Robert B. McLafferty, M.D., M.B.A., FACS (he/him)

  • Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, School of Medicine
  • Medical Director, Wound and Hyperbaric Center, Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Robert McLafferty is a vascular surgeon and professor of surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery in the OHSU School of Medicine. He is also the medical director of the OHSU Wound and Hyperbaric Center.

He also served as chief of surgery for the Portland VA Medical Center. He is past president of the American Venous Forum, the Vascular Disease Foundation and the Society of Clinical Vascular Surgery.

Dr. McLafferty earned his M.D. degree from the University of Vermont. He completed his residency in general surgery and fellowships in vascular surgery research and vascular surgery at OHSU.

Dr. Robert McLafferty's published research

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.S., 1986, Boston College
    • M.D., 1990, University of Vermont
    • M.B.A., 2017, Portland State University/Oregon Health & Science University

  • Residency

    • General Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, 1990-1996

  • Fellowship

    • Vascular Surgery Research, Oregon Health & Science University, 1993-1994
    • Vascular Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University, 1996-1998

  • Certifications

    • General Surgery, American Board of Surgery, 1997 (Re-certified 2005)
    • General Vascular Surgery, American Board of Surgery, 1999 (Re-certified 2007)

Memberships and associations:

  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  • European Venous Forum (Honorary)
  • American College of Health Care Executives
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
  • Distinguished Fellow, Society for Vascular Surgery
  • Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
  • American Venous Forum
  • American Venous Forum Foundation
  • Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
  • Midwestern Vascular Society
  • Oregon Medical Association

Honors and awards

  • PROMISE Award, Veterans Affairs Portland Health Care System, 2015
  • Award of Distinguished Fellow, American Venous Forum, 2015
  • Best Doctor Recognition, Top 1% in the U.S., U.S. News and Castle Connelly Medical Ltd., 2012 and 2013
  • Faculty Teacher of the Year for Medical Students, Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University, 2012
  • Excellence in Teaching Award for Residents, Southern Illinois University, 2012
  • Excellence in Leadership Award, Southern Illinois University, 2009

Publications

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Publications

  • Editor's Choice – Management of Lower Extremity Venous Outflow Obstruction

    European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
    1. Stephen A. Black
    2. Manjit Gohel
    3. Rick de Graaf
    4. Paul Gagne
    5. Mitchell Silver
    6. Bruce Fleck
    7. Lawrence V. Hofmann
    8. Steve Abramowitz
    9. Ramsey Al-Hakim
    10. Jose Almeida
    11. Efthymios Avgerinos
    12. Riyaz Bashir
    13. Cristoph Binkert
    14. Jean Bismuth
    15. Haroldur Bjarnason
    16. Stephen Black
    17. Rabih Chaer
    18. Tony Comerota
    19. Alun Davies
    20. Brian DeRubertis
    21. Kush Desai
    22. David Dexter
    23. Ellen Dillavou
    24. Mert Dumantepe
    25. Steve Elias
    26. Carl Fastabend
    27. Mark Garcia
    28. Tony Gasparis
    29. Jon George
    30. Kathy Gibson
    31. David Gillespie
    32. Marcelo Guimaraes
    33. Peter Henke
    34. Diego Hernandez
    35. Lawrence Hofmann
    36. Wan hsien Hsu
    37. Houman Jalaie
    38. Michael Jolly
    39. Lowell Kabnick
    40. Narayan Karunanithy
    41. John Kaufmann
    42. Minhaj Khaja
    43. Angela Kokkosis
    44. Kanti Kolli
    45. Raghu Kolluri
    46. Will Kuo
    47. Nicos Labropoulos
    48. Mark Lessne
    49. Daniel Leung
    50. Robert McLafferty

  • The use of a multimodal wound matrix to treat a variety of hard-to-heal wounds

    Journal of Wound Care
    1. David Swain
    2. Windy Cole
    3. Christopher Barrett
    4. Gregory Black
    5. Carmen Hudson
    6. Michael Lacqua
    7. Jacob Reinkraut
    8. Omar Jalil
    9. Robert McLafferty

  • Timolol in the treatment of hard-to-heal wounds

    Journal of Wound Care
    1. David Cornwell
    2. Zachary Goldstein
    3. Bopha Chrea
    4. Robert McLafferty

