The Retrograde Approach

This episode of The Retrograde Approach is proudly supported by The Australian and New Zealand Society for Vascular Surgery (anzsvs.org).

We are excited to welcome Dr Nedal Katib (http://www.specialistvascular.com.au/dr-nedal-Katib/). Dr Katib completed his Vascular Surgery Training through the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, which took him to South Australia, New Zealand and New South Wales. He also completed a further fellowship in Belgium in advanced Endovascular and Minimally Invasive Surgery. 

Originally born in Melbourne, his career path has taken him all over the world including Dubai UAE and graduating from the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin Ireland before returning to Australia to continue his surgical career. During his training he completed his masters in surgical anatomy at Sydney University and his United States Medical Licensing Exams (ECFMG licence). Dr Katib is also the chair of communications for the ANZSVS.

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Found in the Journal of Endovascular Therapy: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34106028/

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Link to Journal of Vascular Surgery article

https://www.jvascsurg.org/article/S0741-5214(20)32132-7/fulltext