CONVIDADOS INTERNACIONAIS
Anthony L. Estrera
Anthony L. Estrera, MD, FACS
TitleS Professor and Chair, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth); Hazim J. Safi, MD, Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Surgery; Chief of Cardiac Surgery and Director, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit, Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute, Texas Medical Center.
EDUCATION University of Texas at Austin Texas, Bachelor of Arts, Biochemistry, 1989
UT Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas, MD, 1993
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
1993-1997 Surgical Internship, Residency, Baylor College of Medicine
1997-1998 Chief Resident in General Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine
1998-2000 Resident in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine
BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
AREAS of INTEREST
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery
Licensure Texas State Board of Medical Examiners
HONORS and AWARDS
Given nearly 40 awards during his 25-year career, including multiple UT Medical School’s Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards, Vitals Patients’ Choice and On-Time Doctor Award; multiple Top Doctors Awards by Houstonia Magazine.
Publications Authored or co-authored more than 60 chapters and nearly 300 peer-reviewed articles.
INVITED LECTURES/DISCUSSANTS/PRESENTATIONS
Highly sought-after lecturer, Dr. Estrera has presented at more than 300 events across North America, Europe and Asia.
Anthony L. Estrera
Estados Unidos
Barend Mees
Barend M.E Mees (MD PhD FEBVS) studied medicine at LUMC in Leiden and completed his training as General and Vascular Surgeon at Erasmus MC Rotterdam in 2011. He subsequently spent two years in Melbourne, Australia, to further specialize in Endovascular Surgery. From May 2014 he works as consultant Vascular & Endovascular Surgeon in the department of Vascular Surgery at MUMC+ in Maastricht. He is deputy head and research coordinator of the department. His clinical area of interest is the (endovascular) treatment of (complex) aortic disease and peripheral arterial disease.
He has obtained a PhD in Vascular Biology from Erasmus MC, INSERM (U689, Paris) and Max-Planck Institute (Bad Nauheim, Germany). His main research areas are vascular biology and tissue engineering and innovative endovascular techniques. He has published over 150 peer reviewed scientific papers. In 2024 he was appointed Professor of “Vascular Repair and Regeneration” at Maastricht University.
Prof.dr. Mees is examiner of the UEMS FEBVS examination since 2017. He is also the inventor of the mazeBox, a novel hands-on simulator for Endovascular training and course director of the arterial section of the European Vascular Course in Maastricht. He was secretary of the Dutch Society for Vascular Surgery from 2018-2023. Since 2021 he is a member of the ESVS Guidelines Steering Committee and the Editorial Board of the European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery.
Barend Mees
Holanda
Bernardo Mendes
Estados Unidos
Bijan Modarai
Professor Bijan Modarai PhD FRCS
Bijan Modarai is Professor of Vascular Surgery at King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, one of the largest vascular units in the UK with an international clinical and academic reputation in complex endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. He qualified from the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals (UMDS) in 1998, obtained a PhD in 2006 and completed his Higher Surgical Training as an NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer, spending a year as an Endovascular Fellow at The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney.
He was awarded the prestigious Hunterian Professorship by The Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2016. His clinical practice is focused on endovascular aortic repair, predominantly complex branched and fenestrated endografting. He also leads translational programmes of vascular research that engages collaborative teams of scientists including data scientists, imaging experts and radiation biologists. He is Director of the King’s College London Centre for Doctoral Training in Translational Research in Advanced Therapies.
He has delivered more than 300 lectures worldwide and recently chaired the European Society for Vascular Surgery radiation protection guidelines committee. He is currently President of the British Society of Endovascular Therapy.
Bijan Modarai
Reino Unido
Bjoern D. Suckow
Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Associate Program Director, Vascular Surgery Residency and Fellowship at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Director of Aortic Endovascular Surgery at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Bjoern D. Suckow
Estados Unidos
Carlos C. Timaran
Estados Unidos
Chang Shu
Chang Shu, M.D, Ph.D
Administrative Appointments:
Professor and Chief, Department of Vascular Surgery, Beijing Fuwai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Disease
Professor and Chief, Department of Vascular Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
Director, Institute of Vascular Diseases of Central South University.
