Defining Urban Vascular Deserts to Improve Access to Care for Disadvantaged Populations

Map from “Defining Urban Vascular Deserts to Improve Access to Care for Disadvantaged Populations,” published in JVS–Vascular Insights, the latest companion journal in the JVS portfolio, March 30, 2026

Kathryn DiLosa, MD, MPH^a Send email to klamb3@lsuhsc.edu ∙ Maria Tiu, BS, MS^b ∙ Guistinna Tun, BS^c ∙ Manreet Dosanjh, BS^b ∙ Clara M. Gomez-Sanchez, MD^c ∙ Molly M. McCabe, BS^d ∙ Isabel Bjork, JD, MSc^d ∙ Misty D. Humphries, MD, MSc^e ∙ Leigh Ann O'Banion, MD

a - Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA

b - Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco- Fresno Branch Campus, Fresno, CA

c - Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

d - Foundation to Advance Vascular Cures, Redwood City, CA

e - Division of Vascular Surgery, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA