John Phillips

Dr. John A. Phillips, MD is a cardiology and peripheral vascular interventionalist in Columbus, Ohio. He is affiliated with OhioHealth, Riverside Methodist Hospital and has been in practice there for 15 years. Dr. Phillips is the medical director for endovascular medicine and the clinical operations council chief for the heart and vascular service line at Riverside Methodist.

Yolanda Bryce, MD, RPVI completed her Medical School training at Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 2009, followed by a Diagnostic Radiology Residency at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2014, a subspecialty training in Breast Imaging at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in 2015, and a Fellowship in Vascular and Interventional Radiology at Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute in 2016. She joined the faculty at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in August 2016 where she pioneers minimally invasive cryoablation technique to treat locoregional disease in patients that are poor surgical candidates or refuse surgery and works in a multidisciplinary team to expand treatment options for patients with metastatic breast cancer through interventional oncology. She also specializes in vascular disease in oncologic patients, boarded through the American Board of Vascular Medicine and holding a Registered Physician Vascular Interpretation (RPVI) certification. In 2018, she became the founding director of MSKCC’s Noninvasive Vascular Imaging Center and started the institution’s PAD program improving mobility and quality of life of some of the most vulnerable patients – those with both cancer and life-limiting PAD. Her PAD screening trial examines the prevalence and disparities of PAD in at-risk cancer patients.

Dr. Pradeep K. Nair, an interventional cardiologist, is Vice-Chairman of New Cardiovascular Horizons Conference in New Orleans, LA. He joined the Cardiovascular Institute of the South (CIS) in 2015. A native of Somerset Pennsylvania, he graduated with University Honors from Carnegie Mellon University and earned his medical doctorate at Drexel University College of Medicine. He completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowships in cardiovascular disease and interventional cardiology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian Campus where he was recognized with several awards of distinction for his cardiovascular research. He went on to complete a year of an advanced endovascular interventional fellowship under the mentorship of Craig Walker at the CIS in Houma, LA.

Dr. Nair is licensed by the State Board of Medicine in Pennsylvania and Louisiana. He is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology, nuclear cardiology and echocardiography. He currently practices in Houma, Gray and Zachary, Louisiana where he specializes in peripheral arterial/venous disease and interventions. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions. He serves Horizon's International Peripheral Group, Board of OEIS, ACC Vascular Disease Section Leadership Council, and CLI Global Society Publication Committee. He has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and presented and performed Live Endovascular Cases at several cardiovascular meetings. Having a keen clinical research interest of novel interventional devices and therapies, he is dedicated to supporting the advancement of our field.

Constantino S. Peña, M.D., serves as the Section Head of interventional radiology. He is the medical director of vascular imaging at Baptist Health Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute.
Dr. Peña earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Stanford University, and his medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in diagnostic radiology and a vascular and interventional fellowship in Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
Dr. Peña is a clinical associate professor of radiology at Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. He has presented in numerous national and international meetings as well as participated in multiple clinical trials.
He has served for many professional organizations. He serves as the chair for the Cardiovascular Radiology & Intervention Council of the American Heart Association. He presently serves on the executive council of the Society of Interventional Radiology and was a past Annual Meeting Chair. He has served on several committee on the American Board of radiology and is a Board examiner. He also served on the Radiology Info Committee of the American College of Radiology and Radiological Society of North America and the Society of Interventional Radiology Oncology Service Line.
Dr. Peña is a fellow of the Society of Interventional Radiology, American Heart Association and the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (CT). He is also a member of the Radiological Society of North America, American College of Radiology, Society of Cardiovascular CT, Iberoamerican Society of Interventional Radiology and the North American Society for Cardiac Imaging.

Fadi A. Saab, M.D., is an interventional cardiologist specializing in endovascular revascularization of peripheral vascular disease, with a particular interest in critical limb ischemia (CLI). He also specializes in treating venous insufficiency and cardiac issues, including high blood pressure and carotid artery disease. Dr. Saab earned his medical degree from the Damascus University School of Medicine, Syria, and completed an internal medicine residency at Detroit Medical Center-Sinai Grace Hospital, affiliated with Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. He then completed a cardiology outcome research fellowship at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; a noninvasive cardiology fellowship at St. John Hospital & Medical Center, Detroit, MI; and fellowships in cardiovascular medicine and interventional cardiology at Baystate Medical Center, affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA. Dr. Saab is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, and the American Society of Echocardiography.. Saab is currently Medical Director of Endovascular Therapy and Director of Cardiovascular Research at Michigan Outpatient Vascular Institute in Dearborn, MI. Dr. Saab actively participates in clinical research and has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications. He is an active member of the CLI Global Society and chairs the Society's Publication Committee.

Dr. Mike Watts attended the University of Buffalo for his medical training, earning his MD in 2006, completed surgical internship and radiology residency at the Cleveland Clinic in 2011 and his fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania in 2012. He was the fellowship director for interventional radiology at the University of Pennsylvania and the director of interventional radiology at the Philadelphia VA until 2016. Since then he has been committed to limb preservation, treating CLI on a full-time basis in an outpatient setting. He currently practices at the Vascular Institute of Atlantic Medical Imaging.

