Medical School:

• University of Michigan, 1982

Residency:

• University of Iowa

Fellowship:

• University of Iowa-Vascular

Certification:

• American Board of Surgery
• Added Qualifications in Vascular Surgery

Professional Affiliations:

• American Medical Association
• Michigan State Medical Society
• American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
• Association for Academic Surgery
• American College of Angiology
• American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery
• Laser Institute of America
• Iowa Medical Society
• Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society
• Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
• Association for Surgical Education
• Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society
• American College of Surgeons (Fellow)
• Association of Program Directors in Surgery
• The International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery
• International Society for Endovascular Surgery

Honors, awards, recognitions, outstanding achievements:

• 1975 Alvin M Bentley Foundation Scholarship
• 1977 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
• 1981 Alpha Omega Alpha
• 1983 Resident Teacher of the Year
• 1987 Resident Teacher of the Year
• 1989 St Clair County Community College Distinguished Alumnus Award
• 1992 Staff of the Year Award, Research Day, Department of Surgery
• 2000 M3 Teacher of the Year Award (February 26, 2000)
• 2000 Medical Student "Teacher of the Year" Award, Department of Surgery

Research Interests:

• Interest Endovascular surgery
• Angioscopy Surveillance after endovascular procedures
• Recurrent stenosis after arterial reconstruction
• Vessel wall biology and gene transfer

Current projects:

• Long-term follow-up and patient satisfaction after thoracic outlet decompression
• Studies of recurrent stenosis after endovascular procedures
• Development of an endovascular surgery service
• Gene transfer to human blood vessels
• Reactive oxygen species in aneurysms

Selected Recent Publications:
Peer Reviewed Papers:

• T F Kresowik, J J Hoballah, W J Sharp and J D Corson: Cardiac screening tests prior to lower extremity revascularization: Routine versus selective application. Sem Vasc Surg, 10:55-60, 1997.
• C Jacobovicz, C R Mohan, J J Hoballah, T F Kresowik, W J Sharp and J D Corson: Aneurysmal changes in an insitu saphenous vein bypass - A case report. Vasc Surg, 31:171-174, 1997.
• J J Hoballah, M N Nazzal, S M Ryan, M Martinasevic, C Jacobovicz, N Rossley, B Blecha, W J Sharp, T F Kresowik and J D Corson: Is color duplex surveillance of infrainguinal polytetrafluoroethylene grafts worthwhile? Am J Surg 174:131-135, 1997.
• M M S Nazzal, J J Hoballah, E V Miller, W J Sharp, T F Kresowik and J D Corson: Renal hilar Doppler analysis is of value in the management of patients with renovascular disease. Am J Surg 174:164-168, 1997.
• C R Mohan, W J Sharp, J J Hoballah, T Boeve, T F Kresowik and J D Corson: Patient selection for nonoperative management of popliteal artery injuries. Vasc Surg, 31:509-514, 1997.
• T C Hallstrom, D J Katzmann, Rodrigo J Torres, W J Sharp and W S Moye-Rowley: Regulation of transcription factor PDR1p function by an Hsp70 protein in Saccharamyces cerevisiae. Moll Cell Biol 18:1147-1155, 1998.
• M D Widmann, A DeLucia, W J Sharp and W E Richenbacher: Reversal of renal failure and paraplegia after thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair. Ann Thorac Surg 65:1153-1155, 1998.
• J J Hoballah, M M Nazzal, C Jacobovicz, W J Sharp, T F Kresowik and J D Corson. Entering the ninth decade is not a contraindication for carotid endarterectomy. Angiology,49:275-278, 1998.
• M M Nazzal, J J Hoballah, C Jacobovicz, C R Mohan, M Martinasevic, S M Ryan, W J Sharp, T F Kresowik and J D Corson. A comparative evaluation of femorofemoral crossover bypass and iliofemoral bypass for unilateral iliac artery occlusive disease. Angiology, 49:259-265, 1998.
• W J Sharp, L Nowak, J J Hoballah, Michael T. Napierkowski, Tanveer Zamani, and J D Corson. Chronic acquired arteriovenous fistula associated with nonhealing ulceration of the foot. Vasc Surg, 33:649-653, 1999.
• W J Sharp, L Nowak, J J Hoballah, T F Kresowik, and J D Corson. Femoroaxillary bypass for cerebral ischemia: A Case report. Vasc Surg 34:189-192, 2000.
• R M Young, W J Sharp, A D Sandler, J J Hoballah, and J D Corson. Subhepatic inferior vena cava resection with left renal vein reimplantation to a large ascending lumbar collateral: A case report. Vasc Surg, 34:543-546, 2000.
• J J Hoballah, R M Young, W J Sharp, T F Kresowik, B A Ballinger, and J D Corson. Bilateral renal revascularization using the celiac artery as an inflow. Vasc Surg, 34:447-450, 2000.
• R M Young, J J Hoballah, W J Sharp, and J D Corson. Repair of a traumatic pseudoaneurysm of a thoracofemoral bypass. Vasc Surg 34:527-529, 2000.
• J J Hoballah, G M Eid, M M Nazzal, W J Sharp, and J D Corson. Contralateral internal jugular vein interposition for salvage of a functioning arteriovenous fistula. Ann Vasc Surg, n press.
• W J Sharp, L R Nowak, T Zamani, T F Kresowik, J J Hoballah, B A Ballinger, J D Corson. Long-term follow-up and patient satisfaction after surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome. Ann Vasc Surg, 15:32-36, 2001.
• F J Miller Jr, W J Sharp, X Fang, L W Oberley, T D Oberley and N L Weintraub: Oxidative stress is enhanced in human abdominal aortic aneurysms: A potential mediator of aneurysmal dilatation. Athersclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, in press. (May 2002)
• W J Sharp, R M Young, D A Epstein, J J Hoballah, T F Kresowik, B A Ballinger, T Zamani, and J D Corson: A twelve-year experience using an open technique (Mills retrograde valvulotome) for lower extremity in-situ saphenous vein bypass (Submitted to J Vasc Surg).

