He trained at Columbia University’s St. Luke’s Hospital in New York City and was on the academic and clinical faculty at the University of California, Davis School of Medicine from 1977 to 1994. While at UCD in the Vascular Division, he developed a special interest in vein problems, did research, and published scientific articles and textbook chapters on vein diseases. He frequently lectures to physicians and to community groups on vein disorders. Dr. Conti has a private practice in Carmichael, California. He is past Chairman of the Vascular Surgery Division at Mercy San Juan Medical Center. He is a past member of the California Medical Association and the Sacramento - El Dorado Medical Society, and a current Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Venous Forum