SVM Committees
SVM has several committees that carry out different functions for the society. Among them are the following committees.
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Advanced Practice Provider Committee
The purpose of the Advanced Practice Provider (APP) committee will be to identify and provide input on issues of importance to APP members, work with other Society committees and task forces to develop programming relevant to APPs, expand awareness and engagement by APP members in the field of vascular medicine, work with the Membership Committee to lead APP recruitment efforts and identify and develop future SVM APP leaders.
Chair Katherine Hays, DNP, FSVM
Co-Chair Alexandra Baird Moran, RN, AGACNP, DNP, FSVM
Ani Bagdasarian, MPH, MSN, RN, AGACNP-BC
Colleen Gowans, MSN, FNP-C, CNOR
Stacy Hosenfeld, MSN
Shelly Keller, APRN, CNP
Ann Luciano, ACNP-BC
Chris Owen, ACNP, RNFA
Tamra Parker-davis, CNP
Debra Puffenberger, MSHS, PA-C, RVT, RDMS, RTR
Sarah Ruhland, AG ACNP
Jenna Sellers, DNP, MSN (FNP-BC, AGACNP-BC)
Diane Treat-Jacobson, PhD, RN, MSVM
Danielle Vlazny, PA-C, MS, FSVM
Audit, Finance & Fundraising Committee
Maintains oversight of the Society’s income and expenses and plans and implements internal and external audits of financial information. Responsible for oversight of charitable contributions to the Society and fundraising campaigns on behalf of the Society.
Chair Aditya Sharma, MBBS, RPVI, FSVM
Co-Chair Robert McBane, MD, FSVM
Past President Herbert Aronow, MD, MPH, FSVM
Fahad Alkhalfan, MD
Gayatri Suresh Kumar, MD
Michael McMurtry, MD, PhD, FSVM
Roger Tomihama, MD, FSVM
Sundeep Shenoy, MD, MBA, FSVM
Bylaws, Policies & Procedures Committee
Reviews and updates the Society’s bylaws, policies and procedures.
Imm. Past Chair Diane Treat-Jacobson, PhD, RN, FSVM
Chair Mary McDermott, MD, FSVM
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force
Advises on matters related to diversity, equity and inclusion as they apply to all Society functions, including membership, leadership, education, research, quality, clinical care and advocacy. Ensures that every member of the vascular medicine community has full opportunity to thrive in our environment.
Chair Segun Osinbowale, MD, RPVI, FSVM
Co-Chair Federico Silva, MD, FSVM
Imm. Past Chair Rafael Cires-Drouet, MD, RPVI, FSVM
William Bennett, MD, PhD
Carmel Celestin, MD, FSVM
Maday Gonzalez, MD
Aroosa Malik, MD
Amanda Morrison, MD
Aishat Folaranmi Mustapha, MD, MPH
Michael Sola, MD
Education Committee
Develops, evaluates and oversees all educational programming for the Society.
Chair Randy Ramcharitar, MS, MD, FSVM
Co-chair Andrew Dicks, MD, FSVM
Imm. Past Chair Gaurav Parmar, MD, MPH, FSVM
Mahesh Anantha Narayanan, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Anand Athavale, MD
Michael Bloch, MD, FSVM
Umberto Campia, MD, MSc, FSVM
John Hornick, MD
Luke Kim, MD
Madonna Michael, MD
Justin Morrison, MD, FSVM
Srinivas Nadadur, MD
Prateek Sharma, MD
Sundeep Shenoy, MD, MBA, FSVM
Fellows/APP Course
Develops the Fellows/APP Course, selects faculty and conducts other business connected with the program.
Fellows Chair Daniella Kadian-Dodov, MD, FSVM
Fellows Co-Chair Stanislav Henkin, MD, MPH, FSVM
Fellows Co-Chair Peter Monteleone, MD
APP Chair Katherine Hays, DNP, FSVM
APP Co-Chair Danielle Vlazny, PA-C, MS, FSVM
Marketing and Communications
Develops overall marketing and communications strategy for the Society. Responsible for marketing and external communications, including through its website, email blasts and other social media channels. Communicates to Society membership and to other professional and lay audiences. Develops content for Vascular Medicine Journal Blue Pages and other professional communications.
Chair Kevin Cohoon, DO, MSc, RPVI, FSVM
Co-Chair & Director of Digital Marketing Sneha Thomas, MD
Imm. Past Chair Stanislav Henkin, MD, MPH, FSVM
Nichole Brunton, DO
Valerie Clark
Deborah Hornacek, MD, RPVI, FSVM
Blake Iceton, MD, RVT, RPhS
Mateo Porres-Aguilar, MD, FSVM
Adeeb Sebai, MD
Roger Tomihama, MD, FSVM
Membership & Credentials Committee
Develops and implements strategies and programs to encourage membership in the Society. Reviews credentials of new applicants to the Society and recommends appropriate membership category.
