Sean Lyden M.D.

Sean Lyden, MD, is a vascular surgeon in the Department of Vascular Surgery, Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute at Cleveland Clinic.  He has interests in abdominal aortic aneurysms, carotid artery disease, and lower-extremity endovascular treatments.

A native of Youngstown, Ohio, Dr. Lyden earned his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine following an undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame. He served a residency in general surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in Memphis where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.  His training included a year doing trauma research.   He subsequently served a fellowship in vascular surgery at the University of Rochester-Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY.

Dr. Lyden was appointed to the Cleveland Clinic staff in 2001. He is an Associate Professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University.

He currently is involved in more than 16 clinical trials studying various topics including thoracic, fenestrated and abdominal stent grafting; lower extremity interventional therapies with atherectomy and drug coated balloons; carotid stenting; and deep venous thrombosis treatments.  Dr. Lyden has presented his research and clinical findings at more than 80 national and international medical symposia and conferences.

He serves on the editorial boards of Endovascular Today and Annals of Vascular Surgery and serves as reviewer for several journals, including the Journal of Vascular Surgery, Annals of Vascular Surgery and the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. He has authored and co-authored over 60 articles in leading publications, including the Journal of Vascular Surgery, Vascular Medicine and Journal of Endovascular Therapy. He also has also authored chapters in several vascular textbooks.

Dr. Lyden is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and has been recognized as a Distinguished Fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery.  He is also a member of many regional vascular societies including the Peripheral Vascular Surgical Society, the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, the International Society for Endovascular Specialists and the Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society.

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