Dr. Michel S. Makaroun, President, has been active in the SVS in a variety of roles since 1997 and served as secretary from 2013-2016. He is a distinguished fellow of the SVS and is professor and chair of vascular surgery and of clinical and translational science at the University of Pittsburgh and co-director of the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute. (See his accompanying remarks.)
Dr. Kim J. Hodgson, President-Elect, has served as vice president and treasurer as well as on several committees and the SVS board of directors. He was the inaugural editor of the Vascular Educational Self-Assessment Program (VESAP) and for two more editions. He is chair of the division of vascular surgery at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Ill., holds the David Sumner endowed chair in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and has served for six years on the American Board of Surgery’s Vascular Surgery Board.
Dr. Ronald L. Dalman, Vice President, previously served three years as chair of the SVS Program Committee, which oversees the Vascular Annual Meeting, and on the SVS Board of Directors and many committees. He is the Walter C. and Elsa R. Chidester Professor of Surgery and chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery at Stanford University and serves on the ABS Vascular Surgery Board.
Outgoing President Dr. R. Clement Darling III, Chair of the SVS Foundation, has been active in SVS leadership for more than 27 years, serving on numerous SVS committees and on the board of directors and executive committee. He is president of The Vascular Group, Albany, N.Y.; director of The Institute for Vascular Health and Disease, and chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery at Albany Medical Center Hospital. He also is professor of surgery at Albany Medical College.
Dr. Samuel R. Money, treasurer, and Dr. Ali AbuRahma, secretary, continue in their respective positions.