Tarik Ali

Tarik Ali, MD serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at Penn State College of Medicine, specializing in Vascular Surgery. He maintains clinical appointments at Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center and Lime Spring Outpatient Center.

His research focuses on vascular surgical outcomes, with particular expertise in endovascular interventions, lower extremity bypass surgery, arteriovenous fistula management, and racial disparities in vascular care. Key research areas include:

• Predictive modeling of surgical outcomes using frailty indices
• Optimization of endovascular aneurysm repair in high-risk populations
• Analysis of hospital readmission predictors following vascular procedures
• Racial variations in anesthesia utilization during aortic surgery

Analysis of his recent publications reveals strong emphasis on real-world clinical outcomes in vascular surgery, with significant contributions to understanding racial disparities in care delivery and developing risk assessment tools for elderly surgical patients. His work bridges clinical practice and health services research.

Dr. Ali completed his medical education at SABA University School of Medicine (2012), followed by General Surgery residency at MedStar-Washington Hospital Center (2014), and Vascular Surgery fellowship at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (2020).