Founder Vascular Access Centers and co-founded Rex Medical with Whitfield Gardner in 1999 and directs R & D.

Dr. McGuckin is Director of the Philadelphia Vascular Institute located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. McGuckin’s research interest include: Cardiovascular Systems, Endoscopy and Endosurgery, Peripheral Arterial Disease, Limb Salvage, Percutaneous Oncologic Therapy and therapy related to the End Stage Renal Disease population. He is currently researching recanalization of Central Venous Occlusion using RF ablation. He holds 39 patents and has over 170 pending patents. Dr. McGuckin double majored in Mechanical Engineering and Pre-Medical from the University of Notre Dame in 1983, and received his M.D. from Hahnemann University in 1987, General Surgery in 1988, Masters Degree in Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania in 1990, Diagnostic Imaging in 1995, and completed his Fellowship in Interventional Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in 1996.

Greg is a highly accomplished senior executive and brings over 20 years of experience from a variety of industries including: pharmaceutical manufacturing, human resource consulting, government contracting, and electronics design & manufacturing, with 15 years spent in international markets. His areas of experience include: corporate & operational management, global strategic planning, mergers & acquisitions, new market expansion, inventory & procurement management, global supply chain, treasury, risk management, financial controls/measures/systems, financial forecasting & modeling, as well as systems design and implementation.

Prior to joining Vascular Access Centers, Greg spent 7 years at Right Management - the world’s largest Career & Talent Management Company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Manpower Inc. Right Management has approximately 350 locations across 40 countries, totaling 3,000 employees worldwide, and hitting annual revenues of approximately $500M. Right’s clients include 80% of the fortune 500 and 50% of the fortune 1,000 companies. Greg held a number of responsibilities while at Right including being a member of the Global Executive Management Team, acting as Chief Financial Officer, as well as North American Operations Director.

Leading up to his tenure with Right, Greg spent 8 years with Aventis Bio-Services - a wholly owned subsidiary of Aventis Behring, which is a global leader in plasma protein biotherapeutics manufacturing. Aventis Bio-Services operated 90 plasmapheresis centers in the US and Germany, collecting over 3 million liters of plasma annually. Aventis Bio-Services also provided all laboratory testing, logistics, and distribution globally for Aventis Behring. During his tenure with Aventis Bio-Services, Greg again held a variety of roles including Senior Director of Finance, Decision Support & Controller, Senior Director Global Supply Chain and Procurement, as well as Senior Manager of Center Operations. Greg also held a number of additional responsibilities within Aventis Behring, including active membership of the global finance leadership team, global supply planning counsel, and head of the global “Operational Excellence” project team.  Greg also acted as SAP Power User during the global SAP implementation.

Greg holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Shippensburg University in Business Administration as well as an MBA.

Kimberly brings more than 20 years of health care administration and nursing leadership experience to Vascular Access Centers and Dialysis Access Centers. She most recently held the position of Director of Patient Care Services for American Access Care in Philadelphia, PA. During this time she managed the opening of two centers in Philadelphia and another in New Jersey. Her responsibilities included the development and maintaining the operational budgets for all three facilities as well as the management of patient care delivery for seven centers. Prior to joining American Access Mrs. Parkinson served in various positions of increasing responsibility in emergency services, radiology and cardiovascular surgery at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden, New Jersey. She also served as Nurse Manager of the Radiology Department at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA. Kimberly maintains licensure in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Washington DC, and Washington State. She is a member of American Organization of Nurse Executives, the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and the Association for Radiologic & Imaging Nursing.

Kimberly earned a Masters of Nursing and Health Care Administration from the University of Pennsylvania with a Minor in Business from The Wharton School and her BSN from Richard Stockton State College.

Mark joined Vascular Access Centers in January 2006 bringing considerable knowledge of public company financial operations to the organization as it grows its business. Prior to joining VAC Mark was Vice President, Finance/Controller for Loral CyberStar, a global managed network services provider. His responsibilities included accounting, treasury, cost control and tax planning. Previously, Mark was on the finance team at Orion Network Systems in Rockville, Maryland, coming to this international satellite services company from General Electric. Joining Orion prior to the start of commercial operations, Mark was the financial analysis team leader during the initial IPO and the ultimate raising of over $850 million to fund the construction of the Company’s global satellite system. He also played a role in Orion’s $1.5 billion purchase by Loral Space and Communications.

Mark received an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Brian has been working with Vascular Access Centers since June 2006. Prior to joining VAC, Brian had an operational and educational background in the field of nursing. Brian was a Clinical Manager and Dialysis Options Educator for Fresenius Medical Care from 2004-2006. He has been in the dialysis field since 2002. Brian has been published in Endovascular Today, and presents nationally on the topic of Vascular Access. Brian received his Nursing degree from Duquesne University and is also a MBA candidate at Waynesburg University in Southwestern PA and is projected to graduate in August of 2010.

Adrian has over 16 years of experience in the renal industry. He recently departed DaVita where he held the position of Director of Business Development & Operations for 5 years focusing on the creation of vascular access centers on the east coast of the US and Puerto Rico. During this time he was responsible for developing 29 free standing vascular access centers with physician practices and hospitals. He was also responsible for the operation of 8 centers that he developed in the northeastern US. Before joining DaVita, Adrian worked with Health Informatics on the development, sale, installation and support of an integrated billing and clinical system that served the independent dialysis market. Adrian initiated his renal experience with Renal Disease Management (RDM) based in Youngstown, Ohio. RDM cared for 600 dialysis patients and 4000 chronic kidney disease patients in Northeastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. They owned and operated 6 outpatient dialysis programs and 3 acute programs in addition to pioneering disease management in the renal community. Adrian worked in various clinical and administrative roles during his experience with RDM before they sold to Renal Care Group (RCG).

Adrian earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Kenyon College and a Masters in Health Administration from the Medical College of Virginia. He is also a Certified Medical Practice Executive through the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA).