GE Healthcare Moving beyond EVAR - Manual (Page 3)

A pioneer in aortic
aneurysm repair
“I was a resident in 1995 when
everything changed in vascular surgery.
We really invented the first endograft to
repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm in
Lille”, recalls Stéphan Haulon, MD, PhD.
“It was exciting, a completely new
field going beyond conventional
open surgery with planning on 3D
workstations and working with an
imaging system in the OR.”
Internationally recognized as a
pioneer of EVAR Prof. Haulon is also an
established expert for surgical outcomes
for patients after AAA repair as the
author of the new Clinical Practice
Guidelines for the European Society
for Vascular Surgery.
According to the European Society
for Vascular Surgery, Prof. Haulon
convinced fellow cardiac surgeons that
“open surgery is not the gold but the
old standard,” during a debate at the
2010 Joint Session with the Society of
Vascular Surgery.
Based at the academic center
of Lille, Prof. Haulon’s group at the
Cardiovascular Hospital performs
350 aortic repairs each year.