
Breaking the silence
I refuse to accept a future where doctors are machines and patients are statistics, and my voice is one way I fight to make that world possible.
After seeing what happens when care is reduced to checkboxes: patients dismissed, physicians stripped of their humanity, and institutions paralyzed by confusion. I realized the system is breaking us, and staying silent would make me part of the problem.
For Leaders Wanting Lasting Impact
As a vascular surgeon and cardiometabolic health specialist who has spent nearly a decade at the body’s most fragile crossroads, I know what happens when clarity is missing: preventable disease advances, teams fracture, and leaders make decisions in the dark.
That’s why I translate complex medical and organizational truths into clarity and action that leaders can use immediately.
When you bring me to your stage, your audience gets:
The authority of a surgeon trained at the University of Virginia and Mayo Clinic, board-certified in both general and vascular surgery, and published in more than 25 peer-reviewed journals.
The systems view of a public health physician with an MPH from Johns Hopkins, able to connect precision science with prevention strategies that cut through noise and confusion.
The leadership experience of a national voice serving on committees that shape the future of vascular surgery.
The humanity of a physician who has seen burnout and moral injury up close and refuses to accept that disconnection is the cost of doing business in medicine.

What I Bring to
the stage
I don’t just speak from passion. I speak from lived experience, rigorous training, and a decade in medicine’s most high-stakes spaces.
Vascular Surgeon, Board-Certified in General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, and Obesity Medicine
Fellowship Trained at Mayo Clinic after residency at the University of Virginia
MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
BA, Princeton University
25+ Publications in peer-reviewed journals advancing vascular and cardiometabolic health
National Committee Leadership, shaping the future of vascular surgery and prevention
What audiences
leave with
Clarity
The ability to cut through noise and see what matters.
Agency
Tools to reclaim purpose, courage, and momentum.
Connection
A reminder that health and leadership begin with human relationships.
Action
Practical steps that can be put into practice immediately.
Professional Speaking
Symposium for Metabolic Health (Coronado, CA), 2025
Plaque, Proof, and Prevention: Rethinking Cardiovascular Risk
Symposium for Metabolic Health (Boca Raton, FL), 2025
Hearts & Minds: Special Issues in Women’s Cardiovascular Disease
Worldlink Medical 9th Annual Academic Summit, 2024
Residual Risk: Additional Tools for High-Risk Patients When Hormones Are Not Enough
Summus Global Master Class, 2024
The Inflammation Equation: Alcohol, Diet, and Wellness
Summus Global Master Class 2024
Inflammation Insights: Vascular Health
Audible Bleeding Podcast 2020
How I Do It—Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis
Summus Global Master Class 2023
The Creation of Inflammation: Insights and Strategies for Improved Health
The Society for Metabolic Health Practitioners, Grand Rounds 2024
The Other 59,000 Miles: Vascular Disease Beyond the Heart (and what to do about it)
The Permanente Medical Group Vascular Disease Symposium 2022
Advanced Endovascular Therapies for Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia
Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society 44th Annual Meeting, Virtual 2020
Frailty Remains Highly Correlated with Mortality after EVAR in Octogenarians
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