Vascular surgery is a specialty in which diseases of the vascular system, or arteries and veins, are managed by medical therapy, minimally-invasive catheter procedures, and surgical reconstruction. It includes the sub-specialty, Endovascular Surgery, a less invasive procedure used in the treatment of certain conditions, such as aneurysms, that exist within blood vessels. The SIU Medicine Division of Vascular Surgery includes four surgeons and two advanced practice nurse practitioners. They provide treatments for the full range of vascular diseases as well as dialysis access. A particular