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Vascular disease — narrowed or blocked arteries, aneurysms, peripheral arterial disease, carotid artery disease, deep vein thrombosis — develops slowly and often shows up first as foot pain, leg cramps, slow-healing wounds, or sudden weakness. For patients diagnosed with vascular disease, the choice of vascular specialist matters: outcomes correlate with how often the surgeon performs the procedure, the hospital’s complication rates, and whether the broader medical team can coordinate care across the specialties vascular patients typically need.
USC Vascular Surgery at the Pasadena location is one of 20+ specialty services offered at the Keck Medicine of USC multidisciplinary clinic at 625 S. Fair Oaks Avenue, Suite 400, in Pasadena. The location is a consultative and outpatient specialty clinic licensed under Keck Hospital of USC — the 343-bed academic acute care hospital that anchors USC’s health system in Southern California.
Location Snapshot
| Detail | Value |
| Address | 625 S. Fair Oaks Ave., Suite 400, Pasadena, CA 91105 |
| County | Los Angeles |
| Office Phone | (626) 568-1622 |
| Customer Service | (855) 532-5729 |
| Hours | Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Closed | Saturday and Sunday |
| Telehealth | Available |
| Parent Health System | Keck Medicine of USC |
| Licensed Under | Keck Hospital of USC |
| Building Tenants | Multidisciplinary clinic + USC Roski Eye Institute |
What Is the USC Vascular Surgery Pasadena Location?
The Pasadena location is a multidisciplinary specialty clinic — not a vascular-only practice, and not a hospital. Suite 400 houses two distinct Keck Medicine of USC practices in one building:
- Multidisciplinary clinic (south lobby building, Suite 400) — vascular surgery plus 20+ other specialties
- USC Roski Eye Institute — comprehensive ophthalmology and eye disease treatment
The Pasadena location handles consultations, outpatient diagnostic workup, follow-up appointments, and select outpatient procedures. Major vascular surgical procedures requiring inpatient care — open aortic repair, complex endovascular procedures, multi-day recovery — are typically performed at Keck Hospital of USC on the main Health Sciences Campus in Los Angeles, where the Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy has its operating rooms and inpatient facilities.
The multidisciplinary nature is unusual for community-based specialty offices and reflects the academic-medicine model: rather than each specialty operating a separate clinic, Keck Medicine concentrates 20+ specialties under one roof so patients with complex conditions can see multiple specialists in coordinated visits.
How Is This Location Connected to Keck Hospital of USC and the Vascular Division?
The Pasadena location is licensed under Keck Hospital of USC — a 343-bed acute care teaching hospital of the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, founded in 1991. The hospital is located on the USC Health Sciences Campus east of Downtown Los Angeles, and operates as the flagship academic medical center of the broader Keck Medical Center system.
The USC Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy was established in 1995 with two dedicated vascular surgery faculty and has grown to twelve faculty providing vascular and podiatric surgical services at six hospitals across the greater Los Angeles area. The Division operates two beacon programs:
- USC Comprehensive Aortic Center — for complex aortic conditions including aneurysm, dissection, and trauma
- USC Limb Preservation Center — part of the Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA), focused on saving limbs in patients with severe peripheral arterial disease and diabetic foot complications
The Keck Medical Center of USC operates an ICAVL-accredited noninvasive vascular laboratory directed by USC vascular surgery faculty.
Hospital credentials that matter for vascular surgery patients:
- 2025 top performer by Vizient, Inc. — placing Keck Hospital among the top 12 hospitals in the country for excellence in delivering high-quality care
- Keck Hospital has earned 12 “A” grades since 2019 from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit focused on patient safety
- Spring 2026 “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group (both Keck Hospital and USC Verdugo Hills Hospital earned this grade)
- Five stars on the CMS 2026 quality star rating report — the highest rating possible from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Keck Hospital ranked 18th-best hospital in the United States in 2019 by U.S. News & World Report, 5th on the West Coast
The broader Keck Medical Center of USC includes Keck Hospital plus USC Norris Cancer Hospital (60-bed), USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (158-bed community hospital), and USC Arcadia Hospital (348-licensed-bed community hospital serving the San Gabriel Valley).
