Vascular Surgery Expert Witnesses

This double board certified thoracic surgeon has has practicing for nearly 20 years. An editor of six different academic journals, this expert is widely published and has presented extensively across the U.S. on esophagectomy and other esophageal complications. He is an Assistant Professor of Thoracic Surgery at a major medical university, as well as the Director of the Esophageal Surgery Program and the Chief of Thoracic Surgery and the same institution.

This sextuple board certified expert in cardiology is fellowship trained and has been practicing for almost the past decade. A member of both the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association, this expert currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at a major medical university. He is also the Director of Vascular imaging at the same institution.

This internationally recognized vein expert has been practicing for 35 years. A Fellow of the American College of Phlebology and an Emeritus Fellow of the Australasian College of Phlebology, he has given over 120 presentations at national and international medical conferences, including keynote presentations. He is Editor for "Phlebology: The Journal of Venous Disease" and serves as a reviewer for 6 other scientific journals. The Founding President of the American Board of the American Board of Venous and Lymphatic Medicine, this expert has been chosen by his peers for inclusion in the Best Doctors in America Database for dermatology and phlebology (2011/12), while he has been named by "Vein Magazine" as one of the 25 most influential professionals worldwide in vein care. Currently, this expert is the Founder and a Physician at a private vein and dermatology practice.

This fellowship-trained doctor received his medical doctorate from the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine. He completed a fellowship in Clinical Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at the prestigious University of Chicago Medical center. He is currently an assistant professor in the department of pediatrics hematology/oncology at a, where he frequently lectures on topics such as vascular abnormalities of the newborn.

This board-certified and fellowship-trained expert has nearly 30 years of experience as an interventional radiologist. He received his M.D. from the prestigious Mount Sinai School of Medicine. A member of both the Society of Interventional Radiology and the Radiological Society of North America, he has several publications about different interventional methods. He currently serves as Assistant Clinical Professor and Director of Interventional Radiology Services at a major university medical center.

This highly qualified expert has 20+ years of medical experience with the majority of his practice focusing on Interventional Radiology. He received his M.D. at Federal University of Rio Grande Sul where he also completed 6 extra voluntary rotations in Intensive Care, Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Trauma and Radiology. He completed postgraduate training in General Surgery and Interventional Radiology, and completed a Vascular and Interventional Radiology Fellowship at MUSC. He is an accomplished presenter and invited lecturer at numerous hospitals and universities on topics related to Radiology and is a Fellow in the Society of Interventional Radiology. He is a published author of peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, a book editor and an award winning Top Reviewer for the "Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology”. He has also been named in 'Best Doctors in America' for multiple years and is a Product & Patent Owner. He holds numerous membership positions in various professional societies and has held faculty appointments at the Hospital de Clinicas, Federal University of Rio Grande Sul Medical School and Moinhos de Vento Hospital in Brazil. He is currently serving at a top-ranking University Hospital as both an Associate Professor with a dual appointment in the Department of Surgery & Radiology and Radiological Science, and an attending Interventional Radiologist.

This expert is the Chief of the Division of Cardiac, Thoracic & Vascular Surgery, as well as the director of congenital and pediatric cardiac surgery and a Calvin F. Barber Professor of Surgery at his institution. He is board certified in surgery, thoracic surgery and congenital heart surgery specializing in valve repair and reconstruction, neonatal cardiac surgery, hybrid procedures complex biventricular repairs, and adult congenital heart surgery.

This double board certified radiologist has practicing for almost 30 years. He currently serves not only as a tenured Professor of Radiology at a major medical university, but also as the Director of the Fellowship in Vascular and Interventional Radiology. He is the Editor in Chief of one of the world's leading scientific journals on Interventional Radiology and is widely published, and has given 500 invited lectures. He has been treating liver tumors with embolization for nearly 20 years and is a founder of the world's largest annual scientific meeting on embolization.

