Education

  • Southwestern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas, MD (1977-1981)
  • University of Notre Dame (1973-1977)
  • Jesuit College Preparatory School, Valedictorian (1973)

 

Post-Doctoral Training

  • Vascular Research Fellow, Southwestern Medical Center (1987-1988)
  • Clinical Vascular Fellow, Southwestern Medical Center (1986-1987)
  • Chief Resident, General Surgery, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School (1985-1986)
  • Senior Resident, General Surgery, Brigham & Women’s Hospital (1984-1985)
  • Registrar in Surgery, South Manchester University Hospital, England (1983-1984)
  • Junior Resident, General Surgery, Brigham & Women’s Hospital (1982-1983)
  • Intern, General Surgery, Brigham & Women’s Hospital (1981-1982)
  • Additional Training: Endovascular Surgery Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic (2001)

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Surgery – Surgery (1987-2024)
  • Vascular Surgery Board of ABS – Vascular Surgery (1989-2024)
  • Registered Physician Vascular Interpretation (2007-present)

 

Medical Licensures

  • The State of Texas Board of Medical Examiners (1981-present)

Professional Societies

  • Society for Vascular Surgery (Distinguished Fellow)
  • Southern Surgical Association
  • American Surgical Association
  • Southern Association for Vascular Surgery 
  • American College of Surgeons
  • International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Hospital Appointments

  • Chief of Vascular Surgery, Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital Dallas (2020-Present)
  • Vice Chair of Vascular Surgery, Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital Dallas (2015-2020)

 

Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Professor of Surgery, Texas A&M College of Medicine (2015-Present)

 

Editorial Appointments

  • Section Editor, Rutherford’s Textbook of Vascular Surgery (8th, 9th, 10th, 11th Ed.)
  • Section Editor, UpToDate online textbook
  • Co-Editor, Scientific American Vascular Surgery
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Vascular Surgery
  • Editorial Board, Vascular Specialist

 

Board Appointments

  • Director of American Board of Surgery (2010-2016)
  • Chairman – Vascular Surgery Board (2013-2016)
  • Advisory Council for Vascular Surgery, American College of Surgeons (2014-2016)

  • Academy of Master Surgeon Educators
  • Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery, Lifetime Achievement in Education (2023)
  • Baylor University Medical Center Resident Teaching Attending of the Year (2023)
  • Best Doctors in America (2007-2014)
  • Phi Beta Kappa (1977)
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society (1979)

Book Chapters

  • Eidt J F, Solis M and Thompson B. “Venous thrombectomy in the management of deep vein thrombosis.” In: Vascular Diseases: Surgical and Interventional Therapy. 1994.
  • Eidt, J.F. and Plate, G. “Surgical Treatment of Acute Saphenous and Deep Vein Thrombosis.” In: Current Therapy in Vascular Surgery, 4th Edition, 2000.
  • Southern, F.N. and Eidt, J.F., “Carotid Subclavian Bypass and Other Extraanatomic Revascularizations.” In: Current Therapy in Vascular Surgery, 4th Edition, 2000.
  • Eidt, JF, Moursi, MM. “Reconstruction of aortic arch branches.” In: Mastery of Surgery, 2007.
  • Eidt JF and Kalapatapu, V. “Amputations.” Rutherford Textbook of Vascular Surgery, 2009.
  • Eidt and Kalapatapu – Atlas of vascular and endovascular surgery 2010
  • York JW and Eidt JF. “Below-knee popliteal, tibial and foot injuries” in Clinical Review of Vascular Trauma, 2013.
  • Eidt JF and Kalapatapu V. “Amputations.” In Rutherford’s Textbook, 8th edition, 2014.

 

Book Review, Abstract Summaries, Comments, and Editorials

  • Eidt, J. Abstract Summary: “Surgical treatment of renal artery stenosis after failed percutaneous transluminal angioplasty” J Urol 144:1094-6, 1990
  • Eidt, JF. Invited Review “Neonatal Aortic Thrombosis” for International Vascular Surgery, to be published 92.
  • Eidt, JF. Invited Commentary. Archives of Surgery. 1991.
  • J. F. Eidt. Comments on “Renal resistive index after captopril test by echo-Doppler in essential hypertension” by Veglio et al [editorial; comment]. Am J Hypertens 5: 494, 1992.
  • M. M. Solis, T. J. Ranval, G. W. Barone, J. F. Eidt and R. W. Barnes. The CASANOVA study: immediate surgery versus delayed surgery for moderate carotid artery stenosis? [letter; comment]. Stroke 23: 917-9, 1992.
  • Eidt, J.F. Book Review: Clinical management of Nicotine Dependence. Ed J. Cocores, in J Vasc Surg 1994
  • John F. Eidt, MD. Invited Commentary. Predictors of lower extremity arterial injury after total knee or total hip arthroplasty. J Vasc Surg 47(4) 807, April 2008.

