American Venous Forum Board of Directors
Executive Committee
President: Harold Welch, MD
President Elect: Antonios Gasparis, MD
Vice President: William Marston, MD
Treasurer: Glenn R. Jacobowitz, MD
Secretary: Ruth Bush, MD
AVF Past President: Brajesh Lal, MD
AVFF President: Elna Masuda, MD
Board of Directors
Director: Jose Almeida, MD
Director: Rabih Chaer, MD
Director: Mark Iafrati, MD
Director: Patrick Muck, MD
Education Council Chair: Ellen Dillavou, MD
Research Council Chair: Faisal Aziz, MD
Archivist: Joseph Raffetto, MD
Recorder: Lori Pounds, MD
AVF Administration Team
John Forbes
Executive Director
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Sue O’Sullivan
Administrative Executive Director
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Laura Richards
Associate Executive Director
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Jeff Mendola, CFRE
Director of Mission Advancement
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Finance Committee
Chair and Treasurer: Glenn Jacobowitz, MD FACS RVT
Members: Harold Welch MD, Elna Masuda MD, Antonios Gasparis MD
Ethics Committee
Chair: Joann Lohr, MD
Members: Thomas Wakefield MD, Peter Henke MD, Frank Padberg MD
Nominating Committee
Chair: Antonios Gasparis, MD
Members: Brajesh Lal MD, Harold Welch MD
Administrative Council
Chair: Ruth Bush, MD
Annual Program Committee
Chair: Kathleen Ozsvath, MD
Past Chair: Patrick Muck, MD
Chair Elect: Makis Avgerinos, MD
Members: Steven Abramowitz MD, Faisal Aziz MD, Peggy Bush MD, Kush Desai MD, Steven Elias MD, Anil Hingorani MD, Arun Jayaraj MD, Angela A. Kokkosis MD, Raghu Kolluri MD RVT RPVI FSVM, M. Ashraf Mansour MD, Elna Masuda MD, Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar MD, Mikel Sadek MD, Julieann Stoughton, Harold Welch MD
Bylaws Committee
Chair: Lori Pounds, MD
Members: Peter Henke MD, Harry Ma MD, Marc Passman MD
Health Policy Committee
Chair: Mark Iafrati, MD
Past Chair: Daniel Monahan, MD
Chair Elect: Sheila Coogan, MD
Members: Joel Crawford MD, Mark Garcia MD, John Golan MD, Julian J Javier MD, Lowell Kabnick MD, Fedor Lurie MD, William Marston, MD, Jeff Martinez MD, Kathleen Ozsvath MD, Brian Santin MD, Michael Vasquez MD, Chandu Vemuri MD, Harold Welch MD, Eleftherios Xenos MD
Membership Committee
Chairs: Cassius Chaar MD, Nicos Labropoulos MD
Past Chair: Kathy Gibson, MD
Chair Elect: Anil Hingorani, MD
Members: Robert Attaran MD, Victor Canata MD, Paul Collier MD, Zoe Deol MD, Jennifer Ellis MD, Young Erben MD, Frank Fort MD, Mark Garcia MD, Jeffrey Kaplan MD FACS RPVI, Rozana Katsini MD, William Marston MD, Daniel Myers MD, Brian Santin MD, Sherry Scovell MD, Paolo Zamboni MD
Distinguished Fellows Review Committee
Chair: Peter Pappas, MD
Members: Cassius Chaar MD, Anthony Comerota MD, Prof. Alun Davies, Nicos Labropoulos MD
Communication Committee
Chair: Anil Hingorani, MD
Member: William Marston, MD
Website
Chair: Anil Hingorani, MD
Members: Zoe Doel MD, Angela A Kokkosis MD, Misaki Kigucki MD
Social Media
Chair: Nasim Hedayati, MD
Past Chair: Paul Haser, MD
