Speakers/Faculty

Speakers/Faculty

Course Directors

Joseph V. Lombardi, MD, FACS

Professor and Chief, Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Director, Cooper Aortic Center
Camden, NJ

Joseph J. Ricotta MD, MS, FACS

National Medical Director, Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
Tenet Healthcare Corporation
Professor of Surgery, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Program Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, FL

Program Committee

Ali Azizzadeh, MD

Professor & Director, Division of Vascular Surgery
Vice Chair, Department of Surgery
Associate Director, Smidt Heart Institute
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

James H. Black, III, MD

David Goldfarb Professor of Surgery Professor of Surgery
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Chief & Regional Director, Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy
Baltimore, MD

G. Chad Hughes, MD

Director, Duke Center for Aortic Disease
Surgical Director, Duke Center for Structural Heart Disease
Professor of Surgery, with tenure
Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC

James F. McKinsey, MD

The Mount Sinai Endowed Professor of Vascular Surgery and Interventional Radiology
Vice Chairman Department of Surgery MSW
Systems Chief of Aortic Intervention for Mount Sinai Health Care System
Surgical Director of the Jacobson Aortic Center Mount Sinai Medical System
New York, NY

Darren B. Schneider, MD

Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Faculty

Carlos Bechara, MD, FACS

Co-Medical Director, Vascular Surgery
Program Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship Professor
Loyola University
Maywood, IL

Francis Caputo, MD

Program Director, Vascular Surgery Training Programs
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Neal Cayne, MD

Professor of Surgery
New York University School of Medicine
Director of Endovascular Surgery
New York University Medical Center
New York, NY

Laurent Chiche, MD, FEBVS

Professor of Vascular Surgery, Sorbonne Universités. PARIS
Vascular Surgeon, Pitie-Salpetriere University Hospital
Paris, France

Daniel G. Clair, MD

Professor & Chair, Dept. of Vascular Surgery
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Joseph Coselli, MD, FACS

Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery
Professor, Cullen Foundation Endowed Chair
Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Matthew Eagleton, MD

Chief, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Director, Fireman Vascular Center
Co-Director Thoracic Aortic Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
Robert Linton Professor of Surgery – Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Sharif Ellozy, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY

Anthony Estrera, MD, FACS

Professor and Chair of the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Hazim J. Safi, Distinguished Chair of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
McGovern Medical School @UT Health
Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute
Houston, TX

Javairiah Fatima, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery
Co-Director, Complex Aortic Center at MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Site Director, MedStar Montgomery Medical Center
Washington, DC

Devon Fromer, MD

Cooper University Healthcare
Camden, NJ

Joshua C. Grimm, MD

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Sean P. Lyden, MD

Professor & Chairman, Department of Vascular Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Manish Mehta, MD, MPH

Director, Vascular Health Partners
Community Care Physicians
President & CEO, Center for Vascular Awareness
Latham, NY

Nicolas Mouawad, MD, MPH, MBA, RPVI

McLaren Bay Heart & Vascular
Bay City, MI

Jean M. Panneton, MD

Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship & Integrated Residency Programs
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, VA

Himanshu Patel, MD

Joe D. Morris Collegiate Professor
University of MI Hospitals
Ann Arbor, MI

Timur Sarac, MD

Professor of Surgery
The Ohio State University School of Medicine
Chief, Vascular Surgery, Director of the Aortic Center
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Sherene Shalhub, MD

University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Francesco Squizzato, MD

Assistant Professor in Vascular Surgery
University of Padova
Padova, Italy

Sunita Srivastava MD

Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA

Michael C. Stoner, MD

Professor and Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY

Bruce Tjaden, Jr., MD

Assistant Professor of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Department of Surgery
Cooper University
Camden, NJ

Nikolaos Tsilimparis, MD

Chair, Department of Vascular Surgery
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Hospital
Munich, Germany

Eanas Yassa, MD

Section Chief, Vascular Surgery
Associate Program Director, Integrated Vascular Surgery Residency
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Frederik Meijer Heart and Vascular Institute
Spectrum Health Medical Group
Grand Rapids, MI