Team Members
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David Armstrong

Dr. David Armstrong

Professor of Surgery at USC and Director at Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA)

Jason Belzer

Jason Belzer

Divisional VP, Sales & Marketing, US Endovascular at Abbott

Nipun Bhandari

Fellow, UC Davis Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship Program

Isabel Bjork, JD, MSc

Chief Executive Officer

Linell Catalan

Director of Programs and Special Initiatives

Lilia Coburn

Lilia Coburn

Vice President of Product at Nurx

Michael Conte, MD

Dr. Michael Conte

Professor and Chief, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at UCSF

Dr. Matthew Corriere

Frankel Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Michigan

Julie Freischlag

Dr. Julie Freischlag

CEO, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Dean, Wake Forest School of Medicine, CAO, Atrium Health Enterprise

Zorina Galis

Dr. Zorina Galis

Chief, Vascular Biology and Hypertension Branch, NHLBI

Doug Grey

Dr. Douglas Grey

Board Member

Dr. Naomi Hamburg

Joseph Vita Professor of Medicine, Boston University

Steve Hamburger

Steve Hamburger

Patient Advocate

Kevin Heath

Kevin Heath, MD

Senior Medical Director at OptumCare Clinical Performance

Thilini Herath

Programs Manager, Scientific and Medical Affairs

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Wendy Hitchcock

Co-Chairman of Vascular Cures

Lisa Huntzinger

Lisa Huntzinger

Program Manager

Katelyn Jackson

Katelyn Jackson

Director of Operations and Marketing

Bob Kain

Bob Kain

Board Member

Anna McVittie Szafranski

Vice President of Marketing, Peripheral Vascular Health at Medtronic

Dr. Manesh Patel

Professor of Medicine and Chief, Div. of Clinical Pharmacology at Duke Heart Center

David Rae

Board Member

Tim Robb

Volunteer IT and Operations, Vascular Cures

David Sayas

David Sayas

Social Media and Marketing Manager

Dr. Peter Schneider

Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery at UCSF

Ronald Stoney

Dr. Ronald Stoney

Co-Founder of Vascular Cures

Julie Thomson

Advisory Board Member

Dr. Edith Tzeng

Chief of Vascular Surgery, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Dr. Omaida Velazquez

Surgeon-in-Chief, University of Miami Health System

Margaret Wong

Director, Oncology Payer Strategy and Marketing at Gilead Science, Inc.

Edward Yu

Edward Yu

Co-Chairman of Vascular Cures