For vascular surgery patients, these credentials matter because complex procedures carry higher complication rates at lower-volume hospitals. Keck Hospital’s academic status, vascular division research depth, and quality ratings position it among the top vascular-surgery centers in Southern California.
What Vascular Conditions Are Commonly Treated?
Vascular surgeons treat conditions affecting arteries, veins, and lymphatic systems throughout the body — excluding the heart (cardiology) and brain (neurology/neurosurgery). The most common vascular conditions managed include:
Arterial conditions
- Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) — narrowing of arteries supplying the legs, causing pain when walking, slow-healing wounds, or limb-threatening ischemia
- Carotid Artery Disease — narrowing of neck arteries supplying the brain, raising stroke risk
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) — bulging of the aorta in the abdomen, which can be fatal if it ruptures
- Iliac Aneurysm and Peripheral Arterial Aneurysm — bulges in pelvic or limb arteries
- Aortic Dissection — tear in the inner wall of the aorta
- Cerebrovascular Disease — arterial conditions affecting brain blood supply
Venous conditions
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) — blood clots in deep veins, primarily in the legs
- Venous Insufficiency — failing one-way valves in leg veins, causing swelling and skin changes
- Varicose Veins — visibly enlarged, twisted surface veins
USC Vascular Division research areas of particular faculty interest include
- Limb salvage
- Advanced endovascular aortic repair
- Aortic dissection
- Vascular trauma
- Treatment of mycotic aneurysms
- TCAR (transcarotid artery revascularization)
- Complex hemodialysis access management
- Angiosome-based lower extremity revascularization
What Other Specialty Services Are at This Location?
The Suite 400 multidisciplinary clinic offers 21+ specialty services beyond vascular surgery:
- Bariatric medicine and surgery
- Cardiac surgery
- Cardiology
- Cerebrovascular services
- Clinical nutrition / Registered dietitian services
- Clinical psychology
- Colorectal surgery
- Dermatology
- Endocrinology
- Family medicine
- General surgery
- Geriatrics
- Hematology
- Hepatobiliary surgery / Hepatology
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Occupational therapy
- Oncology
- Plastic surgery
- Primary care
- Podiatry
- Rheumatology
- Social services / Social worker
- Thoracic surgery
- Urology
Suite 400 also houses the USC Roski Eye Institute, offering cataract surgery, refractive surgery, treatment for corneal and external diseases, glaucoma, macular degeneration, retina and vitreous diseases, and general medical eye exams.
For vascular patients with comorbid conditions (diabetes, hypertension, kidney disease, obesity, smoking-related lung disease), the multidisciplinary clinic structure means many follow-up appointments can be coordinated at one location rather than scattered across multiple offices.
How Do You Schedule an Appointment?
The Pasadena location office phone is (626) 568-1622. For general Keck Medicine of USC appointment requests across all locations, the system-wide line is (800) USC-CARE (872-2273). Telehealth appointments are available for patients who prefer or require virtual consultation.
For early-arrival accessibility assistance entering or exiting the facility, patients can call (626) 696-2198 to have a staff member meet them at the door.
What Insurance and Parking Information Should You Know?
Keck Medicine of USC accepts most major insurance plans. For insurance verification specific to a procedure or specialist, patients can call the Keck Medicine insurance line at (818) 952-4730. For billing questions, the Customer Service Department is (855) 532-5729, and online bill pay is available at pay.keckmedicine.org.
A parking structure is located on the premises of the multidisciplinary location. Parking rates are $1.50 every 15 minutes, up to a $12 per day maximum — typical urban Pasadena hospital parking rates.
When Should You Choose Home-Based Care Instead?
USC Vascular Surgery handles the diagnostic workup, surgical procedures, and post-procedure follow-up that require specialist expertise and procedure-room equipment. But not every aspect of vascular care needs a clinic visit. For routine monitoring, medication management, blood pressure tracking, wound care follow-up between specialist visits, and management of common comorbid conditions (diabetes, hypertension), home-based primary care can provide essential continuity.
Doctor2me physicians visit at the patient’s home for these routine touchpoints — keeping the patient on track between vascular surgery visits without requiring the energy and logistics of repeated clinic trips. For older patients with mobility limitations from peripheral artery disease, post-surgical recovery, or non-healing wounds, home-based physician visits can fill the gap that pure specialty practices don’t address.
