Baszucki Visiting Professorship & Research Day

Baszucki Visiting Professor and Research Day
October 21-22, 2025

Ulf Hedin, MD, PhD
Professor/Surgeon/Scientist/Senior consultant/Group leader of Vascular Surgery Research Group, Dept. Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institute and Vascular Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Lecture: "Precision medicine for carotid disease"
Grand Rounds: "Biobanking - a gold mine for development of research and clinical care"

Baszucki Visiting Professor and Research Day
October 28-29, 2024

Dianna Milewicz, MD, PhD
President George H.W. Bush Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine, Director of the Division of Medical Genetics, and Vice-Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston

Lecture: "Decoding ACTA2: How do missense variants in one gene cause acute aortic dissections, early onset atherosclerosis, and moyamoya disease?"
Grand Rounds: "Genes Predisposing to Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections: Mechanistic Insights and Gene-Based Management?"

Weesam Al-Khatib, M.D. Visiting Professorship
March 24-25, 2025

Alan Dardik, MD

Professor of Surgery (Vascular) and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Yale School of Medicine

Lecture: TBA
Grand Rounds: TBA

Holman Day
May 9, 2025

Kathy Gallagher, MD

Lecture: TBA
Grand Rounds: TBA

September 18-19, 2023

Baszucki Visiting Professor and Research Day

Scott Damrauer, MD, 
Associate Professor of Surgery & Associate Professor of Genetics
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Lecture: "All Aortic Aneurysms Are Not Equal: Lessons form the Genetics of Thoracic and Abdominal Aortic Aneyrysms"
Grand Rounds: "Precision Medicine and the Surgeon: What are we going an are we there yet"

February 26-27, 2024

Visiting Professor 
Frank Davis, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery Department of Surgery / University of Michigan
Section Chief of Vascular Surgery
Department of Surgery VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System

Lecure: Pathological Role of Immune and Structural Cells in AAA Development"
Grand Rounds: "Harnessing the Power of a Statewide Collaborative to Improve Vascular Surgery Care"

May 22-23, 2024

Weesam Al-Khatib, M.D. Visiting Professorship

Matthew Eagleton, MD

Chief of the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General) 

Robert R. Linton, MD Professor of Surgery in the Field of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery in Harvard Medical School

Lecture: "FEVER for FEVAR"
Grand Rounds: "Married in Medicine"

April 22-23, 2024

November 28-29, 2022

Murray Shames, MD, DFSVS, FACS
Richard G. Connar Professor
Chair Department of Surgery
USF Health Morsani School of Medicine

Lecture: "Management of Failed EVAR"
Grand Rounds: "The Academic Surgery Journey: Service, Leadership, and the Pursuit of Work-Life Balance"

Weesam Al-Khatib, M.D. Visiting Professorship

May 22-23, 2023

Kellie Brown, MD
Professor of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
The Medical College of Wisconsin
Lecture: "Management of concomitant Carotid and Coronary Artery Disease: A Milwaukee Legacy."
Grand Rounds: "Challenges to the Health of Surgery and Strategies for Survivial."
 

Weesam Al-Khatib, M.D. Visiting Professorship

May 30-31, 2022

Malachi G. Sheahan III, MD
Professor and Chair, Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Louisiana State University

Lecture: "Unstack the deck- The random design of our healthcare work environment and its contribution to burnout
Grand Rounds: "How to be a doctor at the end of the world"

December 6-7, 2021

Ali AbuRahma, MD
Professor of Surgery, Chief, Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Director of the Vascular Surgery Fellowship and Residency Programs
West Virginia University, Charleston

Lecture: “The Use of Drug-Eluting Balloon/Stents in Femoropopliteal and Infrapopliteal Arterial Disease: A Real World Single-Center Experience”
Grand Rounds: "Improvement of CEA Outcomes and My Experience over Three Decades: Update on SVS Clinical Practice Guidelines of Extracranial Carotid Vascular Disease"

February 1-2, 2021

Thomas Bower, MD
Consultant, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Professor of Surgery at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

Lecture:  "Complex Open Aortic Surgery in the Endovascular Era"
Grand Rounds:  “Tumors of the Inferior Vena Cava and their Surgical Management”

Watch Grant Rounds Lecture here

Weesam Al-Khatib, M.D. Visiting Professorship

April 5-6, 2021

Wei Zhou, MD, FACS
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
Professor, Surgery
Univesity of Arizona, College of Medicine

Lecture:  "Carotid Disease and Cognitive Function"
Grand Rounds:  "Embracing a limb salvage team"

Weesam Al-Katib, M.D. Visiting Professorship

April 27-28, 2020

Matthew Mell, MD 
Pearl Stamps Stewart Professor in Surgery
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
Medical Director, UC Davis Vascular Center
University of California Davis

Lecture: "The Intersection of Health Research, Health Policy and Vascular Disease" 
Grand Rounds: "The Road Not Taken"

February 4-5, 2019

Hans-Henning Eckstein, MD,PhD, FEBVS
Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery/Vascular Center
Technischen Universitat Mucnchen
Munich, Germany

Lecture:  "Vascular evidence can be generated from RCT's and registries or routine data- the example of aortic aneurysms and carotid stenosis"
Grand Rounds:  "The Munich clinical pathway for extracranial carotid stenosis-patient selection, perioperation management and outcomes"

Watch Dr. Eckstein's Grant Rounds Lecture here

April 1-2, 2019

Anton N. Sidawy, MD, MPH, FACS
Professor and Lewis B. Saltz Chair
Department of Surgery
George Washington University
Washington, DC

Lecture:  “The Anatomy of a Successful Manuscript”
Grand Rounds:  “Accreditation of Surgical Subspecialties Quality Programs: An Idea Whose Time Has Come!”

