Legacy Program
The SVS Foundation's Legacy Program honors those who have given $10,000 or more to the SVS Foundation during their lifetime. They are honored in perpetuity for their commitment to the specialty.
The SVS considers the following contributors to be the specialty's leaders who most understand the critical need for innovative researchers. Their exceptional support has made it possible for the SVS Foundation to award grants to ensure researchers have the resources they need to start and continue their research careers. Equally important, these contributors know that vascular patients are the primary beneficiaries of the high-quality research conducted by vascular surgeons.
Thank you to all our Legacy Program donors:
Founder's Circle ($500,000+)
- American College of Surgeons
- Gore & Associates
- Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson II
- William J. Von Liebig Foundation
Chairman's Circle ($100,000-$499,999)
- Boston Scientific
- BTG
- Edwards Vascular Foundation
- Peter and Karen Lawrence
- Medtronic
- Louise Yao
President's Circle ($50,000-$99,999)
- Abbott
- Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc.
- Michael C. Dalsing, MD
- Matthew J. Eagleton, MD
- John D. Edwards, MD
- Joseph P. Hart, MD, MHL, FACS
Director's Circle ($25,000-$49,999)
- Ali F. AbuRahma, MD
- George Andros, MD
- Bernadette Aulivola, MD
- Richard P. Cambria, MD
- Cook Medical
- Ronald L. Dalman, MD
- Ralph Clement Darling III, MD
- Susan Detweiler, MD
- Julie Ann Freischlag, MD
- Nicholas D. Garcia, MD
- Vivienne J. Halpern, MD, FACS
- Lawrence Giving Fund
- Michel S. Makaroun, MD
- Joseph L. Mills, MD
- Robert G. Molnar, MD
- Peter J. Rossi, MD
- Andres Schanzer, MD
- Pathanjali PV Sharma, MD
- Shaver Trust Charitable Fund
- Silk Road Medical
- Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
Benefactor's Circle ($10,000-$24,999)
- Rana Afifi, MD
- Donald L. Akers, MD
- Enrico Ascher, MD
- James H. Black III, MD
- Luke Packard Brewster, MD, PhD
- Kellie R. Brown, MD
- Paul Sherman Brown, Jr., MD
- Ruth L. Bush, MD, JD, MPH
- Phillip L. Cacioppo, MD
- Keith D. Calligaro, MD
- Michael S. Conte, MD
- John A. Curci, MD
- Alan Dardik, MD, PhD, DFSVS, FACS
- Mark G. Davies, MD, PhD
- Anahita Dua, MD
- Ronald M. Fairman, MD
- Rumi Faizer, MD
- Thomas L. Forbes, MD
- Bruce L. Gewertz, MD
- Peter Gloviczki, MD
- John F. Golan, MD
- Raul J. Guzman, MD
- Allen D. Hamdan, MD
- Peter K. Henke, MD
- Mark D. Iafrati, MD
- Jeffrey Jim, MD, MPHS
- William D. Jordan, Jr., MD
- Larry Wayne Kraiss, MD
- Russell C. Lam, MD
- Alan B. Lumsden, MD
- Sean P. Lyden, MD
- Joseph G. Magnant, MD
- Matthew W. Mell, MD, MS
- Matthew T. Menard, MD
- Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society
- Erica Leith Mitchell, MD, MEd SE, FACS, DFSVS
- Mark J. Mittenthal, MD
- Peter R. Nelson, MD, MS
- Charles Ozaki, MD
- William H. Pearce, MD
- Gregory J. Pearl, MD
- Ravi Rajani, MD
- Caron B. Rockman, MD
- Sean P. Roddy, MD
- Ulka Sachdev-Ost, MD, FACS
- Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD
- Gary R. Seabrook, MD
- Murray L. Shames, MD
- Shutze Giving Fund
- Solventum 3M/KCI USA, Inc
- Southern Association for Vascular Surgery
- Benjamin W. Starnes, MD
- Thomas W. Wakefield, MD
- Daniel Bernard Walsh, MD
- Fred Weaver, MD
- Robert M. Zwolak, MD, PhD
Patron Circle ($6,000-$9,999)
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Babak Abai, MD
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Zachary M. Arthurs, MD
