Vascular Symposium
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Gabriel Pereira, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Sugery
Ponce School of Medicine
Secretary, Vascular & Endovascular Society of Puerto Rico
Ponce, Puerto Rico

Chris Owen, MS, ACNP-BC, RNFA, AACC
American College of Cardiology
Director of Innovative Design and Simulation
Edgewater, Maryland

Loay Kabani, MD, MHSA, FACS
Program Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, Michigan

Chris Kolokythas, CRNP
Senior Nurse Practitioner
Shock Trauma Center
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Sheila Angobung, RN
Senior Clinical Nurse
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Bradley Taylor, MD, MPH
Dr. Joseph S. and Irene P. McLaughlin Professor of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Division Head, Division of Cardiac Surgery
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Adriana Laser, MD, MPH, FACS
Albany Medical Health System
Albany, New York

Yazan Duwayri, MD, MBA
Professor and Chief
Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
John E. Skandalakis Chair in Surgery
Co-Director, Emory Aortic Center, Emory Healthcare, Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

Patricia McLaughlin, CRNP
Nurse Practitioner
Division of Cardiac Surgery
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Brajesh Lal, MD
Professor of Surgery
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Chief, Vascular Service, Baltimore VA Medical Center Director, Center for Vascular Research, University of Maryland
Director, NIH Vascular Imaging Core Facility, University of Maryland
PI, CREST-2 Registry (C2R)
Co-PI, CREST-2
Baltimore, Maryland

Jacob Cherian, MD
Associate Professor
Neurosurgery
Diagnostic Radiology Nuclear Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Joel Harding, DO
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Vascular Surgery University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Andi Peshkepija, MD
Senior Staff Vascular Surgeon
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, Michigan

Sarasijhaa Desikan, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Vascular Surgery
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Melissa Wagner RN, MS, AGACNP-BC, CCRN
Senior Nurse Practitioner
Department of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurocritical Care
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Mirnal Chaudhary, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery Division of Vascular Surgery
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Jill Colglazier, MD,
Associate Professor of Surgery, Consultant, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Michael Lilly, MD
Professor of Surgery
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Surgery University of Maryland Midtown Campus
Baltimore, Maryland

Heather J. Lawson, MSN, RN, FNP-C
Rex Vascular Specialist
UNC Rex Healthcare
Raleigh, North Carolina

Edward Hepworth, MD
Otolaryngologist
Denver, Colorado

Natalie Flinn Jones, CRNP
Nurse Practitoner
Division of Vascular Surgery
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Sarah R. Rosenberger, CRNP
Advanced Practice Clinical Program Manager
UM Medical DTC
Baltimore, Maryland

Trisha Roy, MD, PhD, RPVI, BASc
Assistant Professor & Clinical Scholar
Cardiovascular Surgery
Jerold B. Katz Investigator,
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College
Houston, Texas

Sherla Farrell-Sealey, CRNP
Certified Wound Specialist
Clinical Program Manager-Wound and Hyperbaric Center
University of Maryland Medical System-Midtown
Baltimore, Maryland

James Black III, MD, FACS
The David Goldfarb, MD Professor of Surgery, Chief Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, Maryland

Saurabh Gupta, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Vascular Surgery University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Behzad Farivar, MD
Associate Professor
Division of Surgery & Endovascular Surgery
Co- Director, UVA Aortic Center
Charlottesville, VA

Javairiah Fatima, MD
Professor and Director of Complex Aortic Center at MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington, District of Columbia

Mehrdad Ghoreishi, MD
Co-Director Aortic Surgery
Medical Director, Cardiac Surgery Research Baptist Health Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
Miami, Florida