VASCULAR SURGERY - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor of Surgery / Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Job Titles:
- Administrative Officer / Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery / Department of Surgery, School of Medicine
Job Titles:
- Clinical Research Coordinator / Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery / Department of Surgery, School of Medicine
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor of Surgery / Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Job Titles:
- Clinical Research Coordinator / Department of Surgery, School of Medicine / University of California
Bicknell Ramsay - a 74-year-old retired engineer who lives a fully active life - was concerned that a wound on his foot would not heal. Having volunteered for a clinical study on peripheral artery disease (PAD), he described the wound to the principal investigator, UCSF nurse practitioner Roberta Oka, R.N., DNSc. She referred Ramsay to Michael S. Conte, M.D., (pictured at right on left), Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at UCSF Medical Center. By then, the wound exceeded two centimeters and was enlarging. After an ankle-brachial index test found only 30 percent of normal[...]
Job Titles:
- Professor of Surgery / Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Job Titles:
- Nurse Practitioner
- Clinical Nurse at the UCSF Cardiac ICU
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor of Surgery / Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Job Titles:
- Senior Clinical Research Coordinator / Department of Surgery, School of Medicine / University of California
Job Titles:
- Clinical Research Coordinator / Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery / Department of Surgery, School of Medicine
- Clinical Research Coordinator at UCSF Division
Job Titles:
- Clinical Research Supervisor / Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
Job Titles:
- D.P.M
- P.M
- P.M., FACFAS
- Senior Physician Diplomate
Dr. Alexander M. Reyzelman, D.P.M., F.A.C.F.A.S. is the Co-Director of the UCSF Center for Limb Preservation, which specializes in treating lower extremity wounds in patients at high risk of amputation, particularly those with diabetes and peripheral Arterial disease.
Job Titles:
- Endovascular Surgeon
- Honored With 2019 Nina Starr Braunwald Award and 2019 UCSF Health Exceptional Physician Award
- Professor of Surgery / Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
- Residency Program Director
Dr. Linda M. Reilly is a vascular and endovascular surgeon with particular interest in the management of infected vascular bypass grafts, endovascular aneurysm repair, complex aortic reconstruction and endoluminal treatment of vascular disease. Reilly received a medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed a residency in general surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she was the first woman to complete the training program. She went on to pursue specialty training in vascular surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, and remained at UCSF as a vascular surgeon as well as a member of the faculty. Reilly is the program director for the UCSF General Surgery Residency Training Program and president of the medical staff at UCSF. In 2011 she was inducted into the prestigious "Society of Scholars", established in 1967 by Johns Hopkins University to recognize individuals whose careers began at Hopkins,and later rose to prominence in their fields through distinguished achievement.
Linda M. Reilly, M.D., Professor of Vascular Surgery, and Program Director of the UCSF General Surgery Residency Program, has been named the recent recipient of two prestigious awards: the 2019 Nina Starr Braunwald Award from the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS), and the 2019 UCSF Health Exceptional Physician Award. The Nina Starr Braunwald Award is given by the AWS annually in recognition of outstanding lifetime contributions to the advancement of women in surgery. Dr. Reilly was nominated [...]
Linda M. Reilly, M.D., Program Director of the UCSF General Surgery Residency Program, was named a 2018 Recipient of the UCSF Excellence and Innovation Award in Graduate Medical Education (GME). The award was presented at the UCSF GME Celebration and QI Symposium on June 18th at the UCSF Kalmanovitz Library at Parnassus Heights. Dr. Reilly is a vascular surgeon and professor in the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery. Award recipients have demonstrated a commitment to advancing [...]
Linda M. Reilly, M.D., Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery at UCSF, has been inducted into the prestigious "Society of Scholars". Established in 1967 by Johns Hopkins University, the Society recognizes individuals whose careers began at Hopkins, and later rose to prominence in their fields through distinguished achievement. Dr. Reilly has the additional distinction of being the first woman to complete the General Surgery Residency program at Hopkins, one [...]
Job Titles:
- Associate Clinical Professor
- Chief of Podiatry
- D.P.M
- P.M
Dr. Monara Dini, D.P.M., is one of the treating physicians at the UCSF Center for Limb Preservation, which specializes in treating lower extremity wounds in patients at high risk of amputation, particularly those with diabetes and peripheral Arterial disease.
Dr. Dini received her B.A. in Molecular & Cellular Biology from UC Berkeley in 2003, and went on to graduate from the California College of Podiatric Medicine in 2008 with a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree. She then completed a three-year residency in podiatric surgery at the St. Mary's Medical Center in San Francisco.
Dr. Dini has served as the Chief of Podiatry in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery since 2011. She is also an Assistant Clinical Professor at the California School of Podiatric Medicine at Samuel Merritt University.