Chapters:

• J D Corson, C R Mohan, J J Hoballah, W J Sharp and T F Kresowik: Atherosclerosis and risk factor modification: Does it really make a difference? chapter in F J Veith (ed): Current Critical Problems in Vascular Surgery, Vol 8, St. Louis, Quality Medical Publishers, Inc., 1997, pp. 259-270.
• J D Corson, J J Hoballah, W J Sharp and T F Kresowik: Amputations of the Foot and Toes. Chapter in J S T Yao and W H Pearce (eds): Techniques in Vascular And Endovascular Surgery, Stamford, Connecticut, Appleton & Lange, 1998, pp. 281-295.
• J D Corson, R T A Chalmers, J J Hoballah, C R Mohan, W J Sharp and T F Kresowik: Aneurysms of the brachiocephalic arteries as a source of brain embolization. Chapter in J Chang (ed), Textbook in Angiology, Springer-Verlag, in press. 2000, pp. 599-607.
• M M Nazzal, T F Kresowik, J J Hoballah, W J Sharp, B B Ballinger, and J D Corson: Preoperative cardiac risk evaluation and management in patients with vascular disease: The surgeon's perspective. Chapter in J Chang (ed), Textbook in Angiology, Springer-Verlag, 2000, pp. 802-814.
• W J Sharp: Recurrent carotid artery stenosis-risk factors, prevention, and treatment. Chapter in C M Loftus and T F Kresowik (eds): Textbook of Carotid Artery Surgery, Thieme Publishing, New York, New York, 2000, pp. 501-508.
• B A Ballinger and W J Sharp: Asymptomatic carotid artery disease and coronary artery bypass grafting. Chapter in J D Corson and R C N Williamson (eds): Surgery, Harcourt/Mosby, London, 2001, Section 7:34.4, 2001.
• J D Corson, D A Epstein, B A Ballinger, J J Hoballah, T F Kresowik, W J Sharp: Preferred technique for insitu saphenous vein bypass, chapter in Advances in Vascular Surgery, Parmentier Publishing Services, Evanston, Illinois, 2001, p. 233-260.