Cambria Richard Paul MD

Richard P. Cambria, M.D. is Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Chief, Division of Vascular/Endovascular Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Cambria received his medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, in 1977. He trained in general and vascular surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. After a brief stint on the faculty at Yale, Dr. Cambria returned to MGH as Associate Professor of Surgery in 1986. He was promoted to Professor of Surgery in 2001 and Chief of the reformed Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery in 2002. He took advanced training in endovascular catheter-based therapies at Cleveland Clinic.

Dr. Cambria's clinical, professional and academic interests are principally in the area of diseases of the aorta and its branches. He is a nationally and internationally known expert in the treatment of complex aneurysm disease. According to the Massachusetts State website, he has the largest practice of both aneurysm and carotid artery surgery in the State. He currently leads a division that has performed more stent graft repairs of both abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms than any institution in the Northeast. He founded and is co-director of the Thoracic Aortic Center at MGH beginning in 1999. He is a Past President of both the NESVS and the Society for Vascular Surgery.