Devin Zarkowsky MDSpecial to Valley NewsWhen asked by the surgery department chair as a medical student why I wanted to treat vascular patients, my response was to be useful, useful to people with a challenging systemic disease that often results in stroke, amputation, and death. Often, wounds that haven’t healed for months on a foot or a hand, or persistent leg pain provoked by walking or simply laying in bed are subtle indicators that Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD), a vascular health challenge affecting many in our community, is present.Allow me to relate one person’s recent medical journey. A gentleman in his 70’s was referred by his podiatrist. Wounds on his foot associated with a previous surgery had not healed for 5 months; his care team noted similar wounds at l
