SVM has several committees that carry out different functions for the society. Among them are the following committees.
| Committee/Task Force | Purpose | Roster |
|---|---|---|
| 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/BOT: Esther S.H. Kim, MD, MPH, RPVI, FSVM Co-Chair: Bryan J. Wells, MD, FSVM Geoff Barnes, MD, MSc, FSVM Robert McBane, MD, FSVM Michael McMurtry, MD, PhD, FSVM |
| Bylaws, Policies & Procedures Committee | Reviews and updates the Society’s bylaws, policies and procedures. | BOT: Mehdi Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD, FSVM Immediate Past Chair: Geno Merli, MD, FSVM Chair: Diane Treat-Jacobson, PhD, RN, FSVM Co-Chair: Mary McDermott, MD |
| 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. | BOT: Esther Kim, MD, MPH, RPVI, FSVM Immediate Past Chair: Olusegun (Segun) Osinbowale, MD, RPVI, FSVM Chair: Carmel Celestin, MD, FSVM Co-Chair: Rafael Cires-Drouet, MD, RPVI, FSVM Rashad Belin, MD, PhD, RPVI William Bennett, MD, PhD James Carter, MD Ngan Huang, PhD Elston Johnson, DO Ryan Mays, PhD, MPH, FSVM Amanda Morrison, MD Khanjan Shah, MD, MPH Federico Silva, MD Melissa Strickengloss, MSN, NP-C Victoria Thomas, MD |
| Education Committee | Develops, evaluates and oversees all educational programming for the Society. | BOT: Mitchell Weinberg, MD, MBA, FSVM Immediate Past Chair: Kamal Gupta, MD, FSVM Chair: Gaurav Parmar, MD, MPH, FSVM Co-Chair: Randy Ramcharitar, MD Phillip Bendick, PhD Umberto Campia, MD, MSc Andrew Dicks, MD Mohamad El-Zaru, MD, RPVI, FSVM Hatem Hassaballa, MD Katherine Hays, DNP, FSVM Siva Ketha, MD, FSVM Luke Kim, MD Justin Morrison, MD Srinivas Nadadur, MD Manjunath Raju, MD Fadi Shamoun, MD Sundeep Shenoy, MD, MBA Anwar Zaitoun, MD, RPVI |
| Fellows Course / APP Course | Develops the Fellows/APP Course, selects faculty and conducts other business connected with the program. | Chair: Andrew Galmer, DO Co-Chair: Daniella Kadian-Dodov, MD, FSVM Immediate Past Chair: Eric Secemsky, MD, MSc, RPVI, FSVM Chair: Ali Moran, RN, AGACNP, DNP Co-Chair: Melissa Strickengloss, MSN, NP-C |
| Marketing and Communications | Develops overall marketing and communications strategy for the Society. Responsible for marketing and external communications, including through its web site, 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. | BOT: Yogen Kanthi, MD, FSVM Chair: Stanislav Henkin, MD, MPH Co-Chair: Kevin Cohoon, DO, MSc, RPVI, FSVM Pierre Atallah, MD, MS, MBA Nichole Brunton, DO Valerie Clark Deborah Hornacek, MD Everett Rogers, DO, MS Roger Tomihama, MD |
| 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: Elizabeth Ratchford, MD, FSVM Co-Chair: R. Eugene Zierler, MD, FSVM Ex Officio: Peter Angelopoulos, MD Maria Teresa Abola, MD Ana Casanegra, MD, MS, FSVM, RPVI Morteza Chitsazan, DO Katherine Hays, DNP, FSVM Samer Kazziha, MD Minhaj Khaja, MD, MBA, FSVM Danielle Vlazny, PA-C, MS |
| 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. | BOT: Aditya Sharma, MBBS, RPVI, FSVM Immediate Past Chair: Aaron Aday, MD, FSVM Chair: Merry Ellen Barnett, MD Co-Chair: Alexandra Solomon, MD, RPVI Leili Behrooz, MD, MPH Yulanka Castro-Dominguez, MD Pulkit Chaudhury, MD, MS Samuel Kim, MD Anthony Klappa, MD Wenzhu Li, MD Ali Moran, DNP Avinash Murthy, MD, RPVI Deborah Nadler, MD Siri Neelati, MD Adithya Peruri, MD Viviane Seki Sassaki, RVT, RDMS, RPVI Alexander Sullivan, MD Leben Tefera, MD Sneha Thomas, MD Francisco Ujueta, MD, MS Apurva Vyas, MD, RPVI Heather Wheat, MD Khendi White, MD Teresa Wu, 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/BOT: Raghu Kolluri, MD, RVT, FSVM BOT: Herb Aronow, MD, MPH, FSVM BOT: Ido Weinberg, MD, MSc, MHA, FSVM Eri Fukaya, MD, 