Short biography of Dr. Jean-Baptiste RICCO, MD, PhD Professor in vascular surgery, Department of Clinical Research, University of Poitiers, France. • Fellow in vascular surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, (1982). • Professor of vascular surgery (1990) • Officier de la Légion d’Honneur (2014) • Member of the French Academy of Medicine (2016) • Member of the Society for Vascular Surgery (Distinguished Fellow) • Past President of the French Society for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery • Past Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery • Past President of the European Society for Vascular Surgery • Co-chairman of the ESC Guidelines on PAD