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Michael Lichtenberg, MD, FESC is the Chief Medical Officer and Director of the Angiology Department and Vascular Center at the Arnsberg Clinic in Arnsberg, Germany.

Dr Lichtenberg earned his medical degree from the Heinrich-Heine Medical University of Dusseldorf, and also studied at the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana and the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, Texas.

As esteemed Interventional Angiologist with 20 years of experience in endovascular interventions, Dr Lichtenberg was elected to serve as Managing Director of the German Society for Angiology in 2017. In 2019, he was elected to serve as the society’s President.

Dr Lichtenberg’s areas of clinical interest include deep venous intervention, peripheral artery disease, peripheral thrombosis and atherosclerosis.

In addition to his day-to-day work in interventional care, his main interest is the evaluation of new devices, techniques and procedures for the intervention of peripheral artery disease. Dr Lichtenberg has performed a series of studies in this area and conducted many clinical trials.

Dr Michael Lichtenberg is Section Editor of Vascular and Endovascular Review Journal.

Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon. Assoc. Professor of Vascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, CEU San Pablo University. Research Lead and Supervision, Asklepios Clinic Langen, University of Frankfurt.

Dr Gergana Todorova Taneva is on the editorial board of Vascular and Endovascular Review.

Dr Konstantinos Donas is Head of the Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Director of the Research Vascular Centre at the Asklepios Clinic Langen in Langen, Germany. 

His clinical interests include stents, endovascular surgery, and aortic aneurysm. 

Dr Konstantinos P Donas is a Section Editor for Vascular and Endovascular Review.