Resident and Student Outreach Committee
Resident and Student Outreach Committee
Develops SVS programs at the SVS Annual Meeting to encourage medical students and general surgery residents to consider a career in vascular surgery and continue to engage the next generation of vascular surgeons in the Society.
- Oversees the VAM scholarship program for general surgery residents and medical students.
- Oversees the general surgery residents and medical student sessions at the VAM.
- Promote the use of the SVS mentorship opportunities. Sets Metrics of Success for the Program and routinely evaluates outcomes.
- Work collaboratively with other volunteer groups to engage and involve young vascular surgeons and vascular surgery trainees in SVS activities including working with the Young Surgeons Section, APDVS and COVERS groups to develop ways to recruit more medical students and general surgery residents into vascular surgery.
- Reports annually to the Education Council on metrics of success 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
| Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar, MD, MS - Chair | Kara Hessel, MD |
| Natalie Sridharan, MD - Vice Chair | Sikander Khan, MD |
| Queen Abure | Misaki Kiguchi, MD |
| Laura Boitano | Valentyna Kostiuk, MD |
| Daniel Calderon, MD | Michael McNally, MD |
| Christopher Cappellini, MD | Luigi Pascarella, MD |
| Venita Chandra, MD | Anna Alaska Pendelton |
| Karan Chawla, MD | Gabriela Velazquez-Ramirez, MD |
| Gerald Cheadle, MD | Tana Repella |
| Jill Colglazier, MD | Aksim Rivera, MD |
| Phillip Dobson, MD | Jarrad Rowse |
| Young Erben, MD | Bjoern Suckow |
| Theodore Hart, MD | Yamini Vyas |
If you have any questions regarding this committee, please contact: Jose Lopez at jlopez@vascularsociety.org