Dr. Efthymios (Makis) Avgerinos is Professor of Surgery and has been a faculty of the University
of Pittsburgh, USA since 2011. In 2020, he was appointed visiting Professor of Vascular Surgery
in Athens and Co-Director of the Clinic of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery of Athens Medical
Center, Greece.

He is certified by the European Board of Vascular Surgery (FEBVS). He completed his residency in
the Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Athens, Greece, as well as a clinical fellowship
at King’s Hospital, London, UK and at Stadtische Kliniken, Frankfurt, Germany. Dr. Avgerinos has
authored or co-authored more than 220 peer reviewed publications and chapters on vascular
surgery and his work has been widely cited and recognized with international awards. He has
extensive outcomes’ research and grants in the fields of peripheral arterial and venous
thromboembolic diseases serving as principal or sub- investigator in several international trials.
Particularly for venous disease he has been focusing on acute DVT interventions, chronic vein
lesion management as well as acute pulmonary embolism. He has received awards and grants for
his research on better understanding the techniques and outcomes of these interventions.

He has served on the Executive Councils of the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS), and
International Society for Vascular Surgery (ISVS). He is currently serving in the Education, Clinical
Research, and Guideline Committees of the Society for Vasc