Find a VSIG

Vascular Surgery Interest Groups

Vascular Surgery Interest Groups (V-SIG) promote vascular-related research and service activities to students earlier in their medical career, provide students with early exposure to surgery, and assist students as they seek valuable career mentorship. View the list of groups registered with the Society for Vascular Surgery below to find a V-SIG near you.

Interested in establishing your own V-SIG?

VSIG Toolkit_2020 Version.pdf

Ready to register your group with SVS?

VSIG Form Registration Form_2020.pdf

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Upcoming Events

Yale VESIG & VESS VSIG - Vascular Surgery Match Panel
Monday, April 10th, 7:30pm - 9:30pm EST

Resources

VSIG Live!
The Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery (APDVS) Recruitment of Medical Students and Residents Committee presented an informational webinar called VSIG Live! in March 2021. The entire recording is now live on YouTube. The webinar highlighted vascular surgery training options, tips on how to start a VSIG at your own institution, presentations from current trainees and more.

SVS Pathways to Vascular Surgery Practice 2020: Planning Your Career in Vascular Surgery Practice
In June of 2020, the SVS Resident and Student Outreach Committee held the SVS Pathways to Vascular Surgery Practice 2020: Planning Your Career in Vascular Surgery Practice webinars.
These virtual webinars cover a variety of topics and career phases and are now all available online. We encourage you to share these with members of your VSIG.

Institution	Sponsor	Group Contact	Other Resources
Albany Medical College	Adriana Laser, MD	Kimberly Vermilya
Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Issam Koleilat, MD	Matt Muller
Baylor College of Medicine	Natasha Hansraj, MD	XinYee Ooi	Group Email
Boston University School of Medicine	Jeffrey Siracuse, MD	Thomas Cheng Alan Perry Eric Sung	Website
Brown - Alpert Medical School	Robert Patterson, MD	Julia Gillette
Carle Illinois College of Medicine	Brian Beeman, MD	Anders Gould Richard Li	Instagram
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine	Norman Kumins, MD	Katherine Morrow	Website
Central Michigan University College of Medicine	Ryan Kim, MD	Sharon Shim
Cleveland Clinic Vascular Surgery Interest Group	David Hardy, MD		Website
Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine	Jeffrey Silpe, MD	Bongseok, Jung	Website
Duke University School of Medicine	Adam Johnson, MD	Hana Shafique
Eastern Virginia Medical School	Priyam Vyas, MD,	Fletcher Pierce
Emory University Vascular Surgery Interest Group	Olamide Alabi, MD	Sasha Gay Bennett
Englewood Vascular Society	Sean Wengerter, MD	Raymond Kennedy , MD
Florida Atlantic University	Eileen De Grandis, MD	Sarinya Meknarit
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College	Jennifer Stableford, MD	Justin Fong Oraya Vesvoranan
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences	Salim Lala, MD	Stephanie Rodriguez
Georgetown VSIG	Joshua Dearing, MD	Elonay Yehualshet
Harvard Medical School	Anahita Dua, MD Sunita Srivastava, MD	Lois Owolabi
Houston Vascular Surgery Interest Group	Eric K. Peden, MD	Kaled Diab, MD	Facebook
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	Rami Tadros, MD	Kenneth Nakazawa
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of University at Buffalo	Linda Harris, MD		Website
Keck Medical Center of USC	Christian Ochoa, MD	Grant Murphy
Larner College of Medicine at University of Vermont	Katelynn Ferranti, MD	Caitlin Dowling
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University	Frank Schmieder, MD, FACS	Adelaide Zhao
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans	Michael Soult	Amanda Rushing
Loyola University Medical Center	Lindsey Korepta, MD	Tara Zielke	VSIG Email
LSUHSC-Shreveport	Chiranjiv Virk, MD	Miles Minvielle
McGill University		Laura Drudi, MD	Facebook
McGovern Medical School UTHealth	Kristofer Charlton-Ouw, MD	A lexis Milton	Facebook
Medical College of Wisconsin	Michael Malinowski, MD, FACS	Carl Schoephoerster Kyle Cass
Medical University of South Carolina	Adam Tanious, MD	Christian Barksdale
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine	Judith Lin, MD	Shourya Verma	Website
Morehouse School of Medicine	Shayna Brathwaite, MD	Jalen Norris
New York Medical College	Daniel Ventarola, MD	Jenies Grullon
Northeast Ohio Medical University	Joseph McShannic, MD	Jay Nataraja
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine	Tadaki Tomita M.D. Anand Brahmandam M.D.	Kallista Zhuang Maxime Visa	Instagram
Ochsner Vascular Surgery Interest Group (O-VSIG)	Charles Leithead, MD, RPVI	Christopher Chow	Website
Oregon Health & Science University	Khan Nguyen, MD	Ajit Elhance	Instagram
Penn State Hershey College of Medicine	Faisal Aziz, MD	Arjun Agrawal	Facebook