Chair Daniella Kadian-Dodov, MD, FSVM
Co-Chair R. Eugene Zierler, MD, FSVM
Leili Behrooz, MD, MPH
Ana Casanegra, MD, MS, FSVM, RPVI
Morteza Chitsazan, DO, FACP, FSVM
Abdelsalam Elshaikh, MD
Alejandro Godoy, MD
Nkechinyere Ijioma, MBBS
Ryan Mays, PhD, MPH, FSVM
Joseph Pyles, MD
Leben Tefera, MD, FSVM
Danielle Vlazny, PA-C, MS, FSVM
Rebecca Young, MSN, RN
Next Generation Committee
Identifies and provides input on issues of importance to Fellow-In-Training and Early Career member segments. Works with other Society committees to develop programming relevant to these member segments. Works to expand awareness about the field of vascular medicine in medical schools and post-graduate training programs. Aims to develop future SVM leadership from within these member segments.
Chair Alexandra Solomon, MD, RPVI
Co-Chair Yulanka Castro-Dominguez, MD, RPVI, FSVM
Batool Abuhalimeh, MD
Syed Bukhari, MD
Coby Grand, MD RPVI
Anthony Klappa, MD
Tabitha Lobo, MD
Aroosa Malik, MD
Milad Matta, MD
Sivan Naveh, MD
Amanda Morrison, MD
Alexander Sullivan, MD
Sneha Thomas, MD
Francisco Ujueta, MD, MS
Heather Wheat, MD
Nominating Committee
The committee shall solicit suggestions from members of the Society and the board. This committee shall recommend for nomination one qualified, interested and committed individual for each board position to be vacant at the next election. The committee shall also make recommendations to the board as to the types of awards or honor or appreciation to be granted by the Society, the standards thereof, and the procedures for selection of the recipients and the granting thereof.
Chair Herb Aronow, MD, MPH, FSVM
President Elizabeth Ratchford, MD, FSVM
President-Elect Esther Kim, MD, FSVM
FSVM Member Aaron Aday, MD, MSc, FSVM
Past Presidents’ Council
The Past Presidents’ Council provides input to the President and the SVM Board of Trustees on matters related to governance, fundraising, intersocietal relations, and strategic planning. The committee may be charged with specific tasks or projects as directed by the President and Board of Trustees.
Chair/BOT Herbert Aronow, MD, MPH, FSVM
J. Michael Bacharach, MD, MPH, MSVM
John R. Bartholomew, MD, MSVM
Joshua Beckman, MD, MS, MSVM
John Cooke, MD, PhD, MSVM
Mark Creager, MD, MSVM
James Froehlich, MD, MPH, MSVM
Heather Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVI, MSVM
Jonathan Halperin, MD, MSVM
Michael Jaff, DO, MSVM
Raghu Kolluri, MD, RVT, MSVM
Jeffrey Olin, DO, MSVM
Thom Rooke, MD, MSVM
Research, Quality & Publications Committee
Is responsible for developing position statements, practice guidelines and other clinical documents. Is responsible for proposing and vetting proposals and implementing programs that foster research in vascular medicine and biology and for developing and maintaining programs around quality improvement in the vascular space. Reviews document endorsement requests from other professional societies and organizations.
Chair Jennifer Rymer, MD, MBA, MHS
Co-Chair Damon Houghton, MD, MS
Batool Jamal Abuhalimeh, MD
Behnood Bikdeli, MD, MS, FSVM
Ulf Bronas, PhD, FSVM
Saurav Chatterjee, MD, FSVM
Islam Elgendy, MD, FSVM
Kamal Gupta, MD, FSVM
Shea Hogan, MD, FSVM
Wenzhu Li, MD, FSVM
Carlos Mena-Hurtado, MD, FSVM
Debabrata Mukherjee, MD, FSVM
Sanjum Sethi, MD, MPH
Sneha Thomas, MD
Farina Mohamad Yusoff, MBBS, PhD, FSVM
Kevin Rogers, MD, MSc, RPVI, FSVM
Patrick Vera Cruz, MD, FPCP
Francisco Ujueta, MD,MS
Valentine Nriagu, MD, MPH
Prateek Sharma, MD
Scientific Program Committee
Develops the annual scientific sessions program, selects faculty and conducts other business connected with the program.
