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Vascular Surgeon Joseph V. Lombardi, M.D., Founder and Director of the new Aortic Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, was recently honored by the Associazione Regionale Siciliana of the Delaware Valley at their 15th annual dinner dance for his accomplishments in the field of vascular surgery.

An expert in aortic surgery and minimally invasive endovascular therapy, Dr. Lombardi, who is Chief of Vascular Surgery at Methodist Hospital in South Philadelphia, is also the principal investigator in several clinical trials, evaluating the treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysms.  Most recently, Dr. Lombardi was asked to serve as the global principal investigator for a clinical study on the treatment of thoracic dissection.

A native of South Philadelphia, Dr. Lombardi graduated from St. John Neumann High School in 1987.  In 1991, he received his bachelor of science degree in biology and computer science from LaSalle University.  Dr. Lombardi received a doctor of medicine degree in 1996 from Jefferson Medical College.  He completed a surgical residency at Pennsylvania Hospital, during which he completed a fellowship in gene therapy for vascular disease at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He completed his training in vascular surgery at the University of Pennsylvania.