Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Appointments
Presentations
Publications
Research
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Geoffrey L. Risley, MD, FACS, RPVI

Ft. Walton Beach,FL

Summary

Board-certified Vascular & Endovascular Surgeon with experience in all aspects of Arterial and Venous disease management, Hemodialysis Access Management and Wound Care.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Vascular Surgeon, Partner

Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgical Associates/CVI
Fort Walton Beach, FL
03.2022 - Current
  • Provide Vascular Surgical care at Ft. Walton Beach Medical Center, Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast, Lifeline Niceville Interventional Center & Capital Regional Medical Center in Tallahassee, FL.

Vascular Surgery, Partner

Coastal Vascular & Interventional
Pensacola, FL
12.2017 - 03.2022
  • Provide Vascular Surgical care at Ft. Walton Beach Medical Center, Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast, Lifeline Niceville Interventional Center & Capital Regional Medical Center in Tallahassee, FL.

Vascular Surgeon

All Star Healthcare Solutions
Deerfield Beach, FL
10.2017 - 01.2020
  • Provide Locums coverage for Vascular surgery across the state of FL

Vascular Surgeon

Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgical Associates
Jacksonville, FL
6 2003 - 10.2017
  • Medical Director St. Vincent's Riverside Center for Advanced Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Therapy
  • Medical Director Vascular Access Center of Jacksonville
  • Medical Director Jacksonville Vein Center
  • Section Chief Cardiovascular Surgery St. Vincent's Medical Center Southside

Physician Proctor, EVAR

Medtronic
Santa Rosa, CA
06.2001 - 05.2006
  • Physician training in the use and deployment of AneuRx endovascular AAA device throughout the United States

General & Vascular Surgeon

Schreiber & Clift, PA
Orlando, FL
08.2001 - 05.2003
  • Provided Vascular & General Surgical Care at Florida Hospital - Orlando, Altomonte Springs & Orlando Regional Medical Center

Trauma, General & Vascular Surgeon

Geoffrey L. Risley, MD, INC
San Diego, CA
05.1999 - 08.2001
  • Provided vascular surgical care and level-1 Trauma care at Scripps-Mercy Hospital-San Diego & Scripps- La Jolla Hospital San Diego

Trauma, General & Vascular Surgeon

McReynold's & Sedwitz, PA
La Jolla, CA
7 1997 - 05.1999
  • Provided Vascular Surgical care, General surgical care & Level-1 Trauma Care at Scripps- LaJolla Hospital San Diego
  • Developed the first community practice endovascular aortic aneurysm program in Southern California

Education

Vascular Surgery Fellowship -

University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
1997

General Surgery Internship/Residency -

University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
1995

M.D. -

University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, FL
1990

Bachelor of Science - Zoology

University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
12.1984

Associate of Arts -

Edison Community College
Ft Myers, FL
1982

Skills

  • Evaluation & treatment of Arterial & Venous disease
  • Endovascular & traditional vascular intervention
  • Open & Endovascular Aneurysm repair
  • Carotid Disease management with open surgery, Carotid stent & TCAR procedures
  • Peripheral Vascular disease evaluation & treatment with medical management, endovascular intervention & open surgical bypass grafting
  • Dialysis Access management & Maintenance
  • Venous Disease Management - DVT Evaluation & Treatment, Endovascular Venous treatment with VNUS, VENASEAL, Sclerotherapy, Venous Thrombectomy
  • Chronic Lower Extremity Wound Care

Certification

  • National Board of Medical Examiners (#382646)
  • American Board of Surgery-General Surgery (#41045)
  • American Board of Surgery-Vascular Surgery (#100883)
  • Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI)
  • Florida State Medical License (#ME83348)
  • National Practitioner Identifier (#1578565735)
  • ACLS/BLS

Appointments

  • President, Florida Vascular Foundation (2020 - )
  • Past-President, Florida Vascular Society (PY2016-17)
  • Chair-Post-graduate Education Committee, Southern Association for Vascular Surgery(2015)
  • Former Chief Cardiovascular Surgery St. Vincent's Southside ending 10/12/2017
  • Former Chief Wound Care and Hyperbaric Therapy Center at St. Vincent's Medical Center ending 7/2017.

Presentations

1. Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure, Wrong Procedure Errors. Fort Walton Beach Medical Center Medical Staff Meeting, September 11, 2018, Ft. Walton Beach, FL

2. Balloon Assisted Maturation for Failing AVF, Endovascular Therapies 2017, October 26-29, 2017, Pinehurst, NC
3. Guidelines for Open Surgery in the Endovascular Era: the Management of PAD, International Society of Endovascular Therapy Annual Meeting, Hollywood, FL, February 9, 2016

4. The Basics of Wound Healing for the Vascular Surgeon, The 40th Annual Meeting of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, Ritz-Carleton, Cancun Mexico, January 20, 2016.

