Bryant Visiting Lectureship

The University of Michigan Department of Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery, announces the 2007 Milton F. Bryant Lecture by Dr. K. Craig Kent to be held on Friday March 23, 2007.

K. Craig Kent, MD

Nationally recognized for his experience and leadership in the field of vascular surgery, Dr. Kent joined the Division of Vascular Surgery at the NewYork Weill Cornell Medical Center in 1997.

In 2001, the NewYork-Presbyterian healthcare system merged the Divisions of Vascular Surgery at NewYork Weill Cornell Medical Center and Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, and Dr. Kent was chosen to take on the challenging role of Chief for the newly combined division. The combined division represents one of the largest academic vascular surgical programs in the United States, with a total of 11 surgeons.

Following his graduation from medical school in 1981, Dr. Kent completed his General Surgery Residency at the University of California at San Francisco and a Fellowship in Vascular Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital-Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Kent was recognized early on for his achievements in vascular surgery, when he was awarded the E. J. Wylie Traveling Fellowship. This prestigious fellowship is awarded by the Society of Vascular Surgery for academic excellence in clinical and basic science research and is given to only one vascular surgeon in the United States each year.

An active contributor to the advancement of the practice of vascular surgery, Dr. Kent has authored or co-authored over 200 manuscripts and chapters that have been published in peer-reviewed journals and textbooks on vascular disease. He is regularly invited to speak at local, national, and international scientific meetings on a wide variety of vascular surgery topics. His National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded basic science lab is exploring the mechanisms of failure for bypass grafts and angioplasty following vascular intervention. He is active in the leadership of vascular surgery and will soon be President of their prestigious national society, the Society for Vascular Surgery.

In addition to outstanding surgical abilities, Dr. Kent is a dedicated teacher who is devoted to training future vascular surgeons. Dr. Kent is the program director for the vascular surgery fellowship, a program he initiated at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He has also designed a program at NYPH for retraining vascular surgeons in modern minimally invasive catheter techniques. He is also the PI of a Vascular Surgery T32 training grant.