Leadership & Committees

American Venous Forum Board of Directors

Finance Committee

Chair:  Glenn Jacobowitz, MD FACS RVT
Members:  Tom Rooke MD,  Paul Gagne MD,  Michael Avgerinos MD, Chip Draper MD, Joseph Caprini MD

Ethics Committee

Chair:  Joann Lohr, MD
Members:  Thomas Wakefield MD, Peter Henke MD, Frank Padberg MD

Nominating Committee

Chair:  Elna Masuda, MD
Members:  Marc Passman MD, Brajesh Lal MD, Harold Welch MD

ADHOC SVS-AVF Task Force

Members:  Lowell Kabnick MD, Marc Passman MD, Elna Masuda MD, Brajesh Lal MD

ADHOC Ethics Task Force

Chairs: Elna Masuda MD, Marc Passman MD

Code of Ethics: Joann Lohr MD (chair), Peter Henke MD, Frank Padberg MD, Thomas Wakefield MD, Harold Welch MD

Conflict of Interest: Rob McLafferty MD (chair), John Blebea MD, Thomas O’Donnell MD

Clinical Practice: Elna Masuda MD (chair), Jose Almeida MD, William Brown MD, Steven Elias MD, Peter Gloviczki MD, Robert Kistner MD, Peter Lawrence MD, Joann Lohr MD, Fedor Lurie MD, Daniel Monahan MD, Thomas O’Donnell MD, John Vossler MD, Thomas Wakefield MD, Karen Woo MD

Administrative Council

Chair:  William Marston MD

Annual Program Committee

Chairs:  Brajesh Lal MD, Patrick Muck MD
Chair Elect: Kathleen Ozsvath MD
Members:  Steven Elias MD, Angela A. Kokkosis MD, Jennifer Heller MD, Raghu Kolluri MD RVT RPVI FSVM, Thomas Elliott MD, Brajesh Lal MD, Harold Welch MD, Makis Avgerinos MD, Mikel Sadek MD, Antonios Gasparis MD, Ellen Dillavou MD, William Marston MD

Bylaws Committee

Chairs:  Ruth Bush MD, Marc Passman MD
Members: Kathy Gibson MD

Health Policy Committee

Chair:  Daniel Monahan MD
Members:  Mark Lafrafti MD, Fedor Lurie MD, Jeff Martinez MD, Michael Vasquez MD, John Golan MD, Harold Welch MD, William Marston MD, Sheila Coogan MD

Membership Committee

Chair:  Ochoa Char, MD
Members:  Brian Santin MD, Sergio Gianesini MD, Anil Hingorani MD, Jeffrey Kaplan MD FACS RPVI,  Dan Myers ND, Zoe Deol MD, William Marston MD

Newsletter Committee

Editor:  Steven Elias MD
Members: Windsor Ting MD (Assistant Editor), Sapan Desai MD PhD MBA , William Marston MD

Distinguished Fellows Review Committee

Members:  Seshadri Raju MD, William Marston MD, Thomas Wakefield MD, Thomas O’Donnell MD, Peter Pappas MD, John Blebea MD, Michael Dalsing MD

Early Career Venous Committee

Chair: Kathleen Ozsvath MD
Members: Steve Abramowitz MD, Ruth Bush MD, Ellen Dillavou MD, Angela Kokkosis MD, William Marston MD, Andrea Obi MD, William Marston MD, John Vossler MD

ADHOC Young Venous Provider Advisory Committee

Chair:  Angela Kokkosis MD
Members:  Andrea Obi MD, Raudel Garcia MD, Harold Welch MD, William Marston MD

Education Council

Chairs:  Ruth Bush MD, Ellen Dillavou MD

Fellows Course Committee

Chair:  Nasim Hedayah MD
Members:  Lori Pounds MD, Peter Lawrence MD, Mark Meissner MD, Patricia Thorpe MD, Steven Elias MD, Ruth Bush MD

Patient Education Committee

Chair:  John Blebea MD MBA
Members:  Frank Fort MD GACS RPhS, Nasim Hedayati MD FACS, Albeir Mousa MD RPVI FACS MPH, Awais Siddique MD, Jennifer Watson MD RPVI, Ruth Bush MD

Public Outreach and Communication Committee

Chair:  Rabih Chaer MD
Members:  Jose Victor Iglesias MD (Chair Elect), Joseph Caprini MD, Sheery Scovell MD FACS, Joseph Zygmunt RVT RPhS, Garth Rosenberg MD FACS, Ruben Felix Vellettaz MD, Ruth Bush MD

Website and Social Media Committee

Chair:  Anil Hingororani MD
Members:  Paul Haser MD, Armen Rouenian MD (Past Chair), Zoe Deol MD, Michael Verta MD, Nasim Hedayati MD, Erin Murphy MD, Angela Kokkosis MD, Ruth Bush MD

West Coast Vein Forum Committee

Chair:  Daniel Monahan MD
Members:  Stephani Dentoni MD, Sebastian Conti MD, Robert Merchant MD, Daniel Link MD, John Carson MD, Ruth Bush MD

