William D. Jordan, Jr., MD
Professor and Section Chief
Holt A. McDowell, Jr., Endowed Chair
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Section of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy

After an undergraduate degree from Hillsdale College in Michigan, Dr. Jordan received his MD from Emory University in 1988. Then completed a General Surgery Residency at UAB in 1993 and then completed a Vascular Fellowship at Emory in 1994. He joined the UAB faculty in 1994 and currently serves as Professor and Chief of the Section of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy. Recently he received the position of Holt A. McDowell, Jr., Endowed Chair in the Department of Surgery. Dr. Jordan’s board certifications include the 1989 NBME, 1994 ABS, and 1996 Vascular Surgery Board with Recertification in 2006. Currently, Dr. Jordan serves as a Director on the Vascular Surgery Board of the American Board of Surgery. He also serves on the Editorial Boards of the Annals of Vascular Surgery, Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Therapy, and the Journal of Vascular Surgery. He has also received the 1999 Presidential Award from the Southern Association of Vascular Surgery and has served as President of the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society. He maintains leadership positions in other Vascular Societies as well. His current major interests include: aortic reconstruction with endovascular techniques. Additionally, he has established a Vascular Fellowship Training Program at University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2003 and has graduated four fellows. Finally, he created a UAB Vascular Data Base to track clinical outcomes and to coordinate research projects that now includes over 22,000 patients. He also has professional consultationships with major medical corporations including a scientific advisory board for Vascular device companies. He has over 50 publications in peer-reviewed journals and presents the research and clinical work of the Vascular Section at National and International Meetings.