American Venous Forum Board of Directors
Executive Committee
President: Brajesh Lal, MD
President Elect: Harold Welch, MD
Vice President: Tony Gasparis, MD
Treasurer: Glenn R. Jacobowitz, MD
Secretary: William Marston, MD
AVF Past President & AVFF President: Elna Masuda, MD
AVF Administration Team
John Forbes
Executive Director
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Sue O’Sullivan
Administrative Executive Director
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Stacey Meyer
Associate Executive Director
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Jeff Mendola
Director of Mission Advancement
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Board of Directors
AVFF President: Elna Masuda, MD
Director: Anil Hingorani, MD
Directory: Patrick Muck, MD
Director: Rabih Chaer, MD
Director: Mark Iafrati, MD
Education Council Chair: Ruth Bush, MD
Research Council Chair: Jose Diaz, MD
Archivist: Joseph Raffetto, MD
Recorder: Jose Almeida, MD
Finance Committee
Chair and Treasurer: Glenn Jacobowitz, MD FACS RVT
Members: Brajesh Lal 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: Elna Masuda, MD
Members: Brajesh Lal MD, Harold Welch MD
Administrative Council
Chair: William Marston MD
Annual Program Committee
Chair: Patrick Muck MD
Chair Elect: Kathleen Ozsvath MD
Members: Ellen Dillavou MD, Brajesh Lal MD, Harold Welch MD, William Marston MD, Steven Elias MD, Angela A. Kokkosis MD, Jennifer Heller MD, Raghu Kolluri MD RVT RPVI FSVM, Thomas Elliott MD, Makis Avgerinos MD, Mikel Sadek MD, Antonios Gasparis MD, Faisal Aziz MD, Alberto Duque MD, Arjun Jayaraj MD, James Mark Simmons, Kush Desai MD, M. Ashraf Mansour MD, Peggy Bush, Robyn Smith, Steven Abramowitz MD, Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar MD
Bylaws Committee
Chair: William Marston MD
Members: Ruth Bush MD, Kathy Gibson MD, Marc Passman MD
Health Policy Committee
Chair: Daniel Monahan MD
Members: Kathleen Ozsvath MD, Fedor Lurie MD, Jeff Martinez MD, Michael Vasquez MD, John Golan MD, Harold Welch MD, Sheila Coogan MD, William Marston MD, Chandu Vemuri MD, Eleftherios Xenos MD, Julian J Javier MD, Mark Iafrati MD
Membership Committee
Chairs: Nicos Labropoulos MD, Cassius Chaar MD
Members: Kathy Gibson MD, Brian Santin MD, Anil Hingorani MD, Jeffrey Kaplan MD FACS RPVI, Daniel Myers ND, Zoe Deol MD, Mark Garcia MD, William Marston MD, Frank Fort MD, Jeff Carr MD, Gloria Salazar MD, Deb Goodman RN, Heidi Buehl RN, Sherry Scovell MD, Jennifer Ellis MD, Paolo Zamboni MD, Paul Collier MD, Roxana Katsini MD, Victor Canata MD, Young Erben MD, Robert Attaran MD
Distinguished Fellows Review Committee
Chair: Peter Pappas MD
Members: Alun Davies MD, Nicos Labropoulos MD, Cassius Chaar MD, Thomas Wakefield MD
Communication Committee
Chair: Anil Hingorani MD
Member: William Marston MD
Website
Chair: Anil Hingorani MD
Members: Zoe Doel MD, Michael Verta MD, Erin Murphy MD, Angela A Kokkosis MD, Ruth Bush MD, Misaki Kigucki MD
Social Media
Chair: Paul Haser MD
Members: Charles Bowkley MD, Gregory Kasper MD, Nasim Hedayati MD
Newsletter
Editor / Chair: Steven Elias MD
Members: Windsor Ting MD, Haraldur Bjarnason MD, Edgar Guzman MD, Andrea Obi MD, Alessandra Puggioni MD, Maxim Shaydakov MD, Eric Hager MD
Early Career Venous Committee
Chair: Kathleen Ozsvath MD
Members: Steve Abramowitz MD, William Marston MD, Ruth Bush MD, Ellen Dillavou MD, Angela Kokkosis MD, Andrea Obi MD, John Vossler MD, Ahmad Alsheekh MD, Hamza Rana MD, Randall Towne MD, Roshan Bootun MD, Sheila Blumberg MD
Education Council
Chairs: Ruth Bush MD, Ellen Dillavou MD
Fellows Course Committee
Chairs: Nasim Hedayah MD, Ellen Dillavou MD, Ruth Bush MD
Members: Lori Pounds MD, Peter Lawrence MD, Mark Meissner MD, Patricia Thorpe MD, Steven Elias MD, Kellie Brown, Luigi Pascarella, Robert Attaran MD, Gregory Kasper, Lori Pounds MD, Peter Lawrence MD, Mark Meissner MD, Patricia Thorpe MD, Steven Elias 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, Alessandra Puggioni MD, Beverly Chan MD, Sandra Dickerson MD, Taimur Saleem MD
West Coast Vein Forum Committee
Chair: Daniel Monahan MD
Members: Ellen Dillavou MD, 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: Rabih Chaer MD, Patrick Muck MD, Enrico Ascher MD, Patrick Carpenter 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, Zoe Deol MD, Tomasz Urbanek MD, Evgeny Shaydakov MD, Nasim Hedayati MD, Ruth Bush MD,
Research Council
Chairs: Jose Diaz MD, Faisal Aziz MD
Registry Committee
Chairs: Jose Almeida MD, Nicholas Osborne MD
Research Committee
Chair: Mikel Sadek MD
Members: Faisal Aziz MD, Harry Ma MD, Prakash Saha MD, Yazan Duwayri MD, Maxim Shaydakov MD PhD, Windsor Ting MD, Jose Diaz MD, Rafael Malgor MD, Andre Van Rij MD, Ruben Vellettaz MD
AVF – National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Chair: Brajesh Lal MD
Members: Thomas Wakefield MD, Joseph Raffetto MD, Peter Henke MD
Guidelines Committee
Chair: Cynthia Shortel MD
Members: Anil Hingorani MD, Faisal Aziz MD, Jose Diaz MD, Michael Dalsing MD, Suresh Vedantham MD, John Rectenwald MD, Jorge H. Ulloa MD, Leo Sullivan MD, Michael Ricci MD, Sergio Gianesini MD, Chandu Vemuri MD
American Venous Forum Foundation
President: Elna Masuda MD
Vice President: Sandra Lesenfants
Treasurer: Glenn R. Jacobowitz MD FACS RVT
Secretary: Catherine (Cat) Jennings
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, Eric Heil, Kairi Lofton, Gerald Mattys, Tyler Palmer, Scott Centea
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