Facility Santa Clara Medical Center Department of Vascular Surgery - Dept 290 Address 710 Lawrence Expressway Dept 290 2nd Floor Santa Clara CA 95051 Map & Directions Telephone Office: 408-851-2000 E-mail your doctor View your preventive services

Department Hours

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Closed	8:30 am 5:00 pm	8:30 am 5:00 pm	8:30 am 5:00 pm	8:30 am 5:00 pm	8:30 am 5:00 pm	Closed
Closed during lunch, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm

After graduating from Baylor College of Medicine in 1991, I completed six years of general surgery training and research at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. I then ventured to the West Coast for a two-year vascular and endovascular surgery fellowship at Stanford University. Upon completion of my formal surgical training, I served for five years on the Stanford faculty as a vascular surgeon before joining The Permanente Medical Group in 2004.

I maintain an academic appointment at Stanford as Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, and I am board-certified by The American Board of Surgery in General Surgery and Vascular Surgery.

As Chief of Vascular Surgery at Kaiser Santa Clara Medical Center, I am fully committed to the highest standards of patient care. Our Department of Vascular Surgery offers the most advanced treatments for the full-range of vascular diseases. We always recommend a healthy lifestyle for disease prevention and we stress optimal medical management when disease occurs. When surgery is necessary, I feel it is critically important to correctly tailor the treatment plan for the individual patient in order to enable the quickest recovery and to ensure the best possible long-term results. This oftentimes requires an extensive evaluation and thorough discussion before scheduling surgical or catheter-based interventions. I offer a clear line of communication to all my patients so that they never feel isolated or forgotten in their time of need.

In addition to teaching medical students and residents, I am interested in research and innovation. I have worked with numerous teams of researchers, scientists, engineers, and business partners to develop useful medical device technologies. Over the years I have also authored or co-authored more than 50 publications relating to various aspects of surgery. I am participating along with researchers at both Kaiser and Stanford in a multidisciplinary National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored study aimed at better understanding abdominal aortic aneurysms; why they form, how they affect blood flow, and factors such as exercise that can influence how they grow over time.

I am also working closely with my Kaiser colleagues to create a computerized region-wide database to study outcomes for routine and less-frequently performed vascular procedures. Kaiser’s world-famous integrated electronic medical records and data systems along with a strong central research infrastructure have the potential to provide long-term knowledge about these treatments that otherwise cannot be effectively studied, even in the most prestigious university settings.

When reflecting on my current position as a physician, I consider myself not just a vascular surgeon, but also a patient advocate and a respectful colleague to my fellow physicians and coworkers. I believe that providing service to patients is a special privilege and I am deeply grateful to my family, my teachers, and all the supportive individuals who helped make my opportunity a reality.

Outside the hospital I most enjoy spending quality time with my family. During my free time I also enjoy photography, guitar, and traveling to picturesque destinations.

You can learn more about my research interests by clicking on the following link: Dr. Hill's Stanford Faculty Page

My Credentials

Medical school	Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Internship	University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
Residency	University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
Fellowship	Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Board certification	Surgery, American Board of Surgery
Board certification	Vascular Surgery, American Board of Surgery

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