Benjamin W. Starnes, M.D., F.A.C.S., is a board certified vascular surgeon at Harborview Medical Center. Dr. Starnes is a Professor of Vascular Surgery, Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery and Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery for UW Medicine in Seattle, Washington. He also holds the Alexander Whitehill Clowes Endowed Chair in Vascular Surgery. He is recognized nationally and internationally for his work in complex aortic pathology and vascular trauma, most notably the management of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms and acute aortic syndromes. Prior to accepting his position at the University of Washington, Dr. Starnes spent a total of 15 years in the United States Army serving three combat tours, one in Kosovo and two in Iraq. He is the principal investigator for one of only a handful of physician-sponsored IDE’s in the United States involving physician modified fenestrated endografts. Dr. Starnes’ extensive research involvement combined with his clinical and technical abilities provides him with opportunities to speak regularly at medical conferences around the world. He has accepted twenty-five national visiting professorships and lectured internationally on five continents and in fifteen different countries including France, Belgium, Australia, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Japan and China. He has been author or co-author of over 140 peer-reviewed publications with halfas first or senior author. He created and edited the only textbook solely dedicated to the management of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms. On 9/11/2001 Dr. Starnes was a first responder to the Pentagon and is featured in the book, American Phoenix; Heroes of the Pentagon on 9/11. Dr. Starnes’ editorial review responsibilities with the leading vascular journals include The Journal of Vascular Surgery, Circulation, New England Journal of Medicine and Lancet and he won 2020 Reviewer of the Year for the Journal of Vascular Surgery. He was President of the Western Vascular Society in 2020.