Sean Lyden
MD
Chairman/Vascular Surgery
The Cleveland Clinic

Sean Lyden, MD, is the Chairman of the Department of Vascular Surgery at Cleveland Clinic’s Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute. He also serves as Chief Medical Officer of Excelerate Strategic Health Sourcing, a venture between Cleveland Clinic and Vizient to save health care organizations money with a provider-led, physician-engaged sourcing company. He has clinical interests in abdominal aortic aneurysms, carotid artery disease, and lower-extremity endovascular treatments. Dr. Lyden was appointed to the Cleveland Clinic staff in 2001. He is a Professor of Surgery in the Department of Vascular Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. He has been involved in more than 70 clinical trials studying various topics including thoracic, fenestrated and abdominal stent grafting; lower extremity interventional therapies with fenestrated and carotid stenting. Dr. Lyden has presented his research and clinical findings more than 270 times at national and international medical symposia and conferences. He serves on the editorial board of Endovascular Today and the Annals of Vascular Surgery and serves as reviewer for several journals, including the Journal of Vascular Surgery, Annals of Vascular Surgery and the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. He has authored and co-authored over 85 articles in leading publications, including the Journal of Vascular Surgery, Vascular Medicine and Journal of Endovascular Therapy. He also has also authored chapters in several vascular textbooks.