AMERICAN VENOUS FORUM - Key Persons


Ahmad Alsheekh

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Digital Media Committee

Alejandro Gonzalez Ochoa

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Bylaws Committee
  • Member of the International Committee

Alessandra Puggioni

Job Titles:
  • Director & Education Councilor

Ali Basil Ali

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Digital Media Committee

Allie Sherrill


Allison DeGroff

Job Titles:
  • Director, Strategic Initiatives

Alvaro Esteban Orrego

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Annual Program Committee
  • Member of the Bylaws Committee
  • Member of the International Committee
  • Chairman Elect

Amani Politano

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Health Policy Committee
  • Member of the Patient Education Committee

Amy Murrin


Ana Maria Botero

Job Titles:
  • Member of the International Committee
  • Member of the Membership Committee

Andre Van Rij

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Committee

Andrea Obi

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Research Committee
  • Director & Research Councilor

Anil Hingorani

Job Titles:
  • Member of the DEI Committee
  • Member of the Membership Committee
  • Member of the Newsletter Committee

Anthony Comerota

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Distinguished Fellows Committee

Antonio Solano

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Digital Media Committee

Arjun Jayaraj

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Annual Program Committee
  • Member of the Health Policy Committee

Benjamin Jacobs

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Committee

Beverley Chan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Patient Education Committee

Bill Marston

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee
  • Member of the Bylaws Committee
  • Member of Bylaws Committee

Brad Hutchins

Job Titles:
  • Director, Mission Advancement

Brajesh K. Lal

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Ethics Committee

Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Annual Program Committee
  • Member of the Research Committee

Chris Guarin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Patient Education Committee

Christine Shokrzadeh

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Annual Program Committee
  • Member of the Documents Review Committee

Colleen Moore

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Newsletter Committee

Daniel Monahan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Bylaws Committee
  • Member of the Health Policy Committee

David Dexter

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Annual Program Committee

Edgar Guzman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman - Elect
  • Member of the Bylaws Committee
  • Member of the Early Career Committee
  • Member of the Newsletter Committee

Eleftherios Xenos

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Guidelines Committee
  • Member of the Health Policy Committee

Emelia Bittenbinder

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Patient Education Committee

Emily Malgor

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Patient Education Committee

Eric Hager

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Annual Program Committee
  • Member of the Bylaws Committee
  • Member of the Digital Media Committee
  • Member of the Early Career Committee
  • Member of the Newsletter Committee

Gina Sandvick-Fons

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Bylaws Committee

Glenn Jacobowitz

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Distinguished Fellows Committee
  • Member of the Finance Committee

Gloria Salazar

Job Titles:
  • Member of the DEI Committee

Greg Kasper

Job Titles:
  • Member of the International Committee

Greg Snyder

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Health Policy Committee

Harold Welch

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Ethics Committee
  • Member of the Health Policy Committee
  • Member of the Strategic Planning Committee

Harry Ma

Job Titles:
  • Chairman - Elect
  • Member of the Health Policy Committee

Isabella Kuo

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Digital Media Committee

Joann Lohr

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Documents Review Committee

John Blebea

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Patient Education Committee

John Carson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Annual Program Committee
  • Member of the Early Career Committee

John Forbes

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Jorge Ulloa

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Strategic Planning Committee

Jose Diaz

Job Titles:
  • Director

Joseph Hart

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Documents Review Committee

Joseph Raffetto

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Finance Committee
  • Member of the Strategic Planning Committee
  • President Elect

Juan Carlos Jimenez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Annual Program Committee
  • Member of the Membership Committee

Judith Lin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Annual Program Committee

Julianne Stoughton

Job Titles:
  • Chairman - Elect
  • Member of the Annual Program Committee

Justin Robbins

Job Titles:
  • Chairman - Elect
  • Member of the Digital Media Committee

Karem Harth

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the DEI Committee
  • Member of the Early Career Committee

