Katherine F. Reigstad, MD

• About
  • Specialties: Surgery Vascular Disease Vascular Surgery

  • Board Certified:
    • American Board of Surgery
    • American Board of Vascular Surgery
    • Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation

  • Gender: Female
  Biography
  My interests include long-distance and trail running, playing piano and clarinet, baking and spending time with family and friends.
  Education
  • College
    Bachelor of Science in Biology, The Master's College, Santa Clarita, CA
  • Medical School
    University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
  • Residency
    General Surgery, Akron City Hospital, Akron, OH
  • Fellowship
    Vascular Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
• Areas Of Interest

  Cerebrovascular

  • Carotid endarterectomy
  • Endovascular and open revascularization of subclavian stenosis

  Aortoiliac occlusive disease

  • Diagnostic arteriography
  • Angioplasty and stenting
  • Aortofemoral bypass
  • Femoral-femoral bypass
  • Axillary femoral bypass

  Mesenteric and renal arterial occlusive disease

  • Diagnostic arteriography
  • Angioplasty and stenting
  • Arterial pharmacolysis
  • Embolectomy/thrombectomy
  • Mesenteric bypass

  Peripheral arterial disease

  • Diagnostic arteriography
  • Angioplasty and stenting
  • Arterial pharmacolysis
  • Embolectomy/thrombectomy
  • Endarterectomy
  • Femoral to popliteal bypass
  • Femoral to tibial/pedal bypass
  • Upper extremity bypass

  Aneurysmal disease

  • Open and endovascular repair abdominal aortic and iliac artery aneurysm
  • Endovascular treatment of endoleaks occurring after endovascular AAA repair
  • Open and endovascular repair popliteal aneurysm
  • Repair of uncommon aneurysms (other upper and lower extremity, carotid, mesenteric)
  • Management of pseudoaneurysms

  Venous disease

  • Radiofrequency ablation
  • Vein stripping and ligation
  • Phlebectomy Inferior vena cava filter placement
  • Thrombectomy
  • Pharmacolysis
  • Diagnostic venography
  • Venoplasty and stenting

  Dialysis access

  • Arteriovenous fistulas and grafts
  • Revision of access (for poor function, thrombosis, infection, aneurysm, ischemia)
  • Endovascular diagnosis and treatment of fistula stenosis
  • Endovascular treatment of central venous stenosis
  • Placement of non-tunneled and tunneled hemodialysis catheters
  • Placement of peritoneal dialysis catheters

  Central access

  • Placement of tunneled central catheter with subcutaneous port (ie, for chemotherapy, long-term IV access)

  Vascular trauma

  • Treatment of traumatic vascular injuries involving the neck, abdomen, and extremities
  • Extremity fasciotomy
  • Diagnostic and therapeutic arteriography for abdominal, pelvic, and extremity trauma, including splenic embolization
  • Treatment of iatrogenic arterial and venous injuries involving the neck, abdomen, and extremities

  General surgical

  • Open and laparoscopic cholecystectomy
  • Open inguinal, ventral, and umbilical hernia repair
  • Open and laparoscopic appendectomy
  • Open and laparoscopic colectomy
  • Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement
  • Tracheostomy placement
  • Lymph node biopsy
  • Lipoma excision
• Professional Memberships
  • Society for Vascular Surgery