SVM Committees

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: Esther S.H. Kim, MD, MPH, RPVI, FSVM Co-Chair: Bryan J. Wells, MD, FSVM Geoffrey D. Barnes, MD, MSc, FSVM Robert D. McBane, MD, FSVM Michael Sean McMurtry, MD, PhD, FSVM
Bylaws, Policies & Procedures Committee	Reviews and updates the Society’s bylaws, policies and procedures.	Chair: Geno Merli, MD, FSVM Co-Chair: Diane Treat-Jacobson, PhD, RN, FSVM SVM BOT Liaison: Mitch Silver, DO, FSVM Mary M. McDermott, MD
Education Committee	Develops, evaluates and oversees all educational programming for the Society.	Chair: Kamal Gupta, MD, FSVM Co-Chair: Gaurav Parmar, MD, MPH, FSVM, FACC SVM BOT Liaison: Mitch Weinberg, MD, MBA, FSVM Phillip Bendick, PhD Andrew Dicks, MD Jose Exaire, MD Hatem Hassaballa, MD Katherine Hays, DNP, FSVM Hayaan Kamran, MD, RPVI Siva Ketha, MD, FSVM Luke Kim, MD Madonna Michael, MD Manjunath Raju, MD Randy Ramcharitar, MD Fadi Shamoun, MD Kirolus Sourial, MD Anwar Zaitoun, MD, FACC, FSCAI, RPVI
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.	Chair: Stanislav Henkin, MD, MPH Co-Chair: Maya Serhal, MD SVM BOT Liaison: Yogen Kanthi, MD, FSVM Kevin Cohoon, DO, MSc, RPVI, FACC, FSVM Ahmad O. Hallak, MD Valerie Clark, Vascular Medicine Journal
Membership 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: Elizabeth Ratchford, MD, FSVM Co-Chair: Eugene Zierler, MD, FSVM Peter Angelopoulos, MD Ana I. Casanegra, MD, MS, FSVM, RPVI Ravi Kahlon, MD, FACC, FSCAI, RPVI Maria Teresa B. Abola, MD Danielle Vlazny, PA-C, MS Morteza Chitsazan, DO Minhaj Khaja, MD, MBA, FSIR, FSVM
NextGen 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: Aaron Aday, MD, FSVM Co-Chair: Khendi White Solaru, MD SVM BOT Liaison: Aditya Sharma, MBBS, RPVI, FSVM Sriya Avadhani, MD Merry Ellen Barnett, MD Yulanka Castro Dominguez, MD Pulkit Chaudhury, MD, MS, BS Viviane Seki Sassaki, RVT, RDMS, RPVI Alexandra Solomon, MD Nirmal Sunkara, MD, FSCAI, RPVI Leben Tefera, MD Rohan Bhandari, MD Anthony Klappa, MD Ali Moran, DNP Avinash Murthy, MD, FACC, FSCAI, RPVI Adithya Peruri, MD
Research, Quality & Publications	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: Khendi White, MD Co-Chair: Ehrin Armstrong, MD, MSC, FSVM SVM BOT Liaison: Mehdi H. Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD, FSVM Batool Jamal Abuhalimeh, MD Ulf G. Bronas, PhD Matthew C. Bunte, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM Hillary Johnston-Cox, MD, PhD Sanjum Sethi, MD, MPH Farina Mohamad Yusoff, MBBS, PhD Marc P Bonaca, MD, MPH, FAHA, FACC Saurav Chatterjee, MD Islam Y Elgendy, MD Beau M. Hawkins, MD Debabrata Mukherjee, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI Jennifer Rymer, MD, MBA, MHS, FAHA, FACC
