Mark Conrad, MD, MMSc

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

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.

Publications

  • Published 9/24/2025

    Paraskevas KI, AbuRahma AF, Moore WS, Gloviczki P, Perler BA, Clair DG, White CJ, Setacci C, Secemsky EA, Schneider PA, Zeebregts CJ, Mansilha A, Saba L, Loftus IM, Jim J, Liapis CD, Di Lazzaro V, Dardik A, Poredos P, Thapar A, Scali ST, D'Oria M, Blinc A, Svetlikov A, Stone DH, Sultan SAH, Bulja D, Stoner MC, Myrcha P, Uyttenboogaart M, Farber MA, Faggioli G, Crupi D, Csobay-Novak C, Eldrup-Jorgensen J, Lanza G, de Borst GJ, Stilo F, Dermody M, Silvestrini M, Abularrage CJ, Goudot G, Proczka RM, Roubin GS, Spinelli F, Menyhei G, Shahidi SH, Leal Lorenzo JI, Jawien A, Reiff T, Capoccia L, Fernandes E Fernandes J, Musialek P, Gurevich VS, Blecha M, Hicks CW, Erben YM, Conrad MF, Malas MB, Lyden SP, Chaturvedi S, Schermerhorn ML, Nicolaides AN. An international, expert-based, multispecialty Delphi consensus document on stroke risk stratification and the optimal management of patients with asymptomatic and symptomatic carotid stenosis. J Vasc Surg. 2026 Feb; 83(2):451-460.e4. PMID: 41005511.

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  • Published 8/22/2025

    Caron E, Van Galen I, Darling JD, Park J, Guetter CR, Bloch RA, Davis RB, Hicks CW, Conrad MF, Schermerhorn ML. Comparative outcomes of transfemoral carotid artery stenting versus carotid endarterectomy versus transcarotid artery revascularization in standard- and high-risk patients since the CMS decision in October 2023 using the VQI. J Vasc Surg. 2026 Jan; 83(1):100-111.e2. PMID: 40850611.

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  • Published 7/11/2025

    Bloch RA, Lin A, Caron E, Prushik SG, Shean KE, Schermerhorn ML, Conrad MF. Bypass versus Endovascular Therapy in Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia Requiring Infra-Popliteal Interventions. Ann Vasc Surg. 2025 Nov; 120:400-410. PMID: 40653193.

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  • Published 6/25/2025

    Caron E, Yadavalli SD, Darling J, Van Galen I, Park J, Guetter CR, Bloch R, Davis RB, Shean K, Jones DW, Conrad MF, Cronenwett JL, Schermerhorn ML. Predictors of postoperative stroke after transfemoral carotid artery stenting. J Vasc Surg. 2025 Oct; 82(4):1275-1287.e4. PMID: 40571067.

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  • Published 4/28/2025

    Feldman ZM, Leya G, Oseran A, Zheng X, Mao J, Sumpio BJ, Srivastava SD, Goodney PP, Conrad MF, Mohapatra A. Increased market competition is associated with lower mortality after complex aortic surgery. J Vasc Surg. 2025 Sep; 82(3):1083-1094.e7. PMID: 40306593.

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Education

  • University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, MD
  • Harvard Medical School, MSc
  • University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, BS

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