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: Danielle Vlazny, PA-C, MS, FSVM
Co-Chair: Annette King, DNP, ANP- BC
Past Chair: Alexandra Baird, RN, AGACNP, DNP, FSVM
Belinda Asante-Mensah, MSN, BSN, AG-ACNP-BC
Jennifer Choffel, MSN, ACNP
Shelly Keller, MSN, APRN, CNP
Erin Kreisel, MSN, FNP-BC
Lindsay Kwong, DNP, FNP-C
Ann Luciano, ACNP-BC
Chris Owen, ACNP
Jenna Sellers, DNP, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC
Mackenzie van Loon, MS, PA-C
Margo Walton Morgan, MSN, AGPCNP-BC, CHFN
Bylaws, Policies & Procedures Committee
Reviews and updates the Society’s bylaws, policies and procedures.
Education Committee
Develops, evaluates and oversees all educational programming for the Society.
Chair: Andrew Dicks, MD, FSVM
Co-chair: Randy Ramcharitar, MS, MD, FSVM
Past Chair: Gaurav Parmar, MD, MPH, CPH, RPVI, FSVM
Riya, MD
Zain Ahmed, MD, MPH, MS
Ana Casanegra, MD, MS, RPVI, FSVM
Pulkit Chaudhury, MD, MS
John Evans, DPM
Henry Han, MD
John (Jack) Hornick, MD, FSVM
Kushee-Nidhi Kumar, MD, MS
Vladimir Lakhter, DO
Mina Makary, MD, FSVM
Ryan Mays, PhD, MPH, MS, FSVM
Justin Morrison, MD, FSVM
Srinivas Nadadur, MD
Sivan Naveh, MD, FSVM
Libby Orzel, PharmD
Adithya Peruri, MD
Amy Pollak, MD, MSc
Shaker Qaqish, MD, RPVI, FSVM
Sanjum Sethi, MD
Gayatri Setia, MD
Prateek Sharma, MD
Lena Tran, MD
Alireza Vaziri, MD
Jason Wen, MD
Mounica Yanamandala, MD
Fellows & APP Course
Develops the Fellows & APP Course, selects faculty and conducts other business connected with the program.
Fellows Course Chair: Stanislav Henkin, MD, MPH, FSVM
APP Course Chair: Danielle Vlazny, PA-C, MS, FSVM
Fellows Course Co-Chair: Kamal Gupta, MD, FSVM
APP Course Co-Chair: Ann Luciano, ACNP-BC
Fellows Course Co-Chair: Gaurav Parmar, MD, MPH, CPH, RPVI, FSVM, FACC
Finance 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: Eric Secemsky, MD, MSc, RPVI, FSVM
Co-Chair: Robert McBane, MD, MSVM
Past President: Esther Kim, MD, MPH, RPVI, FSVM
Herbert Aronow, MD, MPH, MSVM
Marc Bonaca, MD, MPH, FSVM
Matthew Bunte, MD, MS, FSVM
Brett Carroll, MD, FSVM
Raghu Kolluri, MD, RVT, MSVM
Mitchell Weinberg, MD, MBA, FSVM
Marketing and Communications Committee
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: Sneha Thomas MD, FSVM
Co-Chair: Alexander Sullivan, MD, MSCI, RPVI, FSVM
Marc Bonaca, MD, MPH, FSVM
Valerie Clark
Stanislav Henkin, MD, MPH, RPVI, FSVM
Nichole Brunton, DO
Mateo Porres-Aguilar, MD, FACP, CACP, FSVM
Vasavi Rakesh Gorantla, PhD
Devanshi Damani, MD, FSVM
Nigel Santos, MD, FPCP
Hamid Sattar, MD
Sahibaan (Sai) Sondh, BS
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/BOT: Naomi Hamburg, MD, MS, MSVM
Co-Chair: R. Eugene Zierler, MD, RPVI, 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
Michael McMurtry, MD, PhD, MBA, FVM
Elizabeth Ratchford, MD, MSVM, RVT, RPVI
Leben Tefera, MD, FSVM
Danielle Vlazny, PA-C, MS, FSVM
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: Yulanka Castro-Dominguez MD, RPVI, FSVM
Co-Chair: Amanda Morrison, MD
Past Chair: Alexandra Solomon, MD, RPVI, FSVM
Aaron Aday, MD, MSc, RPVI, FSVM
Azza Ahmed, MD, FSVM
Fahad Alkhalfan, MD, MPH
