The S. Martin Lindenauer Collegiate Professorship in Vascular Surgery Is Inaugurated
Thomas Wakefield is Installed as the First Lindenauer Professor

Following the ceremony, participants gathered for a reception at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Photo: Gregory Fox

Thomas Wakefield, M.D. (Residency 1984), professor of surgery, was installed as the first S. Martin Lindenauer Collegiate Professor of Vascular Surgery on May 24, 2002. The Lindenauer Professorship recognizes an outstanding faculty member within the Section of Vascular Surgery who has excelled in clinical care, research and teaching.

Earning his medical degree from the Medical College of Ohio in 1978, Wakefield joined the University of Michigan Medical School faculty in 1986 after completing his general surgery residency and vascular surgery fellowship at the U-M. He became the director of the Diagnostic Vascular Laboratory in 1995. His clinical expertise lies in venous thrombosis, chronic venous insufficiency and coagulation disorders.

Wakefield has received three Conrad Jobst Awards for Research in Vascular Disease and two Venous Research Awards from the American Venous Forum. In addition to delivering more than 130 national and international presentations, Wakefield has authored over 120 articles in peer-reviewed journals and more than 60 book chapters on vascular surgery and vascular medicine. He is a member of 18 professional societies and is the secretary of the American Venous Forum. Wakefield also serves on the editorial board of four scientific journals, including the Journal of Vascular Surgery.

Left to right: Debby Weinberg, Charlie Weinberg, Mary Wakefield, Thomas Wakefield, Ben Weinberg, and Peter Weinberg Photo: Gregory Fox

S. Martin Lindenauer, an eminent professor emeritus, has mentored hundreds of medical students, including Wakefield, and led them into distinguished careers as physicians. He was instrumental in starting the Diagnostic Vascular Laboratory that Wakefield now heads. In his laboratory studies, Lindenauer made major contributions to the development of biologic and synthetic vascular graphs, and also investigated the interactions between arteries and veins in the capillary circulation.

The S. Martin Lindenauer Collegiate Professorship in Vascular Surgery was established through the generosity of Lindenauer’s daughter, Debby Weinberg, and her husband, Peter, to honor the numerous academic and medical accomplishments of her father.

—RS

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Thomas Wakefield is Installed as the First Lindenauer Professor