Biography

Dr. Kwolek graduated from the University of California, San Francisco Medical School in 1987. He completed his general surgery training at the Harvard/Deaconess Surgical Service in 1993, his Vascular Surgery fellowship at the MGH in 1995 and an advanced endovascular fellowship at the Arizona Heart Institute. After serving on the faculty at the University of Kentucky as the Chief of Vascular Surgery and the training program director, he was recruited back to the MGH in 1992. He currently serves as Director of the Vascular and Endovascular Training program at the MGH and as the Chief of Vascular Surgery at the Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Dr. Kwolek is involved in numerous clinical trials to evaluate new treatments and devices for the management of thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms, aortic dissection, carotid artery disease and lower extremity arterial disease. He serves as the MGH site principal investigator (PI) for many of these trials and as the national PI on an aortic aneurysm trial and a carotid angioplasty and stenting trial. He also serves as a reviewer for multiple medical journals and on the editorial board for the Journal of Endovascular Therapy. He is highly sought after as an invited speaker at numerous National and International Vascular Conferences and has authored over 80 manuscripts/book chapters and monographs related to vascular and endovascular disease management.

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