Rabih Chaer Is New Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Division
The Stony Brook Medicine Department of Surgery has welcomed Rabih Chaer, MD, as the new chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and associate professor of surgery. He joins Stony Brook Medicine after serving as chief, Division of Vascular Surgery and co-director, UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
“I am honored to join the Department of Surgery and the Division of Vascular Surgery at Stony Brook,” said Dr. Chaer. “I look forward to contributing to the educational, academic and clinical mission of the institution through a multidisciplinary collaboration across different specialties. I am particularly excited about working alongside colleagues who are leaders in the field and to maintain the tradition of excellence at Stony Brook.”
Dr. Chaer is an internationally known lecturer, a multi-board-certified doctor, and has been a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 10 years. He has written hundreds of publications, dozens of book chapters and has contributed to many other pieces of writing. He specializes in surgery and vascular disease, specifically aneurysms, carotid dissection, atherectomies, deep vein thromboses and limb preservation, and his current clinical research focuses on aneurysm disease, venous disease and pulmonary embolism.
A leading vascular surgery educator, Dr. Chaer directed the University of Pittsburgh’s vascular training programs for a decade. He has also held leadership roles for the Eastern Vascular Society, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, American Venous Forum, APDVS and the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Chaer received his medical degree from the American University of Beirut (with distinction conferred upon by charter under the laws of the State of New York), completed his general surgery residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a vascular surgery fellowship at New York Presbyterian Hospital.
“We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Rabih Chaer to Stony Brook Medicine as the new Chief of Vascular Surgery,” said Apostolos Tassiopoulos, MD, chair of the Department of Surgery. “Dr. Chaer brings with him an extraordinary record of academic and clinical excellence, having previously served as Chief of Vascular Surgery and Co-Director of the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute. His national leadership in vascular education, advanced vascular clinical care and research aligns perfectly with our department’s mission, and I am confident he will guide our program to even greater heights.”
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