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Robert M. Zwolak, MD, PhD, Professor of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, N.H.,Elected SVS President-Elect
CHICAGO (July 07, 2009) —
Dr. Robert M. Zwolak was elected 2009-2010 president-elect of the Society for Vascular Surgery® (SVS) during the Vascular Annual Meeting® on June 12, 2009. Dr. Zwolak finished his vascular surgery fellowship at the University of Washington in Seattle, Wash. and earned a PhD in Molecular Biology and Pathology from Albany Medical College in Albany, N.Y.
Dr. Zwolak is currently professor of surgery at the Dartmouth Medical School; Chief of Surgery at the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT; director of the Non-Invasive Vascular Laboratory, and an attending vascular surgeon at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH.
“Dr. Zwolak is an expert in health care policy issues and was instrumental in the passage of the SAAAVE Act directing CMS to cover screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms in high-risk Medicare beneficiaries.” said Anton Sidawy, MD, SVS president. “He has dedicated his expertise to positioning SVS as the leading vascular health society in the country. The society is honored to have him in the role of president-elect.”
Dr. Zwolak has served on the SVS Board of Directors since 2003. He is currently serving a second term as Governor of the American College of Surgeons and is a past president of the New England Society for Vascular Surgery. He was elected to two terms on the American Medical Association/Specialty Society Relative Value Update Committee.
He has a special interest in health care policy issues as they relate to vascular surgery and has served for many years as the chair of the SVS Government Relations Committee. He has held several national appointments and currently serves on the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Ambulatory Payment Category Panel.
Dr. Zwolak is currently professor of surgery at the Dartmouth Medical School; Chief of Surgery at the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT; director of the Non-Invasive Vascular Laboratory, and an attending vascular surgeon at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH.
“Dr. Zwolak is an expert in health care policy issues and was instrumental in the passage of the SAAAVE Act directing CMS to cover screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms in high-risk Medicare beneficiaries.” said Anton Sidawy, MD, SVS president. “He has dedicated his expertise to positioning SVS as the leading vascular health society in the country. The society is honored to have him in the role of president-elect.”
Dr. Zwolak has served on the SVS Board of Directors since 2003. He is currently serving a second term as Governor of the American College of Surgeons and is a past president of the New England Society for Vascular Surgery. He was elected to two terms on the American Medical Association/Specialty Society Relative Value Update Committee.
He has a special interest in health care policy issues as they relate to vascular surgery and has served for many years as the chair of the SVS Government Relations Committee. He has held several national appointments and currently serves on the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Ambulatory Payment Category Panel.
About the Society for Vascular Surgery
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is a not-for-profit medical society that seeks to advance excellence and innovation in vascular health through education, advocacy, research and public awareness. SVS is the national advocate for 2,600 vascular surgeons dedicated to the prevention and cure of vascular disease.
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