Course Directors and Program Committee

Matthew Eagleton, MD
Boston, MAMatthew Eagleton, MD
Boston, MAChief, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Co-Director, Fireman Vascular Center Vascular Surgeon



Mark Farber, MD
Chapel Hill, NCMark Farber, MD
Chapel Hill, NCChief, Division of Vascular Surgery Program Director of the Vascular Surgery Fellowship Professor of Surgery



Gustavo S Oderich, MD, FACS
Houston, TXGustavo S Oderich, MD, FACS
Houston, TXProfessor and Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery



Manju Kalra, MBBS
Rochester, MNManju Kalra, MBBS
Rochester, MNConsultant, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery Mayo Clinic



Luis Sanchez MD, FACS
St Louis, MOLuis Sanchez MD, FACS
St Louis, MOVascular Surgery, Endovascular Treatment and Surgery, Cardiovascular Disease



Benjamin W. Starnes, MD,FACS
Seattle, WABenjamin W. Starnes, MD,FACS
Seattle, WAProfessor and Chief, Vascular Surgery, UW Medicine



Frank Veith, MD
New York, NYFrank Veith, MD
New York, NYProfessor of Surgery at Cleveland Clinic, New York University Medical Center
Invited Faculty
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Dorothy Abel, BSBME
Cleveland, OHVice President, Regulatory Strategy, NAMSA



Carlos Bechara, MD, FACS
Maywood, ILVascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy, Associate Professor, Program Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship Loyola University Medical Center



Adam Beck, MD
Birmingham, ALDirector, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy



Neal S. Cayne, MD
New York, NYDr. Neal Cayne is a vascular surgeon in New York, New York and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including NYC Health H



Venita Chandra, MD
Palo Alto, CAVascular Surgery, Aortic Aneurysm, Peripheral Arterial Disease, Fenestrated and branched repair of the aorta, Limb Salvage



Nimesh Desai, MD, PhD
Philadelphia, PAAssociate Professor, Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine



Anthony Estrera, MD, FACS
Houston, TXProfessor, Deputy Chair and Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery Medical Director of Cardiovascular ICU and Cardiovasc



Christian D. Etz, MD, PhD
Leipzig, Germany


Andres Fajardo, MD
Indianapolis, INAssociate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine



Hasan H. Dosluoglu, MD, FACS
Buffalo, New YorkProfessor of Surgery with tenure, Chief for the Division of Vascular Surgery and Chief of Surgery and Vascular Surgery at the VA Western NY



Sukgu Han, MD
Los Angeles, CACo-director of Comprehensive Aortic Center at Keck Hospital of Univ of Southern California, Asst Prof of Surgery Div of Vascular Surgery



Stephan Haulon, MD
Paris, FranceProfessor of Vascular Surgery, PARIS SUD UNIVERSITY, FRANCE



Caitlin Hicks, MD, MS
Baltimore, MDAssociate Fellowship Program Director, Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy, Associate Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine



Jade S. Hiramoto, M.D.
San Francisco, CAProfessor of Surgery, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery



William D. Jordan, MD
Atlanta, GADirector, Vascular Surgery Service, Emory Health Professor of Surgery and Chief, Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy, Emory University



Manju Kalra, MBBS
Rochester, MNConsultant, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery Mayo Clinic



Tilo Kolbel, MD
Hamburg, GermanyMD, Professor Vascular Surgery, Surgery Universityof Hamburg University Heart Center Hamburg, Germany



Joseph V. Lombardi, MD, FACS
Camden, NJHead, Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Director, Cooper Aortic Center, Cooper University Healthcare



Tara Mastracci, MD, FACS
London, ENGLANDClinical director, Vascular Surgery and Clinical Lead, Complex Aortic Surgery at Royal Free London



Barend Mees, MD
Maastricht Area, NetherlandsVascular & Endovascular Surgeon



Germano Melissano, MD
Milano, ItalyChair of Vascular Surgery, Director Residency Program in Vascular Surgery, Director Master’s Degree Course in Aortic Surgery



