2021 Intestinal Emergencies in vEDS - Dr. Jessica A. Zagory

This presentation is from the 2021 EDS ECHO Summit: Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (vEDS). vEDS is a genetic connective tissue disorder that causes the blood vessels and organs to be fragile and prone to tearing. The complications of vEDS can be life-threatening and include aneurysm, dissection, and rupture of the arteries and rupture of organs. vEDS may also cause a variety of other symptoms, including extensive bruising and spontaneous pneumothorax. www.ehlers-dan...
Jessica Zagory obtained her MD from Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine. She completed her general surgery internship and residency at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans, a research fellowship at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, and her clinical fellowship in pediatric surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern/Children's Health Dallas. She is an assistant professor of pediatric surgery at LSUHSC and Children's Hospital New Orleans.