  • Quality of life after pharmacomechanical catheter-directed thrombolysis for proximal deep venous thrombosis

    Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders
    1. Susan R. Kahn
    2. Jim A. Julian
    3. Clive Kearon
    4. Chu Shu Gu
    5. David J. Cohen
    6. Elizabeth A. Magnuson
    7. Anthony J. Comerota
    8. Samuel Z. Goldhaber
    9. Michael R. Jaff
    10. Mahmood K. Razavi
    11. Andrei L. Kindzelski
    12. Joseph R. Schneider
    13. Paul Kim
    14. Rabih Chaer
    15. Akhilesh K. Sista
    16. Robert B. McLafferty
    17. John A. Kaufman
    18. Brandt C. Wible
    19. Morey Blinder
    20. Suresh Vedantham
    21. Michael Sichlau
    22. Athanasios Vlahos
    23. Steven Smith
    24. Quinn Thalheimer
    25. Nisha Singh
    26. Rekha Harting
    27. John Gocke
    28. Scott Guth
    29. Neel Shah
    30. Paul Brady
    31. Marvin Schatz
    32. Mindy Horrow
    33. Peyman Markazi
    34. Leli Forouzan
    35. Terence A.S. Matalon
    36. David Hertzog
    37. Swapna Goday
    38. Margaret Kennedy
    39. Robert Kaplan
    40. Thomas Campbell
    41. Jamie Hartman
    42. Frederick Keller
    43. Kenneth Kolbeck
    44. Gregory Landry
    45. Erica Mitchell
    46. Robert Barton
    47. Thomas DeLoughery
    48. Timothy Liem
    49. Gregory Moneta
    50. Khashayar Farsad

  • Causes and outcomes of finger ischemia in hospitalized patients in the intensive care unit

    Journal of vascular surgery
    1. Gregory J. Landry
    2. Courtney J. Mostul
    3. Daniel S. Ahn
    4. Bryant J. McLafferty
    5. Timothy K. Liem
    6. Erica Mitchell
    7. Enjae Jung
    8. Cherrie Z. Abraham
    9. Amir F. Azarbal
    10. Robert B. McLafferty
    11. Gregory L. Moneta

  • Predictive value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in diabetic wound healing

    Journal of vascular surgery
    1. Nasibeh Vatankhah
    2. Younes Jahangiri
    3. Gregory J. Landry
    4. Robert B. McLafferty
    5. Nabil J. Alkayed
    6. Gregory L. Moneta
    7. Amir F. Azarbal

  • Characterization of tibial velocities by duplex ultrasound in severe peripheral arterial disease and controls Presented as an oral presentation at the 2015 Vascular Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery, Chicago, Ill, June 17-20, 2015.

    Journal of vascular surgery
    1. Jeffrey D. Crawford
    2. Nicholas G. Robbins
    3. Lauren A. Harry
    4. Dale G. Wilson
    5. Robert B. McLafferty
    6. Erica Mitchell
    7. Gregory J. Landry
    8. Gregory L. Moneta

  • Impact of hyperbaric oxygen on diabetic ulcers is unaffected by glycemic control

    Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine
    1. Parkash Bakhtiani
    2. Owaise Mansuri
    3. Abhijeet Yadav
    4. Chima Osuoha
    5. Patty Knight
    6. Richard Baynosa
    7. Robert McLafferty
    8. Michael Jakoby

  • Nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization is associated with increased wound occurrence after major lower extremity amputation

    Journal of vascular surgery
    1. Amir F. Azarbal
    2. Sheena Harris
    3. Erica L. Mitchell
    4. Timothy K. Liem
    5. Gregory J. Landry
    6. Robert B. McLafferty
    7. James Edwards
    8. Greg L. Moneta

  • A comparison between the HeRO graft and conventional arteriovenous grafts in hemodialysis patients

    Seminars in Dialysis
    1. George M. Nassar
    2. Marc H. Glickman
    3. Robert B. Mclafferty
    4. J. Kevin Croston
    5. Joseph I. Zarge
    6. Howard E. Katzman
    7. Eric K. Peden
    8. Jeffrey H. Lawson
    9. Jeffrey M. Martinez
    10. Lisa Thackeray