Ross Milner, MD
Chicago, ILVascular Surgeon, Professor of Surgery Director, Center for Aortic Diseases at University of Chicago



Bijan Modarai, PhD, FRCS
London, ENGLANDProfessor and King's Chair in Vascular Surgery



Maral Ouzounian, MD
Toronto, ONCardiac and Aortic surgery



F. Ezequiel Parodi, MD
Chapel Hill, NCAssociate Professor at UNC Hospitals Vascular Interventional Radiology Clinic



Tim Resch, MD, PhD
Lund, SwedenProfessor of Vascular Surgery, Copenhagen University, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Nordic Vascular Specialists



Naveed U. Saqib, MD, FACS
Houston, TXAssociate Prof of Vascular Surgery, Dept of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery at McGovern Medical School UT Health



Andres Schanzer, MD
Worcester, MAVascular Surgery



Darren Schneider, MD
Philadelphia, PAChief, Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania



Sherene Shalhub MD, MPH
Seattle, WAAssociate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Washington



Bjoern D. Suckow, MD, MS
Lebanon, NHVascular Surgeon, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center



Carlos Timaran, MD
Dallas, TXChief of Endovascular Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas



Grace Wang, MD, MSCE, FACS
Philadelphia, PADirector, Vascular Laboratory and Associate Professor of Surgery & Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania



Sara Zettervall, MD, MPH
Seattle, WAVascular surgery, Thoracic aortic surgery, Endovascular thoracic/aortic repair



Firas F. Mussa, MD, MS, FACS
Houston, TXProfessor of Surgery, Vascular Surgeon, Trialist - UT Health



Bernardo C. Mendes, MD
Rochester, MinnesotaVascular Surgery



Athanasios Katsargyris, MD
Nuremberg, GermanyAss. Professor of Vascular Surgery, Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany



Aleem Mirza, MD
Minneapolis, MNVascular surgery



Benjamin W. Starnes, MD,FACS
Seattle, WAProfessor and Chief, Vascular Surgery, UW Medicine



Frank Veith, MD
New York, NYProfessor of Surgery at Cleveland Clinic, New York University Medical Center



Gustavo S Oderich, MD, FACS
Houston, TXProfessor and Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery



Luis Sanchez MD, FACS
St Louis, MOVascular Surgery, Endovascular Treatment and Surgery, Cardiovascular Disease



Marc Schermerhorn, MD
Boston, MAAssociate Professor of Surgery Harvard Medical School Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center



Matthew Eagleton, MD
Boston, MAChief, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Co-Director, Fireman Vascular Center Vascular Surgeon



Randy Moore, MD
Montréal, QuébecChief Medical Officer for ViTAA, Associate Professor of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, complex aortic pathology
Case Presenters



Sebastian Cifuentes, MD
Rochester, NYSebastian Cifuentes, MD
Rochester, NYDepartment of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Doctor of Medicine



Vivian de Silva Gomes, MD
Raleigh, NCVivian de Silva Gomes, MD
Raleigh, NCUNC Health



Jahan Mohebali, MD, MPH
Boston, MA, Massachusetts General HospitalJahan Mohebali, MD, MPH
Boston, MA, Massachusetts General HospitalVascular surgeon in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital



Sophia Roberts
Fellow, Washington University School of MedicineSophia Roberts
Fellow, Washington University School of MedicineCardiothoracic surgery, heart and lung transplantation, mechanical circulatory support, arrhythmia surgery



Rebecca Sorber, MD
University of Washington, John Hopkins MedicineRebecca Sorber, MD
University of Washington, John Hopkins MedicineVascular surgery costs and outcomes, connective tissue disease mediated aortopathy, small animal models of vascular Ehlers Danlos syndrome


Andrea Vacirca
University of Texas, UT HealthAndrea Vacirca
University of Texas, UT HealthVascular Surgeon, PhD, University Researcher



Clay Wiske, MD
New York, NYClay Wiske, MD
New York, NYVascular Surgery