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VDM Lecture Series: Frank Veith, MD, on CLI
Dr. Frank J. Veith was the first U.S. surgeon to perform an endovascular aneurysm repair and was a pioneer of aggressive limb salvage surgery. Dr. Veith graduated from Cornell University Medical School with honors before completing an internship at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York and residency training at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Throughout his career, Dr. Veith has held positions as Chief of Vascular Surgery and Chairman of Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He has held the William J. Von Liebig Chair in Vascular Surgery and has been the Vice Chairman of the Department of Surgery. Dr. Veith is currently affiliated with New York University Medical Center and the Cleveland Clinic.
At the 25th annual International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy, held in January 2013 in Miami, Vascular Disease Management editor in chief Frank Criado, MD, FACS, FSVM, spoke with vascular pioneer Frank Veith, MD, about the evolution in treatment of lower limb ischemia. They discussed the origins of endovascular therapy and the trends in treatment of critical limb ischemia today. See the video below for the full interview.
