Residents and Medical Students

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Vascular Surgery Trainees

This area is designed to give Vascular Surgery Trainees direct access to valuable vascular surgery career resources and additional information on the SVS Vascular Surgery Trainee Section.

Section Information | Career Resources | Curriculum Resources | Meetings and Events | Podcasts and Videos | Professional Organizations | Publications | Research Resources | Training Program Resources



SVS Vascular Surgery Trainee Section   

SVS developed the Vascular Surgery Trainee Section to:

  • Help foster a community of vascular surgery trainees
  • Provide representation for vascular surgery trainees within the specialty and SVS
  • Assist vascular surgery trainees in developing leadership skills
  • Improve SVS' activities for vascular surgery trainees
How to Become a Member?

Vascular surgery trainees automatically become members of the Section when they are approved as SVS Candidate Members. Members of the Section are limited to those Candidate members currently enrolled or accepted into accredited vascular surgery residency training programs in the United States and Canada. They will remain Section members until their training is completed. Candidate membership applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Click here for more information or to apply online.

Vascular Surgery Trainee Section Governing Council

The Section's activities are overseen by an eight-member Governing Council that is elected by the Section's members immediately after each Vascular Annual Meeting (except for one Active SVS Member, Dr. Alik Farber, that is appointed by the SVS President). The Governing Council is responsible for carrying out policies and actions items adopted by the Section, as well as directing its agenda and strategies.

2009-2010 SVS Vascular Surgery Trainee Section Governing Council

  • Luke Brewster, MD, Emory University, Decatur, GA, First Year Fellow, Training Completion Date: 2011, Co-Chair 
  • Carolyn Glass, MD, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, R3 Vascular Resident, Training Completion Date: 2013, Co-Chair 
  • Randall R. De Martino, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, PGY-3 Vascular Surgery, Training Completion Date: 2013
  • Heather Hall, MD, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, First Year Fellow, Training Completion Date: 2011
  • David S. Kauvar, MD, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, First Year Fellow, Training Completion Date: 2011
  • Angela Kokkosis, MD, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, PGY-1 Vascular Surgery, Training Completion Date: 2014
  • Peter Kreishman, MD, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, First Year Fellow, Training Completion Date: 2011

Dr. Alik Farber, Boston University School of Medicine, serves as the SVS Active Member on the Vascular Surgery Trainee Governing Council.

Career Resources   

Curriculum Resources   

Meetings and Events   

Podcasts and Videos   

2008 Vascular Annnual Meeting sessions:

2009 Vascular Annual Meeting sessions:

Professional Organizations   

Publications   

Research Resources   

Training Program Resources   


 

Updated August 2009

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