Caitlin Hicks MD, MS

@CaitlinWHicks

Director @HopkinsJSCOR, EIC @SeminarVascSurg, Associate Professor @hopkinssurgery, Vascular Surgeon @jhhvascular, Wife, Mother, Traveller Extraordinaire

Baltimore, MD hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/resul… Joined October 2017

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Caitlin Hicks MD, MS @CaitlinWHicks Dec 12, 2023

@AnnieWaldman @Propublica dropped 3 articles highlighting #overuse of #PAD procedures today, and they are alarming. If this isn’t a call to action, I don’t know what is. #WeCanDoBetter @VascularSVS @ACCinTouch @SIRspecialists @OEISociety @CMSGov

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www.propublica.org This Researcher Warned of Unnecessary, Risky Vascular Procedures. She Was Called a “Nazi” and... After Dr. Caitlin Hicks and her team revealed that some doctors appeared to be overusing lucrative vascular procedures, performing them on patients who may not have needed them, they received hostile...

Caitlin Hicks MD, MS @CaitlinWHicks Aug 10

Today we celebrated the life of Dr. Bruce Perler.

Seeing his old doctor’s bag beside his urn was a fitting reminder of who he was- a doctor first, always committed to his patients.

Bruce was one of my mentors, and his influence continues through generations.

Thank you, Bruce.

Caitlin Hicks MD, MS @CaitlinWHicks Jul 23

@DGArmstrong for the win! What a cool concept. #vibecoding #actagainstamputation

SURGERY Journal @SurgJournal Jul 23

Vibe coding a silent crisis:
How conversational artificial intelligence built 3 health advocacy platforms in under a week

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@CaitlinWHicks @SWexner @juliomayol @SyedAAhmad5 @debby_keller @CentralSurg

#SoMe4Surgery

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Caitlin Hicks MD, MS @CaitlinWHicks Jul 13

@yandrewwu is a super star! His win was well deserved. @AlbanyMed @SandraDiBrito @JHUWelchCenter @JHHVascular

VESurgery @VESurgery Jul 11

Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Wu for his Spring Meeting Best Paper Award! "Trends in rivaroxaban use for symptomatic PAD before and after FDA approval" @CaitlinWHicks
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Caitlin Hicks MD, MS @CaitlinWHicks Jun 12

Proud week for the CHICKS Lab 🐥 at #VAM2026.

Multiple presentations, great discussions, new collaborations, and updates on our NIH-funded #WIREDUP trial.

Most importantly, another reminder that developing the next surgeon-scientists is among the most important things we do.