Vascular Surgery

The Division of Vascular Surgery within the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine's Department of Surgery welcomes you to our website. Our mission is to reduce the mortality and disability from vascular disease through patient care, research, and education. Our strategy to accomplish this mission is to bring together highly qualified individuals who have basic and clinical research interest and expertise in vascular disease to create novel treatments and prevention programs to detect and treat arterial and venous vascular disease.

Northwestern Vascular Surgery provides cutting-edge medical, endovascular, and traditional surgical approaches to the management of a broad spectrum of vascular problems. We have a long-standing reputation for delivering outstanding clinic care, research funding, and training of students, nurses, residents, and fellows.”

Mark K. Eskandari, MD, FACS, Chief

The James S. T. Yao, MD, PhD, Professor of Vascular Surgery
Professor of Surgery, Radiology, and Medical Education
System Chief and Program Director, Division of Vascular Surgery

Our Team Welcomes You!

Education

The Division of Vascular Surgery is partners with McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University to offer both a traditional Vascular Surgery Fellowship Training Program (5+2) and an I ntegrated Vascular Surgery Residency Program (0+5). The programs are designed to complement one another. Together, they work to produce exemplary leaders within vascular surgery who are prepared to succeed in clinical and academic careers.

Learn About Our Training Experience

Visit our training program webpages:

Watch our program videos:

To see where our alumni are now, see our Alumni page. Explore the following pages for information on our annual educational events:

Annual Northwestern Vascular Symposium
Held each December, the symposium unites 50 national vascular care experts for a comprehensive overview of the latest in vascular surgery.
John J. Bergan, MD, Lectureship
The division selects an honorary guest speaker each year whose work greatly contributes to the field of vascular surgery.
Learn more about the ways in which McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University supports our program with Wellness Resources.
Chicago-Wide Vascular Surgery Journal Club brings together vascular surgery trainees and faculty in Chicago.
Learn about the Office of Health Equity
Meet our nurse practitioners, administrative assistants, and division administrator.

System-Wide Vascular Surgery Clinical Programs

In conjunction with the expansion of clinical care across the Northwestern Medicine Health Care System and led by Mark K. Eskandari, MD, System Medical Director for the Division of Vascular Surgery, the system-wide vascular surgery program provides comprehensive clinical care throughout the Chicagoland area anchored by the academic medical center in the downtown campus—Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Each regional practice is led by a board certified vascular/endovascular surgeon delivering uniform quality care achieving outstanding clinical outcomes. Regional programs include: 1) South Region (Palos Hospital); 2) West Region (Central DuPage and Delnor Hospitals); 3) North Region (Lake Forest and Grayslake Hospitals); 4) Northwest Region (McHenry and Huntley Hospitals); and 5) Jesse Brown Veteran’s Administration Hospital. All regional hospitals have high-quality diagnostic ultrasound vascular testing, multi-disciplinary wound care, a vein center, and a dedicated team of nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. Other important clinical programs include aortic aneurysm care, stroke prevention through carotid treatment, and limb preservation.