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EDITOR

Robert B. Rutherford, MD, FACS, FRCS (Glasg),
Emeritus Professor of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO


CONTRIBUTORS

Ahmed Abouzamzam MD,
Loma Linda University Medical Center, Division of Vascular Surgery, Loma Linda, CA

Ali AbuRahma MD,
Professor of Surgery,RC Byrd Health Sciences Center of WVU, Charleston, WV

Sam Ahn MD,
UCLA Gonda (Goldschmeid) Vascular Center, Los Angeles, CA

J. Dennis Baker MD,
Professor, Department of Surgery,David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Chief, Vascular Surgery Section, West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, VA Medical Center Surgical Service, Los Angeles, CA

William H. Baker MD,
Professor and Chief, Peripheral Vascular Surgery, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL

Jeffrey L. Ballard MD,
Professor of Surgery, Loma Linda Univ. Medical Center,Loma Linda, CA

Dennis F. Bandyk MD

John Bartholomew MD,
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of Vascular Surgery, Cleveland, OH

Hisham Bassiouny MD,
Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago Hospitals,Department of Surgery, Chicago, IL

B. Timothy Baxter MD,
Professor of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, St. Louis, MO

Hugh G. Beebe MD,
Adjunct Professor of Surgery, Jobst Vascular CenterToledo, OH

Marshall E. Benjamin MD,
Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland Medicine, Baltimore, MD

John J. Bergan MD,
Vein Institute of La Jolla, La Jolla, CA

Ramon Berguer MD, PhD,
Professor and Chief, Division of Vascular SurgeryWayne State University, Harper Hospital, Detroit, MI

Kerstin Bettemann MD, PhD,
Assistant Professor, Neurology, North Carolina Baptist Hospital of Wake Forest University, Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC

Heraldur Bjaranson MD,
St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, MN

James H. Black, III MD,
Vascular Fellow, Division of Vascular Surgery, Massachusetts General Hosptial, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Thomas C. Bower MD,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

David C. Brewster MD,
Clinical Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Division of Vascular Surgery , Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Patricia E. Burrows MD,
Children's Hospital, Department of Radiology, Boston, MA

Jacob Buth MD, PhD,
Consultant in Vascular Surgery, Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, Department of Surgery, The Netherlands

Keith D. Calligaro MD,
Chief, Vascular Surgery, Pennsylvania Vascular Associates, PC; Department of Vascular Surgery, Philadelphia, PA

Richard P. Cambria MD,
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Chief of Vascular Surgery, Co-Director, Thoracic Aortic Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Jeffrey P. Carpenter MD,
Professor of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Division of Vascular Surgery, Philadelphia, PA

Patrick J. Casey MD,
Vascular Surgery Fellow, Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Jae-Sung Cho MD,
Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA

G. Patrick Clagett MD,
Professor and Chairman, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Raul Coimbra MD, PhD,
Associate Professor Surgery, University of California, San Diego; Associate Director of Trauma, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, CA

Anthony J. Comerota MD,
Univerisity of Michigan, Jobst Vascular Center, Toledo, OH

John P. Conners, III MD,
Resident, Harvard Medical School, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Brookline, MA 

Michael S. Conte MD,
Vascular Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA

Jack L. Cronenwett MD,
Professor of Surgery, Chief, Section of Vascular SurgeryDartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH 

John A. Curci MD,
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, St. Louis, MO

Michael D. Dake MD,
Stanford Hospital, Department of Interventional Radiology,Stanford, CA

Michael C. Dalsing MD,
Professor of Surgery, Director of Vascular SurgeryClarion Health, Vascular Surgery, Indiana University Medical School, Department of Surgery, Indianapolis, IN

R. Clement Darling III, MD,
Division Chief, Vascular Surgery, Associate Professor of Surgery, The Institute for Vascular Health and Disease at Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY

Mark Davies MD,
Vascular Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center,Rochester, NY

Demetrios Demetriades MD,
Professor of Surgery, Department of SurgeryLAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Ralph G. DePalma MD,
Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, National Director of Surgery, Staff Surgeon, DC Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Surgical Group, Washington, DC

Tina R. Desai MD,
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Assistant Professor Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 

Larry-Stuart Deutsch MD,
Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

Matthew Eagleton MD,
Fellow, University of Michigan Health System, Section of Vascular Surgery, Ann Arbor, MI

James Edwards MD,
Associate Professor, Oregon Health and Sciences UniversityDivision of Vascular Surgery, Portland, OR

