• Clinical programs that include an expanded complex Aortic Program and a regional referral center for people with inherited vascular diseases
• Training programs including a residency, a fellowship and medical student education opportunities
• Research that drives innovative clinical therapies and organizational maturity
• Expert faculty who foster a culture of collaboration, mentorship and academic growth
• High-complexity referral care combined with a core vascular practice that creates a unique environment for training and faculty development 

The program has helped us become a regional referral center for inherited vascular diseases.  

Our vascular lab performs 12,000 to 13,000 studies annually. These include: 

• Venous studies
• Arterial exams
• Dialysis access studies
• Cerebrovascular exams
• Visceral artery exams 

We collaborate with programs and divisions across OHSU to better treat patients, including: 

• Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Clinical Nutrition faculty to treat people with diabetic foot ulcer
• Cardiovascular faculty to support heart care and heart failure services
• Division of Surgical Oncology faculty for tumor resections with vascular involvement
• Division of Pediatric Surgery faculty to treat genetic vascular conditions 

We also offer a four-week away rotation for fourth-year medical students interested in an integrated vascular residency. We are the only quaternary referral vascular center in Oregon.  

Visiting students will experience clinic-based procedures, a vascular lab, operating and hybrid room operations, and endovascular suite procedures. Students will function as an integral part of the inpatient care team and participate in an educational conference.  

Check application requirements and available dates through the School of Medicine’s M.D. Program.  

Our research projects include studies to better understand inherited and familial vascular disease and improve treatment for patients. 

We are studying phenotypic variation in these diseases, including Marfan, Loeys-Dietz and vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndromes, to learn differences in presentation, progression and surgical outcomes.  

With the OHSU Vascular Genetics Translational Research Lab, we are combining high-resolution tissue analysis with clinical phenotyping to better understand arterial fragility.  

We are building a multi-institutional infrastructure to further this research. We hope to improve the timing of interventions, refine operative strategy and predict durability of vascular repair for patients with inherited and familial vascular disease.