Program Committee

Provides new science, surgical techniques, and practice in vascular surgery at the Vascular Annual Meeting.

Reviews the submitted abstracts for the annual scientific meeting and selects the papers for the program.
Strengthens role in design of overall VAM program.
Explores modifications in the Vascular Annual Meeting to enhance satisfaction of attendees and corporate sponsors.
Manages other aspects of the annual meeting program as determined by the Board of Directors.
Helps to identify appropriate sessions for streaming.
Ensures that all educational programming that is for CME adheres to all ACCME and ABMS accreditation requirements. Serve as the final reviewer as needed of COI disclosures for CME activities it oversees, to ensure that all conflicts are identified and resolved prior the activity.
Utilizes the Content Framework and the new Education Strategic Plan in the development of the VAM.
Leadership of the Program Committee collaborates on setting the Metrics of Success for the VAM and routinely evaluates outcomes.
Reports annually to the Education Council on outcomes.

ACCME Standards

The Education Council and Committees oversee the development and implementation of CME activities and as such volunteers must adhere to The Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Per these requirements, owners, executives and employees of ineligible companies (formerly known as commercial interest) are considered to have unresolvable financial relationships and must be excluded from participating as planners or faculty. These individuals cannot influence or control any aspect of the planning, delivery, or evaluation of accredited continuing education, except in the limited circumstances outlined in Standard 3.2. All volunteers involved as planners or faculty will be required to disclose all financial relationships within the prior 24 months.

Committee Members

Jason Lee, MD – Chair	Elina Quiroga, MD
Dawn Coleman, MD – Vice-Chair	Timur Sarac, MD
Kwame Amankwah, MD	Sherene Shalhub, MD
Ravi Ambani, MD, MBA	Claudine Sheahan, MD
Mina Boutrous, MD	Christine Shokrzadeh, MD
Allan Conway, MD	Jeffrey Siracuse, MD
Elizabeth Chou, MD	Michael Stoner, MD
Andrew Gonzalez, MD, JD, MPH	Gale Tang, MD
Karen Ho, MD	Ageliki Vouyouka, MD
Kakra Hughes, MD, PhD	Jeniann Yi, MD
Misty Humphries, MD	Sara Zettervall, MD
Juan Jiminez, MD	Wei Zhou, MD
Issam Koleilat, MD

If you have any questions regarding this committee, please contact: Michelle Majewski at mmajewski@vascularsociety.org