Stéphan Haulon defended his PhD-thesis in Biomaterial research in 2002 and then left France to do a research endovascular fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, under the supervision of Dr. Roy K. Greenberg. In 2006 he was appointed Professor of Vascular Surgery and chair of the vascular surgical department in Lille, and in 2017 was appointed chairman of the Aortic Centre at Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, Université Paris Sud. Stéphan's main interest is in aortic surgery, particularly the endovascular treatment of complex thoraco-abdominal, arch aortic aneurysms and dissections, and intra-operative imaging applications. He was elected councilor at the board of the European Society for Vascular Surgery and at the board of the French Society for Vascular Surgery, and a SVS member. He is on the editorial board of the EJVES, the JEVT, and the Annals of Vascular Surgery. Finally, Stephan is the president elect of the European Society for Vascular Surgery for 2019-2020.