Scientific Program Committee	Develops the annual scientific sessions program, selects faculty and conducts other business connected with the program.	Chair: Ido Weinberg, MD, MSc, MHA, FSVM Herb Aronow, MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM Raghu Kolluri, MD, MS, RVT, FSVM Heather Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVI, FSVM Reza Amini, MD, RPVI, FSVM Yohannes Bayissa, MD, FACC, RPVI G. Jay Bishop, MD, FACP, RPVI, FSVM Marc Bonaca, MD, MPH, FAHA, FACC, FSVM Umberto Campia, MD, MSc Ana I. Casanegra, MD, MS, RPVI, FSVM Yung-Wei (Willy) Chi, DO, RVT, RPVI, FSVM, FAHA Dmitriy N. Feldman, MD, FSVM Natalia Fendrikova Mahlay, MD, FSVM J. Antonio T. Gutierrez, MD, MHS Philip A. Haddad, MD, MPH, MHA, CHES, FACP, FACPM, FCCP, FSVM, FAHA Yogen Kanthi, MD, FSVM Anil Kumar. MD, FACC, MRCP, RPhS, RPVI, FSVM Vladimir Lakhter, DO, FSVM Robert D. McBane II, MD, FSVM Mary M. McDermott, MD, FSVM Carlos Men-Hurtado, MD Sanjay Misra, MD Alexandra M. Moran, DNP, FSVM Gaurav Parmar, MD, MPH, FSVM, FACC Sasan Partovi, MD Abdul Haseeb Qazi, MD R. Kevin Rogers, MD, MSc, RPVI, FSVM Jennifer Rymer, MD Eric A. Secemsky, MD, MSc, RPVI, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM Luai Tabaza, MD, FACC Andres Vargas Estrada, MD, FACC, FSCAI, RPVI Mitch Weinberg, MD, MBA, FSVM
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Taskforce	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: Olusegun Osinbowale, MD, RPVI, FSVM Co-Chair: Carmel Celestin, MD, FSVM SVM BOT Liaison: Esther S.H. Kim, MD, MPH, RPVI, FSVM William Bennett, MD, PhD Federico Silva, MD, RPVI Elston R. Johnson, DO Ryan Mays, PhD, MPH, FSVM Rafael Cires-Drouet, MD, RPVI, FSVM
Vascular Medicine Practice Taskforce	Surveys vascular medicine specialists and aggregates, analyzes and distributes survey data to relevant stakeholders.	Chair: Jay Bishop, MD, FSVM Co-Chair: Jessie Mintz, DO SVM BOT Liaison: Scott Kinlay, MBBS, PhD, FSVM Fernando Belcastro, MD Charles Canver, MD, MBA Jessica Curcio, ND, MPAS Gabriel Dimitrov, MD, FSVM Marie D. Gerhard-Herman, MD, FSVM Douglas Joseph, DO, FSVM Hady Lichaa, MD, FSVM Mohamed Farhan Nasser, MD Praveen Kumar Ponnamreddy, MD Tomas Rivera-Bonilla, MD, FSVM
Vascular Medicine Subspecialty Recognition Taskforce	The Taskforce 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: Raghu Kolluri, MD, MS, RVT, FSVM SVM President: Herb Aronow, MD, MPH, FSVM Aaron Aday, MD, FSVM Joshua Beckman, MD, MS, MSVM Bruce Gray, DO, MSVM Heather Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVI, FSVM Debbie Hornacek, MD Suman Wasan, MD, FSVM Ido Weinberg, MD, MSc, MHA, FSVM
Venous Taskforce	Engages in clinical, quality, research, advocacy and other matters related to venous disease.	Chair: Eri Fukaya, MD, FSVM Co-Chair: Minhaj Khaja, MD, MBA, FSIR, FSVM SVM BOT Liaison: Raghu Kolluri, MD, MS, RVT Syed T. Ahsan, MD, FACP, FSVM, RPVI Riyaz Bashir, MD Jason Wheeler, MD, MSCR Omar Lazaro Esponda, MD, RPVI, RPhS Wenzhu Li, MD Mina Makary, MD
Fellows Course / APP Course	N/A	Chair: Eric Secemsky, MD, MSc, FSVM Co-Chair: Andrew Galmer Immediate Past Chair: Ido Weinberg, MD, MSc, MHA, FSVM
Nominating Committee	N/A	Chair: Raghu Kolluri, MD, MS, RVT, FSVM Herb Aronow, MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM Ido Weinberg, MD, MSc, MHA, FSVM
Past Presidents’ Council	N/A	Chair: Raghu Kolluri, MD, MS, RVT, 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, FSVM Johnathan Halperin, MD, MSVM Michael Jaff, DO, MSVM Jeffrey Olin, DO, MSVM Thom Rooke, MD, MSVM