Joseph V. Lombardi, MD, MBA, FACS
Chief Physician Executive
AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center
Chair, The Heart and Vascular Institute
Atlantic City, NJ
Joseph J. Ricotta, MD, MS, DFSVS, FACS
National Medical Director, Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
Tenet Healthcare
Professor of Surgery
Program Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
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
2025 Invited Faculty
Michele Antonello, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery at The University of Padua
Chief of the Endovascular Surgery Section at The University Hospital of Padua
Director of the Residency Program on Vascular Surgery at The University of Padua
Padova, Veneto, Italy
Philip Batista, MD
Chief of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Surgery
Program Director for Vascular Surgery Residency
Cooper University Healthcare
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Camden, NJ
Carlos Bechara, MD
Professor and Chief of Vascular Surgery
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Neal Cayne, MD
Professor of Surgery
New York University School of Medicine
Director of Endovascular Surgery
New York University Medical Center
New York, NY
Venita Chandra, MD
Professor of Surgery
Stanford Medicine
Stanford, CA
Laurent Chiche, MD, FEBVS
Professor of Vascular Surgery, Sorbonne Universités. PARIS
Vascular Surgeon, Pitie-Salpetriere University Hospital
Paris, France
Nimesh Desai, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Penn Aorta Center
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Sharif Ellozy, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
Joshua Grimm, MD
Director of Cardiothoracic Education, Institute for Cardiovascular Health Associate Director, Thoracic Aortic Surgery, Institute for Cardiovascular Health Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Institute for Cardiovascular Health
Austin, TX
Andrea Kahlberg, MD
Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University School of Medicine
Chief Resident, Department of Vascular Surgery, San Raffaele Hospital
Milan, Italy
Thomas Maldonado, MD
Schwartz-Buckley Endowed Professor of Surgery in the Vascular Division
New York University Langone Medical Center
Director of the Venous Thromboembolic Center and the Aortic Center at NYU Langone Health
New York, NY
Ross Milner, MD
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Section of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Erica Mitchell, MD, EdM
Professor (Tenured) of Surgery and Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Department of Surgery Vice-Chair for Academic Affairs
University of Tennessee Health and Sciences Center
Memphis, TN
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
Danielle Pineda, MD
Vascular Surgery
AtlantiCare
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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
Michael J. Singh, MD, MBA
Chief of Surgical Services, UPMC
Chief, Vascular Surgery, UPMC
Co-Director Aortic Center, UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute
Associate Program Director Vascular Surgery Residency and Fellowship
Pittsburgh, PA
Shahab TourSavadkohi, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Co-Director of Aortic Center
Quality Improvement Officer
Division of Vascular Surgery
University of Maryland Medical Center & School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Grace Wang, MD
Professor of Surgery
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
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