  • Classification of anatomic involvement of the iliocaval venous outflow tract and its relationship to outcomes after iliocaval venous stenting

    Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders
    1. Jason Crowner
    2. William Marston
    3. Jose Almeida
    4. Robert McLafferty
    5. Marc Passman

  • Management of venous leg ulcers

    Journal of vascular surgery
    1. Thomas F. O'Donnell
    2. Marc A. Passman
    3. William A. Marston
    4. William J. Ennis
    5. Michael Dalsing
    6. Robert L. Kistner
    7. Fedor Lurie
    8. Peter K. Henke
    9. Monika L. Gloviczki
    10. Bo G. Eklöf
    11. Julianne Stoughton
    12. Sesadri Raju
    13. Cynthia K. Shortell
    14. Joseph D. Raffetto
    15. Hugo Partsch
    16. Lori C. Pounds
    17. Mary E. Cummings
    18. David L. Gillespie
    19. Robert B. McLafferty
    20. Mohammad Hassan Murad
    21. Thomas W. Wakefield
    22. Peter Gloviczki

  • Performance of endovenous foam sclerotherapy in the USA for the treatment of venous disorders

    Phlebology
    1. S. Rathbun
    2. A. Norris
    3. N. Morrison
    4. K. Gibson
    5. P. Raymond-Martimbeau
    6. R. Worthington-Kirsch
    7. E. Hohenwalter
    8. J. Lohr
    9. R. McLafferty
    10. J. Stoner

  • Multicenter assessment of the repeatability and reproducibility of the revised Venous Clinical Severity Score (rVCSS)

    Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders
    1. William A. Marston
    2. Michael A. Vasquez
    3. Fedor Lurie
    4. Thomas W. Wakefield
    5. Eberhard Rabe
    6. Cynthia K. Shortell
    7. Joanne M. Lohr
    8. Marc A. Passman
    9. Robert B. McLafferty

  • Early thrombus removal strategies for acute deep venous thrombosis

    Journal of vascular surgery
    1. Mark H. Meissner
    2. Peter Gloviczki
    3. Anthony J. Comerota
    4. Michael C. Dalsing
    5. Bo G. Eklof
    6. David L. Gillespie
    7. Joann M. Lohr
    8. Robert B. McLafferty
    9. M. Hassan Murad
    10. Frank Padberg
    11. Peter Pappas
    12. Joseph D. Raffetto
    13. Thomas W. Wakefield

  • The role of intravascular ultrasound in venous thromboembolism

    Seminars in Interventional Radiology
    1. Robert B. McLafferty

  • Predictors of wound complications following major amputation for critical limb ischemia

    Journal of vascular surgery
    1. Ravishankar Hasanadka
    2. Robert B. McLafferty
    3. Colleen J. Moore
    4. Douglas B. Hood
    5. Don E. Ramsey
    6. Kim J. Hodgson

  • The care of patients with varicose veins and associated chronic venous diseases

    Journal of vascular surgery
    1. Peter Gloviczki
    2. Anthony J. Comerota
    3. Michael C. Dalsing
    4. Bo G. Eklof
    5. David L. Gillespie
    6. Monika L. Gloviczki
    7. Joann M. Lohr
    8. Robert B. McLafferty
    9. Mark H. Meissner
    10. M. Hassan Murad
    11. Frank T. Padberg
    12. Peter J. Pappas
    13. Marc A. Passman
    14. Joseph D. Raffetto
    15. Michael A. Vasquez
    16. Thomas W. Wakefield

  • Validation of Venous Clinical Severity Score (VCSS) with other venous severity assessment tools from the American Venous Forum, National Venous Screening Program

    Journal of vascular surgery
    1. Marc A. Passman
    2. Robert B. McLafferty
    3. Michelle F. Lentz
    4. Shardul B. Nagre
    5. Mark D. Iafrati
    6. W. Todd Bohannon
    7. Colleen M. Moore
    8. Jennifer A. Heller
    9. Joseph R. Schneider
    10. Joann M. Lohr
    11. Joseph A. Caprini

  • Evidence of prevention and treatment of postthrombotic syndrome

    Journal of vascular surgery
    1. Robert B. McLafferty