Dr. Sista is Professor and Vice Chair of Radiology in the division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology at Weill Cornell Medicine. His clinical expertise lies in the medical and endovascular treatment of venous thromboembolic disease (VTE). He has given >200 invited talks and moderated sessions at international meetings on VTE and has served on national committees. He has authored or co-authored 90 peer-reviewed publications, including original VTE clinical research and clinical practice standards in the medical and radiologic literature with co-authors from multiple disciplines. He is the lead principal investigator and study chair of the NIH-funded PE-TRACT trial. He chaired the SIR Foundation’s Research Consensus Panel with experts from 6 disciplines on Submassive Pulmonary Embolism. He was the National Principal Investigator for Penumbra, Inc.’s multicenter (22 sites) prospective trial (N=119) of the Indigo CAT-8 thromboaspiration device for submassive PE (EXTRACT-PE), and was the co-National PI for the multicenter RESCUE study (N=120) of the Bashir Endovascular Catheter for submassive PE. He co-chaired the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Statement on Interventional Therapy for Pulmonary Embolism and is on the Steering Committee and co-chair the InterventionaI Committee of the NHLBI-sponsored C-TRACT trial. He has been recognized as a Fellow of both the Society of Interventional Radiology (FSIR) and the American Heart Association (FAHA).