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Call for Volunteers

The Executive Council is pleased to announce an open call for volunteers for next year’s committees. Both nominations of other members and self-nominations are invited.

Please sign up by Monday, January 13, 2025.

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Officers 2024 – 2025

President

Ravi Rajani, MD

Emory University
Atlanta, GA

President-Elect

Todd Berland, MD

New York University
New York, NY

Secretary

 Dawn Coleman, MD

Duke University Med Center
Durham, NC

Treasurer

Jeannie Ruddy, MD

Med. Univ. of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Recorder

Karan Garg, MD

NYU Langone Health
New York, NY

Councilor-at-Large

Daniel Han, MD

Mt. Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

Councilor-at-Large

Max Wohlauer, MD

University of Colorado
Aurora, CO

Immediate Past President

Misty Humphries, MD

University of California, Davis
Sacramento, CA

Past President

Mark Conrad, MD

St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
Boston, MA

Program Committee (Spring 2024 – 2025)

  • Jeniann Yi, Chair
  • Gabriela Velazquez, Vice Chair
  • Elina Quiroga
  • Mounir Haurani
  • Christine Shokrzadeh
  • Max Wohlauer
  • Mina Boutrous
  • Karim Salem

Program Committee (Winter 2025-2026)

  • Lindsey Korepta, Chair
  • Yana Etkin, Vice Chair
  • Nathan Aranson
  • Keisin Wang
  • Mel Sharafuddin
  • Natalie Sridharan
  • Donald Baril
  • Jaime Benarroch-Gampel
  • Adam Doyle
  • Katherine Hekman
  • Young Kim
  • Bjorn Suckow, Ex-officio

2025-2026 VESS Committees

Communications

  • Dawn Coleman, Secretary

Website/Social Media Subcommittee

  • Jake Hemingway, Chair
  • Lorela Weise
  • Viraj Pandit
  • Jarrad Rowse
  • Mira Tanenbaum

Newsletter Subcommittee

  • Christopher Smolock, Chair
  • Cara Lyle
  • Maxim Shaydakov
  • Nathan Orr
  • Tiam Feridooni

Fundraising

  • Michael Barfield, Chair
  • Jamie Bennarroch-Gampel
  • Matthew Smeds
  • James Cornwall
  • Nathan Liang
  • Ravi Rajani
  • Todd Berland
  • Dawn Coleman
  • Jean Marie Ruddy

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee

  • Nkiruka Arinze, Chair
  • Joanelle Lugo
  • Sharee Wright
  • Benjamin Chou
  • Karan Chawla
  • Kathryn DiLosa
  • Christopher Ramos, Ex-officio
  • Daniel Han, Councilor

Bylaws

  • Shang Loh, Chair
  • Elizabeth George
  • Roan Glocker

Grants & Scholarships

  • Michael Soult, Chair
  • Andrew Barleben
  • Mohamed Zayed
  • Ryan King
  • Young Erben
  • Courtenay Holscher
  • Loay Kabbani
  • Samuel Leonard
  • Max Wohlauer, Councilor

Membership Development

  • Erin Greenleaf, Chair
  • Neel Mansukhani
  • Charles Leithead
  • Ravi Ambani
  • Jon Quatromoni
  • Matthew Smith
  • Brittany Fraser
  • Dawn Coleman, Secretary

Vascular Research Consortium

  • Elizabeth Genovese, Chair
  • Jordan Stern, Co-chair
  • Jonathan Bath
  • Max Wohlauer
  • Leigh-ann O’Banion
  • Adam Tanious
  • Mounir Haurani
  • Elizabeth Chou
  • Kristine Orion
  • Misty Humphries
  • Ravi Rajani
  • Mark Conrad

Vascular Trainee Education Committee

Vascular Fellows Program

  • Mimmie Kwong, Co-chair
  • Edgar Galinanes
  • Kevin Chang
  • K. Benjamin Lee
  • Zachary Pallister
  • Jenianne Yi
  • Brett Salomon

General Surgery Resident Program

  • David Laczynski, Co-chair
  • Salim Lala
  • Natasha Hansraj
  • DAvid Schechtman
  • Kamran Jafree
  • Amanda Filiberto

Early Career Surgeon Program

  • Anna Boniakowski, Co-chair
  • Tanya Repella
  • Randall Bloch
  • James Iannuzzi
  • Abe Mohapatra

Student Education Committee

  • Zachary Wanken, Chair
  • Gregory Salzler
  • Theodore Hart
  • Kara Hessel
  • Issam Koleilat
  • M. Libby Weaver
  • Margaret Smith
  • Steven Cheung
  • Laura Drudi
  • Laura Healy
  • Patrick Stone
  • Benjamin Ford
  • Genevieve Hayek, Ex-officio
  • Daniel Han, Councilor

VESS Representatives

Representative to the American College of Surgeons Board of Governors
Niten Singh, MD

Representative to the ACS Advisory Council for Surgical Specialties
Kristine Orion, MD

SVS Strategic Board of Directors
Kelly Kempe, MD