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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.
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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 |
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Albany Medical College | Adriana Laser, MD | Kimberly Vermilya | |
Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Issam Koleilat, MD | Matt Muller | |
Avalon University School of Medicine | Trissa Babrowski, MD | Saad Balamane | |
Baylor College of Medicine | Natasha Hansraj, MD | XinYee Ooi | Group Email |
Boston University School of Medicine | Jeffrey Siracuse, MD | Website | |
Brown - Alpert Medical School | Robert Patterson, MD | Julia Gillette | |
Carle Illinois College of Medicine | Brian Beeman, MD | ||
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 | |
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University | Katherine MCMackin, MD | Meghana Mogalipuvvu | |
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 | ||
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences | Salim Lala, MD | Stephanie Rodriguez | |
Georgetown VSIG | Joshua Dearing, MD | Elonay Yehualshet | |
Harvard Medical School | Lois Owolabi | ||
Houston Vascular Surgery Interest Group | Eric K. Peden, MD | Kaled Diab, MD | |
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 Stritch School of Medicine | Michael Soult, MD | Emily Brettingen | |
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 | Alexis Milton | |
Medical College of Wisconsin | Michael Malinowski, MD, FACS | ||
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 | |||
Ochsner Vascular Surgery Interest Group (O-VSIG) | Charles Leithead, MD, RPVI | Christopher Chow | Website |
Oregon Health & Science University | Khan Nguyen, MD | Ajit Elhance | |
Penn State Hershey College of Medicine | Faisal Aziz, MD | Arjun Agrawal | Facebook |
Ponce Health Sciences University | Rafael Santini, MD | Cayetana Lazcano Etchebarne | |
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 | ||
SUNY Upstate Vascular Surgery Interest Group | Anthony Feghali, MD | Zachary Williams | |
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 | |
Tufts School of Medicine | Payam Salehi, MD | Jeongin Jang | Website |
Tulane University School of Medicine | Nicolas Zea, MD | Gowri Gowda | |
The Ohio State University | Jean Starr, MD | | |
The Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine | Kevin Engledow, MD | Suchit Chidurala | |
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (Middletown Campus) | Jeremiah DiRuzzo, MD | Nicholas Santacroce | |
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 | Website | |
Universidade Estácio de Sá: Liga de Angiologia e de Cirurgia Vascular Estácio de Sá | Adilson Luiz Cunha de Aguiar Mariz, MD | Rafael Coelho | |
UA VSIG (University of Arizona College of Medicine- Tucson) | Kaoru Goshima, MD | Daniel Nguyen | Website |
University of Alabama | Benjamin Pearce, MD | Michael Wang | |
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | Andre Ramdon, MD | Victoria Malak | |
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 | Christopher DaSilva | |
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine | Amit Jain, MD | ||
University of Colorado | Max Wohlauer, MD |
President: Nikolai Harroun Vice President: Ali Hakimi |
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University of Florida College of Medicine | Scott T. Robinson, MD | Carlos Valdes | |
University of Illinois College of Medicine | Scott Ziporin, MD | Justin DesLaurier | |
University of Kentucky College of Medicine | Samuel C. Tyagi, MD, RPVI, FSVS |
President - Olivia Millay Vice President - Sadie Junkins |
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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 | |
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 | |
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry | Michael C. Stoner, MD | Daniel Lehane | |
University of Southern California - Keck School of Medicine | Kenneth Ziegler, MD | Sebouh Bazikian | |
University of South Florida | Mary Ottinger, MD | Jessica Cobb | Instagram |
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio | Lori L Pounds, MD | Wesley Clothier | |
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 | Michelle Bach | ||
University of Tennessee Health Science Center | Eric Mitchell, MD | Jonathan Thomas | |
University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine | Dr. Lyssa Ochoa, MD | Abdulaziz Shammaa | |
University of Toronto | Elisa Greco, MD | Audrey Shakespeare | |
University of Utah School of Medicine | Cali Johnson, MD | Silvia Soule | |
University of Virginia | Matt Schneck | ||
University of Washington | Sara Zettervall, MD | Alejandra Silva Hernandez | |
Vascular Surgery Interest Group - Fundación Cardioinfantil - IC
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Juan Guillermo Barrera Carvajal, MD | Camilo Alejandro Velandia Sánchez | Twitter YouTube |
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine | Joshua Adams | Cole Pieroni | |
Virginia Commonwealth University | |||
Wake Forest School of Medicine | Gabriela Velazquez, MD, FACS | Lauren West-Livingston | |
Yale Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Interest Group (VE-SIG) | Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar, MD | Website |