DELRAY BEACH, Fl., August 29^th, 2024 — Newsweek and Statista are proud to announce that Dr. Joseph Ricotta, Chairman of the Vascular Surgery Program at Delray Medical Center earned a position on the America’s Best Vascular Surgeons 2024 list. This is an exclusive list of only 200 doctors in the country. Congratulations on this achievement!

In an era of informed decision-making, it is increasingly important for patients to make well-founded choices about which doctor to consult for their specific condition. To support this process, Statista and Newsweek have partnered to provide a comprehensive resource: America's Best Vascular Surgeons 2024.
The ranking was released on the Newsweek website on June 12th and published in the enclosed print edition of Newsweek Magazine.

America's Best Vascular Surgeons 2024 were determined based on four data sources:

1. Physician Performance Data: Based on Medicare data from CareJourney in 2022, an evaluation of the physician’s performed procedures was conducted.
   
2. Recommendations from Peers: During the survey period from March to April 2024, thousands of medical experts (physicians with knowledge in the field of vascular surgery, managers/administrators, and other medical professionals in the field of vascular surgery) were invited to an online survey via Newsweek.com.
   
3. Quality Assessment: For recommendations in their own state, participants were asked to assess the quality of care (e.g. treatments, follow-up care, use of most recent equipment) for each vascular surgeon.
   
4. Certifications: Board Vascular Surgery Certification and Surgery Certifications by the American Board of Surgery were taken into consideration for all eligible vascular surgeons.

Based on the results of the study, Dr. Ricotta, who is on staff at Delray and West Boca medical centers, is honored to be recognized on Newsweek’s list of America’s Best Vascular Surgeons 2024.

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Dr. Ricotta serves as National Medical Director of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Surgery for Tenet Healthcare and founded and directs the FAU Vascular Surgery Fellowship and is a professor of surgery at FAU School of Medicine. He is a nationally and internationally recognized expert in the field of vascular and endovascular surgery, earned his undergraduate degree at Yale University and his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College. He completed his residency in general surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital and was a traveling scholar and specialist registrar in vascular surgery at Oxford University in England. In addition, he completed a vascular and endovascular surgery fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, followed by an advanced endovascular surgery fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. He is the first surgeon in the U.S. to use endovascular robotics to perform minimally invasive vascular surgery and has authored more than 300 publications and delivered more than 500 lectures on the national and international stage.  He has been named a Castle Connolly “America’s Top Doctor” 13 years in a  row and earned a position on Newsweek’s “America’s Best Vascular Surgeons 2024” list.