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  • VESS VSIG

Welcome to the VESS Vascular Surgery Interest Group

The VESS VSIG Goals are as follows:

  • Provide a yearlong forum for vascular committed and vascular interested students from across the country to participate in. This will allow students at institutions with no VSIGs or inactive VSIGs to get continued vascular exposure and mentorship.
  • Provide networking opportunities between students and the VESS members.
  • Give opportunities for motivated students to take leadership roles and ownership of the VESS VSIG. Giving students a sense of ownership of the VESS VSIG will translate to increased involvement of students with our society. This can lead to continued involvement as residents and ultimately junior faculty.
  • Provide a forum for existing VSIGs to network with each other. VSIGs can become members of the VESS VSIG (almost like chapters) and participate in all VESS VSIG activities.

Read about how the VESS VSIG came about and our plans for the future.

Project Timeline

Immediate ProjectsMid-term ProjectsLong-term Projects
VSIG Steering CommitteeJournal clubsDatabase of shadowing opportunities
Virtual series for MS1 and MS2 (DISCOVER)VESS VSIG WebpageVirtual Student Research Day
Virtual series for MS3 and MS4 (SPECIALIZE)Representatives to other societiesDatabase of research opportunities

2023 Team Rosters

Lucy Yang
Class of 2024
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Kelsey Schmittling
Class of 2026
Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine

Elizabeth Lavanga
Class of 2025
Penn State College of Medicine

Nabeeha Khan
Class of 2025
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Shourya Verma
Class of 2025
Michigan State College of Human Medicine

Omar Abdel Kerim
Class of 2026
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Tommy Boland
Class of 2025
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Brandon Creisher
Class of 2024
Thomas Jefferson University

Colin Cleary
Class of 2025
University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Cayetana Lazcano Etchebarne
Class of 2025
Ponce Health Sciences University

Shannon McDonnell
Class of 2024
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Chiamaka Uzoma
Class of 2024
Ross University School of Medicine

Aderemi Adebayo
Class of 2026
City University of New York School of Medicine

Vaishnavi Siripurapu
Class of 2026
East Carolina Brody School of Medicine

Moira McGevna
Class of 2026

Nathalie Barsoum
Class of 2024
University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine

Chris DeHaven
Class of 2024
Penn State College of Medicine

Max Zhu
Class of 2024
Boston University School of Medicine

Jose Chacon
Class of 2024
American University of Integrative Sciences

Gayatri Pillai
Class of 2025
Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine

Jerry Zhu
Class of 2025
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Andrea David Varias
Class of 2025
Touro University California College of Osteopathic Medicine

Past Events

Discover: Vascular Surgery

November 10, 2022

Upcoming Events

Discover: Vascular Surgery

November 10, 2022 at 8PM EST