Dr. Enrico Ascher is Director of the Vascular Division at Maimonides Medical Center and Professor of Surgery at Mount Sinai Medical School. He is Chairman of the Vascular Institute of New York® at Maimonides Medical Center, one of the largest vascular centers in the United States. Additionally, he is program director of the ACGME accredited Vascular Fellowship Program at Maimonides.
Dr. Ascher is a member American Surgical Association. He is past president of the Society for Vascular Surgery,Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, Eastern Vascular Society and New York Cardiovascular Society. Dr. Ascher is the founder of the Pan American Congress on Vascular and Endovascular Surgery which provides a bi-annual forum for surgeons and interventionalists from South America, Central America and North America to interact. He also has created and directed the Vascular Fellows Competition for the last 25 years.
He is a frequent lecturer to professional societies and medical school faculties throughout the world. Dr. Ascher is engaged in uniting the specialty of vascular surgery and expanding its frontiers. Currently, he and his team are developing less invasive alternatives to perform balloon angioplasties and stenting using ultrasound guided techniques.
Dr. Ascher continues to be involved with the Society for Vascular Surgery. He founded and is President Elect of the Association of Chairs in Vascular Surgery allowing leaders in vascular surgery to develop new strategies and strengthen their services. He is of the Internationals Relations Committee and the World Federation of Vascular Surgeons.
Dr. Ascher has contributed over 250 articles to leading journals of vascular surgery and is the author of over 65 textbook chapters. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Haimovici’s Vascular Surgery: Principles and Techniques, 5th edition and is currently formulating the 6th edition
