Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
Director, Vascular Ultrasound Lab
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
718-270-1035 (Phone) 718-270-2762 (Fax)
traftery@downstate.edu
450 Clarkson Avenue, 5th Floor, Room A5-438-B
Brooklyn, NY 11203
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Dr. Raftery was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and matriculated at Brown University and subsequently New York Medical College. After serving in the US Army Medical Corps, he received general and vascular surgical training in St. Clare’s Hospital in New York under Dr. John Madden. He has served as Chief of Vascular Surgery at the Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens, North Shore and Forest Hills Hospitals, and has directed three vascular laboratories. Recruited by Dr. Alfonso at Long Island College Hospital, in 2002, he has been an attending in Vascular Surgery and Interim Chief of Vascular until recently. Aside from being a gifted surgeon, Dr. Raftery has served as the president of the Brooklyn Long Island Chapter of the Medical College Surgeons and as a Governor of the American College of Surgeons. His interests are in vascular ultrasound and lower extremity arterial revascularization. |