Faculty & Staff
BRAJESH K. LAL, MD
lalbk@njms.rutgers.edu
Titles
- Assistant Professor of Surgery and Physiology
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Newark, NJ
- Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ
Hospital Appointments
Attending Surgeon:
- UMDNJ-University Hospital, Newark, NJ
- VA-New Jersey Healthcare System, East Orange, NJ
- Overlook Hospital, Summit, NJ
- St. Michaels Medical Center, Newark, NJ
Education
- Undergraduate: La Martiniere College, Lucknow, India
- Medical School: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
- Residency: UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
- Fellowship: Vascular Surgery, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
- Fellowship: Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Certification
- Specialty Board: American Board of Surgery
- Sub-specialty Board: Vascular Surgery
Clinical Interests and expertise
- Aortic aneurysms
- Lower extremity arterial disease
- Venous insufficiency
- Carotid occlusive disease
- Dialysis access
- Endovascular procedures: angioplasty, stenting, angiography
Professional Activities
- Executive Committee positions: Research comm. American Venous Forum, Young Surgeons comm. Eastern Vascular Society, Program comm. Peripheral Vascular Surgical Society
- Memberships: New Jersey Vascular Society, Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society, American Venous Forum, Society for Vascular Surgery, American Association for Vascular Surgery, Eastern Vascular Society
- Principal Investigator for a grant funded by the American College of Surgeons, which evaluates arterial cell damage induced by diabetes.
- Awards: Young Investigator Award from the Eastern Vascular Society, Jobst Vascular Award from the American Venous Forum, W Abbot Award from the New York Vascular Fellows Meeting