Dr. Dini is a member of numerous professional associations such as the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA), Associate member of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS), California Podiatric Medical Association (CPMA), and the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC).
Job Titles:
- Director
- Professor of Surgery / Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Rong Wang, Ph.D. is Professor of Surgery and Director of the Wang Lab. Previously, Dr. Wang had the distinction of being a post-doctoral fellow in the laboratory of Michael Bishop, MD, a winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Chancellor of UCSF. Dr. Wang's team is engaged in state-of-the-art research involving key proteins necessary for blood vessel growth (angiogenesis) and arterial growth (arteriogenesis). They have found that the Notch 4 protein can cause dramatic blood vessel enlargement in adult animals and that the protein called focal adhesion kinase is essential for maintaining existing blood vessel structure. The ability to encourage the growth of blood vessels can increase healing in traumatic wounds, promote recovery from strokes and heart attacks, or generate the growth of new pathways around blocked arteries in the lower limbs to reduce the potential of gangrene and possible amputation.
Rong Wang, Ph.D., Professor of Surgery and Director of the Wang Lab, has been invited to speak at the The American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP) 2016 symposium on the topic of "Angiogenesis in Organ Development and Function." The ASIP 2016 Annual Meeting will be held April 2-6, 2016, in conjunction with Experimental Biology 2016 at the San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA. The Program Committee has assembled a vibrant scientific program encompassing diverse topics relevant [...]
Rong Wang, Ph.D., Professor of Surgery and Director of the Wang Lab, was invited to give a plenary speech at the 11th HHT International Scientific & Medical Conference in Captiva Island, Florida on June 11-14, 2015. She spoke about Notch4-mediated formation of arteriovenous malformation, discussing how changes in the signaling pathway can cause both the progression and regression of the disease. The 2015 meeting brought together the world's leading HHT experts in both basic research as [...]
Rong Wang, Ph.D., Professor of Surgery and Mildred V. Strouss Endowed Chair in Vascular Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), gave the keynote address at the 2014 commencement ceremony at San Francisco State University (SFSU). Dr. Wang spoke movingly about her childhood, living through China's Cultural Revolution, as well as the scientific and intellectual challenges in her current field of study. She also discussed the hardships she faced growing up in China as a [...]
Rong Wang, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Surgery and Director of the Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research, spoke at the Gordon Research Conference on Endothelial Cell Phenotypes in Health & Disease in Biddeford, Maine. Dr. Wang's talk was entitled "Cell-Cell Signaling in Endothelium and Arterial Venous Hierarchy".
Job Titles:
- Presented SVS Medal for Innovation in
- Professor Emeritus of Surgery / Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
- Vascular Surgeon
Timothy A. M. Chuter, M.D. studied medicine at the University of Nottingham, England. He then moved to New York and worked as an assistant professor of anatomy at Columbia University. His first-ever publication was the head, neck, and upper extremity chapters of an anatomy textbook. He was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time when a computer glitch left the Columbia-Presbyterian general surgery program one intern short, thus starting his journey.
In 1990, upon completing general surgery residency, Dr. Chuter moved to Rochester, New York for fellowship training in critical care and vascular surgery. His planned career as a general/vascular surgeon in a rural New England town took a different direction when he started to explore a few original ideas concerning the potential role of endovascular intervention as an alternative to maximally invasive surgery. These experiments were initially funded by Dr. Chuter's nighttime employment in local emergency rooms. Promising results attracted financial support and engineering help from Cook, Inc., a manufacturer of catheters, wires, and stents. The excitement generated by these early successes was enough to precipitate Dr. Chuter into a career focused on innovation, clinical application of new techniques, publication, and further innovation, all at a frenetic pace.
Dr. Chuter completed his vascular fellowship and went back to Columbia-Presbyterian as an assistant professor of surgery in 1993. The first clinical implantations of a bifurcated stent graft took place in late 1993 at selected centers in Australia and Europe. In 1995, Dr. Chuter left New York to work in Sweden as an associate professor of interventional radiology at Lund University. In 1996, Dr. Chuter was recruited to UCSF as the director of the newly formed endovascular program. The other founding faculty member was Linda M. Reilly, MD, FACS, renown for her numerous contributions in the field.
Dr. Timothy A.M. Chuter was presented the Society for Vascular Surgery Medal for Innovation in Vascular Surgery at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery on June 6, 2008. Dr. Chuter has been a leading developer of the technology utilized in endovascular treatment of vascular disease for over 20 years. The medal recognizes individuals whose contribution has had a transforming impact on the practice or science of vascular surgery.
