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
2024 Invited Faculty
Cherrie Z. Abraham, MD
Professor of Surgery; Director, Aortic Program, Knight Cardiovascular Institute
Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, School of Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
Frank Arko, MD
Director, Endovascular Surgery
Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute
Charlotte, NC
Carlos Bechara, MD
Co-Medical Director, Vascular Surgery
Program Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, IL
Clayton Brinster, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Co-Director, Center for Aortic Diseases
Section of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
The University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences
Chicago, IL
Keith Calligaro, MD
Professor of Clinical Surgery
PennMedicine
Philadelphia, PA
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
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
Kim I. de la Cruz, MD
Cardiac Surgeon
Section Chief, Aortic Surgery
Co-Director, Aortic Disease Center
Division of Cardiac Surgery
Bringham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Nimesh Desai, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Penn Aorta Center
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Matthew Eagleton, MD
Chief, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Co-Director, Fireman Vascular Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Sharif Ellozy, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
Javairiah Fatima, MD
Professor of Surgery, Georgetown University
Co-Director, Complex Aortic Center at MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Site Director, MedStar Montgomery Medical Center
Washington, DC
Joshua Grimm, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Institute for Cardiovascular Health
Dell Medical School
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Katherine McMackin, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Camden, NJ
Manish Mehta, MD, MPH
Director of Vascular Health Partners
Community Care Physicians
Latham, NY
David Minion, MD
Professor of Surgery
Program Director of the Vascular Surgery Fellowship
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Lexington, KY
Kristine Orion, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
The Ohio State University
Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, OH
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
Giovanni Pratesi, MD
Professor of Vascular Surgery
Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Clinic
Ospedale Policlinico San Martino – HSM
Director of Vascular Surgery Residency Program
Department of Integrated Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences
University of Genoa School of Medicine
Genoa, Italy
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
Murray Shames, MD
Department Chair, Department of Surgery
Professor, Division of Vascular Surgery
USFHealth
Tampa, FL
Sunita Srivastava, MD
Director of Quality, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Radiation Safety Officer, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
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
