Awards

Alan H. Matsumoto, MD

After receiving his medical degree in 1980 from Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University and being elected to the Alpha Omega Honor Society, Dr. Matsumoto completed residencies in internal medicine at the University of Massachusetts and diagnostic radiology at the University of North Carolina. He completed additional fellowship training in vascular and interventional radiology at Georgetown University. He is currently Professor of Radiology in the Department of Radiology at the University of Virginia, where he has been a faculty member since 1991 and served as its Department Chair from 2008-2023. He has published more than 300 articles and book chapters and has been involved in the training of more than 250 diagnostic radiology residents and 125 VIR fellows/residents.

He has served as President of the Society of Interventional Radiology, the Virginia Radiological Society, and the Southeastern Angiographic Society, and has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Board of Radiology and gold medals from the Society of Interventional Radiology and Association of VIR Technologists. He is currently the Chair of the American College of Radiology Board of Chancellors.

Jordan R. Stern, MD

Jordan R. Stern, MD, is an Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. A proud Canadian, Dr. Stern earned a Bachelor of Medical Sciences from the University of Western Ontario, followed by an M.D. from The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He completed his general surgery residency at the University of Chicago, and his clinical fellowship in vascular and endovascular surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine/Columbia University Medical Center. Prior to joining the faculty at Weill Cornell, Dr. Stern was an Associate Professor of Surgery at Stanford University.

Dr. Stern also serves as Director of Research for the Division, with a robust publication history of over 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles, book chapters, editorials, and abstracts. His primary academic and clinical interests are the treatment of aortic disease, he has developed and described several novel treatment strategies for complex aortic pathologies, and he has served as principal or co-investigator on multiple industry-sponsored device trials.

Lorenzo Patrone, MD

Dr. Lorenzo Patrone is a vascular and interventional radiology consultant based in Florence, Italy. After finishing his training in interventional radiology and working for one year in his hometown of Genoa, he worked for 8.5 years in London in a newly-created and innovative department that merged vascular surgery and interventional radiology, West London Vascular and Interventional Centre. Since then, he has served as a hybrid vascular specialist: in addition to operating endovascularly on a wide range of patients, he started running regular vascular clinics and ward rounds for vascular in-patients. He recently joined San Giovanni di Dio Hospital in Florence with the ambition to establish a robust limb salvage program for the 1.6 million people covered by ASL Toscana Centro. His main focus is lower-limb recanalization and diabetic foot management. Moved by a true passion for teaching, he has published and presented widely on innovative mini-invasive techniques, and has participated in collaborative research, trials, and endovascular training all around the world.

Kathleen Gibson, MD

Dr. Kathleen Gibson is a board-certified vascular surgeon and partner at Lake Washington Vascular Surgeons in Bellevue, Washington. She graduated with highest honors from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. Her fellowship, residency and undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering were all completed at the University of Washington. She serves on the Executive Board of the American Vein and Lymphatic Society, and is its current President. She is a distinguished member of the American Venous Forum and is a member of the Society for Vascular Surgery. She has authored or co-authored multiple book chapters and articles and has been an investigator for more than 42 clinical trials. She has been a speaker at multiple conferences in North and South America, Europe, and Asia.