Frank Veith

Frank J. Veith is an American vascular surgeon who serves as Professor of Surgery, New York University Medical Center NY, NY [2] and Professor of Surgery Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. He was the first vascular surgeon in the United States to perform minimally invasive aortic aneurysm surgery[3] (stent graft procedure) together with Drs. Michael L. Marin, Juan C. Parodi and Claudio J. Schonholz.[4]

Frank Veith
Born1931[1]
Education
OccupationVascular surgeon
Medical career
InstitutionsCleveland Clinic New York University Medical Center

Education

Veith graduated from Cornell University Medical College in 1955, completed his residency at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Harvard Medical School 1956–63[5] and served as Captain, U.S. Army Medical Corps and Chief, Surgical Service, U.S. Army Hospital, Fort Carson, Colorado 1960–62.

Career

Frank J. Veith is Professor of Surgery, at New York University Medical Center NY, NY and Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. He also is the William J. von Liebig Chair in Vascular Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

Veith has authored or coauthored more than 1,000 original articles and chapters in medical journals, particularly on limb-salvage surgery and more recently the field of endovascular grafting for traumatic, aneurysmal and occlusive arterial disease.

Memberships and fellowships

Veith is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons[1] and in the past had served as chairman of the American Board of Vascular Surgery,[6] president of the regional Eastern[7] and New York Vascular Societies,[8] and served as the 50th president of the Society for Vascular Surgery.[9]

References
  1. "Frank J. Veith, MD FACS". American College of Surgeons. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  2. "Frank Veith, MD".
  3. Veith, Frank J; Marin, Michael M; Cynamon, Jacob; Schonholz, Claudio; Parodi, Juan (2005). "1992: Parodi, Montefiore, and the First Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Stent Graft in the United States". Annals of Vascular Surgery. 19 (5): 749–751. doi:10.1007/s10016-005-6858-9. ISSN 0890-5096. PMID 16052384. S2CID 36486311.
  4. "Claudio Schonholz, M.D." Medical University of South Carolina. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  5. "Frank Veith, MD". New York University Langone Health. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  6. Abelson, Reed (February 11, 2005). "Vascular Surgeons Bang on the Specialists' Door". The New York Times. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  7. "Past Presidents". Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  8. "Profile: Frank Veith". Vascular News. November 29, 2004. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  9. "History". Society for Vascular Surgery. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
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