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WHEN IBR AHIM EID, MD, FOUNDED THE PRIMA CARE CENTER FOR VA SCUL AR DISE A SES IN 2002, HE DID SO WITH T WO OVERRIDING PHILOSOPHIES. ONE WA S A PA SSION FOR PROVIDING SOUTH COA ST RESIDENTS WITH ACCESS TO CUT TING•EDGE VA SCUL AR MEDICINE RIGHT IN THEIR OWN COMMUNIT Y. THE OTHER WA S THE FIRM BELIEF THAT EDUCATING AND EMPOWERING PATIENTS LE ADS TO BE T TER COMPLIANCE AND SUPERIOR OUTCOMES. T R A IN E D IN IN T E R N A L me d ici ne, genera l a nd va scu la r surger y a s wel l as a Fellow of the A merica n College of Surgeons, Dr. Eid has been a n innova- tive force advocating patient education a nd sha red decision-ma king for over a decade. Dr. Eid and fellow Prima CA R E surgeons Rajendra Patel, MD, and Elias A rbid, MD, a re boa rd-cer tif ied in gen- eral and vascular surgery and have years of ex per ience treating patients w it h vascula r diseases, using both surg ica l a nd nonsu rg ica l i nter ventions. The center's tea m a lso includes physicia n a ssi s t a nt s, nu rse pra c t it ioners a nd i nt en sive ca re -level nu r si n g , a lon g with specia lized sta ff in radiolog y a nd noninvasive vascula r testing. Now, w it h t he f i r s t of f ic e -ba s e d e n d o v a s c u l a r s u i t e i n t h e a r e a , patients requiring adva nced surg ica l inter ventions ca n choose to have their procedures performed in a non-hospita l setting specif ica lly desig ned with the latest technolog y a nd patient sa fet y, comfor t a nd convenience in mind. " T h e e n do v a s c u l a r s u it e le t s u s del iver ca re i n a more persona l i zed ma nner," Dr. Patel says. " This is some- thing outside of the hospita l, which in Patient Advocacy at The Prima CARE Center for Vascular Diseases Offering the Latest Surgical and Nonsurgical Treatments and Empowering Patients Through Education BY K AREN ELLERYJONES The team at Prima CARE Center for Vascular Diseases includes (L–R) Kate Szal, NP, Ibrahim Eid, MD, Elias Arbid, MD, Sarah Rogers, RT, and Rajendra Patel, MD. 0 6 ❱❱❱❱❱ C O V E R S T O R Y