Maryland Vascular Center

Faculty

Full-Time Faculty

Rajabrata Sarkar, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Surgery, Division Head and Chief of Vascular Surgery
Dr. Sarkar is an expert in treating blood vessel disorders and a nationally known researcher in blood vessel growth and development. Dr. Sarkar comes from the University of California, San Francisco, where he was an associate professor of surgery and a vascular surgeon since 1999. He received his medical degree and a Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Michigan Medical School. He completed his surgical training at UCLA and was trained in vascular surgery at the University of Michigan. For more information on Dr. Sarkar, see the news release.

William R. Flinn, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Dr. Flinn completed his Vascular Surgery training at Northwestern University. He served as Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery at the University of Maryland from 1993 to 2008. His special interests include suprarenal aneurysms, vein bypass grafts, complex reoperative aortic, carotid and peripheral bypass procedures and noninvasive surveillance programs for deep vein thrombosis.

Marshall E. Benjamin, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Dr. Benjamin completed his Vascular Surgery training at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University. Dr. Benjamin has expanded the program experience with renal artery revascularization and endovascular grafting for aortic aneurysms at our institution. Dr. Benjamin is an RVT and serves as Medical Director of the Vascular Laboratory at the University of Maryland Hospital.

Michael P. Lilly, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Dr. Lilly completed his Vascular Surgery training at Northwestern University in Chicago. He has been a faculty member of the University of Maryland since 1989. Dr. Lilly has developed the basic science research program in our Division. He is Medical Director of the Vascular Laboratory at the Baltimore VA Medical Center.

David G. Neschis, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery

Dr. Neschis completed his Vascular Surgery training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He has over ten years' experience in both minimally invasive and surgical repair of complex vascular conditions. Areas of expertise include the treatment of carotid artery disease, endovascular repair of both abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms, and salvage of threatened limbs.

Clinical Faculty

Luis A. Queral, M.D. Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery

Dr. Queral completed his Vascular Surgery training at Northwestern University. He is Director of the Mercy Vascular Center. He has been one of the leaders in the application of endovascular interventions in clinical vascular surgery.

This page was last updated on: August 12, 2009.

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