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Arthur I. Auer, MD
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Martin R. Back, MD
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Bernard Timothy Baxter, MD
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Adam W. Beck, MD
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Michael Belkin, MD
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Scott S. Berman, MD
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Venita Chandra, MD
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Kristofer Charlton-Ouw, MD
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Jae S. Cho, MD
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G. Patrick Clagett, MD
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Daniel G. Clair, MD
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William Darrin Clouse, MD
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Dawn M. Coleman, MD
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Jack L. Cronenwett, MD
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Herbert Dardik, MD †
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Carlos E. Donayre, MD
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Chelsea A. Dorsey, MD
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Mark K. Eskandari, MD
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Manuel Garcia-Toca, MD
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Sarah Gelabert
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Gary Giangola, MD
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Daniel K. Han, MD
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Thomas S. Hatsukami, MD
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Kim J. Hodgson, MD
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Misty D. Humphries, MD
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Joseph Michael Jacot
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Geetha Jeyabalan, MD
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Fernando L. Joglar, MD
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Nikhil Kansal, MD
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Vikram S. Kashyap, MD
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Melina R. Kibbe, MD
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Dr. Robert L. and Adelaide Kistner Gift Fund
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Nathan Kugler, MD
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Gary W. Lemmon, MD
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Richard A. Lynn, MD
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M. Ashraf Mansour, MD
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Mark A. Mattos, MD
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Daniel T. McDevitt, MD
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Michigan Vascular Center
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James William Neupert
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William Frank Oppat, MD
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Frank T. Padberg, Jr., MD
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Lassie Patterson
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Todd E. Rasmussen, MD
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Robert Y. Rhee, MD
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Jeffrey M. Rhodes, MD
