Vice Chair of Research
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Caitlin W. Hicks MD, MS is an Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is the Associate Fellowship Director for the Johns Hopkins Vascular Surgery Fellowship and the Director of Research for the Johns Hopkins Diabetic Foot and Wound Clinic. Dr. Hicks is also the Director of the Johns Hopkins Department of Surgery Center for Outcomes Research, and the Vice Chair of Research for the Johns Hopkins Department of Surgery. Her clinical practice focuses on carotid disease, open and endovascular aortic surgery, and complex limb salvage. Her research interests the epidemiology of lower extremity disease and value-based care in vascular surgery. The overarching goal of her work is to better define patients who will benefit from vascular interventions, and to optimize patient care and improve overall patient outcomes. Dr. Hicks has a K23 research award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to study lower extremity disease in adults with diabetes, an R03 award from NIDDK, and career development grants from the American College of Surgery and the Society for Vascular Surgery. She is also the Principal Investigator (PI) or site PI of 11 ongoing clinical trials related to vascular surgery. Dr. Hicks is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal SURGERY, Editor-in-Chief of Seminars in Vascular Surgery, an Associate Editor of Annals of Vascular Surgery, and serves as editorial board member of the Journal of Vascular Surgery and Annals of Surgery. She has published more than 300 peer-reviewed publications to date, and currently holds an H-index of 49.
Carotid Revascularization: New Innovations
Sunday, September 21, 2025
10:45 AM – 10:53 AM EDT