Leadership & Committees
AVF Board of Directors
LEADERSHIP
Executive Committee
President
Mark Iafrati, MD
President Elect
Steve Elias, MD
Vice President
Kathleen Ozsvath, MD
Treasurer
Patrick Muck, MD
Secretary/Admin Council Chair
Misaki Kiguchi, MD
Past President
Joseph Raffetto, MD
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
Rashad Bishara, MD
Director
Eri Fukaya, MD
Director
Julianne Stoughton, MD
Administration Team
John Forbes
CEO
Amy Murrin
Associate Director
Allison DeGroff
Director, Strategic Initiatives
Mark DeGroff
Director, Business Development
Carmen Anderson
Director of Healthcare Policy
Allie Sherrill
Vein Specialist Newsletter Support
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
Juan Carlos Jimenez – Chair
Sheila Blumberg – Chair
Misaki Kiguchi – Past Chair
Julianne Stoughton – Past Chair
Ulka Sachdev – Chair Elect
Rabih Chaer – Chair Elect
Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar
Steven Elias
Kathleen Ozsvath
Mikel Sadek
Tomasz Urbanek
Rashad Bishara
Steven Abramowitz
Karen Bauer
Alejandro Gonzalez Ochoa
Takaya Murayama
Neil Khilnani
Gloria Salazar
Khanjan Nagarsheth
Ruth Bush
Jake Hemingway
Arjun Jayaraj – Council Chair
Associate Member Committee
Suzanna Fitzpatrick – Chair
Karen Bauer – Chair Elect
Kathleen Ozsvath
Kristan Probeck
Sarah Rosenberger
Rick Kennedy
Alyssa Fluty
Windsor Ting – Council Chair
Bylaws Committee
Misaki Kiguchi – Chair
Mark Iafrati – Past Chair
Marc Passman
Glenn Jacobowitz
Misaki Kiguchi – Council Chair
Continuing Education
Patrick Muck – Chair
Mike Sadek – Chair Elect
Daniel Monahan
Eric Hager
Monika Gloviczki
Alejandro Gonazlez Ochoa
Steven Abramowitz
Vashisht Madabhushi
Juliana Vieira
Joana Storino
Nick Mouawad
Marty Sylvain
Arjun Jayaraj – Council Chair
Development Committee
Ruth Bush – Chair
Joe Raffetto – Chair Elect
Arjun Jayaraj
Steve Elias
Patrick Muck
Kathleen Ozsvath
Kathleen Gibson
Misaki Kiguchi
Mark Iafrati
Steve Abramowitz
Alisha Oropallo
BK Lal
Lowell Kabnick
Julianne Stoughton
Marty Sylvain
Digital Media Committee
Justin Robbins – Chair
Jenna Kwon – Chair Elect
Jake Hemingway
Khanjan Nagarsheth
Langford Green
Brigitte Anderson
Georges Jreij
Mikel Sadek – Council Chair
Distinguished Fellows Committee
Glenn Jacobowitz – Chair
Bill Marston
Monika Gloviczki
Rob McLafferty
Lori Pounds
Document Review Committee
Lori Pounds – Chair
Joann Lohr
Christine Shokrzadeh
Joseph Hart
Misaki Kiguchi – Council Chair
Early Career Committee
Karem Harth – Chair
Robert Attaran – Past Chair
Pamela Kim – Chair Elect
Steve Elias – Lead Faculty Fall Course
Kathleen Ozsvath
Adam Reichard
Marwan Hammoud
Nii-Kabu Kabutey
Yaron Sternbach
Neil Khilnani
Meredith Barr
Elizabeth Andraska
Mark Meissner
Christine Shokrzadeh
Lindsey Korepta
Arjun Jayaraj – Council Chair
Ethics Committee
Harold Welch – Chair
Peter Henke – Past Chair
BK Lal
Avi Bunnell
Misaki Kiguchi – Council Chair
Finance Committee
Patrick Muck – Chair and Treasurer
Mark Iafrati
Kathleen Ozsvath
Steve Elias
Misaki Kiguchi
Joe Raffetto
Guidelines Committee
Yana Etkin – Chair
Nicolas Mouawad – Past Chair
Alisha Oropallo – Chair Elect
Nathan Tomita
Mike Sadek
Stephanie Saltzberg
Charles Stein
Tomasz Urbanek
Rashad Bishara
Rabih Chaer
Andrea Obi – Council Chair
Health Policy Committee
Harry Ma – Chair
Loay Kabbani – Chair Elect
Hal Welch
Dan Monahan
Amani Politano
Mark Iafrati
Arjun Jayaraj
Joann Lohr
Michael Di Iorio
Jim Fonger
James Albert
Greg Shore
Misaki Kiguchi – Council Chair
International Committee
Alvaro Esteban Orrego – Chair
Rashad Bishara – Past Chair
Alejandro Gonzalez Ochoa – Chair Elect
Tomasz Urbanek
Lourdes Reina Gutierrez
Takaya Murayama
Paola Ortiz
Jinsong Wang
Suat Doganci
Analise Rodrigues
Kathy Gibson
Kilsoo Yie
Ramesh Tripathi
Alun Davies
Windsor Ting – Council Chair
Membership Committee
Alvaro Esteban Orrego – Chair
Rashad Bishara – Past Chair
Alejandro Gonzalez Ochoa – Chair Elect
Tomasz Urbanek
Lourdes Reina Gutierrez
Takaya Murayama
Paola Ortiz
Jinsong Wang
Suat Doganci
Analise Rodrigues
Kathy Gibson
Kilsoo Yie
Ramesh Tripathi
Alun Davies
Windsor Ting – Council Chair
Newsletter Committee
Steven Elias Editor – Chair / Treasurer
Robert Attaran
Emilia Bittenbinder
Sheila Blumberg
Juan Carlos Jimenez
Stephanie Saltzberg
Natalie Sridharan
Rabih Chaer
Kristan Probeck
John Carson
Mikel Sadek – Council Chair
Nominating Committee
Joe Raffetto – Chair
Mark Iafrati
Steve Elias
Patient Education Committee
Emelia Bittenbinder – Chair
Mona Li – Chair Elect
Sandra Dickerson
Amani Politano
Christine Shokrzadeh
Todd Simon
Julie Lahiri
Christine Chung
Adriana Laser
Mikyeong Oh
Isabella Kuo
Elizabeth Andraska
Arjun Jayaraj – Council Chair
Research Committee
Eri Fukaya – Chair
Cassius Chaar – Chair Elect
Peter Henke
Khanh Nguyen
Scott Robinson
Joann Lohr
Nathan Tomita
Khanjan Nagarsheth
Chandu Vemuri
Benjamin Jacobs
Alejandro Gonzalez Ochoa
Kathy Gibson
Mark Meissner
Robert Attaran
Katherine Hekman
Andrea Obi – Council Chair
Strategic Planning Committee
Mark Iafrati – Chair
Steve Elias – Chair Elect
Misaki Kiguchi
Ruth Bush
Joe Raffetto
Kathleen Ozsvath
Patrick Muck
Glenn Jacobowitz
Venous CommUNITY Committee
Anil Hingorani – Chair
Karem Harth – Past Chair
Kathleen Ozsvath
Misaki Kiguchi
Luis Suarez
Ulka Sachdev
Gloria Salazar
Shayna Brathwaite
Vashisht Madabhushi
Isabella Kuo
Joseph Hart
Rob McClafferty
Mark Iafrati – Oversight role from EC