Dr. Winscott is Professor of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, with a dual appointment in the divisions of interventional cardiology and vascular surgery. He serves as the director of the adult cardiac catheterization laboratory and is the program director for both the interventional cardiology and the endovascular portion of the vascular surgery fellowship programs. He specializes in critical limb ischemia, limb salvage, CTO, alternative access, directional atherectomy, and anti-restenotic therapy. He serves as the vascular director for 5 wound care centers throughout the state of Mississippi.

Dr. John A. Phillips, MD is a cardiology and peripheral vascular interventionalist in Columbus, Ohio. He is affiliated with OhioHealth, Riverside Methodist Hospital and has been in practice there for 15 years. Dr. Phillips is the medical director for endovascular medicine and the clinical operations council chief for the heart and vascular service line at Riverside Methodist.

Dr. Elizabeth Genovese is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania and is the Director of the Penn Advanced Limb Preservation Program at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Genovese graduated from the University of Notre Dame, attended medical school at the University of Pittsburgh and completed her Integrated Vascular Surgery Residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where she served as Chief Resident. Dr. Genovese specializes in advanced open and complex endovascular treatment of peripheral arterial disease, particularly chronic limb threatening ischemia. She currently serves as the Chair of the SUPRA INGUINAL and INFRA INGUINAL BYPASS VQI modules, and continues to participated in multiple local, regional and national societal committees. Her research focuses on healthcare disparities in peripheral arterial disease detection, treatment and outcomes, along with integration of new technology to streamline treatment algorithms and improve outcomes with complex endovascular therapies for peripheral arterial disease.

Dr. Madassery is an Associate Professor of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (VIR) at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and Rush Oak Park Hospital. He is the Director of The Advanced VIR Fellowship, the Director of Peripheral Vascular Interventions & CLTI Limb Preservation Program and the IVC Filter Clinic at Rush. Recently, is now Medical Director of VIR at Rush Oak Park Hospital.

He received his medical degree from Chicago Medical School, and both Radiology Residency and VIR Fellowship at Rush. Recently inducted as Fellow of the Society of interventional Radiology (FSIR) & the International Andreas Gruentzig Society (IAGS).

He has authored and co-authored numerous articles, and plethora of grand rounds & educational presentations nationally/globally. He is deeply involved with SIR, serving on Standards and Practices, current Chair of the SIR PAD Specialty Council, on the SIR Annual Meeting Committee and other roles. He reviewes for Journals such as JVIR, JSV-CIT, Journal of CLI, Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine & a Board member of the Alliance for Wound Care Stakeholders, in Washington, D.C.

Much of his practice is dedicated to Critical Limb Ischemia Revascularization and Limb Preservation. Recently, he published a multidisciplinary Comprehensive Limb Preservation Guidebook, entitled Limb Preservation for the Vascular Specialist, with over 60 co-authors. Other interests include Complex IVC Filter Retrievals, Dialysis Interventions, Venous Reconstructions, and Interventional Oncology. He founded and Directs the Peripheral Vascular Trainees Lab (PVTL), which had its Inagural meeting in 2024. Most importantly, he is joyously married, and father to two amazing children.

Dr. John A. Phillips, MD is a cardiology and peripheral vascular interventionalist in Columbus, Ohio. He is affiliated with OhioHealth, Riverside Methodist Hospital and has been in practice there for 15 years. Dr. Phillips is the medical director for endovascular medicine and the clinical operations council chief for the heart and vascular service line at Riverside Methodist.

Michael Siah, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He is a board-certified vascular surgeon and has been practicing at UT Southwestern since 2019.

Dr. Siah earned his medical degree at the University of Hawaii’s John A. Burns School of Medicine and completed a residency in vascular surgery at Georgetown University Hospital/Washington Hospital Center. He has delivered a number of presentations and published several academic articles and book chapters.

Additionally, he is Director of the Limb Salvage Program in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at UT Southwestern. His primary clinical focus is on therapies for peripheral vascular disease, diabetic limb salvage, complex deep venous disease, and carotid disease.

Dr. Mike Watts attended the University of Buffalo for his medical training, earning his MD in 2006, completed surgical internship and radiology residency at the Cleveland Clinic in 2011 and his fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania in 2012. He was the fellowship director for interventional radiology at the University of Pennsylvania and the director of interventional radiology at the Philadelphia VA until 2016. Since then he has been committed to limb preservation, treating CLI on a full-time basis in an outpatient setting. He currently practices at the Vascular Institute of Atlantic Medical Imaging.

Dr. John A. Phillips, MD is a cardiology and peripheral vascular interventionalist in Columbus, Ohio. He is affiliated with OhioHealth, Riverside Methodist Hospital and has been in practice there for 15 years. Dr. Phillips is the medical director for endovascular medicine and the clinical operations council chief for the heart and vascular service line at Riverside Methodist.