1987

  • Duplex ultrasound in the follow-up of renal artery reconstruction. Coller Surgical Society, Oakland California, October 1987.

 

1988

  • Renal Duplex Ultrasound: Non-invasive Diagnosis of Vascular Disease. Scripps Symposium, February 1988.
  • Thrombin is an important mediator of platelet aggregation in vivo. American Federation of Clinical Research, Washington DC, May 1, 1988.
  • Flow variations in stenosed coronary arteries are mediated by serotonin and thromboxane A2 in awake, closed-chest dogs. American Federation of Clinical Research, Washington DC, May 1, 1988.
  • Symposium: Cardiac transplantation at UAMS. Little Rock, Arkansas, October 31, 1988.
  • “Renal artery reconstruction.” Gaston’s Surgical Symposium, September 22, 1988.
  • Exercise induces cyclic reductions in coronary blood flow due to platelet aggregation in unsedated dogs with coronary artery stenoses and endothelial injury. American Heart Association, Scientific Sessions, November 1988, Washington DC.
  • Improved coronary thrombolysis with a mutant human tissue plasminogen activator. American Heart Association, Scientific Session, Washington DC, November 1988.
  • Surgical skills performance testing: a model. Surgery Grand Rounds. Southwestern Medical Center, May 1988.
  • Renal Artery Reconstruction. Surgery Grand Rounds: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. January 22, 1988.

 

1989

  • Exercise may be hazardous to your health. Surgery Grand Rounds: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. January 7, 1989.
  • Motor skills performance testing in surgical residents. Presented at Association for Surgical Education, Tampa, Florida April 7, 1989.
  • Multi-modality approaches to vascular surgery. Arkansas Chapter of Association of Operating Room Nurses. Little Rock, AR, February 1989.
  • Endovascular Surgery. Hot Springs Surgical Symposium, Arkansas Chapter of American College of Surgeons. Hot Springs, AR, March 1989.
  • Interventional Radiology: A Surgeon’s Perspective. Arkansas Chapter of the American College of Radiology. Fairfield Bay, Arkansas, April 1989.
  • Use and abuse of lasers in surgery. 11th Annual Family Practice Intensive Review. June 1989.
  • Endovascular Mythology. Roerig-Pfizer Gaston’s Surgical Symposium. Lakeview, Arkansas, October 1989.

 

1990

  • Winter Surgery Symposium, Capital Hotel, Little Rock. Vascular Surgery: Update.
  • Southern Association of Vascular Surgery, January 24, 1990, Acapulco, Mexico. Intraarterial carbon dioxide digital subtraction angiography in the management of a post-traumatic renal arteriovenous fistula.
  • Thrombomodulin activity on rabbit aorta following balloon denudation. Theodore S. Zimmerman Memorial Conference: Progress in Vascular Biology, Hemostasis and Thrombosis, Symposium, San Diego Cal. (Poster) March 1, 1990.
  • Southwestern Surgical Congress, April 1990. Course Director Symposium: Non-invasive diagnosis of intrabdominal vascular disease: state of the art.
  • Southwestern Surgical Congress, 1990: Video Presentation – “Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.”
  • Biology of Vascular Cells: VIth International Symposium, August 1990, Paris, Smooth muscle cell phenotypic modulation: Thrombomodulin is expressed by rabbit neointimal smooth muscle cells in vivo. J. Eidt, J. Cook, C. Cook, R.Marlar, L.Fink (Poster)
  • American College of Surgeons, Video Forum: Spectacular Problems in Surgery. “Recurrent intracaval renal cell carcinoma: the role of intravascular ultrasound.” October, 1990.
  • Society of Magnetic Resonance Imaging; New York, Dec 1990. RahmanS, Lubansky H, Cone J, Barnes R, Eidt J. Rat hindleg ischemia model. (POSTER)

 

1991

  • Symposium on Critical Care and Emergency Medicine: April 3-6, 1991. Hot Springs, Arkansas. “Vascular Trauma”
  • Symposium on Critical Care and Emergency Medicine: April 3-6, 1991. Hot Springs, Ark. “Thrombotic Emergencies”
  • Southwestern Surgical Congress: April 21, 1991, Las Vegas Nevada. Director of Mini-Workshop: “Endovascular Surgery”
  • Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology. April 22, 1991. Atlanta GA. “Thrombomodulin Expression and histological localization on injured rabbit aorta.”
  • International Congress on Thrombosis and Haemostasias. July 1, 1991. Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Poster) “Recombinant thrombomodulin prevents venous thrombosis in an animal model”
  • Academy of Surgical Research, Phoenix Arizona, September 1991
  • Gaston’s Surgical Symposium, September, 1991, “Update in Vascular Surgery”

