Daniel Clair

“The future of vascular surgery is incredibly bright,” Daniel Clair (Vanderbilt University Medical Center , Nashville, USA) opines in this interview with Vascular News...

Peter Schneider

Peter Schneider (University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA) speaks to Vascular News about his life and career. Trained during the era of...

Rachel Bell

A specialist in complex open aortic surgery, Rachel Bell speaks to Vascular News about her career so far. Raised in Yorkshire, UK, she moved...

Jon Boyle

Following his 2021–2022 presidency of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland (VSGBI), Jon Boyle (Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK) speaks...
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Markus Steinbauer

Despite his initial intention to become a transplant surgeon, Markus Steinbauer (Krankenhaus Barmherzige Brüder, Regensburg, Germany) recalls how the rise of endovascular techniques, and...
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Joseph S Coselli

Joseph S Coselli (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA) speaks to Vascular News about his career to date. Despite initially planning to follow in...

Alexander Zimmermann

Alexander Zimmermann (University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland) tells Vascular News about his career to date, beginning with a rotation in vascular surgery that opened...
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Palma Shaw

“As vascular surgeons, we never stop learning,” Palma Shaw tells Vascular News. This is one of the key attractions of the specialty for Shaw,...

Michael Jenkins

“Go for it!” Michael Jenkins urges anyone looking to start a career in medicine, highlighting that the COVID-19 pandemic has put into sharp focus...

Joseph E Bavaria

“I would say that the future is incredibly bright for cardiovascular surgeons,” Joseph E Bavaria tells Vascular News. The 52nd president of the Society...

Ali AbuRahma

“There is no doubt in my mind that working together rather than competing against each other will not only be in our best interests...

Julie Ann Freischlag

From her initial exposure to the field of vascular surgery as an intern to becoming the first female president of the Society for Vascular...

Chris Imray

President of the Vascular Society for Great Britain and Ireland (VSGBI) 2019–2020 and avid climber Chris Imray discusses various aspects of his career. He...

Roberto Chiesa

From his early days in cardiac surgery through to his professorship in Milan, Italy, Roberto Chiesa talks to Vascular News about various aspects of...

Hence Verhagen

Hence Verhagen talks to Vascular News about his career in vascular surgery to date. He lauds the impact of the shift from open to...
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Ronald Dalman

President-elect of the Society for Vascular Surgery, Ronald Dalman, talks to Vascular News about various aspects of his career. He also considers future development...

Una Adderley

As director of the National Wound Care Strategy, a programme that aims to improve the quality of wound care across the UK, Una Adderley...
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Ian Loftus

Ian Loftus talks to Vascular News about various aspects of his professional life, from a surgical placement that inspired his career path through to...

William Ennis

William Ennis is currently Catherine and Francis Burzik professor of Wound Healing and Tissue Repair, and chief of Wound Healing Section, University of Illinois,...

Alan Lumsden

Alan Lumsden is chair of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Medical Director at the Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center in Houston,...
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Kim Hodgson

The president-elect of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), Kim Hodgson, begins his year as SVS president in 2019. In this profile interview with...
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Michael Edmonds

Michael Edmonds is professor of Diabetic Foot Medicine, King’s College London, and consultant physician, King’s College Hospital, London, UK. A pioneer in many areas...

Alberto Muñoz

Alberto Muñoz tells Vascular News about his 35 years in vascular surgery, including his involvement in the World Federation of Vascular Societies, and discusses...

Gustavo Oderich

Originally from Porto Alegre in the south of Brazil, Gustavo Oderich speaks to Vascular News about his journey to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, his...

Alison Halliday

As her term as the first female president of the European Society for Vascular Surgery comes to end, Alison Halliday reflects on what she...

Tilo Kölbel

Born into a family of medical professionals, Tilo Kölbel was destined to become one himself. He tells Vascular News about his journey to becoming...

Michael Edmonds

Michael Edmonds is professor of Diabetic Foot Medicine, King’s College London, and consultant physician, King’s College Hospital, London, UK. A pioneer in many areas...
Stephan Haulon

Stéphan Haulon

Growing up in Kenya, Stéphan Haulon’s early experience of the medical profession came in the form of the “flying doctors”, who piloted small planes...

Thomas Schmitz-Rixen

Thomas Schmitz-Rixen initially considered being a sociologist. However, he began to gravitate towards the world of medicine following a discussion with his school principal....

Maarit Venermo

Maarit Venermo was driven to a life in medicine by her competitive nature and arrived at medical school with little idea of what speciality...

R Clement Darling III

Although he resolved to avoid a career in medicine as a young man, R Clement Darling III eventually “fell into” the field of vascular...

Vincent Riambau

The first to do so in his family, Vincent Riambau always felt the pull to become a surgeon. Attending procedures whenever he could, he...

