About the Author

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Benjamin Ware Starnes, MD, FACS, is Professor and Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine and Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA. He is Program Director for both the Vascular Surgery Fellowship and the Vascular Surgery Residency at the University of Washington. Dr. Starnes became a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons in 2005 and a Distinguished Fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery in 2011. He is a member of the editorial boards of both the Journal of Vascular Surgery and the Annals of Vascular Surgery and is Associate Editor of the Yearbook of Vascular Surgery. Dr. Starnes has been the recipient of many awards and honors. He is the author of some 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals.