The Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at UMC Healthcare Partners provides traditional, minimally invasive, and endovascular surgical treatments of atherosclerosis, aneurysms, and venous diseases.

We specialize in the comprehensive care for patients with all types of vascular conditions, including diseases of the vascular system, or arteries, veins and lymphatic circulation. These conditions are managed by medical therapy, minimally-invasive catheter procedures, and traditional surgical treatment.

Because vascular disease affects millions of adults each year, patients may benefit from seeing a vascular surgeon, especially those with risk factors such as:

• Atherosclerosis 
• ​Hyperlipidemia
• Hypertension
• ​Smoking
• Diabetes
• ​Vasculitis
• Lymphedema
• Vascular Trauma

Gilbert Aidinian, MD

Division Chief, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Dr. Gilbert Aidinian, division chief of UMC Healthcare Partners' Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, specializes in treating chronic diseases that affect the vascular system, including the arteries, veins, and lymphatic circulation. He completed his surgical residency in 2007 and vascular residency in 2009 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. In 2010, he was deployed to Iraq, where he served as chief of vascular surgery for the 28th Combat Support Hospital. He then served as chief of vascular surgery at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, in 2011 and became chief of the department of surgery there in 2016. Dr. Aidinian was promoted to colonel in the U.S. Army in 2019 and retired in 2021. Dr. Aidinian provides expert vascular and endovascular care throughout the El Paso community. 

Abdur Jamal, MD

Vascular Surgeon

Dr. Abdur Jamal completed his surgical residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, in 2020 and completed his Vascular Residency at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois in 2025. A Houston native, Dr. Abdur Jamal initially planned to be a pediatrician. However, his passion shifted to vascular surgery during his surgical residency. He has experience in aortic disease with training in both endovascular and open interventions, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral arterial disease, limb salvage, and venous disease with training in sclerotherapy and ablation. From complex emergencies to life-changing elective procedures, Dr. Jamal is dedicated to providing the highest level of vascular care.