Dittmar Bӧckler

A budding pilot, Dittmar Böckler’s flight plan was altered by the onset of a sudden illness as a teenager. The experience introduced him to...

Wesley Moore

As a childhood asthmatic, Wesley Moore’s early exposure to the medical world saw physicians become his role models. By adolescence he was committed to...

Jonathan Beard

Although he initially planned to become an electronic engineer like his  father, Jonathan Beard, Sheffield Vascular Institute, The Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK, was...

Bruce Perler

Bruce Perler, Julius H Jacobson II, professor of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA, is the president of the Society...

Sebastian Debus

Sebastian Debus is taking over as secretary-general of the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) for a five-year term this September. Professor and Chairman,...

Janet Powell

After obtaining a PhD in Biophysics in London, UK, Janet Powell, professor of Vascular Biology & Medicine at Imperial College, London, studied medicine in...

Jean-Baptiste Ricco

Jean-Baptiste Ricco, head of Vascular Surgery, Hôpital Jean Bernard, CHU de Poitiers, Poitiers, France, is the immediate past-president of European Society for Vascular Surgery...

Gunnar Tepe

Gunnar Tepe, professor of Radiology, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Klinikum Rosenheim, Rosenheim, Germany, was involved in the development of the first drug-coated...

Martin Björck

Martin Björck, professor of Vascular Surgery, Institution of Surgical Sciences, Department of Vascular Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden, holds the only professor-chair of vascular...

Cliff Shearman

Cliff Shearman is professor of Vascular Surgery, University of Southampton, and a vascular surgeon in the Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Southampton Foundation...

Andrew Holden

Andrew Holden, associate professor of Radiology, Auckland University School of Medicine, Auckland, New Zealand, has been involved in the investigation of several endovascular devices...

Lowell S Kabnick

Lowell S Kabnick, associate professor, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, USA, has worked to develop minimally invasive systems for the treatment of varicose...

Thomas Zeller

Thomas Zeller, head, Department of Angiology at Universitäts—Herzzentrum Freiburg, Bad Krozingen, Germany, says that interventional angiology “almost did not exist” when he performed his...

Norman Rich

Norman Rich, vascular surgeon, is professor of Military Medicine and also director of the Vietnam Vascular Registry. After serving in Vietnam he started the...

Peter Gloviczki

Peter Gloviczki, professor of Surgery, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA, is the president of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) 2012–2013. Gloviczki,...

Piergiorgio Cao

Being the first to use a hybrid endovascular operating room in Italy is one of Piergiorgio Cao’s proudest moments. At the beginning of his...

Frank Lederle

Getting the ADAM study approved for planning in 1990 and funded two years later are among Frank Lederle’s proudest moments. Lederle, professor of Medicine,...

Ross Naylor

Ross Naylor, Professor of Vascular Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, and consultant vascular surgeon, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK, developed his interest...

Patrick Peeters

Patrick Peeters, chief, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Imelda Hospital, Bonheiden, Belgium, followed his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps into surgery. Specialising in cardiac, thoracic and...

Charles McCollum

Charles McCollum, University of Manchester, UK, became consultant and senior lecturer in Surgery at the Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK, in 1983, aged 32....

Giancarlo Biamino

Giancarlo Biamino, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Clinica Montevergine, Mercogliano, Italy, began his career as a cardiologist. In the 80s, the first uses of endovascular...

Barry T Katzen

Barry T Katzen, founder and medical director of Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute (BCVI), Miami, USA, is considered one of the founders of interventional...

Anthony Comerota

Anthony Comerota, director Jobst Vascular Center, The Toledo Hospital, Toledo, USA, believes that interdisciplinary collaboration will yield the largest clinical dividends in vascular disease...

Iris Baumgartner

Iris Baumgartner, head of Angiology and director of Vascular Research, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland, is a voice for the complementary use of surgery and...

Anton Sidawy

Anton Sidawy, immediate past president of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), spoke to Vascular News on his career and achievements as president of...

Jan Blankensteijn

Jan Blankensteijn, Division of Vascular Surgery, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and principal investigator of the DREAM trial, has EVAR as his first...

Peter Taylor

Peter Taylor, consultant vascular and endovascular surgeon at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, told Vascular News about his start in...

Roy Greenberg

From fenestrated grafts, new medical devices and patents, Roy Greenberg, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA, is now also au fait with the Wii and talking...

Michael Jacobs

Michael Jacobs, Chairman and Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, The Netherlands, told Vascular News about his foray into the...

John Mannick

Vascular News talks to John Mannick of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital about entering vascular surgery by the toss of a coin, and winning...

Michel Makaroun

Vascular News talks to Dr Michel Makaroun, Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery,...

Roger Baird

Vascular News speaks to vascular surgeon Mr Roger Baird on his academic career, his proudest professional achievements and how he “hitched his wagon to...

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