JOSE I. ALMEIDA, MD, FACS, RPVI, RVT practices Endovascular Venous Surgery in an academic/private practice in Miami and is Voluntary Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr Almeida finished his general surgery residency at the University of Miami- Jackson Memorial Hospital in 1996 and fellowship in vascular surgery at the University of Missouri- Columbia in 1998. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery in both Vascular Surgery and General Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and Distinguished Fellow of the American Venous Forum.

From 1998-2003 he was in practice at the Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute. In 2003 he limited his practice to venous disease. In 2003, he introduced the International Vein Congress (IVC) – a global educational forum in venous disease management. He is the author and editor of both editions of the Atlas of Endovascular Venous Surgery textbook, has authored numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and textbook chapters on vascular surgery, and has sat on the board of directors of several vascular organizations.