Watch Dr. Sidawy's Grand Rounds Lecture here
Inaugural Weesam Al-Khatib,MD Visiting Professorship

February 5 - 6, 2018

Samuel R. Money, MD FACS
Professor of Surgery 
Mayo Clinic
Phoenix, AZ

Lecture:  "Segmental Arterial  Mediolysis"
Grand Rounds:  "Surgeon Personalities and Burnout"

Watch Dr. Money's Grand Rounds Lecture here

April 2-3, 2018

Peter Gloviczki, MD
Professor of Surgery
Chair, Division of Vascular Surgery
Director, Gonda Vascular Center
Mayo Clinic 
Rochester, MN

Lecture:  "Factors Affecting Outcome After Open and Endovascular Repari of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms:Three Decades of Mayo Clinic Experience" 
Grand Rounds:  "The Art of Open Venous Reconstructions in the Endovascular Era"

Watch Dr. Gloviczki's Grand Rounds Lecture here

February 6-7, 2017

Tara M. Mastracci, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FRCS
Clinical Lead, Complex Aortic Surgery
The Royal Free Hospital
London, England

Lecture:  Vascular Surgery in the Post Modern Era
Grand Rounds:  The Unintended Consequences of Fast Paced Innovation in Surgery

March 20-21, 2017

Daniel Clair, MD
Chair, Department of Surgery
Palmetto Health/University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Columbia, SC

Lecture:  "What Will We Need to Know of Open Aortic Surgery"
Grand Rounds:  "A Surgeon’s Responsibilities"

April 3-4, 2016

Thomas Forbes, MD
Professor and Chair, Division of Vascular Surgery
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario Canada

Lecture:  "Popliteal Artery Aneurysms: When to Treat and How?"
Grand Rounds:  "Evidence Based & Personalized Surgery- Paradigm Fusion NOT Shift"

April 24-25, 2017

Bernadette Aulivola, M.D., R.V.T., R.P.V.I., F.A.C.S.
Director, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Program Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Medical Director, Vascular Non-invasive Lab
Loyola University Medical Center, Stritch School of Medicine

Lecture:  "Tibial Artery Intervention"
Grand Rounds:  "Give an Inch and It'll Take a Foot: The Role of Ischemia in Limb Salvage in the Diabetic Patient"

May 8-9, 2017

Frank Veith, MD
Professor of Surgery
New York University and The Cleveland Clinic
The William J. von Liebig Chair in Vascular Surgery
The Cleveland Clinic

Lecture:  “Popliteal Artery Aneurysms: When to Treat and How?”
Grand Rounds:  “Evidence Based & Personalized Surgery – Paradigm Fusion NOT Shift”

October 12-13, 2015

Peter Faries, MD, FACS
The Franz W, Sichel Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
Program Director, Vascular Surgery
Professor of Radiology
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NY

Lecture:  "Cell-based Therapies for Treatment of Aortic Aneurysms"
Grand Rounds:  "Characterization of the Embolic Potential of Carotid Artery Plaque:  Implications for Carotid Endarterectomy and Carotid Stenting"

November 2-3, 2015

Bruce Perler, MD
Julius Jacobson, II Professor of Surgery
Chief Emeritus, Division of Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy
Director of the Noninvasive Vascular Laboratory
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD

Lecture:  "How Far Should We Go with the Endovascular Treatment of Advanced PAD in the Era of Health Care Reform?  An Endocompetent Vascular Surgeon’s View"
Grand Rounds:  "Evidence Based Medicine & the Contemporary Management of Carotid Artery Disease: After 60 Years the Controversies Continue"

January 25-26, 2016

Cynthia Shortell, MD
Professor and Chief of Vascular Surgery
Chief of Staff, Department of Surgery
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, NC

Lecture:  “Diagnosis and Treatment of Nutcracker Syndrome”
Grand Rounds:  "Multidisciplinary Approach to the Management of Complex Vascular Malformations"

March  14-15, 2016

Larry W. Kraiss, MD
Vice-Chair of Research, Department of Surgery
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
University of Utah Medical Center
Salt Lake City, UT

Lecture:  " Getting the Most Out of the Vascular Quality Initiative"
Grand Rounds:  " Frailty and Surgery"

April 4-5, 2016

Manish Mehta, MD, MPH
Director, Vascular Health Partners, CCP
Albany Medical Center Hospital
President & CEO, Center for Vascular Awareness
Albany, NY

Lecture:  "The Vascular Brand - How do we own it"
Grand Rounds:  "Serendipity and innovation in surgery, finding the balance"

April 25-26, 2016

James Black, MD
Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
David Goldfarb, MD Research Professor of Surgery
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD

Lecture:  "Connective Tissue Disorders for the Vascular Surgeon"
Grand Rounds:  "Vascular Resection for Oncologic Cure:  Method or Madness"