Meet the Faculty
Program Director
Russell H. Samson MD, FACS, DFSVS, RVT
Clinical Professor of Surgery (Vascular), Florida State University College of Medicine; President, Mote Vascular Foundation, Inc.; Distinguished Fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery
O. William Brown, MD, FACS, DFSVS, JD
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery, William Beaumont Hospital of Medicine; Professor of Surgery Oakland University/Wiliam Beaumont Hospital of Medicine; Adjunct Professor of Law, Michigan State University College of Law; Distinguished Fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery
Keith Calligaro, MD
Treasurer, Society for Vascular Surgery; Chief, Section of Vascular Surgery; Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Pennsylvania Hospital; Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Carlo Dall'Olmo, MD, DFSVS
Clinical Professor of Surgery, Michigan State University; Distinguished Fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery; Consultant Emeritus, Michigan Vascular Center, Flint, Michigan
Alan Dietzek, MD, RPVI, FACS, DFSVS
Network Chief, Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Western Connecticut Health Network; Linda & Stephen R Cohen Endowed Chair in Vascular Surgery, Danbury Hospital; Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Vermont College of Medicine; Distinguished Fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery
Dennis Gable, MD
Chief Vascular and Endovascular Surgery; The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano - Plano, Texas
Alan S. Gassman JD, LL.M (Taxation)
Partner, Gassman, Crotty and Denicolo, P.A.
Richard Hershberger, MD, FACS, RVT, RPVI
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery (Vascular), Florida State University College of Medicine; Partner, Sarasota Vascular Specialists
Krishna Jain, MD
Clinical Professor of Surgery, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine
Daniel McDevitt, MD
President, Peachtree Vascular Specialists, PC
Erica Mitchell, MD, MEd SE, FACS, DFSVS
Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee; Medical Director Vascular & Endovascular, Surgery, Regional One Health Medical Center; Distinguished Fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery
Ricardo Morales, PAc
Senior Physician Assistant, Sarasota Vascular Specialists; Former President, Florida Academy of Physician Assistants
Inkyong Parrack MD, RVT
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery (Vascular), Florida State University Medical School; Sarasota Vascular Specialists
Caron Rockman, MD
Florence and Joseph Ritorto Professor of Surgical Research, Vice-Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery, NYU Langone Medical Center
Sean P. Roddy, MD, FACS, DFSVS
Professor of Surgery, Albany Medical College Division of Vascular Surgery; Distinguished Fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery
Bhagwan Satiani MD, MBA, FACHE, FACS
Professor of Surgery Emeritus, Division of Vascular Diseases & Surgery, Department of Surgery
William Shutze, MD, DFSVS
Texas Vascular Associates, Plano, Texas; Distinguished Fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery
Murray Shames, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery, Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Dept. Of Surgery, USF Health Morsani School of Medicine; Co- Director Tampa General Heart and Vascular Institute
Cynthia Shortell, MD
Professor and Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Executive Vice Chair, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center
Matthew Sideman, MD
Professor/Clinical, University of Texas Health Science Center; Chair of the SVS Coding Committee
Ken M. Slaw, PhD
Executive Director, Society for Vascular Surgery
Jason, Wagner
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery (Vascular), Florida State University College of Medicine; Sarasota Vascular Specialists
Karen Woo, MD, PhD, DFSVS, FACS
Associate Professor, UCLA Division of Vascular Surgery; Distinguished Fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery