Riyaz Bashir MBBS, MD, FACC, RVT

Dr. Riyaz Bashir is a Professor at Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Dr. Bashir serves in an ex-officio Chief Medical Consultant role for the company.

Dr. Bashir shares the product design creation responsibilities with Mr. Green. Dr. Bashir is a Professor of Medicine at Temple University School of Medicine and is the inventor of the Bashir Endovascular Catheter. His specialties include carotid artery and peripheral vascular diseases, and coronary and endovascular interventions (including carotid stenting and gene and stem cell therapy).

He attended medical school at the University of Kashmir, Government Medical College, Srinagar, India. His training includes a fellowship, in interventional cardiology, at Mayo Clinic; a fellowship, in vascular medicine and endovascular intervention, at Tufts University School of Medicine, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center; a fellowship, in cardiovascular medicine, at Tufts University School of Medicine, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center; residency, internal medicine, University of Kashmir, S.M.H.S. Hospital and Nassau University Medical Center, SUNY at Stony Brook. His certifications include interventional cardiology, vascular technology, endovascular interventions, vascular medicine, cardiovascular disease, and internal medicine.