Marian Soat is a Clinical Nurse Specialist at the Cleveland Clinic in the Cardiovascular ICU, Vascular ICU, and the Vascular Step Down Unit. Marian’s healthcare experiences include 34 years as a registered nurse, with the first 29 years as a staff nurse and clinical instructor working in Cleveland, Ohio, New York City, and Seattle, Washington. Marian is published and has been teaching and speaking nationally about nursing care of patients with diseases of the aorta for over 10 years.