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: Raghu Kolluri, MD, RVT, FSVM Heather Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVI, 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, MSVM Jonathan Halperin, MD, MSVM Michael Jaff, DO, 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/BOT: Daniella Kadian-Dodov, MD, FSVM Co-Chair: Beau Hawkins, MD Batool Jamal Abuhalimeh, MD S. Elissa Altin, MD Behnood Bikdeli, MD, MS Marc Bonaca, MD, MPH, FSVM Ulf Bronas, PhD Matthew Bunte, MD, MS, FSVM Saurav Chatterjee, MD Islam Elgendy, MD Damon Houghton, MD, MS Hillary Johnston-Cox, MD, PhD Carlos Mena-Hurtado, MD Debabrata Mukherjee, MD, MS Jennifer Rymer, MD, MBA, MHS Sanjum Sethi, MD, MPH Farina Mohamed Yusoff, MBBS, PhD |
| Scientific Program Committee | Develops the annual scientific sessions program, selects faculty and conducts other business connected with the program. | Chair/BOT: Ido Weinberg, MD, MSc, MHA, FSVM Co-Chair/BOT: Elizabeth Ratchford, MD, FSVM Ex Officio: Herb Aronow, MD, MPH, FSVM Ex Officio: Heather Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVI, FSVM Ex Officio: Raghu Kolluri, MD, MS, RVT, FSVM Abdelrhman Abumoawad, MD Ahmad Awan, MD Jay Bishop, MD, RPVI, FSVM Minakshi Biswas, MD Marc Bonaca, MD, MPH, FSVM Nichole Brunton, DO Umberto Campia, MD, MSc Ana Casanegra, MD, MS, RPVI, FSVM Andres Vargas Estrada, MD, RPVI Dmitriy Feldman, MD, FSVM Antonio Gutierrez, MD, MHS Stan Henkin, MD, MPH, FSVM Shea Hogan, MD, FSVM Schuyler Jones, MD Yogen Kanthi, MD, FSVM Vladimir Lakhter, DO, FSVM Natalia Fendrikova Mahlay, MD, FSVM Robert McBane, MD, FSVM Mary McDermott, MD, FSVM Carlos Mena-Hurtado, MD Sanjay Misra, MD Khusrow Niazi, MD Gaurav Parmer, MD, MPH, FSVM Sasan Partovi, MD Abdul Haseeb Qazi, MD Manjunath Raju, MD Kevin Rogers, MD, MSc, RPVI, FSVM Jennifer Rymer, MD Eric Secemsky, MD, MSc, RPVI, FSVM Fadi Shamoun, MD Luai Tabaza, MD Alireza Vaziri, MD, RPVI, 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: Aditya Sharma, MBBS, RPVI, FSVM Co-Chair: Robert Eberhardt, MD, FSVM Geoff Barnes, MD, MSc, FSVM Eri Fukaya, MD, FSVM Kamal Gupta, MD, FSVM Naomi Hamburg, MD, MS, FSVM Minhaj Khaja, MD, MBA, FSVM Leben Tefera, MD Bryan Wells, MD, FSVM Eugene Zierler, MD, FSVM |
| Vascular Medicine Practice Task Force | Surveys vascular medicine specialists and aggregates, analyzes and distributes survey data to relevant stakeholders. | BOT: Scott Kinlay, MBBS, PhD, FSVM Immediate Past Chair: Jay Bishop, MD, FSVM Chair: Hady Lichaa, MD, FSVM Co-Chair: Jessica Curcio, ND, MPAS Fernando Belcastro, MD, FSVM Kimberly Campbell, CVRN-BC, MSN, ANP-BC Charles Canver, MD, MBA Gabriel Dimitrov, MD, FSVM Islam Elgendy, MD Marie Gerhard-Herman, MD, FSVM Deborah Hornacek, MD Douglas Joseph, DO, FSVM Junyang Lou, MD, PhD, RPVI Muriel Morilla, MD Mohamed Farhan Nasser, MD Praveen Kumar Ponnamreddy, MD Tomas Rivera-Bonilla, MD, FSVM Elisa Taffe, MD, CWSP, 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. | Immediate Past Chair: Raghu Kolluri, MD, RVT, FSVM Chair: Joshua Beckman, MD, MS, MSVM President: Herb Aronow, MD, MPH, FSVM Pres-Elect: Ido Weinberg, MD, MSc, MHA, FSVM Aaron Aday, MD, FSVM Jay Bishop, MD, FSVM Eri Fukaya, MD, FSVM Heather Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVI, FSVM 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. | BOT: Raghu Kolluri, MD, RVT, FSVM Immediate Past Chair: Eri Fukaya, MD, FSVM Chair: Minhaj Khaja, MD, MBA, FSVM Co-Chair: Syed Ahsan, MD, RPVI, FSVM Paul Olorunfemi MD, MPH Mateo Porres Aguilar, MD Reza Amini, MD, FSVM Omar Esponda, MD, RPVI, RPhS Doug Joseph, DO, FSVM Wenzhu Li , MD Mina Makary, MD Maxim Shaydakov, MD, PhD Arthur Topoulos, MD, FSVM Jason Wheeler, MD, MSCR, MS, RPVI |