Gerald Dorros

Gerald Dorros, M.D. was the third individual to perform angioplasty in the US in 1978. He initiated the use of angioplasty as a primary therapy for peripheral vascular disease in 1979, and is a world-renowned cardiovascular interventionalist. He is the Medical Director of the Dorros Feuer Interventional Cardiovascular Disease Foundation Ltd. Dr. Dorros previously served as President of the Arizona Heart Institute Foundation and previously was a partner of the Milwaukee Heart and Vascular Clinic. He has made numerous contributions to the management of heart and peripheral vascular disease, renovascular hypertension and critical limb ischemia, including pioneering work in stent supported renal angioplasty, carotid stent supported angioplasty, and endovascular repair of thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysm in high-risk surgical patients. Dr. Dorros has an exceptional understanding of how less invasive procedures, enabled by new technologies, can benefit patients.