Penn Medicine Provider
Vascular Surgery
Venkat R. Kalapatapu, MD
4.9
(445)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 15 and up
Penn Heart and Vascular Center Valley Forge
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About me

  • Residency and Fellowship Program Director, Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
  • Professor of Clinical Surgery

I care fore patients with all types of vascular disease, including aneurysms and dissections of the aorta and other vessels, peripheral arterial disease with blockages in the arteries of the leg, carotid artery disease in the neck, arteries in the abdomen and arms, thoracic outlet syndrome, and dialysis access. I perform medical endovascular treatment, which involves angiography and treating vascular disease with balloons and stents, and open vascular surgery that may also involve bypass surgery. 

Education and training

  • Medical School: Kakatiya Medical College
  • Residency: Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
  • Residency: Providence Hospital
  • Residency: Easton Hospital
  • Fellowship: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.9

445 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

May 2025
5.0
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quick and efficient
May 2025
5.0
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he was very informative
May 2025
5.0
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trust him
May 2025
4.0
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pleasant

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Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Kalapatapu is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Gillinov LA, Wang GJ, Goel NJ, Catalano MA, Szeto WY, Kalapatapu VR, Desai ND. Long-term outcomes of thoracic endovascular aortic repair for descending thoracic aortic aneurysms based on pooled results from FDA clinical trials , J Vasc Surg: 2025

Quynh-Anh L Dang, Ciaran S O'Brien, William Rothstein, Chase Brown, Venkat Kalapatapu Hybrid repair of type A aortic dissection after infrarenal endovascular aortic repair and bilateral iliac branched grafts , J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech, 11(1): 2025

Starnes BW, Rajani RR, Rossi P, Singh N, Benarroch-Gampel J, Cho JS, Nassiri N, Smeds MR, Kalapatapu V, Stern JR, Kabutey NK, Corvera J; RelayPro Investigators. Early survival benefit of a low-profile endograft in blunt traumatic aortic injury , J Vasc Surg: 2024

Hatchimonji JS, Bakillah E, Kaufman EJ, Dowzicky PM, Braslow BM, Kalapatapu VR, Reilly PM, Sharoky CE. The open abdomen in mesenteric ischemia: A tool for patients undergoing revascularization , World J Surg: 2024

Rice JR, Rothenberg KA, Ramadan OI, Savage D, Kalapatapu V, Julien HM, Schneider DB, Wang GJ. Factors Associated with Urgent Amputation Status and Its Impact on Mortality , Ann Vasc Surg: 2024

Basu R, Zhang J, Zaheer S, Grimm J, Szeto W, Kalapatapu V. Ascending aorta thoracic endovascular aortic repair for infected pseudoaneurysm , J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech, 8: 2022,244-247

Zhang J, Basu R, Gaffey A, Glaser J, Kalapatapu V. Retrograde Superior Mesenteric Artery Stenting in Case of SMA Shuttering , Vasc Endovascular Surg: 2022

Jordan B Stoecker, Kevin C Eddinger, Alison M Pouch, Julia D Glaser, Paul J Iii Foley, Grace J Wang, Venkat R Kalapatapu, Benjamin M Jackson The Hyperattenuating Crescent Sign Is Not Necessarily a Sign of Impending Aortic Aneurysm Rupture , Ann Vasc Surg, 82: 2022

Zhang J, Basu R, Bauder AR, Quatramoni JG, Glaser J, Kalapatapu V, Gaffey AC. Endovascular repair of traumatic axillosubclavian artery injuries , J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech, 8: 2021,23-27

Wang GJ, Jackson BM, Damrauer SM, Kalapatapu V, Glaser J, Golden MA, Schneider D Unique characteristics of the type B aortic dissection patients with malperfusion in the vascular quality initiative , Journal of Vascular Surgery, 74(1): 2021,53-62