As a practicing vascular technologist and Professor (now Emeritus) in the vascular technology program at Grossmont College in California, Don Ridgway was responsible for seeing that program become the first vascular technology curriculum to receive American Medical Association/CAAHEP accreditation. Don brings teaching skills from several different disciplines and areas of expertise. He has taught both writing (well, just freshman English) and fencing (swords, not chain-link) at San Diego State University, and for ten years he played and taught bluegrass banjo, mandolin, guitar, and Dobro–skills that inform his lessons on getting the best beam angles and protecting your hands. He still gets to pick occasionally when not on call or lecturing.