This double-board certified vascular/general surgeon earned a BA in Biology from the College of Holy Cross and an MD from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He completed residency training in general surgery at the highly prestigious Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard Medical School, and fellowship training in Vascular Surgery at the University of California San Francisco. He belongs to a number of prestigious societies in his field, including fellowship in the American College of Surgeons, the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society, and the Society for Vascular Surgery. This expert is currently on the faculty for the Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Disease and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at a top university medical center. He is also an attending vascular surgeon at three medical facilities in the Baltimore area.

This double board certified expert obtained her MD from McGill University. She then went on to complete her internship at Beth Israel Deaconess and her residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. She then completed two fellowships, one in interventional neuroradiology at Notre Dame Hospital and one in vascular neurology and neurocritical care at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is a fellow of the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology and has served on multiple committees. She has published 155+ peer-reviewed journal articles, abstracts, book chapters, and electronic publications. She has lectured multiple times nationally. She is currently an Associate Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Radiology at a major medical center. She is also the director of interventional neurology and neuroradiology as well as the program director for endovascular surgical neuroradiology at a major university medical center.

This expert obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from The State University of New York at Albany and earned his MD at the New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York. His residency was served at the prestigious Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan where he was Chief Resident in General Surgery. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and Board Certified in General Surgery, and has served as an expert consultant in General Surgery for the New York State Department of Health, Office of Professional Medical Conduct. He has practiced general surgery in Upstate New York for twenty years.

This highly qualified expert completed a neurology residency at George Washington University Hospital. She then went on to finish a stroke/neurocritical fellowship at Stanford University Medical Center and at the University of Southern California. She is a member of prestigious professional organizations such as the Neurocritical Care Society and American Academy of Neurology. She is a reviewer for several journals such as the Neurocritical Care Journal and BMC Neurology Journal. She has published 17 peer-reviewed articles in the field of Neurology and Neurocritical Care. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology in the Division of Neurocritical Care/Stroke at a major medical school as well as the Associate Director of the Comprehensive Stroke Program and the Associate Program Director of the Vascular Neurology Fellowship. She is also Associate Division Chief of Neurocritical Care/Stroke, the Co-Director of the Neurocritical Stroke Services, and the Medical Director of the Transcranial Doppler Program at a major medical center.

This expert attended Brown University before earning his MD at Stanford University. He completed a residency in General Surgery at Case Western Reserve University and a residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Harvard Medical School before his fellowship in Vascular and Interventional Radiology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. He is currently an actively practicing interventional radiologist in Pennsylvania, seeing patients at several local hospitals.

This highly qualified engineer earned his BS and MS in mechanical engineering from California Polytechnic State University. He went on to earn his PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He has over 10 years of experience conducting failure analysis for various products including biomedical devices. He formerly served as Principal Mechanical Engineer at COR Innovations, Inc., a biomedical device start-up. In this role, he was responsible for designing multiple functioning prototypes and designing and fabricating numerous electromechanical bench top apparatus' for materials testing and validation. He went on to serve as Senior Staff R&D Engineer at Abbott Vascular Structural Heart, where his primary role was serving as technical lead for improvements in their MitraClip device. He currently serves as Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of a medical device company that is focused on treating vaginal atrophy in breast cancer survivors and post-menopausal women through a novel and hormone-free, energy based therapy.

This highly qualified and certified rheumatologist has extensive experience having practiced for over 13 years. Earning his MD from University of Ioannina Medical School in Greece with summa cum laude honors, he went on to serve as a Research Scholar at Northwestern University College of Medicine. He then completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Brown University’s Rhode Island Hospital while his Rheumatology Fellowship took place at the Hospital for Special Surgery and New York Presbyterian/Cornell Campus. The expert has extensive expertise in the treatment of autoimmune disorders encompassing, but not limited to, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic arthritis, Sjogren’s syndrome and Vasculitis. He has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals and has served as Clinical Investigator in multiple, international, randomized controlled trials. He has served as an ad hoc reviewer, editorial board member and Lead Editor in peer-reviewed rheumatology journals. Formerly he served as Chief of Rheumatology at Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center and as a professor at New Jersey Medical School. Currently he acts as the Associate Chief of Rheumatology at a major New York medical center while concurrently teaching at a major New York medical college.

