Vivian Gahtan, MD, Named Chair of Loyola's Department of Surgery
May 15, 2019Categories: Loyola Medicine
Tags: Surgical Services
MAYWOOD, IL – Vivian Gahtan, MD, a nationally known vascular surgeon, has been named professor and chair of the department of surgery of Loyola Medicine and Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, effective August 1, 2019.
Dr. Gahtan is coming to Loyola from SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, N.Y, where she is professor and vice chair for academic development, Department of Surgery. Dr. Gahtan also is medical director, vascular surgery, of University Hospital in Syracuse. Previously, Dr. Gahtan was an associate professor of surgery at Yale University School of Medicine.
"We are extremely pleased that Dr. Gahtan is joining Loyola," said David Hecht, MD, MS, MBA, executive vice president, clinical affairs and regional chief medical officer of Loyola Medicine. "She has the clinical expertise, leadership skills and strategic vision to grow and advance our surgical services."
Sam Marzo, MD, interim dean of Stritch School of Medicine and chair of the Department of Otolaryngology, said Dr. Gahtan also will strengthen Stritch School of Medicine as it educates the next generation of physicians. "In addition to being a superb surgeon, Dr. Gahtan excels as a researcher, educator and mentor," Dr. Marzo said.
Dr. Gahtan is an author on more than 200 medical journal studies, review articles, book chapters, abstracts and poster presentations. She has served on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Surgery and Annals of Vascular Surgery.
Dr. Gahtan has held many leadership roles on regional and national levels, including president of the Association of Women Surgeons; director of the American Board of Surgery; chair of the Vascular Surgery Board of the American Board of Surgery; and president of the Eastern Vascular Society.
Dr. Gahtan is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a distinguished fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery and a fellow of the American Heart Association Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. She is board certified in surgery and vascular surgery.
Dr. Gahtan earned her medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine. She completed a residency in general surgery and general vascular surgery at the University of South Florida and an endovascular fellowship at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell and Columbia.
Loyola's department of surgery includes 10 divisions: colon and rectal surgery; general surgery; gastrointestinal/minimally invasive surgery; intra-abdominal transplant surgery; oral and maxillofacial surgery; plastic and reconstructive surgery; surgical oncology; surgical research; trauma, surgical critical care and burns; and vascular surgery and endovascular therapy.
Loyola's expert surgeons are recognized for their clinical excellence, innovative therapeutic methods and skilled use of the latest technology. Surgeons are part of a clinically integrated team that incudes anesthesiologists, nurses, rehabilitation specialists and physical and occupational therapists. As an academic medical center, Loyola is able to offer patients access to the newest and most advanced surgical treatments.
About Loyola Medicine
Loyola Medicine, a member of Trinity Health, is a nationally ranked academic, quaternary care system based in Chicago's western suburbs. The three-hospital system includes Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC), Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, MacNeal Hospital, as well as convenient locations offering primary care, specialty care and immediate care services from nearly 2,000 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. LUMC is a 547-licensed-bed hospital in Maywood that includes the William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, the John L. Keeley, MD, Emergency Department, a Level 1 trauma center, Illinois's largest burn center, the Nancy W. Knowles Orthopaedic Institute, a certified comprehensive stroke center, transplant center and a children’s hospital. Having delivered compassionate care for over 50 years, Loyola also trains the next generation of caregivers through its academic affiliation with Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine and Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing.
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About Trinity Health
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 127,000 colleagues and more than 38,300 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 26 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 93 hospitals, 107 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 142 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. In fiscal year 2024, the Livonia, Michigan-based health system invested $1.3 billion in its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. For more information, visit us at www.trinity-health.org, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X (formerly known as Twitter).