Frank W. Logerfo

Biography

 LoGerfo, the Distinguished William V. McDermott professor of surgery at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and former chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery, serves as a scientific advisor for NuVascular Technologies, Inc.  He has been involved extensively in prosthetic vascular graft research for more than 32 years. Within this time, an unprecedented 300 publications and presentations associated with prosthetic graft implantation procedures, mechanisms of graft failure and research directed toward creating a biocompatible graft have been established. LoGerfo also has numerous patents regarding surface immobilization of various agents. He is the director of the William J. von Liebig Foundation, the Vascular Devices and Technology Initiative at Harvard Medical School and Harvard-Longwood Basic Research Training in Vascular Surgery and serves on the board of directors for PolyMedica Corporation.

Research Interest

 Vascular Devices