Our Team

We have a passionate, experienced, and diverse team committed to serving patients through our mission. Meet our dedicated staff, board of directors, advisors, and volunteers representing all sectors of healthcare.

Isabel Bjork, JD, MS, MA

Chief Executive Officer, Foundation to Advance Vascular Cures

David Rae, MBA

Partner at KPMG LLP
Treasurer, Foundation to Advance Vascular Cures

Douglas Grey, MD

Retired Chief of Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Kaiser San Francisco

Robert Kain, MBA

Founder & Board Chairman at Mesa Rim Climbing Center, Strategic Advisor in Genomics

Peter Schneider, MD

Professor of Surgery Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, UCSF

Edward Yu, MS

Advisor, Leader in Change Management
Chairperson, Foundation to Advance Vascular Cures

Ebony Dashiell-Aje, PhD

Executive Director & Head of Patient-Centered Outcomes Science, Biomarin

Steve Hamburger, MBA

Patient Advocate
Chief Marketing Officer, Shockproof Training

Leigh Ann O’Banion, MD

Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery at UCSF-Fresno Branch Campus

Ron Stoney, MD

Emeritus Professor of Surgery, UCSF
Co-Founder & Emeritus Board Member, Foundation to Advance Vascular Cures

Michael Conte, MD

Professor & Chief, Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, UCSF
Chief Medical Officer, Foundation to Advance Vascular Cures

Katherine Gallagher, MD

Professor of Surgery, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and the Leland Ira Doan Research Professor of Vascular Surgery, University of Michigan

Lilia Coburn-Martinez, MBA

Technology leader,
Entrepreneur, Advisor

Megan Patterson, MBS

Community leader, Strategist, Advocate