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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 7, 2026.

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Officers 2026 – 2027

President

Todd Berland, MD

New York University
New York, NY

President-Elect

 Dawn Coleman, MD

Duke University Med Center
Durham, NC

Secretary

Daniel Han, MD

Mt. Sinai Hospital
New York, NY

Treasurer

Jean Marie Ruddy, MD

Med. Univ. of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Recorder

Karan Garg, MD

NYU Langone Health
New York, NY

Councilor-at-Large

Max Wohlauer, MD

University of Colorado
Aurora, CO

Councilor-at-Large

Gabriela Velazquez, MD

Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC

Councilor-at-Large

Bjoern Suckow, MD

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH

Past President (2025)

Misty Humphries, MD

University of California, Davis
Sacramento, CA

Past President (2026)

Ravi Rajani, MD

Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Program Committee (Spring 2025 – 2026)

  • Gabriela Velazquez, Chair
  • Elina Quiroga, Vice Chair
  • Christine Shokrzadeh
  • Christopher Ramos
  • Mina Boutrous
  • Karim Salem
  • Anand Brahmandam
  • Caitlin Hicks
  • Kedar Lavingia
  • Gregory Magee

Program Committee (Winter 2026-2027)

  • Yana Etkin, Chair
  • Adam Doyle, Vice Chair
  • Donald Baril
  • Jaime Benarroch-Gampel
  • Katherine Hekman
  • Young Kim
  • Jake Hemingway
  • Mimmi Kwong
  • Christopher Ramos
  • Matthew Smeds
  • Libby Weaver
  • Lindsey Korepta, Ex-officio

2026-2027 VESS Committees

Communications

  • Dawn Coleman, Secretary

Website/Social Media Subcommittee

  • Jarrad Rowse, Chair
  • Alexis Lauria
  • Anastasia Magee
  • Tiffany Bellomo
  • David Stonko

Newsletter Subcommittee

  • Nathan Orr, Chair
  • Xzabia Caliste
  • Rym El Khoury
  • Austin Clements

Fundraising

  • Nathan Liang, Chair
  • James Cornwall
  • Kathryn Fong
  • Mel Sharafuddin
  • Christopher Smolock
  • Todd Berland
  • Dawn Coleman
  • Dan Han
  • Jean Marie Ruddy

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee

  • Joanelle Lugo, Chair
  • Sharee Wright
  • Benjamin Chou
  • LaVerne Thompson
  • Elisa Caron
  • Dominique Dockery
  • Gabriela Velazquez, Councilor

Bylaws

  • Elizabeth George, Chiar
  • Roan Glocker
  • Genevieve Hayek

Grants & Scholarships

  • Courtenay Holscher, Chair
  • Young Erben
  • Loay Kabbani
  • Samuel Leonard
  • Heepeel Chang
  • Laura Healy
  • Issam Koleilat
  • Christine Shokrzadeh
  • Max Wohlauer, Councilor

Membership Development

  • Ravi Ambani, Chair
  • Jon Quatromoni
  • Matthew Smith
  • Tarik Ali
  • Anand Brahmandam
  • Amanda Kistler
  • Gregory Salzler
  • Dawn Coleman, Secretary

Vascular Research Consortium

  • Elizabeth Genovese, Chair
  • Jordan Stern, Co-chair

Vascular Trainee Education Committee

Bjorn Suckow, Councilor

Vascular Fellows Program

  • Jenianne Yi,  Co-chair
  • Kevin Chang
  • K. Benjamin Lee
  • Zachary Pallister
  • Erin Greenleaf
  • Zachary Williams
  • Tara Zielke

General Surgery Resident Program

  • Natasha Hansraj, Co-chair
  • David Schechtman
  • Kamran Jafree
  • Manasa Kanneganti
  • Jay Natarajan
  • Yasong Yu

Early Career Surgeon Program

  • Abe Mohapatra, Co-chair
  • James Iannuzii
  • Zach Feldman
  • Brittany Fraser
  • Matthew Smith
  • Chun Li

Student Education Committee

  • Laura Drudi, Chair
  • Steven Cheung
  • Laura Healy
  • Patrick Stone
  • Kris Boelitz
  • Nicole Heidt
  • Reid Mahoney
  • Chinmayee Potti
  • Margaret Smith
  • Brian Wernick
  • Max Wohlauer, 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