Prior to moving to Phoenix, Dr. Westerband worked and trained at major academic institutions: Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center; Case Western Reserve University (CWRU); and University of Arizona Health Sciences Center.
A former Clinical Instructor of Surgery at CWRU, he left the Cleveland Institution to begin a vascular fellowship at University of Arizona, where he subsequently joined the U of A faculty as an Assistant Professor. While pursuing his research endeavors, he became an Associate Clinical Professor while serving as Chief of Vascular Surgery at the Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System.
Dr. Westerband has subsequently occupied key leadership positions in community hospitals, as Chief of Vascular Surgery at Northwest Medical Center, Member of the Medical Executive Committee, Chairman of the Bioethics Committee and Member of the Governing Board of Northwest Allied Physicians. He is the past Medical Director of the Arizona Heart Institute Vein Center.