 

1993

  • Southwestern Surgical Congress: April 1993, “Vascular Injuries Associated with Orthopedic Procedures: Recognition and Management with Special Consideration of Anatomic Approach” (Poster) J F Eidt and John Cone
  • Evolving issues in Vascular Biology and Coronary Heart Disease, Saturday May 22, 1993, Univ Ark Med Sci “Vascular Biology: Surgeon’s Perspective”
  • International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis 1993; New York; Case Report: Multiple Myeloma antibody to Protein C. (Poster)
  • International Society of Thrombosis and Hemostasis – 1993; New York; Hirudin prevention of Venous thrombosis in rat (POSTER)
  • Surgical Grand Rounds, St Vincents Hospital, New York, Vascular Disease in Young Women.

 

1997

  • Eidt, JF. Late reimplantation of the inferior mesenteric artery. Case presentation. Southwestern Surgical Congress, April 1997.

 

1998

  • Eidt, J.F., Acute Cold Leg, General Surgery Review Course, Southeastern Surgical Congress, Atlanta, Feb, 1998.
  • Eidt, J.F., Acute Mesenteric Insufficiency, General Surgery Review Course, Southeastern Surgical Congress, Atlanta, Feb, 1998.
  • Eidt, JF. Management of a retroperitoneal mass: anatomic considerations. (VIDEO) Southwestern Surgical Congress, April 1998.
  • Eidt, J.F. Vascular Review, A Symposium organized in conjunction with Family Practice Review Course, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, May, 1998
  • Eidt, J.F. Introduction to the practice of medicine; Freshman Parents Weekend; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Aug 1998.

 

1999

  • Eidt, J.F. Surgical Complications from Hemostatic Puncture Closure Devices, presented at Southwestern Surgical Congress, April, 1999.
  • Eidt, J.F. UAMS Family Practice Review Course, Vascular Update, 1999.

 

2000

  • Eidt JF. Infectious complications from hemostatic devices. TCT Transcatheter Therapeutics, Wash DC, Sept 2000.

 

2004

  • Southeastern Surgical Congress Board Review Course, New Orleans Sept 2004
  • Geriatrics Grand Rounds Vascular Surgery Update September 2004.
  • Southwestern Surgical Congress, Edgar J Poth Lecture: The Role of the General Surgeon in the Endovascular Revolution, San Antonio April 2004.

 

2005

  • Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery 360 evaluations: why you should use them Washington, DC April 2005.
  • Comprehensive Clinical Review in General Surgery. Peripheral Vascular Disease. Denver Colorado. September 2005
  • Comprehensive Clinical Review in General Surgery. Abdominal Aorta and Its Branches including Mesenteric Insufficiency. Denver Colorado. September 2005
  • VEITH Symposium Percutaneous Isolated Limb Perfusion For Severe Ischemia In Patients Who Are Not Candidates For Standard Revascularization Bronx, NY November 2005.

 

2006

  • Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery, How the Match will Work, Washington, DC March 2006.
  • Southwestern Surgical Congress, Thrombosis of Portal Vein Aneurysm—A Rare Cause of Acute Abdominal Pain During Pregnancy Kauai, Hawaii April 2006
  • Cardene IV Lecture, The Management of Hypertensive Emergencies in the Acute Care Setting Birmingham, AL April 2006.
  • South Carolina Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Fresh Aortic Allograft in the Treatment of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Infection, Hilton Head Island, SC May 2006.
  • South Carolina Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, The Next Frontier: Advanced Cerebrovascular Anatomy for the Vascular Surgeon, Hilton Head Island, SC May 2006.
  • Vascular Annual Meeting E. Stanly Crawford Critical Issues Forum: Recruitment Crisis in Vascular Surgery-Defining Solutions Now-Defining the Problem Philadelphia, PA June 2006.
  • Association of Program Directors in Interventional Radiology Annual Meeting: Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery Update, Denver, CO October 2006
  • Arkansas American College of Physicians Chapter Meeting: Peripheral Arterial Disease Update Branson, MO October 2006
  • Baxter Regional Medical Center, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Mountain Home, AR October 2006
  • Comprehensive Clinical Review in General Surgery Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Atlanta, GA November 2006
  • VEITH Symposium, Percutaneous Isolated Limb Perfusion (PILP) with Thrombolytic Agents for Limb Salvage New York, NY November 2006

 

2007

  • Jonesboro Center on Aging/AHEC, Vascular Surgery Causes More Harm than Good! What You Can Do to Protect Your Patients from the Knife! Jonesboro, AR August 2007
  • Arkansas Orthopedic Forum, 23rd Annual Session: Vascular Surgery Update Little Rock, AR October 2007
  • Comprehensive Clinical Review in General Surgery Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Atlanta, GA November 2007
  • Comprehensive Clinical Review in General Surgery Peripheral Arterial Disease Atlanta, GA November 2007