Job Titles:
- Chairman in
- Chairman in Vascular Surgery / Co - Director, UCSF Heart and Vascular Center
Job Titles:
- Nurse Practitioner
- Nurse Practitioner / Division Administration
Job Titles:
- the Cardiovascular Research Institute at UCSF
Job Titles:
- Professor of Surgery / Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor of Surgery / Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Job Titles:
- Nurse Practitioner
- Clinical Nurse Manager / Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Job Titles:
- Artist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Conceptual Artist Retains Limb Against Long Odds / UCSF Center for Limb Preservation
In his 33-year career as a conceptual artist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, John Maduell illustrated futuristic technologies few others could imagine. But he never envisioned the toll diabetes and vascular disease would take on his body-or that one day he might lose his legs because of these problems. Maduell's troubles started two years ago when he developed a diabetic ulcer on his left foot. "Before I knew it, I was in the hospital, with three toes amputated," he says. Still, the wound didn't heal, and Maduell, who now lives and paints in Modesto, was told removing the[...]
Job Titles:
- Professor Emeritus of Surgery / Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Job Titles:
- Administrative Director for the Division of Transplant Surgery
- Senior Administrative & Research Director / Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
Ms. Harish serves as the Administrative Director for the Division of Transplant Surgery, Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery & the Immunogenetics and Transplantation Laboratory (ITL). In her role as Director, she is responsible for strategizing, developing, planning, and implementing effective administrative structures and financial arrangements to support the operations and strategic priorities for each Division/Program. Ms. Harish helps lead the Division's short- and long-term strategies for growth and innovation.
Job Titles:
- Nurse Practitioner
- Clinical Nurse at New York Presbyterian Hospital
Laura Ellis gained experience as a clinical nurse at New York Presbyterian Hospital in a cardiothoracic step down unit with heart failure, cardiac, thoracic, cardiothoracic surgery, and vascular surgery patients. After graduating from Columbia University School of Nursing as an NP, she managed vascular patients at Mount Sinai Hospital for three years before joining the Vascular Surgery team here at UCSF. One of the reasons Laura enjoys working at UCSF is that she is able to rotate between the inpatient and outpatient setting giving her a comprehensive view of the patient experience in the Vascular Surgery Division and allowing for more complete care of the patient.
Job Titles:
- Senior Clinical Research Coordinator / Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
Marlene Grenon, M.D., C.M., and Greg Zahner, MSc discuss the link between depression and the increased risk of peripheral artery disease (PAD) in a story at Vascular News. Marlene Grenon is an associate professor in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Greg J. Zahner is a fourth year medical student at UCSF School of Medicine. The article is entitled, "Depression and Peripheral Artery Disease: The Intersectionality of Mental and Physical Wellbeing". Excerpts appear below [...]
Job Titles:
- Administrative Assistant / Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery / Department of Surgery, School of Medicine
Matt Kuhn has been with the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery since June 1998. He serves as the Administrative Assistant and Assistant Program Coordinator for the Vascular Surgery and the Limb Preservation Fellowships at UCSF. He also provides administrative support for the Wylie Society, an alumni group comprised of more than one hundred members, predominantly graduates of the Vascular Surgery Fellowship Program.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor at California School of Podiatric Medicine
- Clinical Instructor / UCSF Center for Limb Preservation / Assistant Clinical Professor
- Clinical Instructor at the UCSF Center for Limb Preservation
- Fellow of the American College of Foot
- P.M
Dr. Vartivarian is a clinical instructor at the UCSF Center for Limb Preservation, specializing in treating lower extremity wounds at high risk of amputations.
Dr. Vartivarian is an Assistant Professor at California School of Podiatric Medicine at Samuel Merritt University as well as the Associate Residency Director of the podiatry program at St. Mary's Medical Center.
Dr. Vartivarian is a Fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons and the American Board of Podiatric Medicine. He is a member of numerous professional associations incluindg the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) and the California Podiatric Medical Association (CPMA).
Job Titles:
- Chief of the Division of Vascular and Endovascular
- Interim Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery / Professor & Chief, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
- Named President - Elect of the Western Vascular Society
- Professor and Chief of the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
- Professor and Chief of the UCSF Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Michael Conte, Professor and Chief of the UCSF Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, has recently received the Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Heart Association Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD). PVD Council Chair Naomi Hamburg, MD presented the award to Dr. Conte at the AHA Scientific Sessions meeting held in Philadelphia, PA on November 16, 2019. The PVD Council has released the following statement regarding Dr. Conte's selection for the award: Dr. [...]
Michael Conte, MD, Professor and Chief of the UCSF Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, has recently been selected to serve as President of the Western Vascular Society for the 2020-2021 annual cycle. The Western Vascular Society has released the following statement regarding the appointment: Nominations Committee Names Dr. Michael Conte as President Elect of Western Vascular Society At the 34th Western Vascular Society Annual Business Meeting at the Fairmont Kei Lani, Maui, [...]