Sheena Amin, MD
Coby (Jacob) Grand, MD, RPVI
Shaikh Iqbal, DO
Gayatri Suresh Kumar, MD
Shiavax Rao, MD, RPVI
Riyaa Rekha, MBBS
Michael Sola, MD
Alexander Sullivan, MD, MSCI, RPVI, FSVM
Sneha Thomas, MD, FSVM
Lena Tran, MD
Francisco Ujueta, MD, MS
Aditi Malhotra Yadav, MD, FSVM, RPVI
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: Esther Kim, MD, MPH, RPVI, FSVM
President: Aditya Sharma, MBBS, RPVI, FSVM
President-Elect: Daniella Kadian-Dodov, MD, FSVM
FSVM Member: TBD
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: Esther Kim, MD, MPH. RPVI, FSVM
Herbert Aronow, MD, MPH, MSVM
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, RPVI, MSVM
Heather Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVI, MSVM
Jonathan Halperin, MD, MSVM
Michael Jaff, DO, MSVM
Raghu Kolluri, MD, RVT, MSVM
Jeffrey Olin, DO, MSVM
Elizabeth Ratchford, MD, FSVM, RVT, RPVI
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: Shea Hogan, MD, FSVM
Co-Chair: Behnood Bikdeli, MD, MS, FSVM
Past Chair: Jennifer Rymer, MD, MBA, MHS
William Bennett, MD, PhD
Ulf Bronas, PhD, FSVM
Saurav Chatterjee, MD, FSVM
Islam Elgendy, MD, FSVM
Elizabeth Jackson, MD, MPH, MBA, FSVM
Aleksan Khachatryan, MD
Esther Kim, MD, MPH, RPVI, FSVM
Carlos Mena-Hurtado, MD, FSVM
Debabrata Mukherjee, MD, FSVM
Valentine Nriagu, MD, MPH
Arvind Pandey, MD
Kevin Rogers, MD, MSc, RPVI, FSVM
Sanjum Sethi, MD, MPH
Prateek Sharma, MD
Sneha Thomas, MD, FSVM
Aditi Ujjawal, MD
Francisco Ujueta, MD, MS
Mingzhu (Mary) Yan, MD, PhD, RPVI, RVT
Farina Yusoff, MBBS, PhD, FSVM
Scientific Program Committee
Develops the annual scientific sessions program, selects faculty and conducts other business connected with the program.
VSS2026 Committee
Chair/BOT: Aditya Sharma, MD, FSVM
Ex officio: Esther Kim, MD, MSc, MHA, FSVM
Ex officio: Elizabeth Ratchford, MD, MSc, MHA, FSVM
Ex officio: Herb Aronow, MD, MPH, FSVM
Ex officio: Heather Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVI, MSVM
Aaron Aday, MD, FSVM
Vikas Aggarwal, MD, MPH
G. Jay Bishop, MD, FSVM
Nichole Brunton, DO
Brett Carroll, MD, FSVM
Ana Casanegra, MD, MS, RPVI, FSVM
Robert Eberhardt, MD, FSVM
Natalia Fendrikova Mahlay, MD, FSVM
Eri Fukaya, MD, FSVM
Kamal Gupta, MD, FSVM
Stan Henkin, MD, MPH, FSVM
Shea Hogan, MD, FSVM
Yogen Kanthi, MD, FSVM
Vladimir Lakhter, DO, FSVM
Nicholas Leeper, MD, FSVM
Ryan Mays, PhD, MPH, FSVM
Robert McBane, MS, MSVM
Mary McDermott, MD, FSVM
Michael (Sean) McMurtry, MD, PhD, FSVM
Justin Morrison, MD, FSVM
Amanda Morrison, MD
Khusrow Niazi, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM
Andrea Obi, MD, RPVI
Arvind Pandey, MD
Gaurav Parmar, MD, MPH, FSVM
Sasan Partovi, MD, FSVM
Greg Piazza, MD, MS, FSVM
Tammy Polonsky, MD, MSCI, FSVM
Maya Salameh, MD, MSVM
Sundeep Shenoy, MD, MBA, FSVM
Alex Sullivan, MD, MSCI
Luai Tabaza, MD, RPVI, FSVM
Leben Tefera, MD, FSVM
Alireza Vaziri, MD, RPVI, FSVM
Bryan Wells, MD, FSVM
R. Eugene Zierler, MD, RPVI, MSVM
Vascular Medicine Clinical Practice Committee
Surveys vascular medicine specialists and aggregates, analyzes and distributes survey data to relevant stakeholders.
