Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

Develops and sustain a set of DEI measures that can be utilized to evaluate progress on key metrics and initiatives.
Determines the need for organizational policies and positions to align DEI initiatives.
Continues to study and evaluate inequities in the vascular surgery career trajectory, from training to the workplace to vascular society engagement and leadership, such as those associated with gender, race, ethnicity, age and sexual orientation.
Develops or reviews specific proposals for equity, diversity and inclusion projects that can be promulgated or implemented by the SVS and other collaborating partners.
Assists SVS in developing an overarching strategy to increase awareness about inequities, including tools to encourage diversity in the specialty and to support a diverse workforce with equal opportunities.

Rana Afifi, MD – Chair	Shaidah Manshadi, MD
Shadi Jabr Abu-Halimah, MD	Trung Nguyen, MD
Hanaa Dakour Aridi	Sonya Noor, MD
Channa Blakely, DO	Luigi Pascarella, MD
Soma Brahmanandam, MD	Carlos Pineda, MD
Xzabia Caliste, MD	Ashna Raiker, MD
Maryam Hashini, MD	Melina Recarey, MD
Omid Jazaeri, MD	Fernanda Costa Sampaio Silva, MD
Juan Jimenez, MD	Michael Siah, MD
Aryaan Khan, MD	Luis Suarez, MD
Ben Li, MD

If you have any questions regarding this committee, please get in touch with Janine Diana at jdiana@vascularsociety.org.