What About Podiatry for Vascular Disease Patients?
Vascular disease and foot health are intimately connected. Peripheral artery disease often shows up first as foot pain, slow-healing wounds, or skin changes; diabetic neuropathy combined with poor circulation creates the conditions for diabetic foot ulcers and amputation risk. Podiatrists are often the first healthcare providers to identify vascular disease — they see the feet that betray circulation problems before the patient experiences obvious systemic symptoms. Notably, the USC Vascular Division itself provides combined vascular and podiatric surgical services across its six greater-LA hospitals — a structural recognition of how interconnected these specialties are for patients with PAD and diabetic complications.
Dr. Arkady Kaplansky, DPM is a podiatrist in the Doctor2me network serving Los Angeles County, with offices at 7260 W Sunset Blvd, Suite 207, in Los Angeles. Dr. Kaplansky has been in private practice since 1994 — over 30 years of foot and ankle specialty experience — and is affiliated with Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center.
For patients with vascular disease, Dr. Kaplansky’s relevant specialties include:
- Diabetic foot care — preventive monitoring, ulcer prevention, education on protecting feet against the combined risks of neuropathy and poor circulation
- Wound care — treating slow-healing foot wounds that often arise from peripheral artery disease and diabetic complications
- Remy Class IV laser treatment — for chronic foot/ankle pain, plantar warts, and toenail fungus
- Onyfix — non-surgical pain-free nail correction for ingrown toenails (common complication for diabetic patients)
- DPMx injections — targeted pain relief for chronic foot pain
- Minimally invasive and endoscopic foot surgery — for cases requiring surgical correction
The practice accepts a variety of HMOs, PPOs, and other health plans. Dr. Kaplansky speaks Russian and English, which can be useful for Pasadena families with Russian-speaking elderly relatives. The practice phone is (323) 876-3668, and the practice operates Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
For USC Vascular Surgery patients managing diabetes and peripheral artery disease together, having a coordinating podiatrist provides essential clinical observation between specialist visits — and may catch developing problems before they require vascular intervention.
What About Financial Help During Major Medical Transitions?
Major vascular procedures — open aortic aneurysm repair, peripheral bypass surgery, carotid endarterectomy — sometimes precipitate functional decline that forces difficult family decisions: whether the senior can return home, whether the home requires modifications, or whether the time has come to transition to assisted living. When the answer requires accessing home equity to fund care, families face logistical and financial complexity that medical providers can’t help with.
Senior Home Transitional Services (SHTS) is a California-licensed senior transition company in the Doctor2me network. The tagline — “Funding Care. Easing Transitions. Honoring Every Senior’s Next Chapter” — reflects the core focus on financial logistics of senior life transitions. SHTS holds CA DRE License #01935760 (real estate) and NMLS License #1065145 (mortgage), meaning the company is licensed to operate across California in both the real estate and mortgage areas that senior transitions typically involve.
Three core services help bridge the financial gap during transition:
- Bridge Loans for Seniors — short-term loans that let a senior move into assisted living, memory care, or with family before their longtime home is sold. The loan is repaid when the home sells, so families don’t have to choose between waiting for a sale and accessing care immediately.
- Real Estate Solutions — guidance on selling the home, either to a direct buyer (faster, fewer contingencies, sometimes lower price) or through a traditional realtor process (potentially higher price, longer timeline). SHTS works with families to match the sale approach to the urgency of the transition.
For Pasadena families navigating both a medical decision (recovery and care needs after vascular procedure) and a financial decision (how to fund what comes next), having a senior-specialized financial partner can make the difference between a rushed move and a planned transition.
Where Is the Pasadena Location?
The USC Vascular Surgery Pasadena location is at 625 S. Fair Oaks Avenue, Suite 400, in central Pasadena — within the medical corridor of South Fair Oaks Avenue that also includes several other Pasadena specialty practices and surgery centers.
The location operates Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and is closed on weekends. For non-routine medical emergencies outside business hours, patients should call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room — for Pasadena residents, the nearest 24-hour ER options include Huntington Hospital and the broader Keck Medicine of USC network at Keck Hospital in Los Angeles.
For tour scheduling, appointment requests, and questions about specific physicians, the office phone is (626) 568-1622.
