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Dr. Mahmoud Malas is a Tenured Professor of Surgery and the Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the at the University of California San Diego. He is the Vice Chair of Surgery for clinical research. Prior to his current position, Dr Malas was a Professor of Surgery at Johns Hopkins where he was a faculty for 13 years. He created and led the Center for Research Excellence and Surgical Trials at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Malas completed his general surgical training at the University of Southern California and his Vascular and Endovascular training at The Albert Einstein College of Medicine under the mentoring of Dr. Frank Veith. Dr. Malas was awarded the National Institute of Health K-grant, under which he completed his Master degree in Health Science at The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He continues to hold an adjunct Professorship at that institution.

Dr. Malas is a member of over a dozen of the most elite national and international surgical and vascular societies. He received the Johns Hopkins Clinical Scientist Award, two years in a row; and the Society of Vascular Surgery Clinical Seed Grant Award; He is a Distinguished Fellow of the Society.

Dr. Malas has published over 405 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 32 book chapters and over 326 peer- reviewed abstracts. He had presented his work in over 566 local, national and international medical conferences, and institutions. He participated as the principal investigator of over 40 clinical trials and grants totaling over $13,954,052 in extramural findings. He is also the national PI for several important clinical trials.