Professional Education:
1989: BS, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University;
1996: MS, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University;
2000: PhD, M.D, Xiangya School of Medicine & Beijing Medical University;
2001: Postdoctoral Fellow in Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Medical Center of Stanford University, USA;
2002: Postdoctoral Fellow in Division of Vascular Surgery, Medical Center of Stanford University, USA
Academic Title:
Vice-President of International Union of Angiology(IUA), 2012-present;
International Member of Society of Vascular Surgery, 2012-present;
Member of Trans-Atlantic Inter-Society Consensus(TASCⅢ)Writing Group, 2011;
Member of National Quality Control Center for Cardiovascular Diseases in China;
Council director of the professional committee members, National cardiovascular disease expert committee of vascular surgery;
Member of American Society of Vascular Surgery;
Director of the Clinical Trials in the China Association for Medical Devices;
Editorial Board of Annuals of Vascular Surgery, 2012-present;
Executive Member of Chinese Society of Vascular Surgery, 2006-present
Guest Professor of Stanford University;
Guest Professor of Yale University;
Guest Professor of Englewood Hospital of MT Sinai School of Medicine;
Guest Professor of St. Clare Hospital of Franciscan Health System;
Guest Professor of Hong Kong University;
Professional Overview:
Devotes on treating vascular diseases and made great contributions to the development of vascular and endovascular surgery of China. Accomplished over 1000 aortic cases and first introduced Chimney technique treating on aortic dissection in China. He was invited and made presentation on endovascular aortic repair in more than 100 international conferences. Published 79 scientific papers on vascular surgery and 16 of them were indexed in SCI, published a monograph associated with vascular anatomy and surgery.
Specialized in the surgical and endovascular treatment of vascular diseases, focusing on large
vascular as well as peripheral diseases. Successively completed the world’s first superior mesenteric artery catheter-directed thrombolysis + portal vein thrombectomy + subcutaneous heparin pump for portal vein thrombosis, the world’s first multi-layer bare stent endovascular repair of traumatic abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm, and the world’s first endovascular repair of acute Stanford type B aortic dissection in late pregnancy. Is in the first wave to carry out “chimney” and “fenestration” techniques for endovascular repair of aortic diseases involving partial branches of aortic arch in China, which greatly reduces the risk and complications of previous thoracotomy for patients with such diseases. In Italy, Rome, Greece, Turkey, Brazil, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and other 16 countries undergo surgery demonstration and multinational consultation of more than 170 times, more than 10 time as the operator to do “the first case” in seven countries, training 195 medical specialists from 17 countries such as United States (Stanford university), Russia and etc.
Chang Chu
China
Darren B. Schneider
Darren B. Schneider, MD is Chief of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy at Penn Medicine and the Clyde F. Barker – William Maul Measey Professor in Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.
Dr. Schneider completed formal fellowship training in both vascular surgery and interventional radiology, and he is an internationally recognized expert in the performance of complex open surgical and endovascular interventions for treatment of carotid, aortic and peripheral artery diseases. He is an investigator in numerous national and international clinical trials. Currently he also is the investigator-sponsor of a single-center IDE study evaluating the use branched and fenestrated stent grafts to treat thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms and aortic arch aneurysms.
Darren B. Schneider
Estados Unidos
Dittmar Böckler
Name Dittmar Böckler
Date of Birth April 17th, 1966
Place of Birth Erlangen, Germany
Business Addresss Department of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Surgery
University Hospital Heidelberg
Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120 Heidelberg
Tel: +49-6221-56-6249
Mobile +49-152-54582299
Fax: +49-6221-565423
Business Email dittmar.boeckler@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Language Skills English, Spanish
University Education Human Medicine (1986–1993) Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
MHBA (2007-2009) Master of Health Business Administration Department of Health Care Management Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Medical Specialist 1998 Board Certified General Surgeon
Subdivision Approval 2001 Board Certified Vascular Surgeon 2003 Board Certified Phlebologist
Examination 1993 German Medical State Examination 1993 American Medical State Examination (FMGEMS/ECFMG) 1993 South African State Examination (South African Medical Council)
Clinical Training 1993-1994 Internship/House Officer at the Department of Vascular Surgery (Head: Prof. Dr. H. Schweiger), Surgical Clinic and Policlinic of the Friedrich-Alexander University at Erlangen-Nürnberg (Director: Prof. Dr. F. P. Gall) – 2 –
1994-1995 Resident/Registrar at the Department of General, Visceral & Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg (Director: Prof. Dr. Ch. Herfarth), One year of training in critical care medicine
1995-1998 Resident/Registrar at the Department of General and Visceral Surgery der Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena (Director: Prof. Dr. J. Scheele)
1998 Resident/Registrar at the Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery at the Clinical Center/Centre Bareuyth (Head: Prof. Dr. W. Wagner)
1998-2002 Resident/Registrar at the Department of Vascular Surgery, at the Clinical Center/Centre Nuremberg-Sued (Head: Prof. Dr. Dieter Raithel)
2002-2006 Attending Physician/Medical Consultant at the Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg (Director: Prof. Dr. J.-R. Allenberg)
2006-2007 Chief Attending Physician /Senior Medical Consultant and Deputy Medical Director at the Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg (Director: Prof. Dr. med. J.-R. Allenberg)
Since 2007/4 Medical Director at the Department of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg
Since 11 /2011 Medical Director and Chairman of the Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg
MD thesis September 1994 Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg: „Conservative treatment after splenic trauma in adults“ (Advisor: Prof. Dr. med. J. Scheele). Awards degree:„cum laude“
Habilitation /PhD July 2005 Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg: „The endovascular treatment of aortic aneurysms: the limitation of indication due to complications in prospective studies. Conferral of the Venia legendi and nomination for lectorship – 3 –
Professorship November 2011
Univ. Professor of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Chairman of the Department
University of Heidelberg, Germany
December 2007 Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Heidelberg
Dittmar Böckler
Alemanha
Eric Verhoeven
Eric L.G. Verhoeven, MD,
PhD.Vascular Surgeon
Chief, Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
General Hospital and Paracelsus Medical University Nuremberg
Germany
Eric Verhoeven was born in Belgium in 1960. During his youth, he lived and followed school in different countries including Germany, Belgium, and France. He received his MD degree at the University of Leuven (Belgium) in 1988. After graduating in General Surgery (Leuven, 1994) he moved to The Netherlands for a fellowship in Vascular Surgery at the University Medical Center Groningen, and accepted a position as Consultant Vascular Surgeon one year later.
