Our Team

Matthew Chia, MD, MS

 

Matt is in his 6th of 7 years in the integrated vascular surgery program at Northwestern University.  His research has centered on outcomes in vascular surgery and surgical education.  Originally from the Greater Boston Area, he now calls Chicago home base for life as an avid podcast fan, coffee geek, and amateur videographer.  Follow @chia_md

Sharif Ellozy, MD 

 

Sharif is an Associate Professor of Surgery and in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine and Program Director for the NYP Vascular Surgery Fellowship. He is passionate about surgical education, and couldn’t be prouder of his trainees. He is an avid swimmer, and in his off time he enjoys music, food, travel and listens to way too many podcasts. Follow @SharifEllozy

Amanda Fobare, MD

 

Amanda is a second year Vascular Surgery fellow at Emory University. She is originally from Kalamazoo, MI and completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan (Go Blue!). She complete her MD at Boston University and general surgery residency at Emory. Outside of operating, she enjoys traveling, reading, running, and fostering animals with the local humane society.  Follow @AmandaFobare

Rachael Forsythe, MBChB, PhD

 

Rachael is a senior vascular surgery trainee in Edinburgh, Scotland, having also trained in Bristol and London, with a PhD studying molecular and cellular imaging of AAA.  She is the Vice President and an education rep of the Rouleaux Club - the UK vascular trainees’ association. She is married with 2 children, has recently taken up cycling and is delighted to be a new member of the Audible Bleeding team! Follow @ROForsythe

Adam Johnson, MD, MPH

Managing Editor

 

Adam completed his vascular surgery fellowship at NewYork-Presbyterian, Columbia University and Weill Cornell Medicine and is currently an international fellow at The Royal Infirmary Edinburgh. He first fell in love with listening to podcasts while walking his new Italian Greyhound, Pepperoni.  He has academic interests in QI,  open source analytics, and optimizing the electronic health record. Follow @adam_mdmph

Kevin Kniery, MD, MPH

 

 

Kevin is a vascular surgeon in the US Army.  He completed his vascular surgery fellowship at NewYork-Presbyterian, Columbia University and Weill Cornell Medicine. He is the co-creator of Behind The Knife, the leading surgery podcast. He is an avid podcast listener, and endurance sport enthusiast, and enjoys spending time with his wife, Sarah, and two beautiful daughters, Makenna and Maddie. Follow @Kniery_Bird

Jacob Schwartzman, MD, MPH

 

Jacob completed his general surgery residency at Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School and is currently a second year vascular surgery fellow at New York-Presbyterian, Columbia University and Weill Cornell Medicine. He has a special interest in surgical education, both at the medical student and resident level. In his free time, he enjoys running, golf, tennis, fishing, and being outdoors.  Follow @JSchwartzmanMD 

Matt Smith, MD, PhD

 

Matt is an assistant professor of surgery at University of Washington in Seattle, WA. He completed his fellowship at NewYork-Presbyterian, Columbia University and Weill Cornell Medicine. Matt did an MD/PhD at University of Utah where he focused on Platelet biology.  Matt loves to teach and is excited to be a part of this podcast though his real passions are playing in the mountains and spending time with family.  

Adham Elmously, MD

Editor 2019-2021

 

 

Fanny Allie-Cusson, MD

Elizabeth Andraska, MD

Chris Audu, MD

Panpan Chen, MD

Joshua Chitwood, MD

Thomas Forbes, MD

Alex Forsyth

Francesca Guest, MBChB

Eilidh Gunn, MBChB

Aakanksha Gupta, MD

Chris Henry, MD

James Hu, MD

Ali Irshad, MD

Lily Johnston, MD

Wes Jones, MD

 

 Nedal Katib, MD

Andew Lazar, MD

Young Lee, MD

Philip Lettieri, MD

Cullen McCarthy, MD

Tomaz Mesar, MD

Mia Miller, MD

Soni Nag, MD

Reginald Nkansah, MD

Anna Ohlsson, MD

Westley Ohman, MD

Natalia Osipchuck

Robin Osofsky, MD

Chris Abularrage, MD

Olamide Alabi, MD

Todd Albert, MD

Shipra Arya, MD

Bernadette Aulivola, MD

Faisal Aziz, MD

John Baber, MD

Leah Backhus, MD

Jonathan Bath, MD

Danielle Bajakian, MD

Donald Baril, MD

Jonathan Bath, MD

Rachel Bell, MS FRCS

Kirthi Bellamkonda, MD

Ruth Benson, MBCHB, PhD

Paul Blair, MBBS, MD

Nina Bowens, MD

Kathryn Bowser, MD

Jonathan Boyle, MD, FRCS

Kellie Brown, MD

Sarah Carlson, MD

Christopher Carston, MD

Wayne Causey, MD

Rabih Chaer, MD

Jesse Chait, MD

Venita Chandra, MD

Lisa Cohen

Dawn Coleman, MD

Peter Connolly, MD

Jack Cronenwett, MD

Robert Cuff, MD

Ron Dalman, MD

Ross Davis, MD

Sarah Deery, MD

Chelsea Dorsey, MD

Julie Duke, MD

Paul DiMuzio, MD, MBA

Matthew Eagleton, MD

Matthew Edwards, MD

Eric Endean, MD

John Eidt, MD

Ronald Fairman, MD

Alik Farber, MD

Arash Fereydoni, MD

Thomas Forbes, MD

Julie Freischlag, MD

Warren Gasper, MD

Ty Garland, MD

Kristina Giles, MD

Peter Gloviczki, MD

Philip Goodney, MD, MS

Brad Grimsley, MD

 

 

Linda Harris, MD

Daniel Han, MD

Caitlyn Hicks, MD, MS

Kim Hodgson, MD 

Neil Hopper, MD, FRCS

Karen Ho, MD

Stephen Houlon, MD

Misty Humphries, MD

Regina Husman, MD

Chris Imray, MBBS, PhD

Jeffrey Jim, MD, MPHS

Carmen Johnson, PhD

Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen, MD

Loay Kabbani, MD

Sree Kanna, MD

Melina Kibbe, MD

Dennis Kim, MD

Antonio Lanfranchi, MD

Peter Lawrence, MD

Linda Le, MD

Jason Lee, MD

Evan Lipsitz, MD

Jim Littlejohn, MD

Joseph Lombardi, MD

Loay Kabbani, MD, MHAS

Angela Kokkosis, MD

Gregory Magee, MD

Michel Makaroun, MD

Rafael Malgor, MD

Ash Mansour, MD

Matthew Martin, MD

Mark Mattos, MD

Jessica Mayor, MD

Barend Mees, MD

Andrew Meltzer, MD

Matthew Menard, MD

Erica Mitchell, MD

Joseph Mills, MD

Nick Mouawad, MD

Sam Money, MD

Leila Mureebe, MD, MPH

Sandip Nandhra, MBBS, MD

Ross Naylor, MBChB, MD

Peter Nelson, MD

Leigh Ann O’Banion, MD

Andrea Obi, MD

Gustavo Oderich, MD

Osarumen Okunbor, MD

Nicholas Osborne, MD

Ben Pearce, MD

Anna Vecchio

SVS Marketing

 

Anna is the Marketing & Membership Specialist at the Society for Vascular Surgery. She works with Audible Bleeding on the public-facing website, social promotion, editing podcasts and optimizing SEO. She graduated from the University of Kentucky in May 2020 with a BA in Integrated Strategic Communication. Anna loves trying new recipes, traveling and skiing.