Leadership & Committees

AVF Board of Directors

LEADERSHIP

Executive Committee

President
Joseph Raffetto, MD

President Elect
Mark Iafrati, MD

Vice President
Steve Elias, MD

Treasurer
Patrick Muck, MD

Secretary/Admin Council Chair
Kathleen Ozsvath, MD

Past President
Ruth L. Bush, MD, JD, MPH

Board of Directors

Director & Research Councilor
Andrea Obi, MD

Director & Education Councilor
Arjun Jayaraj, MD

Director & Communications Councilor & Archivist
Mikel Sadek, MD

Director & Membership Councilor
Windsor Ting, MD

Recorder
Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar, MD

Director
Tomasz Urbanek, MD

Director
Jorge Ulloa, MD

Director
Julianne Stoughton, MD

Director
Misaki Kiguchi, MD

Administration Team

John Forbes
CEO

Amy Murrin
Associate Director

Allison DeGroff
Director, Strategic Initiatives

Mark DeGroff
Director, Business Development

Robert White
Director, Healthcare Policy

Sue O’Sullivan

Jennifer Manthei
Events

Anna Stevenson
Membership Representative

Christine Rataj
Graphic Designer

Anthony Eaves
Web Developer

Brittany Tommelein
Meeting Manager

Jennifer Fitzgerald
Program Manager

COMMITTEES

Annual Program Committee

Misaki Kiguchi – Chair
Julianne Stoughton – Chair
Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar – Past Chair
Steven Abramowitz
Karen Bauer
Rashad Bishara
Sheila Blumberg
Steven Elias
Eric Hager
Anil Hingorani
Juan Carlos Jimenez
Neil Khilnani
Takaya Murayama
Alejandro Gonzalez Ochoa
Leigh Ann O’Banion
Kathleen Ozsvath
Ulka Sachdev
Mikel Sadek
Gloria Salazar
Christine Shokrzadeh
Tomasz Urbanek
Arjun Jayaraj – Council Chair

Bylaws Committee

Kathleen Ozsvath – Chair
Mark Iafrati – Past Chair
Glenn Jacobowitz
Marc Passman
Kathleen Ozsvath – Council Chair

Continuing Education

Patrick Muck – Chair
Mike Sadek – Chair-elect
Monika Gloviczki
Eric Hager
Anil Hingorani
Adriana Laser
Daniel Monahan
Alejandro Gonazlez Ochoa
Alvaro Esteban Orrego
Arjun Jayaraj – Council Chair

Development Committee

Ruth Bush – Chair
Joe Raffetto – Chair Elect
Steve Abramowitz
Steve Elias
Kathleen Gibson
Mark Iafrati
Arjun Jayaraj
Lowell Kabnick
Misaki Kiguchi
BK Lal
Patrick Muck
Alisha Oropallo
Kathleen Ozsvath
Julianne Stoughton

Digital Media Committee

Justin Robbins – Chair
Leigh Ann O’Banion – Past Chair
Denysse Castaneda
Jake Hemingway
Jenna Kwon
Khanjan Nagarsheth
Abdalla Omira
Antonio Solano
Mike Sadek – Council Chair

Distinguished Fellows Committee

Glenn Jacobowitz – Chair
Monika Gloviczki
Bill Marston
Rob McLafferty
Lori Pounds

Document Review Committee

Lori Pounds – Chair
Joseph Hart
Joann Lohr
Christine Shokrzadeh
Kathleen Ozsvath

Early Career Committee

Robert Attaran – Chair
Eric Hager – Past Chair
John Carson
Steve Elias
Marwan Hammoud
Karem Harth
Nii-Kabu Kabutey
Neil Khilnani
Pamela Kim
Lindsay Korepta
Kathleen Ozsvath
Adam Reichard
Yaron Sternbach
Arjun Jayaraj – Council Chair

Ethics Committee

Peter Henke – Chair
Avi Bunnell
BK Lal
Harold Welch
Kathleen Ozsvath – Council Chair

Finance Committee

Patrick Muck – Chair and Treasurer
Ruth Bush
Steve Elias
Mark Iafrati
Kathleen Ozsvath
Joe Raffetto

Guidelines Committee

Nicolas Mouawad – Chair
Yana Etkin – Chair-elect
Jennifer Ellis
Alisha Oropallo
Mike Sadek
Nathan Tomita
Andrea Obi – Council Chair

Health Policy Committee

Harry Ma – Chair
Greg Snyder – Past Chair
Price Corr
Mark Iafrati
Arjun Jayaraj
Loay Kabbani
Dan Monahan
Joann Lohr
Amani Politano
Taimur Saleem
Hal Welch
Sina Zarrintan
Kathleen Ozsvath

International Committee

Rashad Bishara – Chair
Alvaro Esteban Orrego – Past Chair/Chair-elect
Nadjib Mohamed Bouayed
Sheila Coogan
Suat Doganci
Lowell Kabnick
Samer Koussayer
Alejandro Gonzalez Ochoa
Lourdes Reina Gutierrez
Paola Ortiz
Takaya Murayama
Shoaib Padaria
Tomasz Urbanek
Jinsong Wang
Windsor Ting – Council Chair

Membership Committee

Pamela Kim – Chair
Windsor Ting – Past Chair & Council Chair
Ryan Bird
Carlos Echevarria
Katherine Hekman
Jake Hemingway
Juan Carlos Jimenez
Pavel Kibrick
Mona Li
Lorraine Loretz
Khanh Nguyen
Maxim Shaydakov

Newsletter Committee

Steven Elias – Editor/Chair/Treasurer
Robert Attaran
Emilia Bittenbinder
Sheila Blumberg
Blake Iceton
Juan Carlos Jimenez
Abdalla Omira
Stephanie Saltzberg
Natalie Sridharan
Mike Sadek

Nominating Committee

Ruth Bush – Chair
Mark Iafrati
Joe Raffetto

Patient Education Committee

Emily Malgor – Chair
Emelia Bittenbinder
Beverley Chan
Sandra Dickerson
Julie Lahiri
Mona Li
Amani Politano
Shavawn Ryan
Todd Simon
Arjun Jayaraj – Council Chair

Research Committee

Eri Fukaya – Chair
Ulka Sachdev – Past Chair
Cassius Chaar
Peter Henke
Benjamin Jacobs
Joann Lohr
Khanjan Nagarsheth
Khanh Nguyen
Scott Robinson
Limael Rodriguez
Nathan Tomita
Andrea Obi – Council Chair

Venous CommUNITY Committee

Karem Harth – Chair
Shayna Brathwaite
Eric Hager
Dejah Judelson
Misaki Kiguchi
Anil Hingorani
Vashisht Madabhushi
Kathleen Ozsvath
Ulka Sachdev
Gloria Salazar
Luis Suarez
Joe Raffetto