Associate Professor of Surgery (Vascular)
Yale University School of Medicine
Dr. Nassiri attended medical school at the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). He completed his surgical internship at UCLA and was subsequently selected as one of the first few individuals in the country into the then newly established integrated vascular & endovascular surgery residency program at the New York Heart & Vascular Institute at Lenox Hill Hospital. He was then recruited to Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, where he was able to found, direct, and grow a number of collaborative, multidisciplinary programs including the reputable Vascular Anomalies & Malformations Program (VAMP).
Currently at Yale, Dr. Nassiri's clinical practice focuses on the endovascular repair of complex thoracic, abdominal, and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms as part of Yale's Multidisciplinary Aortic Institute; extracranial cerebrovascular pathologies; hybrid approaches to limb salvage; and comprehensive management of vascular malformations.
He currently serves as Associate Professor of Surgery (Vascular) at the Yale School of Medicine; is Co-Director of the Yale New Haven Hospital's Vascular Malformations Program (VaMP); and is Chief of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System. He has recently served as the VISN I Lead for Vascular & Endovascular Surgery for the VA New England Healthcare System.
He serves as Key Opinion Leader, Consultant, and Proctor for Terumo Aortic, Inc.; Medtronic Aortic, Inc., & Penumbra, Inc.
He serves as a Consultant and is on the Speakers' Bureau for Penumbra, Inc.; WL, Gore, Inc.; Endologix, Inc.; & Olaregen Therapeutix, Inc.