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    Rabih Chaer, MD, MSc

    Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
    Stony Brook Medicine
    Vascular Surgery
    Stony Brook, New York, United States

    Dr. Rabih Chaer is professor and chief of the division of Vascular Surgery at Stonybrook Medicine. Dr. Chaer joined the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC in 2006 after completing his vascular training at New York Presbyterian hospital of Columbia and Cornell. After joining UPMC, Dr Chaer earned a master’s degree in clinical sciences at the University of Pittsburgh and served as the program director of the residency and fellowship programs at UPMC for over a decade, and the Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery and co-director of the Heart and Vascular Institute from 2022 to 1/2025, after which he relocated to Stonybrook University.
    Dr. Chaer is a member of numerous professional and scientific societies, including the Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery, the American College of Surgeons, the Society for Vascular Surgery, the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, and the American Surgical Association. He is a distinguished fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery and the American Venous Forum and is a past president of the Eastern Vascular Society. Author and co-author of over 250 peer reviewed publications. Dr. Chaer has also contributed to several clinical practice guidelines, book chapters and editorials and has given numerous national and international invited presentations on arterial and venous pathology. Dr Chaer is a reviewer for the Journal of Vascular Surgery, Annals of Vascular Surgery, Annals of Surgery, and the Journal of Endovascular Therapy.
    Dr Chaer clinical research interests focus on AAA pathobiology and risk of rupture, pulmonary embolism, and the genetic determinants of venous stasis ulcerations.
    Dr Chaer is interested in surgical education and wellness for surgeons. Dr Chaer is the past chair of the SVS Education council, is a current Councilor of the American Board of Surgery and a Director of the Vascular Surgery Board. He currently serves as the chair of the research committee of the American Board of Surgery and is the vice chair elect of the Vascular Surgery Board. He enjoys fitness training and the outdoors, including triathlons, and long distance running.

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