Resident, PhD Candidate
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Hello Everyone! I am Sneha, a third year Vascular Surgery resident at the University of Toronto. I am currently completing a PhD as part of the the Surgeon-Scientist Program. My thesis will focus on exploring factors that predict atherosclerotic plaque vulnerability in carotid artery disease. The overarching goal of these studies are two-fold. Firstly, we hope to achieve critical mechanistic knowledge in the field of atherosclerosis research and importantly, to identify novel targets for therapies in atherosclerotic disease so that we can treat patients in advance of a devastating event such as stroke. Secondly, we hope to identify tissue and blood factors in asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis that increases patient risk of embolization and stroke. This study will characterize differences in vulnerable vs. non-vulnerable plaque with the hope of identifying tissue and blood markers that will help predict embolization. Positive results will go far in improving personalized patient care and patient quality of life.
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
8:00 AM – 8:10 AM ET