Leadership & Committees

American Venous Forum Board of Directors

Finance Committee

Chair:  Antonios Gasparis MD
Members:  Thom Rooke MD,  Paul Gagne MD,  Michael Avgerinos MD, Chip Draper, Joseph Caprini MD

Ethics Committee

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

Nominating Committee

Chair:  Lowell Kabnick MD FACS
Members:  Elna Masuda MD, Brajesh Lal MD

ADHOC SVS-AVF Task Force

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

ADHOC Ethics Task Force

Chair:  Elna Masuda MD, Marc Passman MD (ex-officio)
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, Kathleen Ozsvath MD, John Vossler MD, Thomas Wakefield MD

Administrative Council

Chair:  William Marston MD

Annual Program Committee

Chair:  Ellen Dillavou MD
Members:  Patrick Muck MD (Chair Elect), Glenn Jacobowitz MD (Past Chair), Steven Elias MD, Angela A. Kokkosis MD, Jennifer Heller MD, Raghu Kolluri MD RVT RPVI FSVM, Thomas Elliott MD, Elna Masuda MD, Brajesh Lal MD, Harold Welch MD, Kathy Oszvath MD, Makis Avgerinos MD, Mikel Sadek MD

Bylaws Committee

Chair:  William Marston MD
Members:  Kathleen Gibson MD, Julianne Stoughton MD, Lowell Kabnick MD FACS

Health Policy Committee

Chair:  Kathleen Ozsvath MD
Members:  Dan Monahan MD (Chair Elect), Fedor Lurie MD (Past Chair), Paul Gagne MD, Mark Iafrati MD, Jeff Martinez MD, Michael Vasquez MD, John Golan MD, Lowell Kabnick MD FACS, Antonios Gasparis MD, Elna Masuda MD, Harold Welch MD

Membership Committee

Chair:  Kathy Gibson MD
Members:  Brian Santin MD (Past Chair), Sergio Gianesini MD, Anil Hingorani MD, Brian Dunfee MD, Jeffrey Kaplan MD FACS RPVI,  J. Mark Rheudasil MD 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

Chair:  Peter Gloviczki MD
Members:  Anthony Comerota (Past Chair), Bo Eklof MD, Mark Meissner MD, Seshadri Raju MD, William Marston 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

Chair:  Ruth Bush MD

Fellows Course Committee

Chair:  Lori Pounds MD
Members:  Kathleen Ozsvath MD (Chair Elect), Haraldur Bjarnason MD (Past Chair), Peter Lawrence MD, Mark Meissner MD, Patricia Thorpe MD, Steven Elias MD FAC (ex-officio advisory), 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

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:  Paul Haser MD
Members:  Sergio Gianesini MD (Chair Elect), Armen Rouenian MD (Past Chair), Anil Hingorani MD, 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:  Lowell Kabnick MD FACS
Members:  Patrick Muck MD (Past Chair), 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, Jorge Ulloa MD, Ruth Bush MD, Zoe Deol MD, Tomasz Urbanek MD, Evgeny Shaydakov MD

Research Council

Chair:  Jose Diaz MD

Research Committee

Chair:  Harry Ma MD
Members:  Rabih Chaer MD (Past Chair), Mikel Sadek MD, Prakash Saha MD, Yazan Duwayri MD, Maxim Shaydakov MD PhD, Windsor Ting MD, Paul Gagne MD, Jose Diaz MD

Guidelines Committee

Chair:  Anil Hingorani MD
Members:  Joseph Raffetto MD (Past Chair), Michael Dalsing MD, Cynthia Shortell MD, Faisal Aziz MD, Suresh Vedantham MD, John Rectenwald MD, Elna Masuda (President, ex-officio), Jose Diaz (ex-officio), Brajesh Lal (ex-officio), Evi Kalodiki MD