Aortic Center Team
Meet Our Aortic Disease Physicians
The Aortic Center's multidisciplinary team works together to evaluate and treat patients with aortic disease.
Co-Directors
Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD
Chief, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery; Co-Director, Aortic Center
Kamal R. Khabbaz, MD
Chief, Cardiac Surgery; Co-Director, Aortic Center
Medical Director
Brett Carroll, MD
Director, Vascular Medicine; Cardiology; Co-Director, Raynaud’s Center
Cardiac Surgeons
Louis M. Chu, MD
Advanced Heart Failure; Transplant Cardiology; Cardiac Surgery; Surgical Director, ECMO & Temporary MCS Program
David C. Liu, MD
Advanced Heart Failure; Transplant Cardiology; Cardiac Surgery; Surgical Director, Ventricular Assist Device Program
Venkatachalam Senthilnathan, MD
Cardiac Surgery
Vascular/ Endovascular Surgeons
Elliot L. Chaikof, MD, PhD
Chair, Roberta and Stephen R. Weiner Department of Surgery
Giovanni A. Ferrante, MD
Vascular Surgery
Allen D. Hamdan, MD
Clinical Director, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Chantel Hile, MD
Vascular Surgery
Andy Lee, MD
Vascular Surgery
Lars Stangenberg, MD, PhD
Vascular Surgery
Mark C. Wyers, MD
Director of Endovascular Therapy
Cardiovascular Medicine
Usman Tahir, MD
Director, Cardiovascular Genetics
Alec A. Schmaier, MD, PhD
Cardiology; Vascular Medicine