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Peter A. Schneider, MD
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Indrani Sen, MBBS
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Mel J. Sharafuddin, MD
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Debra Shaver
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Michael Siah, MD
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Gregorio A. Sicard, MD
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Anton N. Sidawy, MD
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Michael J. Singh, MD
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Christopher J. Smolock, MD
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Martin Joseph Sylvain, MBA
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Robert W. Thompson, MD
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Edith Tzeng, MD
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Gilbert R. Upchurch, Jr., MD
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John V. White, MD
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Connie L. Zastrow, MD
† Deceased
Champion Circle ($2,500-$5,999)
- WaIhma Aboud
- Georges E. Al Khoury, MD
- Babatunde H. Almaroof, MD
- Shipra Arya, MD
- Sateesh C. Babu, MD
- J. Dennis Baker, MD
- William H. Baker, MD
- Scott A. Berceli, MD, PhD
- Victor M. Bernhard, MD
- Thomas E. Brothers, MD
- Sarah J. Carlson, MD
- James G. Chandler, MD
- Amit Chawla, MD
- Gregory Clabeaux
- Sheila M. Coogan, MD
- Amanda Cook
- Michael A. Curi, MD
- Carlo A. Dall'Olmo, MD
- Patrice DePaola, RN
- Sarasi K. Desikan, MD
- Alan M. Dietzek, MD
- Magruder C. Donaldson, MD
- Laura Marie Drudi, MD
- Robert DuVall
- Matthew S. Edwards, MD
- Guillermo A. Escobar, MD
- Peter L. Faries, MD
- Mark F. Fillinger, MD
- Randall W. Franz, MD
- Dennis R. Gable, MD
- Vivian Gahtan, MD
- Stephen M. Gemmett, MD
- Elizabeth Anne Genovese, MD
- Ted Gifford, MD
- Prem C. Gupta, MD
- Sachinder S. Hans, MD
- Linda M. Harris, MD
- Nasim Hedayati, MD
- George L. Hines, MD
- Anil P. Hingorani, MD
- Karen J. Ho, MD
- Thomas S. Huber, MD
- Glenn C. Hunter, MD
- Tam Thi Thanh Huynh, MD
- Glenn Iacobowitz
- Daniel M. Ihnat, MD
- Karl A. Illig, MD
- Benjamin M. Jackson, MD
- Dejah R. Judelson, MD
- Rebecca Kahl
- Karthikeshwar Kasirajan, MD
- Neelima Katragunta, MD
- Ahmed Kayssi, MD
- Kelly Kempe, MD
- Marvin E Kuehner, MD
- Gregory J. Landry, MD
- Robert A. Larson, MD
- George S. Lavenson II, MD †
- Jason T. Lee, MD
- Stephen E. Lee, MD
- Scott A. LeMaire, MD
- Judith C. Lin, MD
- Jason N. MacTaggart, MD
- Kimberly Taylor Malka, MD, PhD
- Kevin D. Martin, MD
- Walter J. McCarthy, MD
- Robert Bryant McLafferty, MD
- Marian F. McNamara, MD
- George H. Meier, MD
- Donna Maria Mendes MD, MD
- Louis M. Messina, MD
- Deepak G. Nair, MD
- Massimo Mark Napolitano, MD
- Naiem Nassiri, MD
- Janice Nelson
- Richard F. Neville, MD
- Leigh Ann O'Banion, MD
- Charles S. O'Mara, MD
- Kenneth Ouriel, MD
- Benjamin J. Pearce, MD
- Bruce Alan Perler, MD
- Ralph B. Pfeiffer, MD
- Amani D. Politano, MD
- Richard J. Powell, MD
- Saumya Premachandra
- Elina Quiroga, MD
- Hiranya A. Rajasinghe, MD
- Amy B. Reed, MD
- Aksim Rivera, MD
- J. Gregory Roberts, MD
- William P. Robinson, MD
- Iohn Rollo
- David Rosenthal, MD
- Fred W. Rushton, Jr., MD
- Patrick C. Ryan, MD
- Russell Howard Samson, MD
- Luis A Sanchez, MD
- Timur P Sarac, MD
- Brian Scott
- Lewis B. Schwartz, MD
- Palma M. Shaw, MD
