Anton Sidawy, MD FACS

Dr. Sidawy is Professor and the Lewis B. Saltz Chair of the Department of Surgery at the George Washington University. He is a Vascular Surgeon; he completed his Vascular Surgery Fellowship in Boston University Hospital. He also obtained a M.P.H. degree in Health Care Administration from George Washington University. He has published over 190 peer-reviewed articles, over 60 chapters, and made several national presentations and visiting professorships. In addition, Dr. Sidawy concluded a 7.5 year term as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Vascular Surgery, the premier journal of the specialty. During his term as editor, Dr. Sidawy launched the Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders in 2013 and the Journal of Vascular Surgery-Cases in 2015. He edited three textbooks; the Basic Science of Vascular Disease in 1997; Diabetic Foot, Lower Extremity Arterial Disease, and Limb Salvage published in 2006; and the 9th and 10th editions of Rutherford’s Vascular Surgery and Endovascular therapy in 2018 and 2022, a two-volume text often called the bible of the specialty. As the President-Elect, he currently serves on the Board of Regents of the American College of Surgeons and served as its chair in 2022. His previous positions included: a member of the Vascular Surgery Board of the American Board of Surgery and President of the Society for Vascular Surgery, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, the Eastern Vascular Society, the Chesapeake Vascular Society, the Metropolitan Washington Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, and the Washington Academy of Surgery. He is the recipient of a number of awards and honors, including, The LaSalle D. Lefall award for “Outstanding contributions to the profession of surgery and to the entire metropolitan Washington community” from the Metropolitan Washington Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. In addition, the Chapter named in 2008 a lectureship after Dr. Sidawy for his over 20 years of service to the Chapter.

George Washington University Hospital

Chairman Department of Surgery George Washington University

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