Chair: Junyang Lou, MD, PhD, RPVI, FSVM
Co-Chair/BOT: Jay Bishop, MD, FSVM
Fernando Belcastro, MD, FSVM
Jessica Curcio, PA-C, FSVM
Gabriel Dimitrov, MD, FSVM
Mohamad El-Zaru, MD, RPVI, FSVM
Marie Gerhard-Herman, MD, MSVM
Segun Osinbowale, MD, RPVI, FSVM
Maya Salameh, MD, FSVM
Elisa Taffe, MD, CWSP, FSVM
Mounica Yanamandala, MD
Shea Hogan, MD, MSCS, FSVM
Neil Wayne Salces, MD
Busala Oke, MD, MS
Hillary Johnston-Cox, MD, PhD
Steve Noumegni, MD, MPH, PhD
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/BOT Member: Bryan Wells, MD, FSVM, FASE, FACC
Co-Chair: Stan Henkin, MD, MPH, RPVI, FSVM
Past Chair: Robert Eberhardt, MD, FSVM
Eri Fukaya, MD, FSVM
Tapas Ghose, MD, FSVM
Kevin Rogers, MD, MSc, RPVI, FSVM
Eugene Zierler, MD, RPVI, MSVM
Coby Grand, MD, ABVM, RPVI
Deborah Hornacek, MD, RPVI, FSVM
Lindsey Scierka, MD, MPH
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.
Chair: Joshua Beckman, MD, MS, MSVM
Past Chair: Raghu Kolluri, MD, RVT, MSVM
Past Pres: Esther Kim, MD, MPH, RPVI, FSVM
President: Aditya Sharma, MBBS, RPVI, FSVM
President-elect: Daniella Kadian-Dodov, MD, FSVM
BOT Member: Heather Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVI, MSVM
Aaron Aday, MBBS, RPVI, FSVM
Herb Aronow, MD, MPH, MSVM
Jay Bishop, MD, FSVM
Eri Fukaya, MD, FSVM
Bruce Gray, DO, MSVM
Geno Merli, MD, FSVM
Suman Wasan, MD, MSVM
Venous & Lymphatic Committee
Engages in clinical, quality, research, advocacy and other matters related to venous and lymphatic disease.
Chair: Syed Ahsan, MD, RPVI, FSVM
Co-Chair: Carlos Echevarria, MD, MMM, RPVI, FSVM
Eri Fukaya, MD, FSVM
Reza Amini, MD, FSVM
Jessie Bjorklund, MD, MPH, RPVI
Blake Iceton, MD, RVT, RPhS, RPVI
Aditi Malhotra Yadav, MD, RPVI, FSVM
Halbert Bai, MD, MPH
Gaurav Parmar, MD, MPH, CPH, RPVI, FSVM
John Fish, MD, RPVI, FSVM
Alexandra Solomon, MD, RPVI, FSVM
Arthur Topoulos, MD, FSVM
Karen Bauer, DNP
Farina Yusoff, MD, FSVM
Sameh Sayfo, MD, MBA
Akinwale Iyeku, MBChB, MPhil
Felipe Navarro, MD, FSVM
Ebad Ur Rahman, MD
Soroush Seifirad, MD, RPVI