Policy and Advocacy Council
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Policy and Advocacy Council
| Policy and Advocacy Council |
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Facilitates communication and coordination among SVS entities involved in health policy.
| Committee Members Matthew Sideman - Chair | Peter Connolly Michael C. Dalsing Mark A. Mattos William P. Shutze | Sunita D. Srivastava Gale L. Tang Margaret C. Tracci Karen Woo |
| Coding Committee |
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Oversees SVS CPT, RUC and ICD coding activities.
| Committee Members Sunita Srivastava - Chair | Fran Aiello Wayne Causey Robert Feezor David C. Han Ravi Hasanadka Neelima Katragunta Nikki Kennedy Mark lafrati Ben Lerner Kevin Martin | Colleen Moore Nicholas Morrissey Nicolas Mouawad John Rectenwald Sean Roddy Clifford Sales Dixon Santana Sunita D. Srivastava Patrick Stone Bob Zwolak |
| Government Relations Committee |
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Oversees SVS government relations activities, including all federal legislative and regulatory issues affecting vascular surgery.
| Committee Members Margaret C. Tracci - Chair | Kelly Byrnes Paul J. DiMuzio Anahita Dua Sira Duson Jessie M. Jean-Claude Mounir J. Haurani Gregory C. Kasper Sean P. Lyden Dan Monahan Nicolas J. Mouawad Kathleen J. Ozsvath | Syed Ali Rizvi Peter J. Rossi Patrick C. Ryan Susan Shafii Sunita D. Srivastava Theodore J. Teruya Michael Weingarten Karen Woo Mathew Wooster Robert M. Zwolak |
| PAC Steering Committee |
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Develop and implement SVS PAC promotion and fundraising strategies.
| Committee Members Peter Connolly - Co-Chair Mark A. Mattos - Co-Chair | Shahram Aarabi Hasan A. Aldailami Nilesh N. Balar Andrew Barleben Colleen Flanagan Natalia Glebova Vivienne J. Halpern Daniel K. Han David C. Han Kim J. Hodgson | Janice Hong Ali Irshad Krishna M. Jain Kenneth R. Madsen Sean P. Roddy Peter J. Rossi Marc L. Schermerhorn Mark A. Smith Margaret C. Tracci |
| Performance Measures Committee |
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Monitor and draft SVS responses to national quality and value-based healthcare initiatives. Develop and test SVS tools and activities, including measures, that support high quality, value-based care in vascular surgery. Negotiate with policymakers to advocate for implementation of SVS-sponsored activities that promote high quality and high value vascular care.
| Committee Members Karen Woo - Chair | Jose Ignacio Almeida Rocco G. Ciocca Adam J. Doyle Yazan Duwayri Yves A. Gabriel Mounir J. Haurani Caitlin W. Hicks Robert A. Larson Evan C. Lipsitz Timothy J. Nypaver William P. Robinson | Charles B. Ross Patrick C. Ryan Clifford M. Sales Samir Shah Paula Shireman Christopher J. Smolock Krish Soundararajan Nam T. Tran Ashley Vavra Jeniann Yi Saqib Zia |
| VA Vascular Surgeons Committee |
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- Monitor issues of concern to vascular surgeons practicing in the VA system.
- Develop programs and strategies to help VA vascular surgeons provide high quality patient care.
- Advise SVS leadership on ways the Society can better meet the needs of VA vascular surgeons.
| Committee Members Gale L. Tang - Chair | Ajibola George Akingba Olamide Alabi Shipra Arya Frederick P. Beavers Kellie Brown Anthony Chau Michael J. Costanza Mark K. Eskandari Warren J. Gasper Philip P. Goodney Pegge M. Halandras | Vivienne J. Halpern Nasim Hedayati Jessie M. Jean-Claude Fernando L. Joglar Erika R. Ketteler Kedar Sudhakar Lavingia Ryan M. McEnaney Lori C. Pounds Areck Ucuzian Robert M. Zwolak |