Status: Portland Providers

Christopher T. Healey is a board-certified vascular surgeon with extensive clinical experience in all areas of vascular surgery, as well as significant experience in research and medical education.

Christopher graduated Magna Cum Laude with his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and his Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry. He then continued his medical education in Providence at Warren Albert School of Medicine at Brown University.

Dr. Healey’s graduate medical education continued at the University of Vermont where he completed his General Surgery Residency. While at UVM he was awarded the College of Medicine’s Resident Excellence in teaching award, he was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha Medical honor society, and awarded the Norman Snow award for excellence in Cardiothoracic Surgery. While at UVM his research centered on the pathophysiology of venous ulcers. He completed his post graduate training with his Vascular Surgery Fellowship at Tufts Medical Center.

Christopher began his Vascular Surgical career in 2007 in Portland, ME. He has served as Assistant Professor of Surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine. In addition to having a busy clinical practice his research activities included being local principal investigator on multiple clinical trials. The trials he lead looked at using stem cells to treat critical limb ischemia and the development of a novel endovascular aneurysm sealing device.

In the realm of surgical education Dr. Healey served as assistant program director for the General surgery residency at Maine Medical Center and then went on to become the first program director for the Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency.

Just prior to joining The Vascular Care Group team, Christopher served as the Medical Director at Maine Medical Center’s Wound Healing and Hyperbarics.

He is a current fellow of the American College of Surgery, as well as a member of the Society of Vascular Surgery, the New England Society of Vascular Surgery, the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, and the Wound Healing Society.

In his free time, Christopher enjoys spending time with his family and labradoodles. He is an avid fan of New England Sports teams: Patriots, Celtics, Bruins, Red Sox, and Friars Basketball and Hockey.

Elizabeth Blazick is a board-certified vascular surgeon with extensive clinical experience in all areas of vascular surgery, as well as significant experience in research and medical education.

Beth earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Sports Biology and Chemistry from Springfield College, followed by her graduate level Certificate of Completion in Physician Assistant Studies from Springfield College/Baystate Health Systems. She worked as a physician assistant in a busy trauma center in Tampa, Florida while later simultaneously completing her Doctor of Medicine degree at the University of South Florida. As a medical student, she was inducted into the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha academic honor society as well as the Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society. She was awarded the Tampa General Hospital Scholarship, the Bailey Family Foundation Medical Student Scholarship, the Watson Clinic Award for outstanding research and received the Florida Chapter of the American College of Surgeons’ Ambrose Pare Award as one of the top medical students in the state pursing a surgical career.

She completed both her General Surgery Residency and Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Before joining The Vascular Care Group, she was an attending vascular surgeon at Maine Medical Center, where she also served as the Program Director for the Integrated Vascular Surgery Residency. She was appointed the rank of Assistant Professor of Surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine. There, she actively participated in both clinical and industry research, including several large multicenter trials.

She is an active member of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), the New England Society for Vascular Surgery (NESVS), the Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS), and is an American College of Surgeons (ACS) Fellow. She was recently awarded the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Leadership Development Award. She continues to serve as a reviewer for several vascular surgery publications.

Outside of her work in the field of vascular surgery, Beth serves as a board member for Hope on a String, a nonprofit to fund a community center in Haiti. She lives with her family in South Portland, where in her free time she enjoys working with the local pug rescue organization and traveling to destinations a bit off the beaten path.

Nathan J. Aranson is a third-generation physician and native of Maine who currently resides in Portland. He is a dual board-certified general surgeon and vascular surgeon who is also an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine. In addition, he is nationally known as a respected educator and lecturer with extensive credited publications.

In 2001, Nathan graduated Cum Laude from Tufts University with his Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry while completing his Pre-Med requirements. He then went on to earn his Doctor of Medicine degree in 2006 from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He completed his general surgery residency in Los Angeles at LAC + USC Medical Center with two additional years devoted to vascular surgical research as part of an NIH Funded T-32 Program at Harvard Medical School. He then completed his fellowship in Vascular and Endovascular surgery at the prestigious Massachusetts General Hospital. During his training he earned numerous resident teaching and education awards.

Prior to coming on board with The Vascular Care Group, he served as a Staff Surgeon in Vascular Surgery for Virginia Mason Medical Center, and most recently, for over five years at Maine Medical Center. While at Maine Medical Center he was the busiest clinical surgeon and performed the first minimally invasive arteriovenous fistula creation for dialysis access and the first insertion of a thoracic branch endograft in the State of Maine. Throughout his time, he has always sought to push the envelope, be an early adopter of technology, and improve the quality of care provided to patients in the region.

Outside of his primary surgical roles, he was the Medical Director of the Non-Invasive Vascular Labs throughout Maine Health and served as the Medical Director of the Maine Medical Center Vein Clinic. Throughout his career, he has been a member of several professional societies such as the American College of Surgeons and the Society of Vascular Surgery where he has been honored as a Fellow of both.

In his free time, he enjoys anything that blesses him with the many seasonal outdoor pursuits of Maine. In the winter you will find him downhill skiing while in the summer he finds time to fly-fish for native trout and spin cast in Casco Bay for stripers.