International Committee

Chair:  Jorge Ulloa MD
Members:  Lowell Kabnick MD (Past Chair), Patrick Muck MD, Enrico Ascher MD, Patrick Carpentier MD, Alun Davies MS DM Dsc FRCS, Mehmet Kurtoglu MD, Alvaro Esteban Orrego MD, Malay Patel MD, Paul Pittaluga MD, Mark Whiteley MD, Takashi Yamaki MD, Anil Hingorani MD, Kurosh Parsi MD, Sergio Gianesini MD, Ruth Bush MD, Zoe Deol MD, Tomasz Urbanek MD, Evgeny Shaydakov MD, Nasim Hedayati MD

Research Council

Chairs:  Jose Diaz MD, Faisal Aziz MD

Research Committee

Chair:  Mikel Sadek MD
Members:  Faisal Aziz MD, Prakash Saha MD, Yazan Duwayri MD, Maxim Shaydakov MD PhD, Windsor Ting MD, Paul Gagne MD, Harry Ma MD

Guidelines Committee

EHIT

Chair: Lowell Kabnick MD
Members: Haraldur Bjarnason MD, Ellen Dillavou MD, David Gillespie MD Jennifer Heller MD, Peter Lawrence MD, Rafael Marlgor MD, Alessandra Puggioni MD, Mikel Sadek MD

Lymphedema

Chair: Monika Gloviczki MD
Members: Peter Gloviczki MD, Fedor Lurie MD, Thomas Maldonado MD, Greg Moneta MD, Khanjan Nagarsheth MD, Waldemar Olszewski MD, Thomas Rooke MD, Michael Schwartz MD, Rodney Sirk MD, Tomasz Urbanek MD, Stanley Rockson MD, Raghu Kolluri MD, Ali Rizvi MD, Thomas Wakefield MD

Classification DVT

Chair: Brajesh Lal MD

International Consensus for DVT

Chair: Patrick Muck MD
Member: Rafael Malgor MD, Sergio Gianesini MD, Cassius Chaar MD, Ruth Bush MD, Makis Avgerinos MD, Andrea Obi MD, Mark Whitley MD, Thomas Wakefield MD, Evgeny Shaydakov MD, Victor Canata MD, Malay Patel MD, Jinsong Wang MD, Kurosh Parsi MD

IVUS

Chair: Carlos Donayre MD
Member: George Kopchok MD, Rodney White MD, Joann Lohr MD, Bjarnason Haraldur MD, R. Winokur MD, David Williams MD, Paul Gagne MD, Antonios Gasparis MD, David Gillespie MD, Jon Matsumura MD, Jennifer Watson MD, Windsor Ting MD, Seshadri Raju MD, Arjun Jayaraj MD

Ultrasound After Endovenous Procedures

Chair: Joseph Raffetto MD
Members: Faisal Aziz MD, Sergrio Gianesini MD, Kathleen Ozsvath MD, Julianne Stoughton MD, Eleftherios Xenos MD, Nicos Labropoulos MD

Varicose Veins

Chair: Peter Gloviczki MD, Peter Lawrence MD, Ruth Bush MD, Michael Singh MD, Jose Almeida MD, Ellen Dillavou MD, Kathy Gibson MD, Joseph Rafetto MD, Marc Passman MD, Cassius Chaar MD, Kellie Brown MD

AVFF

President: Elan Masuda MD
Vice President: Sandra Lesenfants MD
Glenn R. Jacobowitz MD FACS RVT
Secretary James “Chip” Draper MD
AVF President: Brajesh Lal MD
Directors: Peter Henke MD, Nicos Labropoulos MD, Joann Lohr MD, Daniel Mohahan MD, Thomas O’Donnell MD, Kathleen Ozsvath MD, Thomas Wakefield MD, James Clemmer MD, Eric Heil MD, Catherine Jennings MD, Kairi Lofton MD, Gerald Mattys MD, Tyler Palmer, MD

Strategic Planning Committee

President Chair:  Brajesh Lal, MD
President Elect: Harold Welch, MD
Secretary: William Marston, MD
Vice President: Antonios Gasparais, MD
Past President: Elna Masuda, MD
AVFF President: Elna Masuda, MD
Director at Large: Jose Almeida, MD
Director at Large: Anil Hingorani, MD
Director at Large: Partick Muck, MD
Director at Large: Rabih Chaer, MD
Director at Large: Mark Iafrati, MD
Education Council Chair: Ruth Bush, MD
Research Council Chair: Jose Diaz, MD
Archivist: Joseph Raffetto, MD
Recorder: Jose Almedia, MD
Member: Ellen Dillavou, MD
Member: Lowell Kabnick, MD
Member: Nicos Labropoulos, MD
Member: Joann Lohr, MD
Member: Fedor Lurie, MD
Member: Thomas O’Donnell, MD
Member: Kathleen Ozsvath, MD