AVF Leadership

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Vein Specialist: Welcoming President Iafrati, PIT Wins

Apr 6, 2026
This issue welcomes Dr Mark Iafrati as AVF's new president, highlighting his academic and clinical background at Vanderbilt,...
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AVF Presidential Session: Society Updates and Leadership

Mar 3, 2026
This Presidential Session opened with updates from AVF's journal, international, SVS, and AVLS leadership, covering rising su...
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AVF Names Chief Scientific Advisor; VECC and VTE Survey Recap

Oct 21, 2025
AVF names Brajesh Lal, MD its first Chief Scientific Advisor to guide research strategy and grant development. The issue reca...
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EMBOLIZE Trial Launch and AVF's New President Sets 2026 Vision

Jun 16, 2025
This issue highlights the EMBOLIZE trial, a multicenter randomized study testing ovarian and pelvic vein embolization against...
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New AVF President Raffetto and Lymphedema Garment Coverage Update

Apr 8, 2025
This issue introduces incoming AVF President Joseph Raffetto, MD, sharing his family background, AVF history, and vision for...
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AVF Awards and Presidential Address: Level Five Leadership

Feb 19, 2025
The AVF Founders Awards, Distinguished Fellow honors, and presidential citations recognize members for decades of contributio...
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AVF Names Forbes CEO, Spotlights Exchange Member Benefit

Jul 30, 2024
This issue announces that AVF's Executive Committee has re-titled John Forbes, its Executive Director of 5 years, as Chief Ex...
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Comparing Iliofemoral Thrombectomy Devices and AVF Advocacy Wins

Jul 29, 2024
This issue compares four mechanical thrombectomy devices, EKOS, Indigo Lightning Bolt, Inari ClotTriever/RevCore, and JETi, u...
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Vein Specialist Newsletter Introduces New AVF President

Apr 12, 2024
This issue's editor's letter uses the idea of bursting bubbles to reflect on AVF's best-attended annual meeting and the value...
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President's Session: AVF Leadership, Awards, and Research Vision

Mar 5, 2024
This President's Session opened with reports from the Journal of Vascular Surgery Venous and Lymphatic, the membership commit...
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Sumner Session: Panel Wisdom On Leadership And Mentorship

Mar 4, 2024
Honoring past AVF president David S. Sumner, this session gathers senior venous leaders for an open panel on leadership devel...
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IVUS Roundtable, Leadership Program, and Medicare Update

Jan 26, 2024
This issue reports on a multispecialty roundtable published jointly by SCAI, SIR, and SVS on intravascular ultrasound use in...
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AVF Leadership, Pediatric Lymphedema Champions, and Grant Winners

May 25, 2023
This issue of Vein Specialist introduces the 2023 AVF Board of Directors and Executive Committee, led by President Glenn Jaco...
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Cancer Thrombosis DOAC Update and the AVF President's Message

May 25, 2023
This issue of Vein Specialist covers two major topics. A clinical review traces how direct oral anticoagulants such as edoxab...
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VENOUS2023 Recap: New AVF President and Strandness Keynote Highlights

Mar 24, 2023
This issue of Vein Specialist recaps VENOUS2023, the American Venous Forum's annual meeting themed One World Many Voices. It...
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22 min read

Vein Specialist Newsletter: Healthy Veins Book, Nov 2022

Nov 18, 2022
This November 2022 issue of Vein Specialist opens with messages from Editor-in-Chief Steve Elias and AVF President William Ma...
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Inside AVF Leadership: Boards, Committees, and Grants

May 1, 2022
This May/June 2022 Leadership issue introduces the full 2022 AVF Board of Directors and its 21 active committees, then gather...
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AVF Presidential Session: Committee Reports and Leadership

Feb 25, 2022
This presidential session reviewed a year of American Venous Forum committee work, including expanded research grants with Bo...
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President's Session: Research Grants, Awards and Policy

Mar 19, 2021
This President's Session opened with Jobst Research Grant updates: Andrea Obi's mouse studies of a Pai one inhibitor that shi...
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AVF Sumner Session: Governance, Guidelines and Accreditation

Mar 18, 2021
This Sumner Session opened with an overview of the AVF mission and nearly 800 members, followed by a strategic plan update sh...

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