Mark Conrad, MD, MMSc
Professor, Surgery

Biography
Dr. Conrad spent the majority of his illustrious career in the Mass General health care system, practicing at MGH, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, and Southern New Hampshire Medical Center and Foundation Medical Partners in Nashua, NH, where he has held the role of Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery since 2013.
In addition to his clinical duties, Dr. Conrad also has a strong interest in medical education and academics. He served as the program director of the vascular and endovascular surgery residency and fellowship programs at Massachusetts General Hospital and has over a decade’s worth of teaching experience as a professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass.
He earned his medical degree from the University of Michigan School of Medicine in Ann Arbor, MI. He then completed his residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit studying General Surgery, where he stayed on as a research fellow studying trauma and critical care and vascular surgery. Following his training at Henry Ford Hospital, Dr. Conrad moved to Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston, Mass. where he trained as a clinical and research fellow in vascular and endovascular surgery. Shortly following that he earned his Master of Medical Science degree in Clinical Science from Harvard Medical School in Boston.
Education
- University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, MD
- Harvard Medical School, MSc
- University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, BS
Publications
- Published on 12/14/2024
Bloch RA, Ellias SD, Caron E, Shean KE, Prushik SG, Stone DH, Conrad MF. The Impact of Follow-Up on Mortality in Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia. Ann Vasc Surg. 2025 Mar; 112:74-81. PMID: 39675698.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/22/2024
Bloch RA, Shaughnessy JE, Cambria RA, Prushik SG, Shean KE, Conrad MF. Pancreaticoduodenal Artery Aneurysm in a Patient with Celiac Artery Atresia. Ann Vasc Surg. 2025 Feb; 111:165-169. PMID: 39580027.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/13/2024
Conrad MF, Sood A, O'Brien A, Prasad S, Zendejas E, Thompson M. Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) outcomes of unibody and single/double docking limb endografts in Medicare beneficiaries between 2012 and 2018. Vascular. 2024 Nov 13; 17085381241300131. PMID: 39536150.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/27/2024
Bloch RA, Neir JL, Caron E, Prushik SG, Shean KE, Conrad MF. Groin Complications Among Obese Patients Undergoing Vascular Procedures. Ann Vasc Surg. 2025 Jan; 110(Pt A):1-8. PMID: 39343378.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 9/4/2024
Caron E, Yadavalli SD, Manchella M, Jabbour G, Gomez-Mayorga JL, Davis RB, Patel VI, Stone DH, Conrad MF, Schermerhorn ML. Impact of Chronic Kidney Disease on Outcomes following Vascular Procedure in the Vascular Quality Initiative. Ann Surg. 2024 Sep 04. PMID: 39229713.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/25/2024
Aranda-Díaz A, Vickers EN, Murie K, Palmer B, Hathaway N, Gerlovina I, Boene S, Garcia-Ulloa M, Cisteró P, Katairo T, Semakuba FD, Nsengimaana B, Gwarinda H, García-Fernández C, Da Silva C, Datta D, Kiyaga S, Wiringilimaana I, Fekele SM, Parr JB, Conrad M, Raman J, Tukwasibwe S, Ssewanyana I, Rovira-Vallbona E, Tato CM, Briggs J, Mayor A, Greenhouse B. Sensitive and modular amplicon sequencing of Plasmodium falciparum diversity and resistance for research and public health. bioRxiv. 2024 Aug 25. PMID: 39229023.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/1/2024
Galy B, Conrad M, Muckenthaler M. Author Correction: Mechanisms controlling cellular and systemic iron homeostasis. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2024 Aug; 25(8):671. PMID: 38926532.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/27/2024
O'Keefe VM, Grubin F, Vaidya N, Maudrie TL, Conrad M, Neuner S, Jridi S, Cook MA, Carson KA, Barlow A, Haroz EE. Pilot evaluation of a Psychological First Aid online training for COVID-19 frontline workers in American Indian/Alaska Native communities. Front Public Health. 2024; 12:1346682. PMID: 39005986.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/19/2024
Bloch RA, Ellias SD, Caron E, Prushik SG, Shean KE, Conrad MF. Real-world use of medical therapy in moderate asymptomatic carotid stenosis. J Vasc Surg. 2024 Oct; 80(4):1104-1110. PMID: 38906434.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/14/2024
Woo MS, Mayer C, Binkle-Ladisch L, Sonner JK, Rosenkranz SC, Shaposhnykov A, Rothammer N, Tsvilovskyy V, Lorenz SM, Raich L, Bal LC, Vieira V, Wagner I, Bauer S, Glatzel M, Conrad M, Merkler D, Freichel M, Friese MA. STING orchestrates the neuronal inflammatory stress response in multiple sclerosis. Cell. 2024 Jul 25; 187(15):4043-4060.e30. PMID: 38878778.
Read at: PubMed
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