The editors of the Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal send a heartfelt thanks to Mark G. Davies, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A., for serving as guest editor of this issue on advances in limb salvage. Dr. Davies is a professor of surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, vice chairman in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at The Methodist Hospital, a senior member of The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, and program director for the vascular surgery fellowship and integrated residency. Dr. Davies serves as the physician lead for supply chain value analysis and is assistant quality officer for procedural services within The Methodist Hospital System.
After receiving his medical training and Ph.D. in vascular biology from Trinity College Medical School in Dublin, Ireland, Dr. Davies completed general surgery residencies at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin and at Duke University. He then completed his vascular surgery residency at the University of Washington in Seattle. Prior to joining the Methodist faculty in 2008, he held assistant and associate professorships in vascular surgery at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, where he also completed his M.B.A. Dr. Davies publishes extensively and continues to receive funding from the National Institutes of Health to support both his clinical and basic science research efforts.