Dr. Michael Amendola received his medical degree at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (VCU-SOM) in Richmond, Virginia.  He completed his general surgery internship and residency at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (VCUHS) in 2007. He also completed a Vascular Surgery fellowship at VCUHS in 2009. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the Society of Vascular Surgery. In 2021 he was inducted into the American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators. Dr. Amendola is board certified by the American Board of Surgery in both general and vascular surgery. He maintains privileges at Central Virginia VA Health Care System in Richmond, Virginia and is Professor of Surgery at VCU-SOM. He completed his Master’s Degree in Medical Education (MEHP) at John Hopkins University School of Education (JHU-SOE) in Baltimore, Maryland in 2019. He is adjunct professor at JHU-SOE in the MEHP program. He has over 150 times local/regional, 250 national and 11 international presentations. He has been published over 50 times in the peer reviewed literature. His interests focus on mentoring novice surgical learners, hemodialysis access, 3D printing, leadership, artificial intelligence and implications of surgical simulation in the current health care environment.