He quickly set up an endovascular programme in cooperation with the surrounding hospitals, leading to a larger experience in endovascular AAA treatment.
In 2005, he completed his PhD Thesis entitled “Endovascular Aneurysm Repair: Results and exploration of new frontiers” at the University of Groningen.
In November 2009, he accepted a position as chief of the department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery in Nuremberg (Germany).
In January 2011, he was awarded a guest-professorship of Surgery at the University of Lisbon, Portugal. In October 2011, he accepted a professorship in Vascular Surgery at the University of Leuven, Belgium. In 2014, he became full professor in vascular surgery at the Paracelsus Medical University of Nuremberg.
His main interest, both clinical and scientific, continues to be the treatment of complex aortic aneurysms with fenestrated and branched grafts, with now experience in 2000 cases.
He presented results of his work in numerous congresses with more than 1300 official presentations, and has published over 300 articles and book chapters.
He is married with Margo; together they have two sons (Daniel, 18, and Anthony, 17)
Other interests include a wide variety of sports and travelling.
He speaks several languages (Dutch, French, German, English, and some Spanish and Italian).
Eric Verhoeven
Alemanha
Gustavo Oderich
Estados Unidos
Hence Verhagen
Hence JM Verhagen, MD, PhD, did his medical training in The Netherlands, Zimbabwe and the UK. After surgical training, his Vascular Surgery fellowship was done at The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, Australia, where he developed his special interest in minimal-invasive therapies and endovascular aneurysm treatment. After being Associate Professor at the University Medical Center in Utrecht, he was appointed as Professor, Chief, and Head of training, of Vascular Surgery at the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
He has organized many international training courses on (T)EVAR and is the founder of the Dutch course on peripheral percutaneous vascular interventions. He has performed several “first in Man” implantations of aortic endografts and was global Principal Investigator (PI) of several Aortic Stentgrafts.
Professor Hence Verhagen has extensive experience in vascular diseases, Aortic interventions, and cutting-edge endovascular technologies, and build the largest center for endovascular complex aortic interventions of the country. Furthermore, he is co-founder of the Cardiovascular Center Erasmus MC, scientific board member of the Dutch Institute for Clinical Auditing and consultant/scientific advisor for several medical device companies. He is the former president of both the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) as well as the Dutch Society for Vascular Surgery, and was member of the executive board of the ESVS and the Dutch Surgical Society for several years. He has written over 400 publications (H-index: 53) in peer-reviewed scientific medical journals, guided many PhD students, is member of international vascular societies, reviewer for international scientific journals, faculty member and speaker at countless international scientific conferences, where he gave many keynote lectures. He was visiting professor in several of the most prestigious hospitals in the USA and was awarded the Honorary Fellowship of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Recently, he completed the executive course “Managing Health Care Delivery” at Harvard Business School, Boston, USA, which widened his managerial and leadership skills and helped him to start the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Academy to increase awareness for, and setup training programs in, vascular disease and aortic pathology. It also helped him organizing a large international F2F meeting in the middle of the COVID pandemic. Currently, he is the Chair of the annual meeting of the ESVS and global PI of 2 international RCTs studying outcomes of different stentgrafts for aortic aneurysmal disease.
Hence Verhagen
Holanda
Jason Bayne
Canadá
Joseph S. Coselli
Dr. Coselli is the Executive Vice-Chair of the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, holds the Cullen Foundation Endowed Chair, and is Professor of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at BCM. He serves as Associate Chief of the Cardiovascular Service at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Dr. Coselli was mentored by the pioneering aortic surgeon Dr. Crawford, as well as legendary cardiothoracic surgeons Drs. Cooley and DeBakey. Maintaining this rich legacy, he specializes in diseases of the aorta and directs the Aortic Fellowship Program at BCM. He has performed more than 10,000 aortic repairs, including a record 3,800 thoracoabdominal aorta surgeries, for which he is world-renowned.
