Timothy Chuter, MD Director of the Endovascular Surgery Program, Professor of Surgery at UCSF

Specialty: Vascular surgery

Medical Centre: Medical Centre

Residency: Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center

Fellowship: University of Rochester

Bio

Dr. Timothy Chuter is a vascular surgeon with a special interest in the minimally invasive treatment of aortic aneurysms. He was the first to use modular branched stent-grafts to treat aneurysms of the abdominal aorta, the common iliac artery, the aortic arch, and the thoracoabdominal aorta. In addition, Dr. Chuter performed the first endovascular repair of an inflammatory aneurysm, and the first endovascular repair of an aorto-bronchial fistula. He has authored over 130 papers and over 40 patents.Dr. Chuter earned medical and research degrees at Nottingham University Medical School in England. He completed surgery residency at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, followed by fellowship at the University of Rochester, N.Y. He is the director of the Endovascular Surgery Program and a Professor of Surgery at UCSF. Dr. Chuter's awards include The Kinmonth Medal from the Royal College of Surgeons of England and The Medal for Innovation in Vascular Surgery from the Society for Vascular Surgery. Dr. Chuter was profiled in the San Francisco Chronicle. The story cited his accomplishments and discoveries in the field of aortic surgery.