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International Faculty Members Include

Michele Antonello
Michele Antonello

Università of Padua Italy

Michele is Assoc Professor of Vascular Surgery and Chief of the Endovascular Surgery Section at the University Hospital. He is also Director of the Residency Program on Vascular Surgery and a Member of the Executive Committee of the Italia Society for Vascular Surgery.

Dittmar Bockler
Dittmar Bockler

University of Heidelberg Germany

Dittmar has since 2007 been an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Heidelberg and, in 2011 was made the Chairman of the Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. He has published widely.

Marianne Brodmann
Marianne Brodmann

Vascular Specialist, Division of Angiology, Medical University,
Graz Austria

Since 2013 Marianne has been a member of the nucleus of the European Society of Vascular Medicine, is a longstanding member of the UEMS Board of Angiology and was President of the ÖGIA (Austrian Society of Angiology) from 2012 to 2014. Her research interests include anticoagulation and thrombolysis; new endovascular technologies in the peripheral field; and evaluation of nature of restenosis and has participated in 50 international clinical trials. She was President of the Working Group Peripheral Circulation of the European Society of Cardiology from 2014 to 2016.

Osamu Iida
Osamu Iida

Associate Director Cardiovascular Centre Kansai Rosai Hospital, Japan

Osamu is an established and highly skilled physician with over seventeen years of experience. He has a great deal of experience in the endovascular treatment, specifically vessels of thoracic, abdominal and lower limbs with more than 1,000 cases per year. He also serves as the Chief of Coronary, Endovascular, and Structure Treatments. He was selected Best Doctors in Japan 2016-2017 by Teradoc, Inc.

As a researcher, he has published 35 original papers as a first author and co-authored more than 150 papers. His main research interests are clinical research of SFA treatment using IVUS, research about angiosome (CLI single-site study), various studies which impact many treatment strategies (CLI multicenter study).

Erin Murphy
Erin Murphy

Sanger Heart and Vascular Atrium Health Carolina USA

Erin is Director of the Venous and Lymphatic Institute and specialises in venous and lymphatic disease and performs the breadth of vascular surgery related to this specialisation and is dedicated to the advancement of the field.
She has extensive research experience in the field of vascular surgery and has authored over 50 medical journal articles, book chapters and editorials.

Erin has presented at numerous national and international meetings and has received a number of awards for her contributions. She serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Endovascular Therapy (JEVT), is actively involved in ongoing clinical trials and is currently serving as the US national primary investigator for the Medtronic Abre Stent.

Mehdi Shishehbor
Mehdi Shishehbor

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Ohio USA

Mehdi is the Co-Chair of the Clinical Executive Committee, Director of the Cardiovascular Interventional Center, Co-Director of the Vascular Center, and the Medical Director of UH CMC Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. His area of expertise includes vascular medicine and minimally invasive, catheter-based procedures such as angioplasty, stent grafts, stenting, atherectomy and intravascular ultrasound to treat coronary, carotid, abdominal aortic aneurysms, and peripheral arterial and venous diseases.
He is an expert on minimally invasive approaches to reconstruct lower extremity arteries in order to treat critical limb ischemia and prevent amputation. His work in this area has been recognized locally, nationally and internationally.

Prior to joining University Hospitals, he directed the Endovascular Program at the Cleveland Clinic from 2009 to May 2017 and trained over 40 interventional fellows and over 400 physicians nationally on advanced techniques for limb salvage.

Carlos Timaran
Carlos Timaran

UT Southwestern Medical Centre Dallas USA

Carlos has been part of UT Southwestern’s Department of Surgery since 2004. He is currently Chief of Endovascular Surgery and is internationally recognised as an expert in advanced endovascular techniques. He is the current Sam H Phillips, Jr MD Chair in Surgery. In 2018, he was named a Super Doctor by Texas Monthly, the national magazine of Texas.