Vascular Surgery Expert Witness Services

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Dr. Michael Amendola is a practicing vascular surgeon at the Central Virginia VA Health Care System (CVVHS) in Richmond, Virginia. He serves as the Division Chief of Vascular Surgery and the Head of The Vascular Duplex Laboratory. Dr. Amendola earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Chemistry from The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. He then worked as a Research Associate for Merck and Company in Rahway, New Jersey, utilizing computer-aided rational drug design. Following this, he conducted funded research in the Department of Genetics at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (VCU-SOM) in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Amendola completed medical school at VCU-SOM in 2002, followed by a general surgery residency and vascular surgery fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System in Richmond, Virginia. He practiced privately in Georgia for two years before returning to VCU-SOM and CVVHS in 2011. Dr. Amendola is a full-time surgeon at CVVHS and holds the academic rank of Professor of Surgery at VCU-SOM. His responsibilities include educating nursing students, advanced practice nurses (NP), medical students, general surgery residents, plastic surgery residents, podiatric residents, and vascular surgery fellows. He also serves as a clinical consultant to VA efforts related to the application of 3D Printing Technology at the point of care. Dr. Amendola completed his Master’s in Education in the Health Professions (MEHP) from Johns Hopkins and is an Adjunct Faculty member at the Johns Hopkins School of Education. Dr. Amendola is board-certified in General and Vascular Surgery and holds a separate certificate as a Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation in his role as the Head of The Vascular Duplex Laboratory. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), a member of the American College of Surgeons Master Educators, a Fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery (FSVS), and an active member and committee participant of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) and the Association for VA Surgeons (AVAS). He is also a member of the Virginia Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. Over the past decade, Dr. Amendola has partnered with the medical industry, serving on speakers’ bureaus, acting as a key opinion leader (KOL), and designing medical/surgical educational materials. He is recognized as a leader in the field of vascular surgery, evidenced by his numerous local, regional, and national presentations. Over the last five years, Dr. Amendola has also worked as an expert witness and case reviewer in the legal field. Since 2020, he has published over thirty peer-reviewed articles. Dr. Amendola is dedicated to serving the veteran population, educating future doctors and surgeons, and participating in the application of innovative technologies in clinical surgery, alongside his academic pursuits.