Executive Committee
Adam Beck, MD
PresidentProfessor and Division Director of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
Graeme McFarland, MD
Decatur, ALSurgical Associates of North Alabama
Marc Passman, MD
Birmingham, ALProfessor, Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Therapy, Department of Surgery, UAB
Mark Patterson, MD
Birmingham, ALProfessor and Chief of Vascular Surgery at the Birmingham VA Hospital
Benjamin Pearce, MD
Past President, Annual Meeting Program DirectorAssociate Professor, Director, Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency & Fellowship Programs at University of Alabama (UAB)
Melanie Rose, MD
Council MemberVascular Surgeon, UAB Medical
Emily Spangler, MD, MS
Birmingham, ALVascular Surgeon, UAB, Birmingham VA Medical Center, Clinical Outcomes Researcher
Danielle Sutzko, MD, MS
Birmingham, ALAssistant Professor, Associate Program Director, Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency, UAB
2026 Faculty
Zachary K. Baldwin, MD
Jackson, MSClinical Professor, Vascular Surgery, University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Brent Bernstein, DPM
Fort Myers, FLCo-Director Limb Salvage and Preservation Program, Lee Health
Juliet Blakeslee-Carter, MD
Birmingham, ALVascular Surgery Integrated Resident, Heersink School of Medicine - University of Alabama at Birmingham
Joseph Chitwood, MD
Birmingham, ALVascular Surgery Integrated Resident, Heersink School of Medicine - University of Alabama at Birmingham
Daniela De Lima, MD
Birmingham, ALAssistant Professor of Medicine - Infectious Diseases, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Brian DeRubertis, MD, FACS
New York, NYLeon C. Hirsch Professor & Chief, Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine
Glenn E. Esses, MD
Mobile, ALClinical Associate Professor of Surgery, University of South Alabama; Owner, Vascular Center of Mobile
Brian Fletcher, MD
Florence, ALVascular Surgeon, North Alabama Medical Center & Shoals Hospital
William Foster Gaillard Jr., MD
North Charleston, SCRoper St. Francis Physician Partners Vascular Surgery
Jason R. Hanft, DPM, FACFAS
South Miami, FLCEO/Founder, Defender; Director of Research, Doctors Research Network; Podiatric Foot Surgeon, The Foot & Ankle Institute of South Florida
Margaret Johnson, MD
Birmingham, ALVascular Surgery Integrated Resident, Heersink School of Medicine - University of Alabama at Birmingham
Matthew Kelly, MD
Birmingham, ALCo-Medical Director, Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine
Nicole Lohr, MD, PhD, FACC
Birmingham, ALDirector, Division of Cardiovascular Disease & Co-Director, UAB Medicine Cardiovascular Institute (CVI); Director, Comprehensive Cardiovascu
Miguel F. Manzur, MD
Los Angeles, CAAssistant Professor of Surgery, Vascular Surgery
Austin Mishko, DPM
Fort Myers, FLLEE PHYSICIAN GROUP Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine
Jarrad Rowse, MD
Birmingham, ALassistant professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy
Marcos Schechter, MD
Atlanta, GAAssistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine
Mrinal Shukla, MD
Jackson, MSVascular Surgeon, Associate Professor, The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Andrew Soo Hoo, MD
Augusta, GAClinical Assistant Professor, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Medical College of Georgia (Augusta University)
Gabriela A. Velazquez, MD, FACS
Winston-Salem, NCAssociate Professor of Surgery & Vice Chair, Vascular Surgery; Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship Program, Wake Forest School of Medicine