vasc Surg. 2018 Oct 6.

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