Members: Charles Bowkley MD, Joseph Caprini MD, Denysse Castaneda, Ahmed Gabr MD, Gregory Kasper MD
Newsletter
Editor/Chair: Steven Elias, MD
Members: Haraldur Bjarnason MD, Edgar Guzman MD, Eric Hager MD, Anil Hingorani MD, Andrea Obi MD, Alessandra Puggioni MD, Maxim Shaydakov MD, Windsor Ting MD
Education Council
Chairs: Ellen Dillavou MD, Nasim Hedayati MD
Early Career Venous Specialists Committee
Chair: Kellie Brown, MD
Past Chair: Steve Abramawitz MD, Lori Pounds MD
Members: Ahmad Alsheekh MD, Robert Attaran MD, Sheila Blumberg MD, Roshan Bootun MD, Christopher Bulger MD, John Carson MD, Steven Elias MD, Karen Harth MD, Nasim Hedayati MD, Gregory Kasper MD, Angela Kokkosis MD, Peter Lawrence MD, Mark Meissner MD, Andrea Obi MD, Kathleen Ozsvath MD, Luigi Pascarella MD, Sotero Peralta MD, Hamza Rana MD, Patricia Thorpe MD, Randall Towne MD
Patient Education Committee
Chair: John Blebea, MD MBA
Members: Joseph Caprini MD, Beverly Chan MD, Sandra Dickerson MD, Frank Fort MD GACS RPhS, Nasim Hedayati MD FACS, Albeir Mousa MD RPVI FACS MPH, Alessandra Puggioni MD, Taimur Saleem MD, Awais Siddique MD, Tif Siragusa MD, Jennifer Watson MD RPVI
West Coast Vein Forum Committee
Chairs: Ellen Dillavou MD, Daniel Monahan MD
Members: Ruth Bush MD, John Carson MD, Stephani Dentoni MD, Nasim Hedayati MD, Anne Luhan MD, Robert Merchant MD, Rick Pittman MD
International Committee
Chair: Jorge Ulloa, MD
Chair Elect: Sergio Gianesini, MD
Members: Enrico Ascher MD, Patrick Carpentier MD, Rabih Chaer MD, Prof. Alun Davies MS DM Dsc FRCS, Zoe Deol MD, Nasim Hedayati MD, Anil Hingorani MD, Lowell Kabnick MD, Mehmet Kurtoglu MD, Patrick Muck MD, Alvaro Esteban Orrego MD, Kurosh Parsi MD, Malay Patel MD, Paul Pittaluga MD, Evgeny Shaydakov MD, Markiyan Soloviy MD, Ramesh Tripathi MD, Tomasz Urbanek MD, Mark Whiteley MD, Takashi Yamaki MD
Research Council
Chair: Faisal Aziz, MD
Registry Committee
Chair: Marc Passman, MD
Chair Elect: Nicholas Osborne, MD
Research Committee
Chair: Maxim Shaydakov, MD PhD
Past Chair: Mikel Sadek, MD
Chair Elect: Windsor Ting, MD
Members: Faisal Aziz MD, Jose Diaz MD, Peter Henke MD, Nicos Labropoulos MD, Harry Ma MD, Rafael Malgor MD, Andrea Obi MD, Sarah Onida MD, Andre Van Rij MD, Ruben Vellettaz MD
AVF – National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Chair: Brajesh Lal, MD
Members: Peter Henke MD, Joseph Raffetto MD, Thomas Wakefield MD
Guidelines Committee
Chair: John Rectenwald, MD
Past Chairs: Cynthia Shortel MD, Anil Hingorani MD
Chair Elect: Michael Ricci, MD
Members: Faisal Aziz MD, Jose Diaz MD, Michael Dalsing MD, Sergio Gianesini MD, Nicos Labropoulos MD, Alvaro Orrego MD, Sherry Scovell MD, Jorge H. Ulloa MD, Chandu Vemuri MD
American Venous Forum Foundation
President: Elna Masuda, MD
Vice President: Scott Centea
Treasurer: Glenn R. Jacobowitz, MD FACS RVT
Secretary: Catherine (Cat) Jennings
AVF President: Harold Welch, MD
Directors: Jose Diaz MD, Brajesh Lal MD, Joann Lohr MD, Daniel Mohahan MD, Kathleen Ozsvath MD, Thomas Wakefield MD, Denysse Castaneda, Eric Heil, Gerald Mattys, Brad Moseley, Tyler Palmer
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