FRANK J. VEITH, MD, is one of America's leading vascular surgeons, a pioneering creator of life- and limb-saving medical advances, and the chairman of VEITHsymposium--the largest vascular surgery conference in the world. He currently serves as a professor of surgery at NYU and the Cleveland Clinic.
At various times in a career spanning more than half a century, Dr. Veith has been a leader in every national and international vascular society. He has authored or co-authored more than 900 articles in medical journals. He has received numerous honors, including the Society for Vascular Surgery Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2013, an endowed chair was established in his honor at NYU.
Dr. Veith is a graduate of Cornell and completed his surgical residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard. He lives in New York with his wife, Carol.