Peter Lin

Background

About Peter Lin

Dr. Lin is a vascular surgeon in Los Angeles, California. He is also professor emeritus of surgery at Baylor College of Medicine. Prior to moving to Los Angeles in 2015, Dr. Lin served as professor of surgery and chief of vascular surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas where he was also a full-time faculty from 2001 to 2015. Additionally, he served as the chief of vascular surgery at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center from 2001 to 2007, where he transformed its vascular program into a premier clinical service in the VA healthcare system. The remarkable success of this vascular surgery program with veterans led to the visit of President George H.W. Bush in 2003. Dr. Lin served as a physician advisor to Congressman Gene Green who introduced Aneurysm Detection Bill in 2004 which provided Medicare coverage for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm screening and detection. The legislation became known as the Screening Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Very Efficiently Act of 2004 (HR 4626). He presents his work regularly at national and international meetings and symposia. Dr. Lin's writing and presentations have focused on a range of subjects including endovascular treatment of aortic aneurysms, thrombolytic therapy for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, endovascular treatment of lower extremity occlusive disease, experimental models of endovascular therapy, and thrombolysis in arterial and venous thrombosis research. Dr. Lin has published more than 400 scholarly articles in the fields of vascular surgery and endovascular therapy. He has authored more than 60 book chapters and edited 3 vascular textbooks. As a faculty at Baylor College of Medicine, he has been recognized eight times with the Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award. He has also been recognized by his colleagues as one of the Best Doctors in America. You can learn more about Dr. Lin at