Meet The Team

Mouhamad Annous, M.D.

June 1, 2021

Dr. Annous has been a Vascular Surgeon in the Greater Baltimore area for over 40 years. He holds certifications in both General Surgery and Vascular Surgery from the American Board of Surgery. He graduated from the Medical Program at the American University of Beirut in 1974 and then conducted his training under the world-renowned surgeon, […]

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Melissa Parsons, RVT

Melissa has been the Technical Director for the vascular laboratory for Dr. Mouhamad Annous since 2007. She became the Surgical Director of Premier Vascular Center when it opened in 2018. She has been a Clinical Coordinator for a variety of different vascular sonography programs. Through being a Clinical Coordinator, she has enjoyed teaching students her […]

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Gail Gerlach, RN

June 30, 2021

Gail has been a Registered Nurse for over 40 years with much of her experience in the Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, geriatrics, Alzheimer’s research, and critical care transport.  She was awarded Nurse of the Year while performing her duties in the Emergency Department. Gail became licensed through the Maryland Board of Nursing in 1989. […]

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Patricia (Patty) Jacobs, RN

Patty has been a Registered Nurse for over 15 years with much of her experience in bedside nursing. She was awarded the “Outstanding Nurse” award from the Community College of Baltimore County in 2006 AND 2011.  While she was in the nursing program there, she was elected president of the nursing program student body by […]

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Denise Root, RN

Denise graduated from Essex Community College with her Associated Degree in Nursing. She became licensed through the Maryland Board of Nursing in 1999.  She has been a specialized Wound Care Nurse with Medstar Good Samaritan for the last 10 years. She has worked with Dr. Mouhamad Annous caring for our Wound patients for over 4 […]

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Christine Monroe, CCHT

Christine is our Dialysis Access Coordinator who has been working with us over the past 5 years. She is certified as a Certified Clinical Hemodialysis Access Technician through the Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission. She has spent the last 15 years working with Davita caring for hemodialysis patients and their access. She communicates and collaborates with […]

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Laurie Mafale

Laurie is our Billing Manager and has been with Premier Vascular Center since its opening in 2018. She has over 40 years of experience with medical billing.  She performs all our medical billing, handles all insurance claims, and all the patient accounts. She strives resolve any insurance denials until every effort has been exhausted. She […]

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Debra Butler, RVT

Debra has been a Registered Vascular Technologist with Premier Vascular Center for the past three years. She has many years of experience with Vascular Ultrasound. She became a Registered Vascular Technologist in 1993 through the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonographers. Debra enjoys every aspect of her career and is centered on patient care and […]

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