Introducing the Stanford Vascular Medicine Fellowship Program

We are excited to announce the Stanford Vascular Medicine Fellowship Program. This one-year non-interventional program aims to produce experts in arterial, venous and lymphatic diseases, including related conditions of atherothrombosis, aneurysm disease, and inflammatory vascular disorders.  The curriculum will cover risk factor management, as well as advanced training related to wound care, imaging, and preventative and interventional therapeutic approaches. Rotations will include specialties such as vascular surgery, cardiology, endocrinology, hematology, rheumatology, neurology and vascular radiology. See the full curriculum and details on applying on our fellowship website.

Interested individuals who have completed an Internal Medicine residency (with or without advanced cardiology, hematology or rheumatology training) and seek comprehensive vascular training should contact Eri Fukaya M.D., Ph.D. (efukaya@stanford.edu) for more information.

The Stanford Vascular Medicine Program was started by John Cooke, MD, PhD, professor emeritus of medicine, and Victor Dzau, MD, who with novel insight wrote the editorial, "The Time Has Come for Vascular Medicine” in the Annals of Internal Medicine in 1990. Under the leadership of Nick Leeper, MD, associate professor of vascular surgery and cardiovascular medicine, it's continuing to embrace the spirit of innovation and is composed of a full spectrum of bench-to-bedside translational vascular research and a high volume clinical practice. 

Leeper’s group engages in genomic and molecular biology approaches to develop new translational targets for atherosclerosis and aneurysm disease and these endeavors are complemented by efforts in “Big Data” and bioinformatics, where machine learning is applied to identify new predictors of adverse outcomes for subjects with peripheral vascular diseases. Clinical research areas include early stage trials focused on novel anti-thrombotic and pro-angiogenic agents.

Stanford Vascular Medicine is part of the Division of Vascular Surgery.

Examples of ongoing vascular research opportunities: http://med.stanford.edu/leeperlab.html

Visit the fellowship website here.