Cees Wittens

Cees H.A. Wittens, MD, PhD is a world-renowned vascular surgeon-teacher. He is dedicated to performing randomized controlled trials in order to improve science in venous surgery and is specialized in hemodynamics and venous pathology, diagnostics, and surgery. His interest in innovation is illustrated by the products he has designed: the equiflow axillobifemoral bypass, the closed in situ bypass, a SEPS endoscope, a new venous valve, a special cryoprobe, and recently a new thrombectomy device. He is the Director of the European Venous Centre in Aachen-Maastricht and member of the American Venous Forum, European Venous Forum, the Benelux Society of Phlebology, the European Society of Vascular Surgery, and the Society of Vascular Surgery.