Joseph S. Coselli
Estados Unidos
Luca Bertoglio
Luca Bertoglio graduated from the University of Genova, Italy and earned his medical degree in 2003. He pursued his vascular surgery residency at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, benefiting from the direct guidance of Professor Roberto Chiesa. Upon completing his training, he secured a consultant position in vascular surgery at the Division of Vascular Surgery of the San Raffaele Hospital, Milan. By 2014, he took charge of the endovascular functional unit within the Division. In 2021, he was honored with an appointment as Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery at the “Vita-Salute” San Raffaele University. A year later, in 2022, he transitioned to the Vascular Surgery Division of Spedali Civili of Brescia, where he served as an Associate Professor at Brescia University. His primary clinical and research interests revolve around aortic pathology. He performs both open and endovascular interventions for managing complex aortic pathology.
Luca Bertoglio
Itália
Mark A. Farber
Estados Unidos
Michael D. Dake
Estados Unidos
Ross Milner
ROSS MILNER – CV
Ross Milner, MD, is an internationally recognized expert in vascular surgery. He specializes in the treatment of complex aortic diseases.
Dr. Milner has been the primary investigator on numerous endovascular device trials. He is the co-national principal investigator for the GREAT registry. He examined the use of remote pressure sensor monitoring for surveillance after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair as part of a research fellowship that he completed at the University Medical Center of Utrecht as the Marco Polo Fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery. Since that time, he has been involved with many studies that evaluate endovascular devices for both thoracic aortic disease and abdominal aortic aneurysms.
A dedicated educator and mentor, Dr. Milner teaches medical students, residents and fellows about vascular disease management, including the use of aortic stents. He has received numerous awards for his teaching. In addition, he is frequently invited to speak at national and international conferences on vascular surgery and aortic aneurysms. He was recognized as the first master clinician of the Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence.
A prolific author, Dr. Milner has written more than 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts, as well as more than 40 reviews and chapters in leading textbooks on endovascular therapies. In addition, he serves as Editor-in-Chief of Vascular and Vascular News (North American Edition).
Ross Milner
Estados Unidos
Sukgu M. Han
Dr Han is the chief of vascular surgery at the University of Southern California.
He obtained medical degree at University of California, Irvine, completed general surgery residency at the University of Southern California, followed by vascular surgery fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco.
He obtained additional training in complex aortic surgery at the Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota under the mentorship of Dr. Gustavo Oderich.
Dr. Han maintains one of the busiest aortic practices in the region, while serving as the director of aortic center at USC where he offers latest commercial and investigational endovascular options to the patients through numerous trials including physician-sponsored investigational device exemption for physician modified fenestrated branched endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aortic pathologies.
Sukgu M. Han
Estados Unidos
Thanila A. Macedo
Estados Unidos
Tomasz Jakimowicz
Polônia
Yamume Tshomba
Yamume Tshomba, is the current Chief of Vascular Surgery Unit at Cardiovascular Sciences Department in the Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy. He’s also Full Professor in Vascular Surgery and Vascular Surgery Residency Program Director at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.
He worked since 2001 until 2018 as staff surgeon at San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy in the Vascular Surgery Unit directed by Prof. Roberto Chiesa. Since 2016 until 2018 is Associate Professor at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
Dr. Tshomba has been practicing with several international fellowships including the Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris – France (2000); the Adult Cardiac Surgery at the Texas Heart Institute, Houston – TX (2008); the Adult Cardiac Surgery Section at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston – TX (2008); the Cardiovascular Service at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston – TX (2008); and the Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute, Houston – TX (2014). Since 2022 he cooperates with Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia – PA in a Trans-Atlantic Training Program focused on medical students exchange and on Multidisciplinar Aortic Team addressed on Aortic diseases.
Dr. Tshomba’s practice is especially focused on the treatment of aneurysms and dissections involving the abdominal, thoracic and thoracoabdominal aorta and on operative management of cerebrovascular and obstructive peripheral arterial desease. Dr. Tshomba’s interests also include endovascular aortic complex procedures for treatment of arch pathologies.
Dr. Tshomba’s research activities are mainly focused on evaluation and development of new devices for complex endovascular aortic repair and on organ protection during open aortic surgery with a special focus on the substrates for direct renal perfusion during thoracoabdominal aortic repair.
Dr. Tshomba received the Distinguished International Award 2014 from the American Society for Vascular Surgery that selects every year four young vascular surgeons from countries outside North America for their commitment to teaching and research in the field of Vascular Surgery.
Yamume Tshomba
Itália