Mission Statement

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 Center Philosophy

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.

The USC Center for Vascular Disease offers patients an individually tailored approach to vascular care where all possible surgical, endovascular and medical options are considered. "The Center is unique since we view our role as vascular disease specialists who just happen to be surgeons," explains Fred A. Weaver, MD, associate professor of Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine and chief, Division of Vascular Surgery. "We focus heavily on prevention, offering patients 'brain attack' (stroke), aneurysm and atherosclerosis (intima-media thickness, IMT testing) screenings to recognize a vascular abnormality before a catastrophic event occurs. "When disease produces symptoms," Dr. Weaver continues, "the latest in vascular diagnostics and treatment is available."