Course Directors & Faculty

Course Directors and Program Committee

 

Matthew Eagleton, MD

Boston, MA

Matthew Eagleton, MD

Boston, MA

Chief, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Co-Director, Fireman Vascular Center, Massachusetts General Hospital

Mark Farber, MD

Chapel Hill, NC

Mark Farber, MD

Chapel Hill, NC

Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery Program Director of the Vascular Surgery Fellowship Professor of Surgery

Manju Kalra, MBBS

Rochester, MN

Manju Kalra, MBBS

Rochester, MN

Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery Mayo Clinic

Gustavo S Oderich, MD, FACS

Houston, TX

Gustavo S Oderich, MD, FACS

Houston, TX

Professor and Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy, Director, Center for Aortic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine

Luis Sanchez MD, FACS

St Louis, MO

Luis Sanchez MD, FACS

St Louis, MO

Vascular Surgery, Endovascular Treatment and Surgery, Cardiovascular Disease

Benjamin W. Starnes, MD,FACS

Seattle, WA

Benjamin W. Starnes, MD,FACS

Seattle, WA

Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Washington

Frank Veith MD

Frank Veith, MD

New York, NY

Frank Veith, MD

New York, NY

Professor of Surgery at Cleveland Clinic, New York University Medical Center

Invited Faculty *2026 Faculty is displayed for reference, please check back for 2027 updates.

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Dean Arnaoutakis, MD
Tampa, FL

Associate Professor of Surgery, University of South Florida

Carlos Bechara, MD, FACS
Broadview, IL

Chief of Vascular Surgery, Rush University Medical Center

Xavier Berard, MD
Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Professor of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Pellegrin Hospital, University Hospital Center (CHU) of Bordeaux, France

Colin Bicknell, MD
London, England, United Kingdom

Professor of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery & Cancer - Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London

Neal S. Cayne, MD
New York, NY

Vascular Surgeon, NYU Langone

Joseph Coselli, MD, FACS
Houston, TX

Professor and Executive Vice Chair, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine

Nuno Dias, MD, PhD
Malmö, Sweden

Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University; Senior Consultant, Vascular Center Malmö, Skåne University Hospital

Eric Ducasse, MD, PhD
Bordeaux, France

Professor of Vascular Surgery Head of Unit of Vascular Surgery, Pellegrin Hospital, University Hospital Center (CHU) of Bordeaux, France

Yazan Duwayri, MD
Atlanta, Georgia

Professor and Chief, Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, co-Director Emory Aortic Center, Emory Healthcare

Anthony Estrera, MD, FACS
Houston, TX

Professor and Chair, Dept of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery, McGovern Medical School; Chief - Cardiac Surgery Memorial Hermann Hospital

Andres Fajardo, MD
Indianapolis, IN

Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine

Marcelo Ferreira, MD
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Director of Surgical and Endovascular Program, SITE - Serviço Integrado de Técnicas Endovasculares

Sukgu Han, MD
Los Angeles, CA

Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy Program Director, Co-director, Comprehensive Aortic Center, Keck Medical Center

Stephan Haulon, MD
Paris, France

Head of Aortic Center and Vascular Surgery, Hopital Marie Lannelongue, Paris, FR

Jade S. Hiramoto, MD
San Francisco, CA

Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of California, San Francisco

Andrew Hoel, MD
Chicago, IL

Associate Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

William D. Jordan, MD
Atlanta, GA

Chair, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Georgia at Agusta Unviversity

Puja Kachroo, MD
St. Louis, MO

Associate Professor of Surgery, Section of Cardiac Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Co-director, Aortic Center, WashU Medicine

Tilo Kölbel, MD
Hamburg, Germany

Director, Vascular Medicine, University Heart & Vascular Center Hamburg

Panos Kougias, MD, MSc, FACS
Brooklyn, NY

Professor of Surgery, Chair, Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Bradley G. Leshnower, MD
Atlanta, GA