This highly qualified expert earned his BA in Zoology from the University of Texas at Austin and his MD from the University of Texas Houston. He completed his Residency in Neurosurgery at Baylor College of Medicine and then went on to complete two prestigious Fellowships. The first in Vascular and Skull Base Surgery at Harvard Medical School and the second in Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery at Emory University. He is an active member of his field both clinically and academically and is a member of multiple medical societies including the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. He has published over 10 peer-reviewed journal articles, 7 book chapters, and has lectured both Nationally and Internationally. Formerly, he served as both a Clinical Instructor and Senior Associate Neurosurgeon at Emory University. Currently, he is serving as an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at a top Texas University.

This highly qualified expert received his MD from The Ohio State Medical School and went on to complete a residency in surgery at Loyola University Medical Center and in general surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center. He is a board certified general vascular surgeon with over 26 years of practice in Florida. This expert served as a trauma and general/vascular surgeon in eight Florida hospitals as well as developed his own general and vascular surgical practice. He has been published in the American Journal of Surgery and presented for the Southwest Surgical Society. He remains active in his field as a fellow of The American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Medical Association.

This highly qualified vascular neurology expert earned her BA from Johns Hopkins University and her MD from University of Maryland. She completed an internship in medicine at Mercy Medical Center, a residency in neurology at University of Southern California, and a fellowship in vascular neurology at Stanford University. This expert is board certified in neurology and vascular neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is licensed in California and Delaware. Her contributions to medical literature include articles published in Neurology Clinical Practice, Cerebrovascular Diseases, and American Heart Association Stroke and Circulation journals. She is a fellow of the American Heart Association and an active member of the American Academy of Neurology. Formerly, she served as a clinical assistant professor in the department of neurology and neurosciences at Stanford University and as the director of performance improvement at Stanford Stroke Center. She currently is a staff neurologist at one of the largest health care providers in the mid-Atlantic.

This highly qualified expert has nearly 45 years of experience in the field of surgery. He earned his BS from the University of Florida and his MD from Tulane University. He completed an internship, surgery residency, and fellowship in cardiac and thoracic surgery at Jackson Memorial Hospital. This expert is board-certified in surgery and specializes in cardiac, thoracic, and vascular surgery. He is active in his field as a member of several associations, including the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the American College of Cardiology, and the American College of Chest Physicians. He has formerly served as a staff surgeon for various emergency rooms throughout Florida and Virginia, as well as running a private practice as a cardiac, thoracic, and vascular surgeon in Delray Beach, Florida. Currently, this expert serves as a staff surgeon for four Florida-area hospitals, is part of the surgery faculty at a distinguished medical school in Florida, and runs a private practice as a cardiac, thoracic, and vascular surgeon in Florida.

This qualified expert has extensive experience in the field of vascular surgery. She received her AB in biology from Harvard College, where she graduated cum laude with high honors. She then earned her MS through the clinical research scholars program at Case Western Reserve University and her MD from Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. She completed her postdoctoral training at Johns Hopkins, completing both an internship and residency in general surgery, as well as a fellowship in vascular surgery and endovascular therapy. This expert is board-certified in surgery and vascular surgery. She is active in her field as a member of several organizations, including the American College of Surgeons, the Association for Academic Surgeons, and the Society for Vascular Surgery. She is also involved in research, having authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and spoken at several conferences. Currently, this expert serves as the associate program director of vascular surgery and endovascular therapy, as well as an assistant professor of surgery in the vascular surgery and endovascular therapy department at a prominent medical school in Maryland.