Kate Gates

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Patient Education Committee

Kathleen Ozsvath

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Bylaws Committee
  • Member of the Annual Program Committee
  • Member of the DEI Committee
  • Member of the Early Career Committee
  • Member of the Finance Committee
  • Member of the Strategic Planning Committee
  • Chairman of Bylaws Committee

Keith Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Patient Education Committee
  • Member of the Research Committee

Khanh Nguyen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Committee

Kumar Madassery

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Bylaws Committee

Leigh Ann O'Banion

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Digital Media Committee

Leo Sullivan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Guidelines Committee

Loay Kabbani

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Health Policy Committee

Lori Pounds

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Documents Review Committee
  • Member of the Distinguished Fellows Committee

Lorraine Loretz

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Membership Committee

Lourdes Reina Guitierrez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Guidelines Committee

Lourdes Reina Gutierrez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the International Committee

Lowell Kabnick

Job Titles:
  • Member of the International Committee

Luis Suarez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the DEI Committee
  • Member of the Digital Media Committee

Marc Passman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Bylaws Committee
  • Continuing Education
  • Member of Bylaws Committee

Mark Iafrati - VP

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Bylaws Committee
  • Member of the Finance Committee
  • Member of the Health Policy Committee
  • Member of the Strategic Planning Committee
  • Vice President
  • Member of Bylaws Committee

Marwan Hammoud

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Early Career Committee

Matthew Smeds

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Digital Media Committee

Michael Griffiths

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Bylaws Committee

Miguel Amore

Job Titles:
  • Member of the International Committee

Mike Sadek

Job Titles:
  • Chairman - Elect
  • Member of the Bylaws Committee
  • Member of the Guidelines Committee

Mikel Sadek

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Annual Program Committee
  • Director & Communications Councilor & Archivist

Misaki Kiguchi

Job Titles:
  • Chairman - Elect
  • Member of the Annual Program Committee
  • Member of the DEI Committee
  • Administration Team

Mona Li

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Membership Committee
  • Member of the Patient Education Committee

Nasim Hedayati

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Annual Program Committee

Natalie Sridharan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Newsletter Committee
  • Member of the Patient Education Committee

Nathan Tomita

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Guidelines Committee

Nick Mouawad

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Guidelines Committee

Nicolas Mouawad

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Health Policy Committee

Nii-Kabu Kabutey

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Early Career Committee

Pamela Kim

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Early Career Committee
  • Member of the Membership Committee
  • Chairman Elect

Patrick Muck

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Bylaws Committee
  • Director

Pavel Kibrick

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Membership Committee

Peter Henke

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Ethics Committee
  • Member of the Research Committee

Peter Pappas

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Distinguished Fellows Committee

Rabih Chaer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Annual Program Committee

Rafael Malgor

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Guidelines Committee

Ranjith Kumar

Job Titles:
  • Member of the International Committee

Rashad Bishara

Job Titles:
  • Chairman - Elect
  • Member of the International Committee

Robert Attaran

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Early Career Committee
  • Member of the Newsletter Committee

Robert McLafferty

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Distinguished Fellows Committee

Ruth L. Bush - President

Job Titles:
  • Member of the DEI Committee
  • Member of the Finance Committee
  • Member of the Strategic Planning Committee
  • President

Sandra Dickerson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Patient Education Committee

Scott Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Committee

Sebastian Cifuentes

Job Titles:
  • Member of the DEI Committee
  • Member of the Newsletter Committee

Sheila Blumberg

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Annual Program Committee
  • Member of the Newsletter Committee

Steven Elias - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Finance Committee
  • Member of the Annual Program Committee
  • Member of the Bylaws Committee
  • Member of the Early Career Committee
  • Member of the Newsletter Committee
  • Member of the Strategic Planning Committee
  • Treasurer
  • Editor / Chair / Councilor

Tomasz Urbanek

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Annual Program Committee
  • Member of the International Committee

Ulka Sachdev

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Research Committee

Valentin Andres Figueroa

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Newsletter Committee

Windsor Ting

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Membership Committee
  • Director & Membership Councilor

Yana Etkin

Job Titles:
  • Chairman - Elect
  • Member of the Guidelines Committee