Michael S. Conte, MD, chief of the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at UCSF, and one of nation's leading vascular surgeons, was awarded a 4-year, $1.7M U01 grant by the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), a unit of the NIH, to fund one of 6 national centers in the Diabetic Foot Consortium. Conte and podiatrist Alexander Reyzelman, DPM, a co-investigator on the grant, are co-Directors of the UCSF Center for Limb Preservation. The NIDDK research [...]
Michael S. Conte, M.D., Professor and Chief of the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery and Director of the Conte Lab, has been awarded two grants to develop a prototype medical device that will deliver bioactive lipid mediators to prevent "restenosis", the recurrent narrowing of blood vessels following interventions such as angioplasty, stenting, and bypass surgery. The bioactive compounds are being developed in the Conte Lab. The first grant, a $200.000 Technology Development [...]
Job Titles:
- Chairman in Vascular Surgery at the University of California
- Endowed Chair in Vascular Surgery / Director, Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research
Job Titles:
- Professor of Surgery / Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Job Titles:
- Operations Manager / Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
Rebecca Buti, MS, RN, NP is a nurse practitioner in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. As a nurse practitioner on the inpatient vascular surgery service, Rebecca manages patients with a myriad of vascular disorders who are awaiting or recovering from surgery.
With her experience working in internal medicine, urology, and orthopaedics she has a special interest in providing comprehensive care to patients and their families as they transition between health care settings, and ultimately thriving out in the community again.
Rebecca is passionate about promoting opportunities for education and career development for nurses and nurse practitioners. She has been a clinical instructor at Florida Atlantic University and a preceptor while residing in Florida and at UCSF.
Rebecca earned a bachelor's degree in Nursing from Samuel Merritt College/Saint Mary's Intercollegiate Nursing Program. She subsequently earned her Master's in Nursing from FAU where she graduated with a 3.96 GPA.
She is board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as an Adult Nurse Practitioner and by the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses as both a nurse practitioner and nurse.
She is also a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses, California Nurses Association, Phi Kappa Phi Honor society and Sigma Theta Tau.
Job Titles:
- Professor of Surgery / Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
The NIH has awarded Robert Raffai, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Director of the Atherosclerosis Research Lab, a 4-year R01 grant to study Hyperglycemia and MicroRNA Dysregulation of Inflammation in Atherosclerosis. Dr. Raffai has described the purpose of the research as follows: This project will test our hypothesis that hyperglycemia accelerates atherosclerosis in diabetic mice by dysregulating microRNA processing in immune [...]
Job Titles:
- Emeritus Professor
- President of the International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery
- Professor Emeritus of Surgery / Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery / Co - Founder and Chief Medical Officer
Ronald J. Stoney, M.D. is emeritus professor of surgery at UCSF, where he was associated with Drs. Jack Wylie and Bill Ehrenfeld in the practice of vascular surgery for over three decades.
Dr. Stoney joined the UCSF faculty as an Assistant Professor of Surgery in 1966, was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 1973, and then to full Professor in 1980. Dr. Stoney retired in 2000 and was named Emeritus Professor of Surgery.
Dr. Stoney has served as president of the International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, North American Chapter, and the Western Vascular Society.
A little more than 25 years ago, Dr. Stoney took a three-month sabbatical leave from his high pressure operating schedule at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and traveled to Australia to teach surgical techniques at the University of New South Wales medical school.
By the time he returned, he had dramatically altered the landscape of vascular medicine. Inspired by something he saw in an Australian hospital, Dr. Stoney perfected a now patented self-retaining surgical retractable system to improve efficiencies in the operating room. But more importantly, he made the bold decision to try to put vascular surgeons, himself included, out of business.
"It's the dream all dedicated doctors have, really," explains Dr.Stoney. "If you're serious about medicine and helping people, ideally you want to find cures or ways to prevent people from having the conditions that ultimately require surgery."
In 1982, he co-founded VascularCures - The Foundation for Accelerated Vascular Research (formerly known as the Pacific Vascular Research Foundation) to improve patient care and prevent death and disablity from vascular disease. Dr. Stoney has received numerous awards, including the Society of Vascular Surgery's Lifetime Achievement Award. He has lectured around the world, has published more than 100 book chapters and more than 150 peer-reviewed articles, and authored and co-authored more than a half dozen books and manuals on vascular medicine.
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor of Surgery / Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery / Service Chief of Vascular Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
Job Titles:
- Education Program Administrator
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor of Surgery / Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor of Surgery / Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor of Surgery
Job Titles:
- Clinical Research Coordinator / Department of Surgery, School of Medicine / University of California