Bright Benfor, M.D., is a vascular surgeon and researcher. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Houston Methodist Debakey Heart and Vascular Center in Houston, TX. A native of Ghana, he received his medical degree and vascular surgery training from the Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University in Fez, Morocco, followed by an aortic fellowship at the Ludwig Maximillian University Hospital in Munich, Germany. Bright Benfor also holds a postgraduate diploma in endovascular therapeutics from the Paris XII University in France, as well as a postgraduate qualification in clinical research and epidemiology from Lorraine University in Nancy, France. His research and clinical interests include Open and Endovascular aortic repair, hemodialysis access surgery, and management of peripheral arterial diseases.