• Anil Hingorani, MD, Chair
• Manuel Garcia-Toca, MD
• Yara Gorski, MD
• Fernando Joglar, MD
• Walaya Methodius-Rayford, MD
• Krish Soundararajan, MD
• Angelika Vouyouka, MD
• Karen Woo, MD
• Emily Kalata, Staff Liaison

Scope of Work

• Develop Society for Vascular Surgery® (SVS) programs to address minority issues in vascular surgery

2011-2012 Charges

• Collaborate with the Public and Professional Outreach Committee to develop and implement strategy and provide direction to develop resources to educate SVS members, the public, and referring physicians about vascular disease in minority populations
• Identify ways to improve minority representation in SVS leadership positions
• Develop leadership training for minority members
• Address minority health issues and the challenges faced by minority vascular surgeons through SVS communications venues including Journal of Vascular Surgery®, Vascular Specialist, VascularWeb.org®, Vascular Annual Meeting®, etc.
• Collaborate with the Student and Resident Recruitment Committee to recruit minority physicians into vascular surgery, addressing unique needs of practicing minority surgeons

Updated July 2011