Leadership & Committees

LEADERSHIP

Executive Committee

Board of Directors

Administration Team

COMMITTEES

Annual Program Committee

Makis Avgerinos, MD – Chair
Angela Kokkosis, MD – Chair-Elect
Kathleen Ozsvath, MD – Past Chair
Mikel Sadek, MD
Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar, MD
Steven Elias, MD
Faisal Aziz, MD
Julieann Stoughton, MD
M. Ashraf Mansour, MD
Arjun Jayaraj, MD
Juan Carlos Jimenez, MD
Misaki Kiguchi, MD

Bylaws Committee

Ruth Bush, MD – Chair
Lori Pounds, MD – Past Chair
Marc Passman, MD – Member

Digital Media Committee

Andrea Obi, MD – Chair
Misaki Kiguchi, MD – Chair-Elect
Ahmed Gabr, MD
Dan Han, MD
Yang Yang, MD
Angela Kokkosis, MD
Paula Muto, MD

Distinguished Fellows Committee

Anthony Comerota, MD – Chair
Peter Pappas, MD – Past Chair
Ruth Bush, MD
Cassius Chaar, MD
Nicos Labropoulos, PhD

Early Career Committee

John Carson, MD – Chair
Andrea Obi, MD – Chair-Elect
Maxim Shaydakov, MD – Past Chair
Peter Pappas, MD
Peter Henke, MD
Ulka Sachdev, MD
Andre Van Rij, MD
Limael Rodriguez , MD
Eri Fukaya, MD
Cassius Chaar, MD
Nicos Labropoulous, PhD
Rafael Malgor, MD

Ethics Committee

Frank Padberg, MD – Chair
Elna Masuda, MD – Chair-Elect
Joann Lohr, MD – Past Chair
Peter Henke, MD – Member
James Mark Simmons, MD – Member

Finance Committee

Joe Raffetto, MD – Chair & Treasurer
Antonios Gasparis, MD – President
Harold Welch, MD – AVFF President
Glenn Jacobowitz, MD – Past Treasurer

Guidelines Committee

Chandu Vemuri, MD – Chair
Rafael Malgor, MD – Chair-Elect
John Rectenwald, MD – Past Chair
Mikel Sadek, MD
Linda Le, MD
Kush Desai, MD
Leo Sullivan, MD
Jose Diaz, MD
Eleftherios Xenos, MD
Ashraf Mansour, MD

Health Policy Committee

Mark Iafrati, MD – Chair
Sheila Coogan, MD – Chair-Elect
Dan Monahan, MD – Past Chair
Lowell Kabnick, MD – Ex-officio
Kathleen Ozsvath, MD
Hal Welch, MD
Greg Snyder, MD
John Taggert, MD
Richard Bock, MD
Eleftherios Xenos, MD

International Committee

Jorge Ulloa, MD – Chair
Tomasz Urbanek, MD – Chair-Elect
Julian J Javier, MD
Sebastian Cifuentes, MD
Alvaro Esteban Orrego, MD
Markiyan Soloviy, MD
Jorge Martinez Trabal, MD
Samih Bittar, MD
Sameh Dimitri, MD
Sergio Gianesini, MD

Membership Committee

Anil Hingorani, MD – Chair
Victor Canata, MD – Chair-Elect
Cassius Chaar, MD – Past Chair
Kamran Goudarzi, MD
Mona Li, MD
Roxana Katsini, MD
Pamela Kim, MD
Hamza Rana, MD
Viswanath Atreyapurapu, MD
Colleen Moore, MD

Newsletter Committee

Steven Elias, MD – Editor / Chair
Edgar Guzman, MD – Chair-Elect
Haraldur Bjarnason, MD
Andrea Obi, MD
Eric Hager, MD
Anil Hingorani, MD
Lina Vargas, MD
Nicolas Mouawad, MD
Jose Almeida, MD
Colleen Moore, MD

Nominating Committee

Antonios Gasparis, MD – President
William Marston, MD – President-Elect
Harold Welch, MD – Past President

Patient Education Committee

Alessandra Puggioni, MD – Chair
Beverley Chan, MD – Chair-Elect
John Blebea, MD – Past Chair
Sandra Dickerson, MD
Frank Fort, MD
Emily Malgor, MD
Albeir Mousa, MD
Ranjith Kumar, MD
Roxana Katsini, MD
David Draughn, MD

Research Committee

Windsor Ting, MD – Chair
Andrea Obi, MD – Chair-Elect
Maxim Shaydakov, MD – Past Chair
Peter Pappas, MD
Peter Henke, MD
Ulka Sachdev, MD
Andre Van Rij, MD
Limael Rodriguez , MD
Eri Fukaya, MD
Cassius Chaar, MD
Nicos Labropoulous, PhD
Rafael Malgor, MD

Strategic Planning Committee

Anthony Gasparis, MD – President
Hal Welch, MD – Past President

West Coast Vein Forum Committee

Daniel Monahan, MD – Chair
Ellen Dillavou, MD – Co-Chair
Ruth Bush, MD
John Carson, MD
Stephani Dentoni, MD
Nasim Hedayati, MD

AVF Foundation

Harold Welch, MD – President
Scott Centea – Vice President
Joe Raffetto, MD – Treasurer
Catherine Jennings – Secretary
Antonios Gasparis, MD – AVF President
Harold Welch, MD – AVF Past President
Elna Masuda, MD – Director
Dan Monahan, MD – Director
Alessandra Puggioni, MD – Director
Thomas Wakefield, MD – Director
BK Lal, MD – Director
Jose Diaz, MD – Director
Cassius Ochoa-Chaar, MD – Director
Tara Dunn – Director
Dan Reuvers – Director
Eric Cohen – Director
Bradley Moseley – Director
Denysse Castaneda – Director
Annerose Zorn-West – Director