• Rabih Chaer, MD, Chair
• Chris Abularrage, MD
• Brian DeRubertis, MD
• Guillermo Escobar, MD
• Katherine Gallagher, MD
• Mounir Haurani, MD
• Benjamin Lerner, MD
• Patrick O'Brien, MD
• Christopher Owens, MD
• Joseph Ricotta, MD
• Geoffrey Risley, MD
• Adnan Rizvi, MD
• Raymond Shaheen, MD
• Majid Tayyarah, MD
• Ravi Veeraswamy, MD
• Grace Wang, MD
• Emily Kalata, Staff Liaison

Scope of Work

• Monitor issues of special concern to members in the first five years of practice and advise
  Society for Vascular Surgery® (SVS) leadership on ways the Society can better meet the needs of this membership constituency

2012-2013 Charges

• Identify educational, practice management, and other needs of young vascular surgeons
• Develop leadership training and mentor programs for young surgeons through collaboration with the Fellows Council and other relevant Committees
• Identify ways to improve young vascular surgeon representation within the SVS' leadership and committee structure
• Identify ways to increase the number of Candidate members among Active members
• Identify ways to improve communication and interaction among young vascular surgeons, fellows, residents, and medical students
• Develop Vascular Annual Meeting® educational programming and networking activities for young vascular surgeons and trainees
• Develop online practice memos on topics addressing the needs of young vascular surgeons and fellows
• Address unique challenges faced by young surgeons through SVS communications venues including Journal for Vascular Surgery®, Vascular Specialist, VascularWeb.org®, Vascular Annual Meeting, etc.
• Collaborate with the Resident and Student Outreach Committee, Women's Leadership Committee, and the Diversity and Inclusion Committee to recruit students and residents into vascular surgery
• Collaborate with other Committees / Councils on programs and products directed at young vascular surgeons

Updated June 2012