Dr. Arthur Palamara joined the staff of Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute in 2012 after practicing vascular surgery in Hollywood for 33 years. His extensive experience includes more than 1,500 carotid endarterectomies and nearly 1,500 open and endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repairs. He has placed 1,000 pacemakers, performed thousands of shunt procedures for dialysis and is an expert in complex leg vascular reconstructions.

Dr. Palamara completed a cardiovascular fellowship at Baylor Methodist Hospital in Houston. He is past president of the South Florida Society of Vascular Surgery, the Florida Vascular Society and the Broward County Medical Association. He was vice president of the Florida Medical Association and is a Florida delegate to the American Medical Association. Dr. Palamara serves as a voluntary Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Miami since 1998. He taught surgical residents with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine from 1998 until the program ended in 2010.

Related Medical Services

• Vascular Surgery

Hospital Affiliations

• Memorial Hospital Pembroke
• Memorial Regional Hospital

Gender

• Male

Languages

• Italian

Education

Universita Di Roma, 1971

Internships

Harlem Hospital Center, 1973, Surgery
Suburban Hospital, 1972

Residency

St Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital Center, 1974, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
St Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital Center, 1978, Surgery

Fellowships

Baylor College Of Medicine, Methodist Hospital, 1979, Vascular Surgery

Certifications

American Board of Surgery-Surgery

Publications

• View Dr. Arthur Palamara's publications on PubMed

Professional Organizations

• Society for Vascular Surgery
• American College of Surgeons
• American College of Surgeons, South Florida Chapter
• Florida Medical Association
• Florida Vascular Society
• South Florida Society for Vascular Surgery
• American Medical Association

Presentations

• “Complications of Dabigatran (Pradaxa),” Florida Vascular Society, 2011

Awards

• One of the Six Best Vascular Surgeons in South Florida, Miami Metro Magazine
• Apollo Leadership Award, Palm Beach Medical Society
• America’s Top Physicians, Consumers’ Research Council of America
• President’s Recognition Award, Florida Medical Association
• First Annual Lifetime Achievement Award, Florida Medical Business
• First Annual Skip Bechert Leadership Award, Broward County Medical Association
• Certificate of Appreciation, Florida Medical Association
• Certificate of Excellence, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital
• South Florida Super Doctors
• Patient Care Award, Memorial Regional Hospital