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Information Seminar:
February 29, Wednesay, 6:00 pm
The next Information Seminar is going to take place at the Courtyard Boston Woburn/Boston North Hotel.

Support Group
The next Support Group Meeting will be held on March 27, Tuesday at 7:30 pm.
CurrentNews:
Vein Center
The
CSA Vein Center is happy to offer state-of-the art minimally invasive services
to anyone with vein problems.
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Hospital Affiliations
and Appointments
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Attending Surgeon
Winchester Hospital
Attending Surgeon
Melrose-Wakefield Hospital
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
Attending Surgeon
Academic Pursuits
Dr. Chang has published numerous articles and chapters in the field of vascular surgery. She has presented her clinical research at local, regional and national meetings. She is involved in the education of medical students and training of surgical and family medicine residents from Tufts University.
Medical Society Affiliations
Massachusetts Medical Society
Middlesex East Medical Society
Eastern Vascular Society
Society of Vascuar Surgery
International Society of Vascular Surgery
Background
Jeanette K. Chang, M.D., was born in Washington, DC, and raised in
Allentown, PA. She graduated with Honors from Brown University in
Providence, RI.
She obtained her medical degree at Tufts University in Boston, MA, and
remained at Tufts/New England Medical Center Hospitals for her residency in
General Surgery. As chief resident, she received the Oliver Smith
Award, for “excellence, compassion, and service; for extraordinary
service and caring,” and the Ralph Deterling Award, “for the
strongest clinical performance by a senior resident, including the most
consistent quality of care, best bedside manner, and greatest kindness shown
towards his or her patients.”
Subsequently, Dr. Chang was a fellow in vascular surgery at Pennsylvania
Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, where she underwent additional training in
open surgical and endovascular techniques. During her fellowship, Dr.
Chang was involved in clinical research and presented her work at numerous
local, regional and national meetings.
As a diplomate of the American Board of Surgery, Dr. Chang is board
certified in both General Surgery and Vascular Surgery. Dr. Chang joined
Commonwealth Surgical Associates in 2002.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Chang specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of vascular disease,
both arterial and venous. Her therapeutic repertoire includes carotid artery
surgery for the treatment and/or prevention of stroke; repair of abdominal
aortic aneurysm, both with the traditional open surgical approach and the
less-invasive endovascular technique; lower extremity revascularization
using a combination of angioplasty/stents and bypass surgery; dialysis
access for patients with kidney failure; and numerous treatments for
varicose and spider veins, including radiofrequency ablation (the VNUS
procedure), phlebectomy, and sclerotherapy. She also treats patients
with chronic edema and wounds secondary to lymphedema and other vascular
pathology.
Upon her arrival at Commonwealth Surgical Associates, Dr. Chang
introduced endovascular surgery to the practice, broadening the scope of
procedures offered. Catheter-based techniques have made it possible to
take a less invasive approach to treating conditions that in the past could
only be addressed with surgery. She has performed the first
endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in a community hospital in
this area.
She is also interested in using ultrasonography, a non-invasive imaging modality, in the screening for and surveillance of vascular disease. Dr. Chang is an interpreting physician at the vascular labs of Winchester Hospital, Lawrence Memorial Hospital, and Mystic Cardiology Associates. Commonwealth Surgical Associates also has a vascular lab on site.