- Malachi G. Sheahan, III, MD
- Paula K. Shireman, MD
- Cynthia K. Shortell, MD
- Niten Singh, MD
- Robert B. Smith, III, MD
- Sunita D. Srivastava, MD
- James C. Stanley, MD
- David S. Sumner, MD †
- Daniel D. Tamez, Jr., MD
- Desarom Teso, MD
- Windsor Ting, MD
- Britt H. Tonnessen, MD
- Amy Trimani, MBA
- Omaida C. Velazquez, MD
- Chiranjiv Virk, MD
- James Wadzinski
- James Steven Wagner, MD
- Dean H. Wasserman, MD
- Michael T. Watkins, MD
- Jeff Wiggins
- Edward Y. Woo, MD
- Karen Woo, MD
- Xenophon Paraskev Xenophontos, MD
- Jeniann Yi, MD
- Kenneth Richard Ziegler, MD
† Deceased
Partner Circle ($1,000-$2,499)
- Oliver O. Aalami, MD
- Ahmed M. Abou-Zamzam, Jr., MD
- Harry Abramowitz, MD
- Steven D. Abramowitz, MD
- Shadi Jabr Abu-Halimah, MD
- John G. Adams, Jr., MD
- John A. Adeniyi, MD,
- Riad Adoumie, MD
- Advanced Vascular Surgery
- Samuel S. Ahn, MD
- Francesco A. Aiello, MD
- Olamide Alabi, MD
- Jose Ignacio Almeida, MD
- Daniel M. Alterman, MD
- Kwame S. Amankwah, MD
- George E. Anton MD, MD
- Nathan Jacob Aranson, MD
- Frank R. Arko, MD
- Elias J. Arous, MD
- Kelly Arwari
- Ali Azizzadeh, MD
- Julius W Babb, MD
- Donald T. Baril, MD
- Carlos Fares Bechara, MD
- Michael J. Beezley, MD
- Mary Berg
- John J. Bergan, MD †
- Eric Berens, MD
- Irwin M. Best, MD
- Edwin G. Beven, MD
- Elizabeth Blazick, MD
- John Blebea, MD
- Paul H.S. Bloch, MD
- April J. Boyd, MD, PhD
- O. William Brown, MD
- Kevin J. Bruen, MD
- Jason S. Burgess, MD
- Patricia Burton
- Keith D. Calligaro, MD
- Alfio Carroccio, MD
- Linell Catalan
- Kenneth J Cherry, MD
- Jayer Chung, MD
- David Coleman, MD
- Paul S. Collins, MD
- Michael J. Costanza, MD
- Brian W. Coyle, MD
- Frank J. Criado, MD
- Debra Cronenwett
- The Jack and Debra Cronenwett Charitable Fund
- CV Sustain
- Luis R. Davila-Santini, MD
- David L. & Susan M. Dawson Charitable Fund
- David L. Dawson, MD
- Deepak Deshmukh
- Danielle Renee Doucet, MD
- Matthew J. Dougherty, MD
- James Craig Dowdy, MD
- Maciej L. Dryjski, MD
- Audra A. Duncan, MD
- Joseph R. Durham, MD
- Sara M. Edeiken, MD
- Robert E. Engles, Jr., MD
- Young Erben, MD
- James M. Estes, MD
- Yana Etkin, MD
- Topher B. Everett, MD
- Augustine R. Eze, MD
- Andres Fajardo, MD
- Alik Farber, MD
- Delton Farquharson
- Robert J. Feezor, MD
- Arash Fereydooni
- Antoine M. Ferneini, MD
- Arthur Flatau III, MD
- Thomas J. Fogarty, MD
- Michael B. Freeman, MD
- Mark L. Friedell, MD †
- Richard Bruce Fries, MD
- Roy M. Fujitani, MD
- Patricia C. Furey, MD
- Katherine A. Gallagher, MD
- Randolph L. Geary, MD
- Patrick Geraghty, MD
- Joseph S. Giglia, MD
- David L. Gillespie, MD
- James M. Goff, Jr., MD
- Susan Golden Jacobson and Michael Golden Charitable Trust
- Jerry Goldstone, MD
- Heather A. Hall, MD
- John (Jeb) W. Hallett, MD
- Kevin D. Halow, MD
- Shahid N Haque, MD,
- Russell N. Harada, MD
- E. John Harris, MD
- Nancy L. Harthun, MD
- Paul B. Haser, MD
- Laurel Hadley Hastings, MD
- Caitlin Whitney Hicks, MD
- John R. Hoch, MD
- James C. Iannuzzi, MD
- Wayne Iohnston
- The Iowa Clinic, P.C.
- Glenn R. Jacobowitz, MD
- Zafar Jamil, MD
- Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc./J&J Innovative Medicines
- Eric C. Jaxheimer, MD
- Juan Carlos Jimenez, MD
- Brad L. Johnson, MD
- Boutros G. Karam, MD
- Steven G. Katz, MD
- Gregory J. Kechejian, MD
- Patrick W. Kelly, MD
- Elias Kfoury, MD
- Sophia Khan-Makoid
- Lois A. Killewich, MD, PhD
- Terry A. King, MD
- Robert L Kistner, MD
