End Stage Kidney Disease

David Peeler, MD

David Peeler, MD is a diagnostic and interventional radiologist specializing for more than 23 years in the treatment of patients with peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and dialysis access maintenance. Dr. Peeler is the Medical Director of University Vascular Access Care in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Peeler is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and earned his medical degree from University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences (UTCHS). In addition to a diagnostic radiology residency at Baptist Hospital in Hernando, Mississippi, he completed an interventional radiology fellowship at University of Minnesota. Dr. Peeler served as the Director of Radiology at Baptist Hospital and as the director of several national programs to train physicians in peripheral vascular disease (PVD) treatment and dialysis access management.

Samuel Steerman, MD

Dr. Steerman earned his medical degree at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA, in 2006 after receiving his bachelor's degree at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. He completed his general surgery residency at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, PA, in 2011 and his vascular surgery fellowship at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, VA, in 2013.

As a member Sentara Vascular Specialists, Dr. Steerman has a special interest in the surgical and endovascular management of peripheral vascular occlusive disease and comprehensive management of dialysis access. Besides surgical creation and maintenance of hemodialysis access, he provides minimally invasive options for many patients living with end stage renal disease.

As a member Sentara Vascular Specialists, Dr. Steerman has a special interest in the surgical and endovascular management of peripheral vascular occlusive disease and comprehensive management of dialysis access. Besides surgical creation and maintenance of hemodialysis access, he provides minimally invasive options for many patients living with end stage renal disease.

Richard DeMasi, MD

Dr. DeMasi earned his medical degree from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in 1986. Undergraduate degree was in chemistry at the University of Florida (1982). He completed residency in general surgery at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina (1992) and vascular fellowship at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia (1995). Areas of interest include minimally invasive management of carotid disease as well as PAD and aneurysm disease. Vascular Access comprises a significant portion of practice and clinical research. He has co-authored and published numerous peer reviewed articles and has presented papers to many surgical societies.

Dr. DeMasi has been president of the medical staff at DePaul Medical Center in Norfolk, Virginia. And is the current President of the medical staff at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital. He is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society and is a recipient of the clinical faculty award for teaching at Eastern Virginia Medical School.