Dr. Ross was recruited from Vanderbilt University and joined the faculty as Vascular Division Chief in January 2009. Dr. Ross’s clinical interests include cerebrovascular disease and carotid revascularization, continuous study of the roles of open, hybrid, and minimally invasive endovascular therapies in relation to cost and outcome, diseases of the abdominal aorta, mesenteric insufficiency, limb preservation and therapeutic approaches to acute venous thrombotic disorders, chronic venous insufficiency and varicose veins. Dr. Ross has special interest in chronic venous disorders due to extensive exposure to complex venous reconstructive surgery during training with Dr. Vikrom Sottiurai, M.D. in New Orleans.

Dr. Ross is a native of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. He graduated from the University of Kentucky (1980) and from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in 1984. He served his internship, residency and chief residency in general surgery at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Ross served as fellow in vascular surgery at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. Dr. Ross entered the practice of vascular and endovascular surgery in 1991 in Paducah, Kentucky where became Medical Director of the Lourdes Vascular Center and participated on the clinical faculties of Vanderbilt University, University of Louisville, and University of Kentucky. In 1999-2000, Dr. Ross served as president of the Kentucky Vascular Society. Dr. Ross, always having an interest in academic surgery, joined the fulltime faculty in the Division of Vascular Surgery at Vanderbilt University as Director of Endovascular Surgery in 2006. He was recruited to form the new Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapeutics at the University of Louisville in 2009. Dr. Ross holds certification by the American Board of Surgery in vascular surgery and also in general surgery.

Dr. Ross has been a recognized leader in endovascular techniques since 1993, having provided preceptorships and training opportunities for practicing vascular surgeons during the transition of vascular surgery as a discipline in the mid-1990s through the mid-2000s from traditional open techniques to an expanded endovascular and hybrid armamentarium. Dr. Ross is a member of numerous vascular and surgical societies, and has lectured and published extensively.

Dr. Dwivedi was recruited following fellowship training in vascular surgery at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New York and joined the faculty in vascular surgery in 2007. Dr. Dwivedi’s clinical interests include diseases of the thoracic aorta (TEVAR), hemodialysis access, continuous study of the roles of open, hybrid, and minimally invasive endovascular therapies in relation to cost and outcome.

Dr R. Neal Garrison specializes in general and vascular surgery. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1972. In 1977 Dr. Garrison completed his surgical residency with the Department of Surgery at the University of Louisville following a year of special focus on vascular surgical problems and two years of active duty with the Navy, Dr. Garrison returned to Louisville as a faculty member in the Department of Surgery. He is board certified in general surgery and vascular surgery.
Dr. Garrision is author of more than 300 scientific articles, abstracts, book chapters, and has a specific research interest in mechanisms for the regulation of blood flow during shock and diseases of the vessels.

Dr. Morris is a graduate of Cornell University with a Bachelors of Arts in Science. Dr. Morris received his medical degree from the Boston University School of Medicine and subsequently completed his general surgical training at the University of Massachusetts. Dr. Morris received a National Institutes of Health grant for his outcomes studies of gender differences in cardiac surgical patients with Dr. Christian Campos. He is board certified in general surgery. Dr. Morris’s clinical interests include limb salvage, aortic aneurysms, cerobrovascular disease, endovascular surgery and the use of autologous human stem cell therapy to promote wound healing and limb salvage.

Dr. Yancey completed fellowship training in vascular surgery at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in 2006. Thereafter, Dr. Yancey entered the private practice of vascular surgery at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. In 2008, she was recruited to join the surgical faculty at the University of Louisville and Louisville Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Yancey’s clinical interests include continuous study of the roles of open, hybrid, and minimally invasive endovascular therapies in relation to cost and outcome, chronic venous insufficiency and varicose veins.

Adam Hicks, DPM obtained his undergraduate degree from Auburn University and then completed Podiatric Medical School at Des Moines University. He completed his three-year surgical residency at Jewish Hospital in Louisville and followed that with an accredited fellowship in Diabetic Limb Preservation and Foot Reconstruction.  Dr. Hicks is the Podiatric Surgeon for the UofL Functional Limb Preservation Team and runs the lower extremity wound care center through UofL Health Ccare.  Dr. Hicks is involved with multiple studies involving improved treatment and prevention of diabetic lower extremity complications.