Director, Vascular Medicine and Cardiovascular Research
NorthShore University Healthsystem
Alfonso Tafur was born in Guayaquil-Ecuador (1978) and graduated from the University of Guayaquil as a Medical Doctor.
He studied Internal Medicine and Vascular Medicine at Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota. He then was Vascular Medicine faculty at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, where he also obtained a Masters's in Clinical and Translational Sciences. He moved to Illinois and obtained his Healthcare MBA from the University of Loyola Quinlan School of Business.
Currently is the Director of Cardiovascular Research, and Director of Vascular Medicine at NorthShore University HealthSystem. He is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. In addition, he is the program director for the University of Chicago‐ NSUHS Vascular Medicine fellowship.
His main research interest is in perioperative anticoagulation and the implementation of thrombosis prevention strategies. He functions as co-Chair SSC Subcommittee on Perioperative and Critical Care Thrombosis and Hemostasis for the International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. He is the Vice President of the North American Chapter of the International Union of Angiology.
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Friday, September 8, 2023
2:25 PM – 2:35 PM EDT