Bo Eklof MD,
Straub Clinic and Hospital, Honolulu, HI

Eric Endean MD,
University of KY Chandler Medical Center, Departmentof Surgery, Lexington, KY

Mark Eskandari MD,
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Division of Vascular Surgery, Chicago, IL

Jawed Fareed PhD,
Professor, Department of Pathology and Pharmacology,Director of the Special Coagulation Laboratory and The Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Program, Maywood, IL

Mark F. Fillinger MD,
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Vascular Surgery, Lebanon, NH

Gail L. Gamble MD,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Bruce Gewertz MD,
University of Chicago, Surgery, Chicago, IL

Joseph M. Giordano MD,
Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC

Seymour Glagov MD,
Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago Hospitals, Department of Surgery, Chicago, IL

Peter Gloviczki MD,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Jerry Goldstone MD,
Division of Vascular Surgery, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH

Michael J. V. Gordon MD,
Assistant Professor, Director, Hand Surgery, University of Colorado Health Science Center, Plastic Surgery, Denver, CO

Richard M. Green MD,
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

Lazar J. Greenfield MD,
University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI

Howard P. Greisler MD,
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 

Allen Hamand MD

Kimberley J. Hansen MD, FACS,
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Winston-Salem, NC

Linda M. Harris MD,
Interim Fellowship Director, Millard Filmore Hospital, Buffalo, NY

Peter Harris,
Regional Vascular Units, The Royal Liverpool University HospitalLiverpool UK

Peter Henke MD,
Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Health SystemSection of Vascular Surgery, Ann Arbor, MI

William Hiatt MD,
The Colorado Prevention Center, Denver, CO 

Kim J. Hodgson MD,
Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, SIU School of Medicine, Springfield, IL

A. D. Houghton MD

David Hoyt MD,
Professor of Surgery, UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, CA

Tom Huber MD, PhD,
Assistant Professor, University of Florida, Division of Vascular Surgery, Gainesville, FL

Russell Hull MD,
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of CalgaryFoothills Hospital, Calgary, Alberta Canada

Erik K. Insko MD, PhD,
Director of Cardiovascular Imaging, Mecklenberg Radiology Associates, Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte, NC

Kaj Johansen MD

K. Wayne Johnston MD,
Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Canada

Peter G. Kalman MD,
Professor, Loyola University Medical Center, Division of Vascular Surgery, Chicago, IL

Manju Kalra MD, M
ayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 

Kasi Kasirajan MD,
Assistant Professor, Vascular Surgery Division, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Vascular Surgery, Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, NM

K. Craig Kent MD,
New York Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY

George Kopchock

Timothy F. Kresowik MD,
Professor of Surgery, University of Iowa, Division of General Surgery, Iowa City, IA

William Krupski MD,
University of Colorado Health Science Center, Vascular Surgery, Denver, CO

Glen M. La Muraglia MD,
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Lewis Levien MD,
Milpark Hospital, Houghton, South Africa

Thomas Lindsay MDCM, FRCSC, FACS

Pamela Lipsett MD,
Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Evan Lipsitz MD,
Montefiore Medical Center, The Vascular Disease Management Center, Bronx, NY

Frank Logerfo MD,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center West, Division of Vascular Surgery, Boston, MA

Alan B. Lumsden MD,
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Ash Mansour MD

William A. Marston MD,
University of North Carolina, Division of Vascular Surgery, Chapel Hill, NC

Jon Matsumura MD,
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Northwestern UniversityFeinberg School of Medicine, Division of Vascular Surgery, Chicago, IL

James May,
University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW Australia

Michael A. McKusick MD,
Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN 

Robert B. McLafferty MD,
Assistant Professor, Division of Vascular Surgery, SIU School of Medicine, Springfield, IL

Mark H. Meissner MD,
Harborview Medical Center, Department. of Surgery, Seattle, WA

Louis M. Messina MD,
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of California, Moffitt Hospital, San Francisco, CA

Joseph L. Mills MD,
University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, AZ

Marc E. Mitchell MD,
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Gregory L. Moneta MD,
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR

Samuel R. Money MD,
Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, LA 

Wesley S. Moore MD,
Professor, UCLA-Surg-Vascular, Los Angeles, CA 

Mark Morasch MD,
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

John B. Mulliken MD,
Division of Plastic Surgery, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 

Peter N. Neglen MD

Mark R. Nehler MD,
University of Colorado, UCHSC Vascular Surgery, Denver, CO

Audra A. Noel MD,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Patrick J. O'Hara MD,
Cleveland Clinic, Vascular Surgery, Cleveland, OH

