Darwin Eton MD

Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine

5841 S Maryland AveChicago, IL 60637
Phone+1 857-400-4023

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Summary

Professor of Surgery/Vascular Surgery.
Board Certified General and Vascular Surgery.
Distinguished Fellow Society of Vascular Surgery.

Research: Neovascularization using cell therapy to treat Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia. Funded by Cures Within Reach Award 2016.

Education & Training

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical CenterEndovascular Surgery, 1990 - 1991
University of Illinois College of Medicine at ChicagoFellowship, Vascular Surgery, 1989 - 1990
University of Illinois College of MedicineFellowship, Research Vascular Surgery, 1988 - 1989
SSM Health/Saint Louis University School of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 1985 - 1988
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Thoracic Surgery - Independent, 1984 - 1985

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1990 - Present
IL State Medical License 1988 - 2029
UT State Medical License 2019 - 2024
FL State Medical License 2000 - 2023
TN State Medical License 2019 - 2023
VA State Medical License 2019 - 2022
WV State Medical License 2019 - 2022
WI State Medical License 2019 - 2021
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Surgery Vascular Surgery
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Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013-2015
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013-2015
Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2014

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Filgrastim, fibrinolysis, and neovascularization.
Darwin Eton, Guolin Zhou, Tong-Chuan He, Amelia Bartholomew, Rachana Patil
Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. 2022-05-01
1 citations
Endograft design concerns for retrohepatic caval hemorrhage.
Darwin Eton
Journal of Vascular Surgery. Venous and Lymphatic Disorders. 2020-01-01
1 citations
Splenic artery as a conduit to facilitate visceral arterial reconstruction
Darwin Eton, Charles S. Briggs
Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases. 2015-06-01

Journal Articles

Emerging Path Promoting Neovascularization in Chronic Ischemia
Darwin Eton, Journal of Vascular Surgery, 3/2025
Photodynamic Therapy: Cytotoxicity of Aluminum Phthalocyanine on Intimal Hyperplasia.
Eton D, Borhani M. Spero K. Cava RA. Grossweiner L. Ahn SS, Archives of Surgery
Proceedings of the International Society for Optical Engineering.
Eton D, Ahn SS, Baker, J.D., Pensabene J., Yeatman, L.S., Moore, W.S, SPIE

Books/Book Chapters

Vascular Disease: A Multi-Specialty Approach to Diagnosis and Management.
Chapter: Terramani TT Venous and Lymphatic Disease
Page 462 - 476Eton DLandes Bioscience
Seminars in Vascular Surgery.
Chapter: Stent Assisted Vascular Anastomoses
Page 87 - 92Eton DEditors: Robert Rutherford.
Endovascular Surgery.
Chapter: Gene Therapy Using Stents and Stent Grafts
Page 627 - 641Eton D, Yu, HEditors: Samuel S. Ahn, Wesley Moore.WB SaundersEdition 3rd,

Abstracts/Posters

Q-Switch II dye: spectral change in tissue ex-vivo.
Eton D, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
Optimization of culture conditions of human umbilical vein endothelial cells.
Terramani T, Eton D, Vascular Biology Symposia, San Francisco, California
Human endothelial cell culture: Optimization of culture conditions.
Fong Bao, Terramani T, Eton D, NIH & AAMC Research Session

Lectures

Carotid Disease.
Multiple loactions
Aortic Aneurysm.
Los Angeles Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic 1996; Summer Surgical Forum, Los Angeles
Endovascular Approaches to Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.
Kaiser Permanente Surgical Grand Rounds, Los Angeles, CA,1996; W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc