About Us
The AVS was founded in 2001 as a charitable, educational, and scientific society to promote the field of vascular and endovascular surgery and to enhance the ability to provide vascular care and serve disparate populations.
On behalf of the Alabama Vascular Society (AVS) we would like to invite you to the beautiful Birmingham, Alabama for our Annual Meeting. Please check our Annual Meeting page for event details.
Executive Council


Benjamin Pearce, MD
President (2021), Program Committee MemberTibial revascularization, open thoraco-abdominal reconstruction, complex endovascular reconstruction of aortic disease involving the viscera



Adam Beck, MD
Past President, Secretary, Program DirectorAssociate Professor/Division Director of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)



Mark Patterson, MD
Council MemberAssociate Professor, Chief of Vascular Surgery with a focus in lower extremity occlusive disease, arterial aneurysms


Melanie Rose, MD
Council Member

R. Burton Pfeiffer III, MD
Council Member


Ralph Redd, MD
Past President (2019), Program Chair, TreasurerVascular Surgeon - Montgomery, AL