Ponce Health Sciences University	Rafael Santini, MD	Cayetana Lazcano Etchebarne	Instagram
Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University	Lucyna Z. Price, MD, RPVI	Brandon Muncan	Website
Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine	Timothy Wu, MD	Julie Ponn
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School	Michael Curi, MD	Brian Leoce	Website
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Vascular Surgery Interest Group	William E. Beckerman, MD	Lauren Huntress	Website
Savannah Vascular Interest Group	Justin Brown, MD	Leah Gober
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University	Michael Nooromid, MD	Brandon Creisher
SIU Vascular Surgery Interest Group	Tian Zhang, MD	Morgan Engmann
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University	Justin Choi, MD	Alexis Roth Perry Kerner
SUNY Upstate Vascular Surgery Interest Group	Anthony Feghali, MD	Zachary Williams	Website Instagram Twitter
St. Louis University School of Medicine	Matt Smeds, MD	Nicholas Schaper
Texas Tech HSC El Paso	Gilbert Aidinian, MD	Bobak Zakhireh
Texas A&M School of Medicine	Maham Rahimi, MD	Vy Dang	Instagram
Tulane University School of Medicine	Nicolas Zea, MD	Gowri Gowda
The Ohio State University	Jean Starr, MD	Ofek Avidor-Reiss Carly Sobol
UConn School of Medicine	Kwame Amankwah, MD	Maleek Masood
UCSD School of Medicine	Ann Gaffey MD, MS	Mokhshan Ramachandran
UMass Vascular Surgery Interest Group (University of Massachusetts Medical School)	Jessica Simons, MD, MPH	Ariana McFarland Chloe Young Joseph LiCausi	Website
Universidade Estácio de Sá: Liga de Angiologia e de Cirurgia Vascular Estácio de Sá	Adilson Luiz Cunha de Aguiar Mariz, MD	Rafael Coelho	Facebook Instagram
UA VSIG (University of Arizona College of Medicine- Tucson)	Kaoru Goshima, MD	Daniel Nguyen	Website
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	Mohammed Moursi, MD	Jared Gowen	Facebook
University of California, San Diego	Ann Gaffey, MD	Mokhshan Ramachandran
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)	James Iannuzzi, MD	Iris Liu	Website
University of Central Florida, College of Medicine	Adam Levitt, MD
University of Chicago	Chelsea Dorsey, MD	C hristopher DaSilva
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	Amit Jain, MD	Jacob DeBellis John Stoffer
University of Colorado	Max Wohlauer, MD	President: Nikolai Harroun Vice President: Ali Hakimi
University of Florida College of Medicine	Scott T. Robinson, MD	Carlos Valdes	Twitter
University of Illinois College of Medicine	S cott Ziporin, MD	Justin DesLaurier
University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Samuel C. Tyagi, MD, RPVI, FSVS	President - Olivia Millay Vice President - Sadie Junkins	Website Facebook Twitter
University of Maryland	Sarasijhaa Desikan, MD	Natalie Chao
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine	Kathy Gonzalez, MD	Akshara Sree Challa
University of Michigan	Dawn Coleman, MD	Keith Garber
University of Minnesota	Katherine Hawkins, MD	Joseph Kumka	Website Facebook
University of Missouri - Columbia	Jonathan Bath, MD	John Taaffe	Twitter: @MUVSIG Instagram: @MUVSIG
University of Nebraska Medical Center	Alexey Kamenskiy, PhD Jason MacTaggart, MD	Blake Marmie
University of Oklahoma - Tulsa	Kelly Kempe, MD	Micah Bolin
University of Pennsylvania	Paul J. Foley, MD III
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine	Ulka Sachdev, MD	Antalya Jano	Instagram
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry	Michael C. Stoner, MD	Daniel Lehane	Website VSIG Instagram Integrated Residency Instagram Twitter
University of Southern California - Keck School of Medicine	Kenneth Ziegler, MD	Sebouh Bazikian
University of South Florida	Mary Ottinger, MD	Jessica Cobb	Instagram Twitter
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio	Lori L Pounds, MD	W esley Clothier	Facebook
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School	Bala Ramanan, MD	Amber Altaf
University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)	Michael Silva, MD	Mohammed Abdullah
University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School	Pedro Teixeira, MD Joseph DuBose, MD	Michelle Bach
University of Tennessee Health Science Center	Eric Mitchell, MD	Jonathan Thomas
University of Toronto	Elisa Greco, MD	Audrey Shakespeare
University of Utah School of Medicine	Cali Johnson, MD	Silvia Soule
University of Virginia	William Darrin Clouse, MD Carlin Williams, MD	Matt Schneck
University of Washington	Sara Zettervall, MD	Alejandra Silva Hernandez
Vascular Surgery Interest Group - Fundación Cardioinfantil - IC	Juan Guillermo Barrera Carvajal, MD	Camilo Alejandro Velandia Sánchez	Twitter YouTube
Virginia Commonwealth University	Michael Amendola, MD	Cody A. McIntire	Website
Wake Forest School of Medicine	Gabriela Velazquez, MD, FACS	Lauren West-Livingston	Twitter
Yale Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Interest Group (VE-SIG)	Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar, MD	Valentyna (Valia) Kostiuk Andrew Schwartz	Website