Riyaz Bashir, MD, is Professor of Medicine and Director of Vascular and Endovascular Medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at Mayo Clinic Florida. He is an interventional cardiologist and vascular specialist with expertise in complex cardiac, venous, and pulmonary vascular interventions. His clinical and research interests include catheter-based therapies for acute and chronic deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, and balloon pulmonary angioplasty.