Gustavo Oderich, MD, FACS

​Dr. Gustavo Oderich is the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Professor of Surgery and Distinguished Chair of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). He serves as Director of the Aortic Center and of the Advanced Endovascular Aortic Program at the Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute at the Texas Medical Center. Dr. Oderich completed his general surgery and vascular surgery training at the Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic, joining the Mayo Clinic faculty in 2006. He relocated to Houston in 2020 from the Mayo Clinic, where he practiced for 20 years and was the immediate past Chair of the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. Dr. Oderich is a genuine academic surgeon who has become world-renowned for advancements in fenestrated and branched stent-graft technology to treat complex aortic aneurysms and dissections. Dr. Oderich has an extensive bibliography that includes four edited books, over 700 publications in peer-reviewed journals, abstracts and book chapters. He is Associate Editor in two international journals and is a member of the editorial board of over 30 surgical and medical journals. Dr. Oderich is a member in good standing of numerous societies including American Surgical Association, American College of Surgeons and the Society for Vascular Surgery.