Dr Robert A Jimenez is a board certified vascular surgeon in Broward County, FL. He is from San Juan, Puerto Rico and is a native Spanish speaker. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering. As an Engineer he worked in opto-mechanical design and manufacturing. While developing surgical lasers, he became interested in medicine. He attended the University of Pennsylvania to complete his pre-med requirements and then attended The Ohio State University college of Medicine, where he graduated in 2005. He trained in general surgery at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Florida and did his vascular surgery fellowship at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Jimenez performs the full spectrum of vascular and endovascular surgery. Dr. Jimenez speaks spanish fluently.
Education & Training
- Maimonides Medical Center
Fellowship, Vascular Surgery, 2010 - 2012 - Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida
Residency, General Surgery, 2005 - 2010 - Ohio State University College of MedicineOhio State University College of Medicine
Class of 2005 - University of Pennsylvania College of General Studies
No Degree, Premedical curriculum, 1999 - 2000 - University of California Berkeley Extension
No Degree, Continuing education in electrical engineering and computer science, 1996 - 1999 - University of Michigan College of Engineering
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1990 - 1994
Academic & Professional Affiliations
Hospital Affiliations Include:
- Broward Health Coral Springs
- Broward Health North
- Broward Health Imperial Point
- Holy Cross Hospital
- Northwest Medical Center
- University Hospital
Specialty
- Carotid Endarterectomy
- Complex Arterial Surgery
- Complex Hemodialysis Access Procedures
- Endovascular Aortic Procedure
- Endovascular Procedure for Limb Salvage
- IVC Filter Insertion
- Vascular Access Catheters
- Venograms
- Wound Care
- Angioplasty
- Atherectomy
- Stent Placement
- EVLT - Endovenous laser ablation
- EVAR - Endovascular aneurysm repair
- Carotid Endarterectomy
- Arteriovenous fistula creation
- Ellipsys Fistula creation
- Femoral popliteal bypass
- Femoral Distal Bypass
- Stab Phlebectomy of Varicose Veins
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- A rare complication of a retained wire during endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
Trevor DerDerian, Enrico Ascher, Anil Hingorani, Robert Jimenez;
Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2013 Nov 1 - Effects of anesthesia versus regional nerve block on major leg amputation mortality rate.
Roy Lin, Anil Hingorani, Natalie Marks, Enrico Ascher, Robert Jimenez, Thom McIntyre, Theresa Jacob;
Vascular. 2013 Mar 22 - To BAM or Not to BAM?: A Closer Look at Balloon-Assisted Maturation
Trevor DerDerian, Anil Hingorani, Enrico Ascher, Natalie Marks, Robert Jimenez, Ed Aboian, Theresa Jacob, Pamela Boniscavage;
Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2013 Jan 1 - Pulmonary embolism without deep venous thrombosis
Tim Schwartz, Anil Hingorani, Enrico Ascher, Natalie Marks, Alexander Shiferson, Daniel Jung, Robert Jimenez, Theresa Jacob
Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2012 Jun 28 - Clinical experience with office-based duplex-guided balloon-assisted maturation of arteriovenous fistulas for hemodialysis.
James J Gallagher, Pamela Boniscavage, Enrico Ascher, Anil Hingorani, Natalie Marks, Alexander Shiferson, Daniel Jung, Robert Jimenez, Daniel Novak, Theresa Jacob
Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2012 Jun 26 - Short-term outcome analysis of radiofrequency ablation using ClosurePlus vs ClosureFast catheters in the treatment of incompetent great saphenous vein
Joseph Michael R Zuniga, Anil Hingorani, Enrico Ascher, Alexsander Shiferson, Daniel Jung, Robert Jimenez, Natalie Marks, Thomas McIntyre
Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2012 Mar 2 - Screening for carotid artery stenosis and renal artery stenosis in patients undergoing tunneled cuffed hemodialysis catheter placement
Roy Lin, Anil Hingorani, Natalie Marks, Enrico Ascher, Robert Jimenez, Ed Aboian, Thom McIntyre, Theresa Jacob
Vascular and endovascular surgery. 2012 Jul. - Acute superior mesenteric artery embolism: reperfusion with AngioJet hydrodynamic suction thrombectomy and pharmacologic thrombolysis with the EKOS catheter.
U K Ballehaninna, A Hingorani, E Ascher, A Shiferson, N Marks, E Aboian, R Jimenez, T Jacob, T McIntyre
Vascular. 2012 Mar 22 - Simple Tube Centrifugation Method for Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Preparation in Catalonian Donkeys as a Treatment of Endometritis-Endometrosis
Priscila Fantini, Román Jiménez, Karina Vilés, Antoni Iborra, Maristela Silveira Palhares, Jaime Catalán, Marta Prades, Jordi Miró
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI. 2021 Oct 9 - Dynamics of the accommodative response and facility with dual-focus soft contact lenses for myopia control
Jesús Vera, Beatriz Redondo, Tomás Galan, Pedro Machado, Rubén Molina, George-Alex Koulieris 4 , Raimundo Jiménez
Journal Articles
- A Rare Complication of a Retained Wire during Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Derderian T, Ascher E, Hingorani A, Jimenez R, Ann Vasc Surg, 1/1/2013 - Effects of Anesthesia Versus Regional Nerve Block on Major Leg Amputation Mortality Rate
Lin R, Hingorani A, Marks N, Ascher E, Jimenez R, McIntyre T, Jacob T, Vascular, 1/1/2013 - Pulmonary Embolism Without Deep Venous Thrombosis
Schwartz T, Hingorani A, Ascher E, Marks N, Shiferson A, Jung D, Jimenez R, Jacob T, Ann Vasc Surg, 1/28/2012
Lectures
- The role of ultrasound to identify non-thrombotic lower extremity pathology.
Las Vegas, NV - 1/1/2012 - Duplex guided endovascular interventions for acute lower extremity ischemia.
Las Vegas, NV - 1/1/2012 - Changes in venous reflux after iliac vein stenting.
Orlando, FL - 1/1/2012