Director of Thoracic Aortic Surgery, Professor of Surgery (Cardiothoracic), Emory University School of Medicine

Alan B. Lumsden, MD
Houston, TX

Medical Director, Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, The Methodist Hospital

Thanila A. Macedo, MD
Houston, TX

Professor, Radiology, Director of Vascular Imaging, Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine

Tara Mastracci, MD, FACS
London, England, United Kingdom

Complex Aortic Endovascular Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust

Steven Maximus, MD
Houston, TX

Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine

Barend Mees, MD
Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands

Vascular Surgeon, Professor of Vascular Repair and Regeneration, Maastricht UMC

Bernardo C. Mendes, MD
Los Angeles, CA

Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Gonda Vascular Center, University of California, Los Angeles

Ross Milner, MD
Chicago, IL

Chief, Section of Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy; Sr Vice Chair for Peri-operative Services & Clinical Excellence, UChicago

David Minion, MD, FACS
Lexington, KY

Vascular Surgeon & Professor of Surgery, Gill Heart & Vascular Institute, University of Kentucky

Aleem Mirza, MD
Orlando, FL

Vascular Surgeon, Orlando Health

Bijan Modarai, PhD, FRCS
London, ENGLAND

Professor and King's Chair - Vascular Surgery, King's College London

Randy Moore, MD
Calgary, Alberta

Chief Medical Officer, ViTAA; Professor, Department of Surgery, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Grace Mulatti, MD, PhD
São Paulo, Brazil

Associate Professor of Surgery, Vascular and Endovascular Department, School of Medicine, Universidade de São Paulo

Tim Resch, MD, PhD
Copenhagen, Denmark

Professor of Vascular Surgery, Copenhagen University; Lead of Complex Aortic Surgery, Dept of Vascular Surgery and Copenhagen Aortic Center

Salvatore T Scali, MD, FACS
Gainesville, FL

Professor of Surgery, Medical Director, Non-invasive Vascular Ultrasound Laboratory, University of Florida

Marc Schermerhorn, MD
Boston, MA

Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Darren Schneider, MD
Philadelphia, PA

Chief of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Professor of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Benjamin W. Starnes, MD,FACS
Seattle, WA

Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Washington

Matt Sweet, MD, MS
Seattle, WA

Vascular Surgeon, Associate Professor of Surgery, UW Medical Center

Akiko Tanaka, MD, PhD
Houston, TX

Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Carlos Timaran, MD
Dallas, TX

Chief of Endovascular Surgery, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Yamume Tshomba, MD
Rome, Latium, Italy

Professor, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore; Head of Vascular Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli

Hence Verhagen, MD, PhD
The Randstad, Netherlands

Professor and Chief of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center - Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Eric Verhoeven, MD, PhD
Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany

Chief, Dept of Vascular Surgery, Klinikum Nurnberg Sud; Professor of Vascular Surgery - Dept of Vascular Surgery, Leuven University

Dai Yamanouchi, MD, PhD
Madison, WI

Professor, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison

William J. Yoon, MD, PhD
Cleveland, Ohio

Clinical Assoc. Prof Vascular Surgery, Case Western Reserve University; Co-Dir, Aortic Center, Cleveland Med Ctr

Sara Zettervall, MD, MPH
Seattle, WA

Assistant Professor of Surgery, UW School of Medicine

Case Presenters

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Peter Anderson, MD
Rochester, MN

Vascular Surgery Resident, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

Varun Dalmia, MD
Bronx, New York

Vascular Surgery Resident, WashU Medicine

Victor Nunes, MD
Victor Nunes, MD
Chapel Hill, NC

Research Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Hannah Victoria Oden-Brunson, MD
Houston, TX

Research Resident, Baylor College of Medicine

Omar Ramadan, MD
Boston, MA

Vascular Surgery Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital

Keval Ray, MD
New York, NY

Vascular Surgery Fellow, NYU Langone

Nicholas Stafforini, MD
Seattle, WA

Integrated Vascular Surgery Resident, University of Washington