Samuel R. Money, MD, FACS
Chairman, Department of Surgery
Samuel R. Money attended the State University of New York College of Medicine – SUNY Downstate and graduated with distinction. He trained in vascular surgery at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans, Louisiana, under the tutelage of Larry H. Hollier and John Ochsner. He remained at Ochsner Clinic for 15 years where he rose through the ranks to be Division Head of Vascular Surgery. He then moved to Mayo Clinic in Arizona where he served as professor and Chairman of the Department of Surgery. He has served in numerous leadership positions including presidency of the society for clinical vascular surgery, the southern association of vascular surgery and the vascular and endovascular society. He currently serves as the treasurer of the society for vascular surgery.
W. Charles Sternbergh, III, MD, FACS
Section Head
Dr. Sternbergh’s educational background includes an undergraduate degree from Brown University and a M.D. from Duke University School of Medicine. He performed his general surgical training at the Medical College of Virginia and his vascular fellowship at Emory University. Dr Sternbergh has been on staff at Ochsner since 1996. He is nationally recognized for his expertise in Vascular Surgery, and is the author of more than 100 scientific publications and book chapters pertaining to vascular disease. Dr. Sternbergh literally "wrote the book" on the endovascular treatment of abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysm.
Hernan Bazan, MD, DFSVS, FACS
John Ochsner Endowed Professor in Innovation for the Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute
Professor of Surgery, Section of Vascular/Endovascular Surgery
Program Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Hernan Bazan, MD, DFSVS, FACS is a Professor, Section of Vascular/Endovascular Surgery, Dept. of Surgery and a Program Director, Vascular Surgery 5+2 year fellowship program. Dr Bazan has a busy clinical practice and is devoted to medical student and resident teaching. He has received numerous teaching awards in the past, including medical student teaching awards from the Ochsner/University of Queensland School of Medicine and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, and the prestigious Arthur Aufses, Jr. Award at Mt. Sinai for mentoring of junior residents. He is actively involved in several endovascular clinical trials and is the PI of several translational research grants on atherosclerosis.
Clayton Brinster, MD, FACS
Associate Program Director
Senior Staff Surgeon
Medical Director, Non-Invasive Vascular Laboratory
Dr. Brinster completed medical school and a residency in general surgery at the University of Pennsylvania followed by a fellowship in vascular and endovascular surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Before joining
the vascular surgery team at Ochsner in 2015, Dr. Brinster gained specialized training in Europe with cutting-edge aortic surgical techniques and devices now available at Ochsner. He maintains one of the busiest practices of complex aortic
surgery in the Gulf South, with a focus on minimally invasive techniques not offered by other regional medical centers. His clinical interests include all aspects of vascular and endovascular surgery, focusing on both the treatment of aortic,
carotid, and peripheral arterial disease and the advancement of novel endovascular techniques. His research in the field has been presented at regional, national, and international surgical meetings. Dr. Brinster is dedicated to resident and
fellow education and currently serves as the Associate Program Director of the Vascular Surgery Fellowship Training program at Ochsner.
Dr. Leithead, a native of Lake Charles, Louisiana, earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences, with a minor in French, at LSU in Baton Rouge. He received his Doctor of Medicine from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. He completed an Integrated Vascular Surgery Residency at The University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Leithead treats a wide variety of vascular conditions including aneurysms, carotid artery disease, peripheral vascular disease and varicose veins with both open surgery and minimally invasive procedures. He has both a clinical and research interest in limb salvage. Dr. Leithead is also certified as a Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation. He enjoys developing curriculum for surgical training, and having an active role in educational conferences.
Ross Parkerson is a staff surgeon in the section of vascular surgery. He earned his undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University. He then returned home to attend LSU school of Medicine in New Orleans where he earned his MD and was elected to the AOA Honor Medical Society. Afterward, he moved to Tampa where completed integrated vascular surgery residency at the University of South Florida. While in Tampa, Dr. Parkerson was able to participate in numerous clinical trials of novel endovascular devices designed for the treatment of complex thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms. He treats all varieties of vascular pathology and has specific interest in thoracic outlet syndrome, peripheral artery disease, and aortic aneurysm repair. He actively contributes to resident and medical student education with his involvement in clinical research, journal clubs, and case conferences.
