CX 2026 Executive Board
CX Co-Chair
Dittmar BöcklerHeidelberg, Germany
CX Co-Chair
Andrew HoldenAuckland, New Zealand
CX Co-Chair
Erin MurphyCharlotte, United States
Aortic
Dittmar Böckler (Heidelberg, Germany)Chair and Head of the Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Robin Heijmen (Nijmegen, Netherlands)Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Head of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Tilo Kölbel (Hamburg, Germany)Professor of Vascular Surgery, University of Hamburg, and Vascular Surgeon at the University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Ian Loftus (London, United Kingdom)Professor of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
Gustavo Oderich (Houston, United States)Professor of Surgery, Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Director of Aortic Center, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Heart Institute, Texas, Houston
Kak Khee Yeung (Amsterdam, Netherlands)Professor of Vascular Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Alexander Zimmermann (Zurich, Switzerland)Professor and Chair of Vascular Surgery at the University of Zurich and Medical Director of the Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Zurich Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland
 Peripheral Arterial & CLTI
Naseer Ahmad (Manchester, United Kingdom)Consultant Vascular Surgeon at the Manchester Vascular Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
Brian DeRubertis (New York, United States)Chief of the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at New York-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, United States
Marianne Brodmann (Graz, Austria)Professor and Head of the Division of Angiology, Clinical Research, Medical University of Graz, Austria
Andrew Holden (Auckland, New Zealand)Director of Interventional Radiology at Auckland City Hospital and the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Gunnar Tepe (Rosenheim, Germany)Head of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, RoMed Clinic, Rosenheim, Germany
Thomas Zeller (Bad Krozingen, Germany)Professor of Angiology at Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg and Head of Department of Angiology at Universitäts – Hezzentrum, Freiburg, Bad Krozingen, Germany
Venous & Lymphatic
Stephen Black (London, United Kingdom)Professor of Venous Surgery at King’s College London, Consultant Vascular Surgeon at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital London, United Kingdom
Kush Desai (Chicago, United States)Interventional Radiologist and Associate Professor of Radiology, Surgery, and Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, United States
Manj Gohel (Cambridge, United Kingdom)Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
Erin Murphy (Charlotte, United States)Director of Venous and Lymphatic Programme at Carolinas HealthCare System’s Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, Charlotte, United States
Carotid & Acute Stroke
Chris Metzger (Columbus, United States)Director of Cardiac Catherterization and Interventional Labs, Harvard Medical School, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Barbara Rantner (Munich, Germany)Vascular surgeon, Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
Adnan Siddiqui (New York, United States)Vice-Chairman and Professor of Neurosurgey at the State University of New York at Buffalo, New York, United States
Domenico Valenti (London, United Kingdom)Professor and Leading Consultant Vascular Surgeon at King’s College Hospital, London, United Kingdom
 Vascular Access & Renal Interventions
Nicholas Inston (Birmingham, United Kingdom)Consultant Surgeon and Clinical Lead for Renal Surgery and Transplantation at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Kate Steiner (Stevenage, United Kingdom)Interventional Radiology and Vascular Lead at East and North Herts NHST, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Bart Dolmatch (Mountain View, United States)Professor Emeritus of Radiology and Interventional Radiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Mountain View, California
Vascular Trauma
Christopher Aylwin (London, United Kingdom)Consultant Vascular and Trauma Surgeon, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
Ross Davenport (London, United Kingdom)Consultant Trauma and Vascular Surgeon, Barts Health. NHS Trust and Senior Lecturer, Centre for Trauma Sciences, QMUL, London, United Kingdom