A native of Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Zakaib comes to Martha Jefferson from the Cleveland Clinic, where he spent five years training in cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology. He is also an alumnus of the University of Virginia and the Medical College of Virginia. While away from the hospital, he enjoys spending time with his wife, Amy Sue, sons, Samuel and Charlie and the family dog, Duck. He enjoys the out-of-doors in the mountains west of Charlottesville and sailing on the Chesapeake Bay.

I graduated from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, in 1991 with an MD degree, after obtaining a B.Sc. (human biology) at the same university. I then completed my internal medicine residency and chief residency at St. Agnes Healthcare, Baltimore, Md. My many travels took me to upstate New York where I practiced as an internist. My quest to pursue a Fellowship training in critical care medicine materialized when I got an offer to Brown University, (the Miriam Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital). I moved to Charlottesville with my wife and three kids in March 2008. We all think Charlottesville is fabulous! I enjoy playing basketball and tennis with my kids.

John Ligush has been a staff vascular surgeon at Martha Jefferson for over six years. Prior to moving to Charlottesville he was associate professor in the Vascular Surgery Section at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He received his bachelor of science degree from Carnegie-Mellon University and his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh, where he later completed his general surgery residency. He performed his fellowship in vascular surgery at University of North Carolina Hospitals in Chapel Hill. His wife, Donna, is also a former Pittsburgh native and a "retired" nurse anesthetist. When not cheering for his Pittsburgh sports teams, he is teaching his three children bass guitar chords or planting a new hybrid of grass seed in his yard.

Kevin McConnell received his undergraduate degree from Davidson and his medical degree from George Washington University. He completed his internship and residency at Duke and his fellowship at Yale. His clinical interests include hypertension, acute and chronic kidney disease, electrolyte disorders and renal replacement therapies. He stays fit by swimming, keeping up withhis two teenagers and cheering for Duke basketball (not football).

Dr. Lewis V. Owens has practiced Vascular Surgery at Martha Jefferson Hospital since 2001. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and received his medical degree from the University of Colorado. He completed General and Vascular Surgery training at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Dr. Owens is board certified in General Surgery and in Vascular Surgery. His wife, Kelly, is a board certified OB/GYN and is in private practice in Charlottesville. They have four children. Being a Colorado native, Dr. Owens enjoys skiing and is acclimating to the Virginia slopes.