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Julie A. Freischlag, M.D.

• The William Stewart Halsted Professor
• Chair, Department of Surgery
• Surgeon-in-Chief, The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Dr. Freischlag came to Johns Hopkins from the University of California in Los Angeles, where she was Chief of the Vascular Surgery Division and Director of the Gonda (Goldschmied) Vascular Center. Dr. Freischlag completed her surgical residency and post residency Vascular Fellowship at UCLA. Before Dr. Freischlag returned to work at UCLA, she was Professor of Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin where she served as the Vice Chair of the Vascular Surgery Section and Chief of Surgery at Zablocki VA Medical Center.

Dr. Freischlag is currently the principal investigator on several major grants including the O.V.E.R. Trial, Open Versus Endo-Vascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA). Her research interests lie in the effects of smoking on arterial and venous endothelium causes of atherosclerosis and intimal dysplasia. She is currently looking at the reasons for failure in dialysis access sites and evaluating a new laser that can identify types of atherosclerosis in the neck arteries. She is a member of many highly regarded editorial boards for medical journals and publications.  Numerous medical and research papers to her credit both in peer-reviewed journals and vascular surgery textbooks have been published. As a member of several prestigious surgical societies country wide, Dr. Freischlag endevours to make a difference in decision making processes which will eventually impact the physicians of tomorrow.

Education:

• 1976 B.S. University of Illinois
• 1980 M.D. Rush University

Faculty Appointments:

• 1987- 1989  Assistant Professor in Residence
  Department of Surgery, UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, CA
• 1989 - 1992 Assistant Professor in Residence
  Department of Surgery, UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, CA
• 1992- 1997 Associate Professor of Surgery, Vice-Chair
  Section of Vascular Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin
  Milwaukee, WI
• 1997-1998 Professor of Surgery, Vice-Chair
  Section of Vascular Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin
  Milwaukee, WI
• 1998-2003 Professor and Chief
  Division of Vascular Surgery,
  Director, Gonda (Goldschmied) Vascular Center
  David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
  Los Angeles, CA

Hospital and Administrative Appointments:

• 1989-92 Chief, Vascular Surgery Section, Wadsworth VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
• 1992-96 Chief, Vascular Surgery Section, Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
• 1996-1998  Chief of Surgery, Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
• 1998- 2003  Professor and Chief of Vascular Surgery
  UCLA Medical Center

Specialty Certifications:

• 1987 American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
• 1995 Recertified
• 1988 American Board of Surgery, Vascular Surgery
• 1995 Recertified
• 1999 Licensed Radiography and Fluroscopy,
  X-Ray Supervisor and Operator State of California