5. The Future of Wound Care in the Bundled Care Environment, The 40th Annual Meeting of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, Ritz-Carleton, Cancun Mexico, January 20, 2016.

6. The Wound Care Center- The Pro's & Con's of 3rd Party Management, The 40th Annual Meeting of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, Ritz-Carleton, Cancun Mexico, January 20, 2016.

7. The Use of the Powerlink Modular Bifurcated Stent-graft System in the Treatment of Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease: The Northeast Florida Experience. Ritz-Carleton, Reynolds Plantation, September 16-18, 2015.

8. Vascular Surgery for the Non-Vascular Surgeon, St. Vincent's Primary Care Symposium, Jacksonville, FL, Aug 23, 2014.

9. Corporate Collaboration Allows for Greater Efficiencies in an Office Based Interventional Lab., 27th Annual Scientific Sessions Florida Vascular Society, Palm Beach, FL, May 1-4, 2014.

10. Advanced Pedal Access Course, The 27th Annual Scientific Sessions Florida Vascular Society, Palm Beach, FL, May 1-4, 2014.

10. The REVISE Trial: The Role for Stent-grafts in Prosthetic Hemodialysis Access Maintenance. The 27th Annual Scientific Sessions Florida Vascular Society, Palm Beach, FL, May 1-4, 2014.

12. Vascular Surgery for the Wound Care Physician, 2nd Annual Wound Care Symposium, St. Vincent's Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL, 4//1/2014.

13. HeRO Catheter Experience in a Major Access Center, 38th Annual Meeting Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, Palm Beach, FL, 1/15-18,2014.

14. Wound Care for the New Millennium, 1st Annual Wound Care Symposium, St. Vincent's Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL, 4/27/3013.

15. DEFINITIVE LE Study, 26th Annual Scientific Session, Florida Vascular Society, Orlando, FL, 5/1/13.

16. Endovascular Repair of Bilateral Common Iliac Artery Aneurysms using a Paired Endovascular Snorkel Technique, 23rd Annual Scientific session, Florida Vascular Society, Naples, FL.

17. The Study of Orbital Atherectomy System for the Treatment of Peripheral Vascular Disease. Florida Vascular Society, 22nd Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 4/26-29. 2009.

18. Hiring a New Vascular Associate, 2011 Vascular Annual Meeting, Private Practice Committee, Post-graduate Session Chicago, IL, June16-18, 2011.

19. Arterial Venous Fistula Creation in the Age of DOQI Guidelines, 2008 Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists, Boca Raton, FL, 9/12/08.

20. The Management of Spider Veins, Reticular Veins and Varicosities, Florida Vascular Society, 21st Annual Scientific Session, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, May 1st 2008.

21. The Lower Extremity Bypass Graft Revisited: The Gold Standard or the Old Standard? Southeastern Interactive Wound Summit, St. Augustine, FL, May 24, 2007.

22. Venous & Arterial Insufficiency, Southeastern Interactive Wound Summit, St. Augustine, FL, April 8, 2006.

23. Aortic Stent-grafts in a Community Hospital Setting, Southern California Vascular Society Meeting, April 22, 2002.

24. Development of an Endovascular Program in a Community Hospital Setting, Nathan A. Womack Society Meeting, Chapel Hill, NC, May 3-5, 2001.

25. Advances in the Treatment of Aortic Aneurysms, Medical Grand Rounds, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, CA, November 1999.

26. Non-operative Management of Lower Extremity Wounds, 6th Annual New Developments in Vascular Surgery Meeting, Chapel Hill, NC, October, 2006.

27. Fibrinolytic Agents: Mechanism of Action, Current Therapy of Venous Disease, Carolina Inn, Chapel Hill, NC, May, 1996.

28. Management of Diabetic Foot and Venous Stasis Ulcers, AHEC Grand Rounds, Nash County Hospital, Rocky Mount, NC, May 1996.

29. Anti-sense c-myc Therapy, Research Initiatives in Disease Symposium, Bethesda, MD, March 7, 1996.

30. The Role of intra-operative Thrombolytic Agents, 5th Annual New Developments in Vascular Surgery Meeting, October, 1995.

31. The Role of Gene Therapy in Preventing Neointimal Hyperplasia, Surgical Grand Rounds, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, November, 1995

Publications

1. Yeatman, TJ,Risley, GL, Brunson, ME, Dietary Depletion of L-Arginine Inhibits Growth ofMetastatic Tumor. Arch.Surg., 1991; 126: 1376-82.

2.Marston, WL, Risley, GL, Criado, E, Burnham, SL, Keagy, BA, Management ofFailed and Infected AxillobifemoralBypass Grafts. J.Vasc. Surg., 1994; 20:357-66.

