Executive Council

APDVS Executive Council 2024-2025

President
Dawn Coleman, MD
Duke University

President-Elect
Benjamin Pearce, MD
University of Alabama

​Secretary-Treasurer
Misty Humphries, MD
UC Davis

Councilor-at-Large
Gabriela Velazquez, MD
Wake Forest University

Councilor-at-Large
Jonathan Bath, MD
University of Missouri

Immediate Past-President
Jason Lee, MD
Stanford University

Curriculum Committee Chair​
Yana Etkin, MD
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine

Education Committee Chair
Carlos Bechara, MD
Loyola University

Issues Committee Chair
Frank Caputo, MD
Cleveland Clinic

Core Surgery and Defined Minimums for Case Logs Committee Chair
Nikhil Kansal, MD
Los Angeles County Harbor UCLA

Recruitment of Surgical Residents and Students Committee Co-Chairs
Kelle Kempe, MD, Oklahoma University- Tulsa
Evan Deutsch, MD, Einstein Medical Center

VSB Vascular Surgery Board Representative
Malachi Sheahan, MD
Louisiana State University

APAVS Representative
Fredd Brewer

Albany Medical Center

RRC Representative
Joseph L. Mills, MD
Baylor College of Medicine at Houston

Vascular Surgery Fellow Representative 
Zach Feldman

Massachusetts General 

Vascular Surgery 0-5 Resident Representative
Lyndsey Olivere
Duke University