Steve Elias, MD
Ronald G. Bush, MD, FACS
Test Testing, MD
Test Testing, MD
Advancing Venous Care Through Shared Expertise
When clinical experience, scientific discovery, and purposeful
collaboration come together, the future of venous and lymphatic care
becomes brighter for physicians and patients alike.
Progress rarely begins with a single idea. It begins when talented
people share their experience, challenge assumptions, and work together
toward better outcomes.
Meet the People Moving the Field Forward
Across the American Venous Forum, physicians, researchers, educators,
and advocates bring distinct perspectives to a shared mission:
advancing excellence in venous and lymphatic health.
Their expertise strengthens education, inspires research, and helps
translate promising ideas into meaningful improvements in clinical
practice.
The Power of Meaningful Connection
Every conference conversation, committee meeting, mentoring relationship,
and multidisciplinary partnership creates an opportunity to learn. These
connections help clinicians examine complex challenges from new angles
and give emerging leaders a stronger foundation on which to build.
“The most important advances happen when knowledge is shared freely,
questions are welcomed, and every voice has an opportunity to
contribute.”
Exchange Ideas
Bring clinical insight and emerging evidence into the same
conversation, turning individual experience into collective
knowledge.
Develop Leaders
Create opportunities for mentorship, participation, and professional
growth across every career stage.
Improve Care
Transform collaboration into practical education, stronger
standards, and better experiences for patients.
Building the Next Chapter Together
The next generation of venous care will be shaped by people willing to
ask difficult questions, test new approaches, and share what they
discover. AVF provides a place where those conversations can begin—and
where good ideas can become lasting progress.
The future is not something we simply anticipate.
It is something we create together.
