Javairiah Fatima, MBBS

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Javairiah Fatima, MD is a Professor and Chief of Vascular Surgery at Nuvance-Northwell Health. A Distinguished Fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, she is an expert in complex aortic diseases. Dr. Fatima also serves as Councilor-at-Large for the International Society of Endovascular Surgery and on the editorial board of Endovascular Today. Specializing in open and endovascular aortic surgeries, Dr. Fatima is one of the few surgeons in the U.S. — and the only woman — with FDA Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) approval to study fenestrated and branched endovascular aneurysm repair (F/BEVAR) for complex thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms and dissections. She earned her medical degree from The Aga Khan University in Pakistan, completed general surgery residency at the Mayo Clinic, and vascular surgery fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. She further trained in advanced aortic therapies at the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Fatima has been a principal investigator for over 35 clinical trials and has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles. She has held leadership roles in the Society of Vascular Surgery, Eastern Vascular Surgery and the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery amongst other national and international vascular societies and is a frequently invited faculty at national and international conferences. She is dedicated to delivering innovative, leading-edge care to her patients.