3. Marston,WA, Risley, GL, Criado, E, McHugh, H, Woosely., JT, Keagy, BA, The MechanicalCharacteristics ofDilated PTFE Used for Transluminally Placed Endoluminal Grafts,Ann. Vasc. Surg., 1997; 11: 68-73.

4.Passman, MA, Risley, GL, et al, Efficacy of Color Flow Duplex Imaging forProximal Upper Extremity Venous Outflow Obstruction inHemodialysis Patients, J. Vasc. Surg., 1998; 28: 869-75.

5. Risley. GL,Vascular Access for the Recently trained Vascular Surgeon, Copyright 2013,Society for VascularSurgery. All rights reserved. SVS PracticeMemo, Vascular Access Management for the Recently Trained VascularSurgeon (September 2013), Page 5.

6. Risley, GL,Medicolegal issues: The consequences of AAA repair, Vascular Specialist, June4, 2015.

Research

Principal Investigator (PI)

1.SAVVE: Surgical Anti-reflux Venous Valve Endoprosthesis Clinical Trial

2. TORUS2: The PQ Bypass pivOtal IDE intra-aRterial stent graft study for occlUsive and re-Stenotic fem-pop revascularization – 2 Trial (PQ Bypass- Sponsor)

3. Nellix (EVAS 2): Prospective, Multicenter, Single Arm Safety and Effectiveness Confirmatory Study of Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair using the Nellix System (EVAS II Confirmatory Study) (Endologix- Sponsor)

Sub-PI:

1. MIMICS-3D-USA : A prospective, multicentre observational study to evaluate the BioMimics 3D®1 Vascular Stent System in the treatment of peripheral arterial disease (Veryan Medical- Sponsor)

2.Ellipsys Trial: Ellipsys Vascular Access System Post Market Surveillance (PS) Study

3.WAVE study: AVF outflow stenosis and central vein stenosis

4. The Chocolate Touch Study: A Randomized Trial to confirm the Safety and Effectiveness of Chocolate Touch® Paclitaxel Coated PTA Balloon Catheter, in Above the Knee Lesions (TriReme Medical- Sponsor)

Completed

1. EASE Trial: A study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Phoenix Atherectomy™ catheter, a minimally invasive device for the treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in the legs.- Atheromed, Inc. (Complete)

2. AV Access Discovery Project - Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (Complete)

3. CONFIRM Diamondback Atherectomy Registry - Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (Complete)

4. SAPPHIRE Trial: Carotid Angioplasty & Stent Aftermarket Trial - Cordis International, Inc. (Complete)

5. Endoluminal Stent Grafts for Repair of AAA (IRB#99-023), Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, CA. (Complete)

Awards/Certifications

Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical SocietyCertificate (UHMSC)

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

FistulaFirst Champion Surgeon (9/2012)FMQAI: The Florida ESRD NetworkFistulaFirst Breakthrough InitiativeCMS Sponsored QualityInitiative

Medical Alumni Endowment Fund (5/1995)Inhibition of Smooth Muscle CellProliferation with c-Myc Anti-sense Oligonucleotide in a Fibrin Glue DeliverySystem

JohnHarrington Tannous, MD award for cancer research (5/1990)University of Florida, College of Medicine

American Cancer Society (6/1987)SummerCancer Research Grant, University of Florida, College of Medicine

Timeline

Vascular Surgeon, Partner

Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgical Associates/CVI
03.2022 - Current

Vascular Surgery, Partner

Coastal Vascular & Interventional
12.2017 - 03.2022

Vascular Surgeon

All Star Healthcare Solutions
10.2017 - 01.2020

General & Vascular Surgeon

Schreiber & Clift, PA
08.2001 - 05.2003

Physician Proctor, EVAR

Medtronic
06.2001 - 05.2006

Trauma, General & Vascular Surgeon

Geoffrey L. Risley, MD, INC
05.1999 - 08.2001

Vascular Surgeon

Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgical Associates
6 2003 - 10.2017

Trauma, General & Vascular Surgeon

McReynold's & Sedwitz, PA
7 1997 - 05.1999

Vascular Surgery Fellowship -

University of North Carolina

General Surgery Internship/Residency -

University of North Carolina

M.D. -

University of Florida College of Medicine

Bachelor of Science - Zoology

University of Florida

Associate of Arts -

Edison Community College
  • National Board of Medical Examiners (#382646)
  • American Board of Surgery-General Surgery (#41045)
  • American Board of Surgery-Vascular Surgery (#100883)
  • Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI)
  • Florida State Medical License (#ME83348)
  • National Practitioner Identifier (#1578565735)
  • ACLS/BLS
Geoffrey L. Risley, MD, FACS, RPVI