Stanford University School of Medicine
Chidester Professor of Surgery

Academic Profile at the Medical School

Education

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, M.D., 1968
University of Michigan, General Surgery Residency, 1974
American Board of Surgery, Diplomate
Special Qualification in General Vascular Surgery

Past Appointments

• Chief of Vascular Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, 1993-2005
• Chief of Vascular Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, 1976-1993
• Vice-Chairman, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, 1985-1989
• Acting Chairman, Department of Surgery, Stanford University, 1995-1997

Editorship

• Journal of Surgical Research - Editor-in-Chief, 1983-1996
• Journal of Vascular Surgery - Editorial Board, 1987-present
• International Vascular Surgery - Editorial Board, 1991-present
• Surgery - Editorial Board, 1992-1995
• International Union of Angiology - Editorial Board, 1992-1995
• Annals of Vascular Surgery - Special Editorial Consultant in Atherosclerosis, 1986-present
• Annals of Vascular Surgery - Editorial Board, 1993-present
• Journal of American College of Surgeons (formerly SG&O) - Editorial Board, 1994
• Journal of Endovascular Surgery - Editorial Board, 1994-present
• Vascular Surgery - Editorial Board, 1995
• Angiology and Vascular Surgery - Editorial Board, 1995
• Cardio*Vascular Radiation*Medicine - Editorial Board, 1998
• Atherosclerosis - Ad Hoc Reviewer
• Arteriosclerosis - Ad Hoc Reviewer
• Circulation - Ad Hoc Reviewer
• Circulation Research - Ad Hoc Reviewer
• Journal of the American Medical Association - Ad Hoc Reviewer
• Journal of Biomechanical Engineering - Ad Hoc Reviewer
• International Angiology - Ad Hoc Reviewer
• New England Journal of Medicine - Ad Hoc Reviewer

Professional Organizations

• American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1981
• American College of Surgeons, Fellow 1978
• American Heart Association, Council on Arteriosclerosis, 1981
• American Heart Association, Council on Cardio-Thoracic & Vascular, 1981
• American Heart Association, Stroke Council, 1994
• American Medical Association, 1982
• American Surgical Association, 1985
• Association for Academic Surgery, 1975
• Baltic Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1990
• Central Surgical Association, 1981
• Chicago Heart Association, 1984
• Chicago Medical Society, 1982
• Chicago Surgical Society, 1978
• Council of Biology Editors, 1983
• Frederick A. Coller Surgical Society, 1980
• International Atherosclerosis Society, 1982
• International Society for Applied Cardiovascular Biology, 1991
• International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, 1978
• Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Society, 1968
• Latvian Medical and Dental Society, 1980
• Latvian Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, 1990
• Latvian Academy of Sciences, 1990
• Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society, 1978
• New York Academy of Sciences, 1996
• North American Trauma Association, 1976
• Northern California Vascular Society, 1993
• Pacific Coast Surgical Association, San Francisco, 1995
• Program Director in Vascular Surgery, 1994
• San Francisco Surgical Society, 1994
• Society of Clinical Surgery, 1985
• Society of University Surgeons, 1979
• Society for Vascular Surgery, 1981
• Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, 1993 (Honorary Member)
• Surgical Biology Club II, 1972
• Vascular Biology Club, 1985
• Western Surgical Association, 1981
• Western Vascular Society, 1994

Bibliography