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Editorial Board

John F Eidt, MD, Editor-in-Chief

Vice-chair of Surgery
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Of note: Director, American Board of Surgery; Chairman, Vascular Surgery Board of the American Board of Surgery; Past President, Southern Association for Vascular Surgery; Editorial Board, Vascular Specialist; Co-editor of VESAP 2 and 3.

Special interests: Vascular and endovascular surgery; natural history, epidemiology, and control of premature peripheral atherosclerosis; outcomes in vascular surgery; research in graduate medical education.

Financial Disclosure: The editor has no commercial relationship with manufacturers of products or providers of services discussed in this publication.

R James Valentine, MD, FACS, Editor-in-Chief

Professor of Surgery
Director, Vascular Fellowship Program
Division of Vascular Surgery
University of Minnesota

Surgery section: Vascular System

Of note: Director, American Board of Surgery; Director, Vascular Surgery Board of the American Board of Surgery; Past President, Association of Program Directors in Surgery; Editorial Board Member, American SurgeonVascular, and Journal of Surgical Education; recipient of ACGME Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award in 2009; Founding Editor, Scientific American Vascular and Endovascular Surgery.

Special interests: Vascular and endovascular surgery; natural history, epidemiology, and control of premature peripheral atherosclerosis; outcomes in vascular surgery; research in graduate medical education.

Financial Disclosure: The editor has no commercial relationship with manufacturers of products or providers of services discussed in this publication.

Erica L Mitchell, MD, MEd SE, FACS, Weekly Curriculum Editor

Professor of Surgery
Program Director for Vascular Surgery
Vice-Chair of Quality, Department of Surgery
Division of Vascular Surgery
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon

Of note: Society for Vascular Surgery, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, Vascular and Endovascular Surgical Society, American College of Surgeons (ACS), ACS-Accredited Education Institute, Association for Surgical Education, and Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery committee member. Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Vascular Surgery Milestones committee member and American Board of Surgery-Vascular Surgery Board member. Associate Editor, BMJ Simulation & Technology Enhanced Learning.

Special interests: Vascular and endovascular surgery; surgical education and surgical skills training; simulation and competency assessment; quality initiatives and performance improvement; interprofessional education.

Financial Disclosure: The editor has no commercial relationship with manufacturers of products or providers of services discussed in this publication.

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