Personal information
Andrea Luitz Kahlberg
Address: 20129, Milano (ITALY)
E-mail: Kahlberg.andrea@hsr.it
Current positions
– Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University School of
Medicine, Milan, Italy
– Vascular Surgeon, Area Coordinator (Vascular Emergencies), Department of Vascular Surgery,
San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
– Group Head, Cardiovascular Research Center, Vascular Surgery Unit “Study and treatment of
aortic disease Unit”, San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Education
– 1999: High School diploma, Liceo Classico G. Parini, Milan
– 2005: Medical Degree, 110/110 summa cum laude, honorable mention
– 2006: National Board of Medical Examiners, Milan
– 2011: Board Certification in Vascular Surgery, 70/70 cum laude
Clinical activity:
Active in the care of patients with all kinds of vascular disease, both arterial and venous,
performed about 12,000 vascular or endovascular surgical operations, of which 4,200 as first
operator, with main focus to the treatment of complex abdominal and thoracic aortic disease
(aneurysms and dissections), by means of surgical reconstruction or endovascular treatment
(including custom-made and off-the-shelf fenestrated and branched stent-grafts).
Academic duties:
– 2011 – 2016: Tenured professor at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, with teaching duties in
the Degree Course of Medicine and Surgery, in the International MD Program, Degree Course
in Nursing, Degree Course of Dental Hygienist, Residency Program in Vascular Surgery
– 2015: Visiting Professor at University Hospital Zürich – CH, Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular
Department
– 2016 – 2019: Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
– 2019 – today: Co-Convenor and Faculty of ESVS Academy Workshops during the Annual
Meetin of the European Society for Vascular Surgery (editions 2019, 2021, 2022)
– 2019 – today: Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Coordination and responsibility for national and international scientific projects:
– 2008 – 2010: National coordinator of the multi-center research project “Aorto-oesophageal
and aortobronchial fistulae following thoracic endovascular aortic repair: a national survey ”
(results published on Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2010 Mar;39(3):273-9. doi:
10.1016/j.ejvs.2009.12.007)
– 2013 – 2016: National coordinator and Principal Investigator of the multicenter study
“MAEFISTO (Multicenter Study on Aorto-Enteric Fistulization after Stent-grafting of the
Abdominal Aorta)” (results published on J Vasc Surg. 2016 Aug;64(2):313-320.e1. doi:
10.1016/j.jvs.2016.04.008.)
– 2016 – present: Local Principal Investigator of the international first-in-human study
“Innovative Sirolimus self expanding drug-eluting stent for the treatment of peripheral
disease: evaluation of safety and efficacy. The ILLUMINA study” (Protocol N. P41302)
– 2016 – present: Local Principal Investigator of the international randomized trial “Efficacy and
Safety of Rivaroxaban in Reducing the Risk of Major Thrombotic Vascular Events in Subjects
With Peripheral Artery Disease Undergoing Peripheral Revascularization Procedures of the
Lower Extremities (VOYAGER PAD)” (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02504216)
– 2017 – present: Local Principal investigator of the international randomized sponsored trial
EMINENT: “A randomized trial comparing the ELUVIA™ drug-eluting stent versus bare Metal
self-expanding nitINol stEnts in the treatmeNt of superficial femoral and/or proximal popliteal
arTeries” (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02921230)
– 2018 – 2019: Local Principal investigator of the randomized international trial GE-012-106 “
Parallel-Group, Placebo-Controlled Randomized Study Investigating the Effect of Intravenous
Iso-osmolar Iodinated Contrast Material Iodixanol (Visipaque™ Injection 320 mgI/mL) on Renal
Function in Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Stage III or Stage IV Who Have
Undergone Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR)” (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT03119662)
– 2020 – present: Principal investigator Coordinator of the observational, multi-center study
STAGER “Silver Acetate and Triclosan Antimicrobial Graft Evaluation for Surgical Repair of
Aortic Disease” (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04557254)
– 2020 – present: Local Principal investigator of the prospective, observational, global, multicenter,
international study DISSECT-N “Dissection Navion Registry” (ClinicalTrials.gov
Identifier: NCT04267055)
– 2020 – present: Local Principal investigator of the prospective, observational, global, multicenter,
international study AV-MDR “Abbott Vascular Medical Device Registry”
(ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04573660)
– 2022 – present: National Principal investigator of the prospective, randomized, multi-center,
international study “ShOrt neCK AAA RAndomized Trial – ESAR and FEVAR: SOCRATES”
(ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04503395)
– 2023 – present: Principal investigator of the retrospective study “The Isthmus Logic Post
Market Clinical Follow-up Study” (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05616143)
– 2024 – present: Local Principal investigator of the prospective, observational, global, multicenter,
international study “European Aortic Data Collection Project (EADC)” (ClinicalTrials.gov
Identifier: NCT05896397)
Reviewer of scientific journals:
Annals of Vascular Surgery (from 2010)
Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery (from 2013)
Eurointervention (from 2014)
Journal of Endovascular Therapy (from 2015)
JACC – Journal of American College of Cardiology (from 2019)
European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery (from 2023)
Editorial Board member of scientific journals:
European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (from 2022)
Board of Directors membership in Scientific Societies and Colleges:
2015 – 2017: Vice-President of the Italian College of Assistant Professors in Vascular Surgery
2018 – 2019: President of the Italian College of Assistant Professors in Vascular Surgery
2021 – present: Secretary General, Italian College of Associate Professors in Vascular Surgery
2023 – present: Board member, Italian Society of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (SICVE)
2024 – present: President, Italian College of Associate Professors in Vascular Surgery
Publications summary:
– Author of 121 full scientific publications in international scientific “peer-reviewed” journals
cited in the search engines PubMed / Scopus (h-index = 28)
– Editor of 3 books of Vascular Surgery, and author of 32 chapters included in books related to
Vascular Surgery.
Congress activity
Invited speaker and Faculty member of several international conferences, including: Aortic Surgery
and Anesthesia: How to do it (HTDI, editions 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024), Leipzig
Interventional Course (LINC, editions 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024), Veith Symposium
(New York, editions 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024), Annual Meeting of the European Society of Vascular
Surgery (ESVS 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022), Annual
Meeting of the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS, edition 2014),
International Congress of the European Society for Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery
(ESCVS, editions 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019), Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of
Europe (CIRSE) Annual Congress (editions 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021), Congresso Internacional de
Cirurgia Endovascular (CICE, Sao Paulo, editions 2013, 2019), Charing Cross Symposium (London,
editions 2014, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024), Charing Cross Aortic (Vienna, editions 2020,
2021, 2022, 2024), Paris Vascular Insight (PVI, Paris, edition 2023)
