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AVAS Committees

Open call for Self-Nominations

In an effort to foster transparency, inclusivity, and to increase institutional diversity, moving forward the AVAS Executive Committee is instituting an open call for self-nominations for committees with open positions.  

The goals and mission for each AVAS committee are described the main AVAS webpage:

https://www.vasurgeons.org/Bylaws

Only active AVAS members are eligible to be considered. Please remember, individuals may only serve on one committee position at a time and members are not eligible to serve on the same committee more than once.  

AVAS strongly encourages and welcomes under-represented minority individuals to apply for committee positions. 

The deadline for self-nomination is April 4, 2025. 

Sincerely,

Danny Chu, MD - AVAS President

Nader Massarweh, MD - AVAS Secretary
 
 
For questions, please contact our Secretary, Nader Massarweh, MD, at nader.nabile.massarweh@emory.edu


ACS Committee on Trauma Representative

Chair:

Amelia Maiga, MD

Nashville, TN

2027

Archives Committee

Chair:

Members:

Kenneth Lipshy, MD

Gordon Telford, MD
Kamal Itani, MD
John L. Tarpley, MD
Walter E. Longo, MD
Vanita Ahuja, MD
Eugene Choi, MD

Salisbury, NC

Milwaukee, WI
West Roxbury, MA
Nashville, TN
West Haven, CT
West Haven, CT
Houston, TX

2026

2026
2025
2025
2026
2027
2027

Audit Committee

Chair:

Members:

Mary Hawn, MD

George Sarosi, MD
Raj Dhupar, MD

Stanford, CA

Gainesville, FL
Pittsburgh, PA

2025

2025
2025

AVAS Foundation

Chair:

Secretary:
Treasurer:

Members:

George Sarosi, MD

Alan Dardik, MD
Jason Johanning, MD

Melissa Perkal, MD
James Maloney, MD
Kathleen Raman, MD

Gainesville, FL

New Haven, CT
Omaha, NE
New Haven, CT
Madison, WI
Boston, MA

2027

2025
2025
2025
2025
2025

Awards Committee

Chair:

Members:

Michael Amendola, MD

Mary Carr, MD
Louisa Pecchioni, MD
Brian Smith, MD
Sherry Wren, MD
Cristina Sanger, MD
Luke Brewster

Richmond, VA

Columbia, MO
Dayton, OH
Long Beach, CA
Stanford, CA
Madison, WI
Atlanta, GA

2026

2026
2026
2025
2025
2027
2027

Bylaws Committee

Chair:

Members:

Daniel Hall, MD

Vivienne Halpern, MD
Konstantin Makris, MD
George Sarosi, MD
Mary Hawn, MD
Hana Mikdachi, MD

Pittsburgh, PA

Phoenix, AZ
Houston, TX
Gainesville, FL
Stanford, CA
Loma Linda, CA

2026

2025
2025
2025
2026
2026

Communications Committee

Chair:

Members:

Edward Jones, MD

Tom Masterson, MD
Viraj Pandit, MD
Heather Evans, MD
Lorraine Cornwell, MD

Aurora, CO

Miami, FL
Fresno, CA
Charleston, SC
Houston, TX

2025

2025
2025
2026
2026

Council of Chiefs of Surgical Service

Chief:

Asst. Chief:

Jason Johanning, MD

Lindsey Goldstein, MD


Omaha, NE

Gainesville, FL

2024

2024

Diversity and Inclusion Committee

Chair:

Members:

Olamide Alabi

Fatima Wilder, MD
Amelia Maiga, MD
Juliet Lopez, MD
Courtney Morgan, MD

Atlanta, GA

West Roxbury, MA
Nashville, TN
Albuquerque, NM
Madison, WI

2025

2025
2025
2026
2026

Local Arrangements Committee

Nader Massarweh, MD
Brian Smith, MD

Atlanta, GA
Newport Beach, CA

2025
2026

Membership Committee

Chair:

Members:





Ex-Officio:

Robert Krouse, MD

Kelly McCoy, MD
Courtney Balentine, MD
Mitchell Sally, MD
Frank Davis, MD
Melissa Abercrombie, MD
Andrew Eppstein, MD
Chris LaRocca, MD


Nader Massarweh

Philadelphia, PA

Pittsburgh, PA
Birmingham, AL
Portland, OR
Ann Arbor, MI
Bay Pines, FL
Indianapolis, IN
Minneapolis, MN


Atlanta, GA

2025

2025
2025
2026
2026
2026
2027
2027


2025

Nominating Committee

Chair:

Members:

Mary Hawn, MD

George Sarosi, MD
Olamide Alabi, MD
Elizabeth Paulus, MD
Eric Marderstein, MD

Stanford, CA

New Haven, CT
Atlanta, GA
Miami, FL
Cleveland, OH

2025

2025
2025
2025
2025

Program Committee

Chair:

Vice-Chair:

Shipra Arya, MD

Brad Schmit, MD
Naixin Kang, MD
Melissa Perkal, MD
Elizabeth Paulus, MD
Mathew Hiro, MD
Jean Marie Ruddy, MD
Dan Eisenberg, MD

Stanford, CA

Gainesville, FL
Miami, FL
New Haven, CT
Miami, FL
Bay Pines, FL
Charleston, SC
Palo Alto, CA

Publications Committee (Ad Hoc)

Chair:
Vice-Chair:

Members:

Gale Tang, MD
James Maloney, MD

Daniel Hall, MD
Vanita Ahuja, MD
Jussuf Kaifi, MD
Nader Massarweh, MD
David Berger, MD
Leila Mureebe, MD
Christopher Larocca, MD
Elizabeth Paulus, MD
Bard Cosman, MD

Seattle, WA
Madison, WI

Pittsburgh, PA
West Haven, CT
Columbia, MO
Atlanta, GA
Brooklyn, NY
Durham, NY
Minneapolis, MN
Miami, FL
San Diego, CA

2026
2026

2026
2026
2026
2026
2025
2025
2027
2027
2027

Ex-Officio:
Ex-Officio:
Ex-Officio:

Danny Chu, MD
Shipra Arya, MD
James Maloney, MD

Pittsburgh, PA
Stanford, CA
Madison, WI

2025
2025
2027

Research Committee

Chair:

Jonathan Mitchem, MD

Emily Spangler, MD
Courtney Balentine, MD
Scott Robinson, MD
Syed Ammer Shah, MD
Tamara McKenzie-Johnson, MD
Nicholas Osborne, MD
Karleen Giannitrapani, MD

Columbia, MO

Birmingham, AL
Madison, WI
Gainesville, FL
Richmond, VA
Atlanta, GA
Ann Arbor, MI
Palo Alto, CA

2026

2025
2025
2026
2026
2026
2027
2027

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