To save lives, and prevent long term disability due to stroke and limb loss by offering a comprehensive approach to vascular disease through preventive services, diagnostic expertise and the latest in minimally invasive surgical techniques.

The field of vascular surgery is at a crossroads. On the one hand, vascular surgeons have accumulated four decades of experience using traditional open techniques, with excellent short and long term results. On the other hand, innovative approaches, which rely on noninvasive vascular imaging and endovascular technology, provide surgeons and patients with new, potentially less invasive treatment options based on their breadth of experience with surgical and endovascular techniques. USC vascular surgeons are especially qualified to select the best approach for the patient with vascular disease.