Kevin Mani, MD PhD is Professor of Vascular Surgery at Uppsala university and Chief of Division of Vascular Surgery at Uppsala university hospital, Sweden. He is founder and director of the Uppsala Aortic Fellowship programme. His clinical expertise includes surgical treatment of aortic disease, including complex endovascular repair of aneurysm and dissection in the aortic arch and the thoracoabdominal aorta. Kevin leads a research group focusing on pathophysiology, prevention and treatment of aortic disease, and has performed several national and international registry-based studies on surgical management of aortic aneurysms and dissections, and served as principal investigator for randomised clinical trials evaluating the possibility for medical and surgical treatment of aortic disease. He is the past chair of the International Consortium of Vascular Registries, and the Vascunet registry collaboration. He serves as associate editor of the European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, chair of the Swedish vascular registry, member of the board of the research education council at Uppsala University Faculty of Medicine, and the Swedish Surgical Society’s committee for clinical research.