Jacob Budtz-Lilly

Jacob Budtz-Lilly

Senior Consultant and Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery

Aarhus University

Denmark

Jacob Budtz-Lilly is a senior consultant and associate professor of vascular surgery at the University Hospital of Aarhus in Aarhus, Denmark. He is responsible for their aortic program, which is the national referral centre for complex aortic disease in Denmark. He has a wealth of international experience and relationships, having studied medicine both in Canada and the United States and specialising in vascular surgery in Denmark. He completed his PhD on aortic pathology in Uppsala, Sweden, where he went on to complete a fellowship in complex aortic treatment in both Uppsala and Malmö. Dr. Budtz-Lilly is the previous president of the Danish Vascular Society and currently sits as the chair for Vascunet, a committee within the European Society of Vascular Surgery, and the incoming co-chair of the International Consortium of Vascular Registries. He is a Fellow of the European Board of Vascular Surgery and a member of the European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery editorial board. He has multiple publications and is active in several trials on complex aortic disease. Dr. Budtz-Lilly is also the primary investigator for the ongoing Scandinavian trial of Uncomplicated Aortic Dissection Therapy (The SUNDAY Trial).