My goal in life has been to provide the highest standard of care to my patients with vascular disease. Although I am a surgeon, care for my patients includes medical evaluation and risk factor assessment, total body evaluation of their vascular status, appropriate medical and conservative treatments, and the appropriate interventions depending on the natural history and stage of their disease. I have the expertise to offer more aggressive therapy, including minimally invasive diagnostic and percutaneous treatments as well as traditional surgical reconstruction when appropriate. In order to provide this scope of care, I have studied the biology of atherosclerosis and the natural history of plaque disease and aneurysmal degeration in different arteries, medical therapies available, as well as the interventional treatments. I have had to continually retrain myself as new scientific information and new techniques for intervention have become available. This is necessary in order to provide my patients with the optimal treatments depending on their individual needs. I have been fortunate to have trained and practiced at major academic medical centers where I have been able to achieve these goals.