Dr. Kenton Rommens
Positions
Clinical Associate Professor
Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Surgery | Vascular Surgery
Member
Libin Cardiovascular Institute
Contact information
Phone number
Office: 403-943-2523
Location
Peter Lougheed Centre: East Wing, 5th Floor
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Background
Credentials
Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 2016
Educational Background
B.Sc. (Honours) Biochemistry, University of Calgary, 2007
MD Medicine, University of Alberta, 2011
FRCSC General Surgery, University of Calgary, 2016
FRCSC Vascular Surgery, University of Calgary, 2018
Advanced Aortic Surgery and Structural Heart Disease Fellowship University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 2019
Biography
Dr. Kenton Rommens obtained his MD at the University of Alberta and completed his General Surgery and Vascular Surgery training at the University of Calgary. He then completed an Advanced Thoracic Aortic Surgery and Structural Heart fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. His practice focuses on open thoracoabdominal aortic repair as well as endovascular repair of the aortic arch. He returned to Calgary with the Division of Vascular Surgery in November 2019 as a Clinical Associate Professor and is part of the multidisciplinary Calgary Aortic Program. He also serves as the University of Calgary Vascular Surgery residency program director and the Libin Cardiovascular Institute's Advanced Aortic Surgery fellowship co-director. He is the Director of the Office of Surgical Quality for the Department of Surgery. He serves nationally and internationally on the Royal College Vascular Surgery Specialty Committee, and the Society for Vascular Surgery Document Oversight and IT Committees. He is a former member of the Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery Executive Committee.
Awards
- HELIOS Scholarship, University of Calgary. 2018
- Outstanding Contribution of a New Faculty, Department of Surgery, University of Calgary. 2022
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