Leigh Ann O’Banion, MD, RPVI, FACS, FSVS, is an associate professor of surgery at the University of California San Francisco-Fresno. She specializes in advanced limb salvage and superficial venous disease.

Donna Mendes, MD, is a distinguished vascular surgeon with over 48 years of experience in the medical field. She graduated from the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1977.

Daemar Jones is a fourth-year medical student at Texas Tech University Health Science Center, School of Medicine. He is a 2023-2024 Social Media Ambassador for the Society for Vascular Surgery.

Jayne Raven Rice, MD, is a fourth-year vascular surgery resident at the University of Pennsylvania.

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Foundation announced Boston Scientific as the Presenting Sponsor for its flagship awareness campaign, "Voices of Vascular," throughout 2024.

Kevin Southerland, MD, a vascular surgeon, developed an interest in vascular disease due to the resilience of his patients.

Sharee Wright, MD, is a vascular surgeon who specializes in diabetic limb salvage, aortoiliac disease, aortic aneurysms and carotid disease.

This article was sponsored by the Society for Vascular Surgery Foundation.

Dear Society for Vascular Surgery Members,

[Rosemont, Illinois] Nov. 1, 2023 – In honor of the late James S. T. Yao, MD, PhD, the Yao family and the Society for Vascular Surgery Foundation announce the new James S.T. Yao Resident Research Award, formerly known as the Resident Research Award, to commemorate Dr.