Training
- Internal Medicine Residency: Northwestern, Chicago, Illinois, (1971-1973)
- Cardiology Fellowship: Northwestern (Chicago, Illinois 1973-1975) and Baylor College of Medicine,
Houston, TX (1975-1977)
Past and current professional activities
- Partner in private practice group at Leachman Cardiology Associates (from 1977 until present)
- Peripheral Vascular Intervention Program Director in Department of Cardiology at Texas Heart Institute and St. Luke’s Hospital, Houston, TX (from 1998 until present)
- Peripheral Vascular Intervention Program co-Director at Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine , Houston, TX (from 1998 until present).
- Clinical Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (from 1983 until
- Founding member and Past President of the THI Cardiac Society.
- Education Chairman- International Society of Endovascular Specialists (ISEVS) (from 2008 until 2017).
- President of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists (ISEVS) (present)
- JEVT Editorial Board member (from 2005 until present)
- SCAI Journal Board member
- Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery Board member
Publications and other professional activities:
-Author in over 200 manuscripts in peer review journals.
-Program director of more than 25 national and international cardiovascular meetings on 5 continents (Endovascular Summit meetings in Jackson Hole, Colorado Springs, Buenos Aires (AR), San Juan (PR), Sidney (AU), Slovenia, Croatia, Siena (IT), ICON Phoenix ( AZ), CCC (Houston), Krakow (Pl) and 4TS in Dubai (UAI).
-Scientific committee member of the peripheral vascular program at Euro PCR (2012-2014).
Endovascular Interventions experience:
- Performing PCI since 1979, peripheral interventions since 1980,
- Carotid interventions since 1995. Participated in over 10 carotid clinical trials and registries.
- Performed over 2,500 EVAR and TEVAR procedures (from 1995 until present), most of them under local anesthesia and conscious sedation in the cardiac cath lab.
- Participated as a principal investigator in 6 EVAR and TEVAR clinical trials (Principal Investigator of the PEVAR Trial, Principal Investigator of the LIFE Trial, Principal Investigator of MANTA Trial).
- Internal Medicine Residency: Northwestern, Chicago, Illinois, (1971-1973)
- Cardiology Fellowship: Northwestern (Chicago, Illinois 1973-1975) and Baylor College of Medicine,
Houston, TX (1975-1977)
Past and current professional activities
- Partner in private practice group at Leachman Cardiology Associates (from 1977 until present)
- Peripheral Vascular Intervention Program Director in Department of Cardiology at Texas Heart Institute and St. Luke’s Hospital, Houston, TX (from 1998 until present)
- Peripheral Vascular Intervention Program co-Director at Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine , Houston, TX (from 1998 until present).
- Clinical Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (from 1983 until
- Founding member and Past President of the THI Cardiac Society.
- Education Chairman- International Society of Endovascular Specialists (ISEVS) (from 2008 until 2017).
- President of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists (ISEVS) (present)
- JEVT Editorial Board member (from 2005 until present)
- SCAI Journal Board member
- Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery Board member
Publications and other professional activities:
-Author in over 200 manuscripts in peer review journals.
-Program director of more than 25 national and international cardiovascular meetings on 5 continents (Endovascular Summit meetings in Jackson Hole, Colorado Springs, Buenos Aires (AR), San Juan (PR), Sidney (AU), Slovenia, Croatia, Siena (IT), ICON Phoenix ( AZ), CCC (Houston), Krakow (Pl) and 4TS in Dubai (UAI).
-Scientific committee member of the peripheral vascular program at Euro PCR (2012-2014).
Endovascular Interventions experience:
- Performing PCI since 1979, peripheral interventions since 1980,
- Carotid interventions since 1995. Participated in over 10 carotid clinical trials and registries.
- Performed over 2,500 EVAR and TEVAR procedures (from 1995 until present), most of them under local anesthesia and conscious sedation in the cardiac cath lab.
- Participated as a principal investigator in 6 EVAR and TEVAR clinical trials (Principal Investigator of the PEVAR Trial, Principal Investigator of the LIFE Trial, Principal Investigator of MANTA Trial).