Directory

Patrick S. Vaccaro, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Surgery; Chief, Division of Vascular Diseases and Surgery; Program Director, General Vascular Surgery
N-325 Means Hall
1654 Upham Drive
Columbus, OH 43210-1250
(614) 293-8536

• B.S.: Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1971
• M.D.: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1975
• Specialty Training: General surgery residency, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; clinical fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
• Appointment: 2004
• Specialty Interests: Vascular surgery
• Research Interests: Clinical trials

B. Mohan Das, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
N-325 Means Hall
1654 Upham Drive
Columbus, OH 43210-1250
(614) 293-8536

• B.A.: Madras Christian College, Madras, India, 1967
• M.D.: Stanley Medical College, Madras, India, 1974
• Specialty Training: General surgery residency and vascular surgery fellowship, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pa.; vascular surgery fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
• Appointment: 2004
• Specialty Interests: Vascular surgery
• Research Interests: Clinical trials

Pedram Ghafourifar, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor of Surgery; Director of Basic Science Research, Division of Vascular Diseases and Surgery
N-325 Means Hall
1654 Upham Drive
Columbus, OH 43210-1250
(614) 293-8536

• Pharm.D.: Tehran University, Tehran, Iran, 1991
• Ph.D. (Pharmacology): Tehran University, Tehran, Iran, 1996
• Appointment: 2006
• Specialty Interests: General medical pharmacology, vascular and cardiac pharmacology, vascular biology
• Research Interests: Oxidative stress, ischemia/reperfusion, apoptosis, aging

Bhagwan Satiani, M.D., M.B.A.
Professor of Clinical Surgery
N-325 Means Hall
1654 Upham Drive
Columbus, OH 43210-1250
(614) 293-8536

• Undergraduate Degree: Shah Abdul Latif College, Mirpurkhas,
  Pakistan, 1964
• M.D.: Dow Medical College, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan, 1971
• M.B.A.: Franklin University, Columbus, Ohio, 2002
• Specialty Training: General surgery residency and trauma fellowship, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.; vascular surgery fellowship, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
• Appointment: 2004
• Specialty Interests: Vascular surgery
• Research Interests: Medical economics

William L. Smead, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery; the Luther M. Keith Professor of Surgery
N-325 Means Hall
1654 Upham Drive
Columbus, OH 43210-1250
(614) 293-8536

• B.A.: Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., 1968
• M.D.: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., 1972
• Specialty Training: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.; Southampton Chest Hospital, Southampton, England
• Appointment: 1978
• Specialty Interests: Peripheral vascular surgery, vide supra
• Research Interests: Thoracic abdominal aneurysms, renovascular hypertension, cerebrovascular disease, diabetic vascular disease

Jean E. Starr, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
N-325 Means Hall
1654 Upham Drive
Columbus, OH 43210-1250
(614) 293-8536

• B.S.: The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1985
• M.D.: The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1989
• Specialty Training: General surgery residency and vascular surgery fellowship, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
• Appointment: 2004
• Specialty Interests: Vascular and endovascular surgery
• Research Interests: Endovascular trials

Blair D. Vermilion, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery
N-325 Means Hall
1654 Upham Drive
Columbus, OH 43210-1250
(614) 293-8536

• B.S.: Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1968
• M.D.: The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1972
• Specialty Training: General surgery residency, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Ind.; vascular surgery fellowship, St. Anthony Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
• Appointment: 2004
• Specialty Interests: Vascular surgery
• Research Interests: Clinical trials