W. Andrew Oldenburg MD, FACS,
Mayo Clinic, Section of Vascular SurgeryJacksonville, FL

Jeffrey W. Olin DO, FACP, FACC,
Director, Vascular Medicine, The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY

Kenneth Ouriel MD,
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of Vascular Surgery, Division of Surgery, Cleveland, OH

Frank T. Padberg Jr, MD,
New Jersey VA Health Care System, East Orange, NJ

Peter J. Pappas MD,
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ

William A. Pearce MD,
Violet R. and Charles A. Baldwin Professor of Vascular Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Chicago, IL

Deborah Peate RVT

Bruce A. Perler MD,
Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins HospitalBaltimore, MD

Frank B. Pomposelli MD,
Clinical Chief of Vascular Surgery, Boston, MA

William J. Quinones-Baldrich MD,
UCLA Gonda (Goldschmeid) Vascular CenterLos Angeles, CA

Joyesh Raj MD,
Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Health Science CenterPlastic Surgery, Denver, CO

Seshadri Raju MD

Daniel J. Reddy MD,
Henry Ford Hospital, Division of Vascular Surgery, Detroit, MI 

Michael Ricci MD,
University of Vermont, Department of Surgery, Burlington, VT

John J. Ricotta MD, FACS,
SUNY at Stony Brook, Department of Surgery, Stony Brook, NY

Thomas S. Riles MD, FACS,
New York University Medical Centerm, New York, NY

Thom W. Rooke MD,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

CV Ruckley MD, FRCS

Hazim Safi MD,
The University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX

Russell H. Samson MD, FACS, RVT

Marc Schermerhorn MD,
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Section of Vascular Surgery, Lebanon, NH

Alvin H. Schmaier MD,
University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI 

Joseph R. Schneider MD,
Associate Professor, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Skokie, IL

Peter A. Schneider MD,
Hawaii Permanente Medical Group, Division Of Vascular Surgery, Honolulu, HI

James M. Seeger MD,
University of Florida, Division of Vascular Surgery, Gainesville, FL

Roger Shepard MD

Anton N. Sidawy MD,
V.A. Medical Center, Washington, DC

Michael B. Silva MD,
Department of Surgery, University Health Science Center, Lubbock, TX

James C. Stanley MD,
Professor of Surgery, Head, Section of Vascular Surgery, Surgery Department, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI

Anthony W. Stanson MD,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Tim Sullivan MD,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 

David S. Sumner MD,
SIU School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Springfield, IL

Robert W. Thompson MD,
Professor, Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Vascular Surgery Section, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, St. Louis, MO

James F. Toole MD,
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Department of General Surgery, Winston-Salem, NC 

J. Jean E. Turley MD

Gilbert R. Upchurch Jr, MD,
Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Michigan, Section of Vascular Surgery, Ann Arbor, MI 

R. James Valentine MD,
University of Texas SW, Dallas, TX

J. Hajo van Bockel MD,
Professor of Surgery, Department of Vascular Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Frank J. Veith MD,
Professor of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of MedicineMontefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Terry Vrtiska MD,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 

Heinz W. Wahner MD, FACP,
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Thomas W. Wakefield MD,
S. Martin Lindenauer Collegiate Professor of SurgeryStaff Surgeon, Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Matthew Wall MD,
Assoc. Professor of Surgery, Houston, TX

Daniel B. Walsh MD,
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Ctr., Lebanon, NH 

Maryanne Waters RN, RVT

Fred A. Weaver MD,
Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Los Angeles, CA

Geoffrey White MD,
The University of Sydney Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Department of Surgery, Sydney, Australia

John V. White MD,
Lutheran General Hospital, Division of Vascular Surgery,Park Ridge, IL

Rodney A. White,
Chief, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA

Gary G. Wind MD

Charles L. Witte MD

Marlys H. Witte MD,
Univ. of Arizona College of Medicine, Department of Surgery (GS&T), Tucson, AZ

Kenneth Woodburn MD,
Vascular Surgery Unit, Royal Cornwall Hospital (Treliske), Truro, Cornwall UK

James S.T. Yao MD, PhD,
Professor, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Chicago, IL

Richard A. Yeager MD,
Associate Professor, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Division of Vascular Surgery, Portland, OR 

Albert E. Yellin MD,
Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Christopher Zarins MD,
Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA

R. Eugene Zierler MD,
University of Washington, Department of Surgery, Seattle, WA

Robert M. Zwolak MD,
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Vascular SurgeryLebanon, NH