Dr. Peter Schneider is Professor of Surgery at University of California, San Francisco and has a strong interest in education and training in vascular and endovascular techniques, clinical research in peripheral arterial disease, and device development for the treatment of vascular disease. He has been in practice for 31 years, 25 of which were spent at Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Honolulu where he was Chief of Vascular Therapy. He attended Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and then University of California San Francisco for vascular surgery. He has been invited to many visiting professorships and served as faculty or course director for dozens of specialty courses and international conferences. He authored Endovascular Skills currently in its 4th edition and is used internationally by vascular residents and fellows. He served as President of the Western Vascular Society and VIVA.