Leadership
CHAMPIONS is guided by its Executive Committee, Advisory Board, and the Vascular Cures Board of Directors. Partner Sites are represented on the Advisory Board, and each partner site has its own leadership structure, fueled by dedicated physician-researchers and medical students.
Executive Committee
Leigh Ann O'Banion, MD
Founder and Medical Director of CHAMPIONS Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF-Fresno Campus
Isabel Bjork, JD, MS, MA
Chief Executive Officer, Foundation to Advance Vascular Cures
Michael Conte, MD
Professor & Chief, Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, UCSF Chief Medical Officer, Foundation to Advance Vascular Cures
Advisory Board
Clara Gomez-Sanchez, MD
Lead Physician, UCSF East Bay Chapter, Assistant Professor of Surgery Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, UCSF
Misty D Humphries, MD
Lead Physician, UC Davis
Edith Tzeng, MD
Lead Physician, UPMC
Samantha Minc, MD
Lead Physician, Duke University
Matthew Corriere, MD
Lead Physician, The Ohio State University
Program Staff
Yvonne Vasquez, PhD
Project Manager
Michelle Conte
Learning and Development Specialist
Vascular Cures staff provide program coordination, partner support, and operational leadership across CHAMPIONS sites.
For local leadership information, visit the individual CHAMPIONS partner site pages.
