Dr. Gary Ansel
Interventional Cardiologist
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Dr. Gary Ansel is an interventional cardiologist, professor, researcher, and innovator.
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Episode # 207 • 16 May 2022
The Man Behind the Sheath: How Dr. Gary Ansel went from Almost TV Repairman to Endovascular Innovator
We talk with interventional cardiologist Dr. Gary Ansel about his career in medical device innovation, including the development of the Ansel Guiding Sheath and the Pounce Thrombectomy System (which was recently acquired by Surmodics, Inc.).
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Dr. Ansel is an internationally renowned interventional expert, both in peripheral vascular and cardiovascular procedures. He serves as an invited faculty member at many of the largest cardiovascular conferences and medical meetings all over the world.
Dr. Ansel has been appointed Associate Medical Director of the OhioHealth Research and Innovation Institute in Columbus, Ohio and is a member of the OhioHealth Research Industry Council. He serves as a primary investigator for numerous national and international research trials helping to develop improved patient care to those suffering with peripheral and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Ansel hosts several industry sponsored training courses attended by national and international physicians.
Currently, he serves as System Medical Chief, Vascular Program - OhioHealth, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University Of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio.
Dr. Ansel is a founding board member of the Vascular InterVentional Advances Conference (VIVA) which is a non-profit organization dedicated to the education and research of vascular disease.
Dr. Ansel received his medical degree from The Ohio State University College of Medicine where he also completed a postgraduate research fellowship in cardiology. He completed his residency and internship at the Medical University of Ohio in Toledo, Ohio and received his post-fellowship training in peripheral vascular intervention at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans.
Dr. Ansel is affiliated with OhioHealth Heart and Vascular Physicians in Columbus, Ohio. He is a former member of the Peripheral Vascular Committee for the American College of Cardiology and continues to serve as a member of several professional societies. He has contributed to journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation, Journal of Endovascular Therapy, and The American Journal of Cardiology and has authored many medical book chapters.
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