Associate Professor
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
Dr. Escobar is the Program Director of Emory University's Vascular surgery Fellowship, and the founder of the Residency (2017) and Early Specialization Program (2020).
He graduated with honors from La Salle University Medical School in Mexico City, followed by a general surgery internship at the Mayo Clinic. He completed his general surgery residency at the University of Colorado in 2008. During this time, he also completed an NIH Basic Science Research Fellowship and received the University of Colorado's Ben Eiseman Basic Sciences Research Award. Dr. Escobar did his vascular surgery fellowship at the University of Michigan, and was named Top Gun Champion of the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery in 2009, and runner-up in 2010.
He served on Michigan's vascular surgery faculty until 2013, earning its Arnold G. Coran award for excellence in surgical teaching, as well as research awards from the Society of Vascular Surgery and the Vascular and Endovascular Surgical Society. From 2013-2017 he was at the University of Arkansas, where he received the Red Sash Teaching Award, and in 2017 he came to Emory as an Associate Professor of Surgery..
VESS12 - Reported Pain at Work Is a Risk Factor for Vascular Surgery Trainee Burnout
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
3:30 PM – 3:37 PM ET