Joseph Lombardi

Ali F. AbuRahma is a tenured Professor of Surgery, Chief Emeritus of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, of West Virginia University, Charleston. He also serves as Medical Director of the Vascular Laboratory and Co-Director of the Vascular Center of Excellence at Charleston Area Medical Center. He attended Alexandria University Medical School, completed his general surgery residency at the State University of New York and West Virginia University and his vascular fellowship at Arizona Heart Institute. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery, Vascular Surgery Board and Royal College of Surgeons of Canada in Vascular Surgery. He is the past President of the Society of Vascular Surgery.
Dr. AbuRahma has an avid interest in vascular surgery and has dedicated his life to research, earning him a national and international reputation for his contributions in this field. As a result, he has published over 275 articles in peer-reviewed journals, over 200 abstracts, 127 book chapters, and eight textbooks in vascular surgery (seven in noninvasive vascular diagnostics and one vascular/endovascular surgery combat manual). He is also an Associate Editor of the 8th, 9th 10th and 11th Editions of Rutherford’s Textbook in Vascular Surgery. He has also made presentations at over 560 national and international medical meetings, including many named distinguished lectures.

Michael R. Jaff, DO is the Chief Medical Officer and Vice-President of clinical affairs, technology and innovation at Boston Scientific Corporation. A professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School (retired), Dr. Jaff was the President of Newton-Wellesley Hospital from October 2016-December 2019. Prior to that, Dr. Jaff was the inaugural Paul and Phyllis Fireman Endowed Chair of Vascular Medicine and Medical Director of the Fireman Vascular Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He is an expert in all aspects of vascular medicine, including peripheral artery disease, venous thromboembolic disease, aneurysmal diseases, and all diagnostic strategies in vascular medicine.
He is the founder of VasCore, the Vascular Ultrasound Core Laboratory, the largest of its’ kind in the United States. VasCore has participated in trial design and independent analysis of vascular laboratory images for over 200 prospective multicenter peripheral vascular device and pharmaceutical trials across 66 countries.
Dr. Jaff has published extensively in the field of Vascular Medicine with over 300 peer-reviewed publications and 10 textbooks, is the Past-President of the Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology and was the first physician to have received the designation as Master of the Society for Vascular Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention, and is a registered physician in vascular interpretation (RPVI).
In November 2011, Dr. Jaff became an alumnus of Harvard Business School after completing the General Management Program.

Dr. Koch is a board certified vascular neurologist and Professor of Clinical Neurology at the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami. He graduated from Wake Forrest University School of Medicine and completed residency and fellowship in stroke at Jackson Memorial Hospital/ University of Miami. His clinical and research focus is on cerebrovascular disorders and stroke. He is the director of the Partrick Cesarano Neurosonology Laboratory, Department of Neurology. Dr. Koch maintains as active research interest in clinical ultrasonography and has published on sonographic detection of fibromuscular dysplasia, carotid plaque ulcerations, and vertebral artery origins stenosis.

Joseph V. Lombardi, MD, MBA, FACS, is Chief Physician Executive of AtlantiCare Health and leading international vascular surgeon with expertise in minimally invasive endovascular therapy. Treating all forms of vascular disease, Dr. Lombardi specializes in complex and minimally invasive aortic reconstruction as well as lower extremity arterial disease and carotid stenosis. Dr. Lombardi led 2 international trials on TEVAR and Bare stenting for the management of Type B aortic Dissection (STABLE 1 &2). His special interests include aortic aneurysm repair, complex aortic repair, thoracic aortic dissection, carotid disease and peripheral vascular disease. Dr. Lombardi has been named one of U.S. News and Report Magazine “Top Docs”, as well as Philadelphia and SJ magazines “Top Doctors” list for many years in a row. Dr. Lombardi is the Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Director of the Cooper Aortic Center, Program Director for the Vascular and Endovascular Residency Program.

Laurence Needleman was born in the Bronx, studied Philosophy as an undergraduate at Cornell, moved around and landed in Philadelphia to work at Thomas Jefferson University where he is Professor of Radiology. He was the second Director of Ultrasound succeeding Barry Goldberg. He trained in Radiology at Cornell Medical Center in Radiology and was a fellow at Jefferson for Body Imaging. He is a Co Director of the Jefferson Vascular Center He is particularly interested in vascular ultrasound. He had held positions on the IAC-VT board, SVU board, and JRC-CVT.