- Emilia Krol
- Scott W. Kujath, MD
- Kara H. V. Kvilekval, MD
- Christopher J. Kwolek, MD
- Julie Adams Lahiri, MD
- Karen Lawrence
- Christopher J. Lecroy, MD
- Michael A. Leke, MD
- Christopher D. Leville, MD
- Michael P. Lilly, MD
- Fred N. Littooy, MD
- Frank W. LoGerfo, MD
- Fedor Lurie, MD, PhD
- Kenneth R. Madsen, MD
- Jacqueline Majors, MD
- Edward J Marcaccio, MD
- Silviu C. Marica, MD
- Luke Marone
- Charles Marquardt
- William A. Marston, MD
- Gordon H. Martin, MD
- Douglas W. Massop, MD
- Loren Masterson, MD
- John H. Matsuura, MD
- Brian D. Matteson, MD
- Stacey Mazzacco, MD
- Peter J. McDonnell, MD
- Ryan M. McEnaney, MD
- Katharine L. McGinigle, MD
- Burley McIntyre, MD
- Nelson S. Menezes, MD
- Charles L. Mesh, MD
- Samantha D. Minc, MD
- Erica Leith Mitchell, MD
- Marc E. Mitchell, MD
- Gregory L. Moneta, MD
- Samuel R. Money, MD
- Wesley S. Moore, MD
- Ricardo E. Morales
- Nicholas J. Morrissey, MD
- Nicolas J. Mouawad, MD
- Dipankar Mukherjee, MD
- Satish C. Muluk, MD
- Leila Mureebe, MD
- Michael P. Murphy, MD
- Ryan D. Nachreiner, MD
- Ramesh C. Narayanagowda, MD
- Daniel Newton, MD
- Kim Nguyen
- Ryan Nicholas Nolte, MD
- Timothy James Nypaver, MD
- Lyssa N. Ochoa, MD
- Cassius Iyad N. Ochoa Chaar, MD
- Patrick J. O'Hara, MD
- Takao Ohki, MD
- Beth Olson
- Robert W. Osborne, MD
- Charles Ozaki, MD
- Richard C. Pennell, MD
- James M. Persky, MD
- William C. Pevec, MD
- Carlos Eduardo Pineda, MD
- Flavio C. Pinto, MD
- Iraklis Ilias Pipinos, MD
- Frank B. Pomposelli, Jr., MD
- Lori C. Pounds, MD
- Charles S. Powell, MD
- Alessandra Puggioni, MD
- Joseph D. Raffetto, MD
- Kevin B. Raftery, MD
- Seshadri Raju, MD
- Michael A. Ricci, MD
- Thomas S. Riles, MD
- Andrew B. Roberts, MD
- Jacob (Jay) G. Robison, MD
- L. Richard Roedersheimer, MD
- Claude R. Roland, MD
- Charles B. Ross, MD
- Matthew B. Rossi, MD
- Mark C. Rummel, MD
- David M. Sailors, MD
- Clifford M. Sales, MD
- Alan P. Sawchuk, MD
- Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD
- Darren B. Schneider, MD
- Peter J. Schubart, MD, PhD
- Gary R. Seabrook, MD
- Mary A. Seagraves, MD
- Piergiorgio G. Settembrini, MD †
- Samir Shah, MD, MPH
- Raymond M. Shaheen, MD
- Alexander D. Shepard, MD
- Kevin Sheridan, MD
- Matthew J. Sideman, MD
- Jessica P. Simons, MD
- Alan E. Singer, DPM
- Mahalingam Sivakumar, MD
- Christopher L. Skelly, MD
- Robert Smith
- Society for Vascular Nursing (SVN)
- Maurice M. Solis, MD
- Michael Clarkston Soult, MD
- Emily Spangler, MD
- Jean E. Starr, MD
- Edic Stephanian, MD
- W Charles Sternbergh III, MD
- Linda Stoney
- Ronald J. Stoney, MD
- Bauer E. Sumpio, MD
- William D. Suval, MD
- Tze-Woei Tan, MD
- Gale L. Tang, MD
- Gary Tannenbaum, MD
- Apostolos Tassiopoulos, MD
- Stephens D. Taylor, MD
- Thomas Forbes Medical Professional Corporation
- M. David Tilson III, MD
- Margaret Clarke Tracci, MD JD
- Jeffrey D. Trachtenberg, MD
- Fabio Andre Tornquist, Sr., MD
- R. James Valentine, MD
- Jay Vasquez, MD
- Francisco Vega, MD
- Paul A. Vieta, Jr., MD
- Gilford S. Vincent, Sr., MD
- Uthan Vivek, MD
- Felix G Vladimir, MD
- Joy Walker, MD
- Grace J. Wang, MD
- Tahlia L. Weis, PhD MD
- Mell B. Welborn III, MD
- Chris Werter, MD
- Greg Westin, MD
- Anthony Whittemore, MD †
- Brandon Wooters
- Mitsuhiro Yamamura, MD, PhD
- James S. T. Yao, MD †
- Anson A. Yeager, MD
- Kimberly Cassendre Zamor, MD
- Christopher K Zarins, MD
- Jack Zeltzer, MD
- Wayne W. Zhang, MD
- Wei Zhou, MD
† Deceased