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Dumont. Vessel Plus 2017;1:1-2 Vessel Plus
DOI: 10.20517/2574-1209.2017.03
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A foreword from the Editor-in-Chief

Aaron S. Dumont

Department of Neurological Surgery, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.
Correspondence to: Dr. Aaron S. Dumont, Department of Neurological Surgery, Tulane University, 131 South Robertson Street, Suite 1300, New
Orleans, LA 70112, USA. E-mail: adumont2@tulane.edu

How to cite this article: Dumont AS. A foreword from the Editor-in-Chief. Vessel Plus 2017;1:1-2.
Article history: Received: 22-01-2017 Accepted: 23-01-2017 Published: 31-03-2017

Dr. Dumont serves as the Charles B. Wilson Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Tulane
University School of Medicine. He is a board-certified neurosurgeon who completed his residency program training
at the University of Virginia as well as a fellowship in cerebrovascular, skull base and endovascular neurosurgery
at the University of Virginia. He has active neurosurgical research interests and has published and presented
extensively with more than 200 publications and more than 175 national and international presentations.

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prognosis of disease of the blood vessels including and impact on the field. Future special issues may
those of the arterial and venous circulation as well as include a thematic focus on original research as

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