 

2008

  • Southern Association for Vascular Surgery 32nd Annual Meeting, Impact of Tibial Runoff on Superficial Femoral Artery Endoluminal Interventions for Rest Pain and Tissue Loss, Session Moderator January 2008.
  • Wake Forest University. Surgery Grand Rounds, What You Don’t Know about Hirudo Medicinalis, April 2008.
  • Florida Vascular Society 21st Annual Scientific Session, What vascular surgeons need to know about the medicinal leech: a story about Hirudo Medicinalis, Ponte Vedre, Florida, May 2008.
  • Florida Vascular Society 21st Annual Scientific Session, Update for the Vascular Surgery Board: Trends in Vascular Surgery Training, Ponte Vedre, Florida, May 2008.
  • Florida Vascular Society 21st Annual Scientific Session, Beyond the Neck: Cerebrovascular Anatomy for the Vascular Surgeon, Ponte Vedre, Florida, May 2008.
  • Veith 2008- Behcet’s syndrome: Vascular implications.

 

2010

  • Grand Rounds – East Tennessee State University: Host Dan Rush MD, May 2010
  • Grand Rounds – Baylor Medical Center – Dallas, Host – Greg Pearl, Nov 2010

 

2011

  • Grand Rounds – Methodist Hospital Houston; Houston, Host – Alan Lumsden, April 2011
  • Grand Rounds – University of Alabama — Birmingham, Alabama, Host -Will Jordan, May 2011
  • Grand Rounds – Dartmouth Medical Center – Host Bob Zwolak, May 2010
  • Grand Rounds- Southern Illinois University – Springfield, Ill, Host Kim Hodgson, May 2011
  • Grand Rounds – Louisville – October 2011 – Charles Ross MD

 

2012

  • Grand Rounds – U West Virginia – Mar 2012 – Ali AbuRhama MD
  • Grand Rounds – Boston University Sept 2012 — Alik Farber MD
  • President Gulf Coast Vascular – October 2012, New Orleans
  • Invited Special Lecturer – Texas Vascular – San Antonio, October 2012
  • VEITH 2012 – Update of Aviation training in vascular surgery
  • Methodist Bootcamp 2012 Houston August 2012

 

2013

  • Veith Vascular Symposium, Nov 2013
  • West Virginia Vascular, Oct 2013

 

2014

  • Pittsburgh Vascular, October 2014
  • Virginia Vascular, Keynote speaker, Sept 2014
  • Grand Rounds, Syracuse University, May 2014
  • American College of Surgeons, Vascular Course, October 2014
  • Veith Symposium, Nov 2014
  • Northwestern Vascular, Dec 2014

 

2023

  • 47th annual Southern Association for Vascular Surgery January 18, 2023, Scientific Session V, Moderator, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, January 17, 2023.
  • SCVS 2023, March 28, 2023 Second Victim syndrome, Miami Beach, FL
  • Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal, Live Webcast “Changing Management of Type B Aortic Dissections” Host: Alan B Lumsden, MD
  • Visiting Professor in Surgery, Loma Linda University Health, Ontario, CA June 1, 2023
  • SVS 2023 June 15, My Worst Cases, National Harbor, MD.
  • VAST2023, Annual Meeting, July 29, 2023, Aorta-Morbidity and Mortality Case presentation, New York, NY
  • Baylor Scott & White Heart & Vascular Hospital-Dallas Podcast PAD: What you need to know about Peripheral Arterial Disease (Title: Are you at risk for PAD?> What you need to know.) A Production by RadioMD October 10, 2023.
  • Houston Methodist Institute for Technology, 8th annual Open Aortic Training Course, Aortic Anatomy, Aortic Anatomy, Aortic Disease: Descending Thoracic, Abdominal Aorta, Iliac Arteries, Cadaver Video on Aortic Exposure, Enrico Ascher, MD, William Brown, MD, Alan Lumsden, MD. Oct 26, 2023

 

2024

  • 42nd Annual Southern California Vascular Surgeons Society, Keynote Speaker, Presentation: Second Victim’s Syndrome, April 20th, 2024, San Diego, CA
  • Kaiser Permanente- 6th Annual Endovascular Interventions Symposium. Presentation: Aortic Graft Infections April 19, 2024. San Diego, CA
  • Kaiser Permanente- 6th Annual Endovascular Interventions Symposium. Presentation: amputations, April 19, 2024. San Diego, CA
  • Transplant Grand Rounds – Baylor Medical Center – Dallas April 25, 2024 “Some Patients Leaving a scar on you. Host: Robert M Goldstein, MD Medical Director Transplant Center