Chair/BOT Esther Kim, MD, FSVM
Ex Officio Elizabeth Ratchford, MD, MSc, MHA, FSVM
Ex Officio Herb Aronow, MD, MPH, MSVM
Ex Officio Heather Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVI, MSVM
Aaron Aday, MD, FSVM
Ahmad Awan, MD
Jay Bishop, MD, RPVI, FSVM
Nichole Brunton, DO
Ana Casanegra, MD, MS, RPVI, FSVM
Jessica Curcio, PA-C, FSVM
Eri Fukaya, MD, FSVM
Kamal Gupta, MD, FSVM
Stan Henkin, MD, MPH, FSVM
Shea Hogan, MD, FSVM
John Hornick, MD
Yogen Kanthi, MD, FSVM
Shireen Khoury, MD, MPH
Vladimir Lakhter, DO, FSVM
Nicholas Leeper, MD, FSVM
Natalia Fendrikova Mahlay, MD, FSVM
Ryan Mays, PhD, MPH, FSVM
Mary McDermott, MD, FSVM
Carlos Mena-Hurtado, MD,FSVM
Khusrow Niazi, MD, FSVM
Gaurav Parmar, MD, MPH, FSVM
Sasan Partovi, MD, FSVM
Tammy Polonsky, MD, MSCI
Jennifer Rymer, MD, MBA, MHS
Maya Salameh, MD
Michael Sola, MD
Luai Tabaza, MD, RPVI, FSVM
Ganesh Thirunavukkarasu, MBBS
Vascular Medicine Practice Task Force
Surveys vascular medicine specialists and aggregates, analyzes and distributes survey data to relevant stakeholders.
Imm. Past Chair Hady Lichaa, MD, FSVM
Chair Junyang Lou, MD, PhD, RPVI
Co-Chair/BOT Liaison Jay Bishop, MD, FSVM
Fernando Belcastro, MD, FSVM
Kimberly Campbell, CVRN-BC, MSN, ANP-BC, FSVM
Jessica Curcio, PA-C, FSVM
Gabriel Dimitrov, MD, FSVM
Mohamad El-Zaru, MD, RPVI, FSVM
Marie Gerhard-Herman, MD, MSVM
Deborah Hornacek, MD, RPVI, FSVM
Sonal Pruthi, MD
Manjunath Raju, MD, FSVM
Elisa Taffe, MD, CWSP, FSVM
Vascular Medicine Fellowship Training Committee
This committee is charged with monitoring the presence and size (i.e., number of training positions) of existing US vascular medicine (VM) fellowship training programs and with fostering the maintenance and growth of these programs. Additional responsibilities include development of VM fellowship training curricula, communication with VM fellowship program directors, assisting the BOT with solicitation of funding to support fellowship training (e.g., industry, donor-based) and establishment of endowments, and vetting of VM fellowship program funding applications.
Chair Robert Eberhardt, MD, FSVM
Co-Chair Bryan Wells, MD, FSVM
Eri Fukaya, MD, FSVM
Tapas Ghose, MD
Kamal Gupta, MD, FSVM
Naomi Hamburg, MD, MS, FSVM
Shafik Hanna-Moussa, MD
Stan Henkin, MD, MPH, FSVM
Kevin Rogers, MD, MSc, RPVI, FSVM
Ammar Saati, MD, FSVM
Eugene Zierler, MD, FSVM
Vascular Medicine Subspecialty Recognition Task Force
The Task Force will identify opportunities for growth of the field of vascular medicine and provide guidance to the President and the SVM Board of Trustees regarding ongoing and future initiatives to achieve sub-specialty recognition for vascular medicine providers.
Imm. Past Chair Raghu Kolluri, MD, RVT, MSVM
Chair Joshua Beckman, MD, MS, MSVM
Imm. Past President Herb Aronow, MD, MPH, FSVM
President Elizabeth Ratchford, MD, FSVM
President-Elect Esther Kim
Aaron Aday, MBBS, RPVI, FSVM
Jay Bishop, MD, FSVM
Eri Fukaya, MD, FSVM
Heather Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVI, MSVM
Bruce Gray, DO, MSVM
Geno Merli, MD, FSVM
Aditya Sharma, MBBS, RPVI, FSVM
Venous Task Force
Engages in clinical, quality, research, advocacy and other matters related to venous disease.
Chair Syed Ahsan, MD, RPVI, FSVM
Co-Chair Carlos Echevarria, MD
Immediate Past Chair Eri Fukaya, MD, FSVM
Omar Esponda, MD, RPVI, RPhS
Halbert Bai, MPH
Mina Makary, MD, FSVM
Mohsen Sharifi, MD, FSVM
Reza Amini, MD, FSVM
Doug Joseph, DO, FSVM
Hillary Johnston-Cox, MD, PhD
Marcus Stanbro, DO, FSVM
Arthur Topoulos, MD, FSVM
Jessie Bjorklund, MD, MPH
Jasdeep Dalawari, MD, FSVM
Alireza Vaziri, MD, RPVI, FSVM
Adeeb Sebai, MD