General Info

Dr. Zalewski is board-certified in general surgery and in peripheral vascular surgery, but his practice is entirely focused upon surgical treatment in a whole spectrum of peripheral vascular diseases, with special interest in advanced hemodialysis access procedures, complicated limb & salvage problems, and in treatment of aneurysmal disease, including the state of the art endovascular approach to abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery. Dr. Marek Zalewski was born in Warsaw, Poland and received a medical degree at the Medical Academy in Warsaw in 1981. After leaving Poland in 1984, he migrated to the United States in 1987 and resumed his surgical training in 1989. After completion of surgical residency at the University of Miami in 1994, he continued subspecialty peripheral vascular surgical training at St. John's Hospital in Detroit in 1994, followed by the Harbor UCLA program in 1995 and 1996. After completion of his training and after two years spent in Hollywood, Florida, he has been with South Florida Cardiovascular Surgical Associates since 1998. Privately, Dr. Zalewski is married to a practicing anesthesiologist. They have two children ages 21 and 19. Dr. Zalewski's other interests include travel, sports, and music.