Dr. Thomas Wakefield

Dr. Henke is the James C. Stanley Professor of Vascular Surgery, operating both at the University of Michigan and the Veteran’s Administration Hospital. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 1988, and from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine in 1992. He did his General Surgery residency at the University of Louisville, where he was honored with the Chairman’s Award for Personal Scholarship and the C. M. Edelen Award for best resident paper of the year in 1997. He joined the University of Michigan for his Vascular Surgery fellowship, and graduated to join the faculty in 2000. He is the past Chief of Surgery at the Ann Arbor VA, Co-director of the BCBSM Vascular Intervention Collaboration and the past President of the American Venous ForumClinical Specialization:His clinical and research focus is on lower extremity arterial, venous and vascular medicine patient issues. Dr. Henke is highly rated in 31 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Aneurysm Repair, and Carotid Artery Surgery.

Jonathan L. Eliason, M.D., is the S. Martin Lindenauer Collegiate Professor of Vascular Surgery. Dr. Eliason received his undergraduate degree from Bethel College in St. Paul, Minnesota and his medical degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School. He then relocated to Nashville, Tennessee where he completed his General Surgery Residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He became Chief Resident in the 2001-2002 academic year and proceeded into the two-year Vascular Surgery Fellowship at the University of Michigan the following year. Prior to joining the faculty at U-M, Dr. Eliason served as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and as a staff surgeon for the San Antonio Military Vascular Surgery Service at Wilford Hall Medical Center and Brooke Army Medical Center. He was deployed to Balad, Iraq as a vascular surgeon in the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group from 9/06 - 1/07 and was otherwise a member of the 859th Surgical Operations Squadron of the 59th Medical Wing at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. He joined the faculty at the University of Michigan in the section of vascular surgery in 2007. Dr. Eliason is highly rated in 39 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Peripheral Artery Disease, Carotid Artery Surgery, and Aneurysm Repair.

Dr. Osborne is Ramon Berguer, M.D., Ph.D. Research Professor of Vascular Surgery at Michigan Medicine. Dr. Osborne graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a B.S. in Microbiology in 2001. He subsequently attended Dartmouth Medical School and graduated in 2005. He completed his general surgery residency at the University of Michigan between 2005 and 2012. During his training, he spent two years as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar, pursuing research on hospital and surgical quality, as well as health disparities under the mentorship of Dr. Birkmeyer and Dr. Dimick. He then completed a vascular surgery fellowship at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 2014.Clinical Specialization:Dr. Osborne's clinical interest and expertise is in the management of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), aneurysms and cerebrovascular disease. Dr. Osborne is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Peripheral Artery Disease, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Aneurysm Repair, and Carotid Artery Surgery.