2016 ANNUAL REPORT

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Message from the SVS Foundation Chair

Bruce A. Perler, MD Chair, SVS Foundation Innovation is integral to our specialty SVS members were and continue to be pioneers in developing inventions and techniques: Dr. Denton Cooley used a muscle flap to patch an aorta; Dr. Thomas Fogarty created the Fogarty catheter, which transformed the management of acute ischemia; Dr. Arthur Voorhees revolutionized vascular surgery with a synthetic artery, and Dr. Juan Parodi led the endovascular revolution. These vascular surgery innovators, along with many others, have played pivotal roles in saving or improving the lives of vascular patients throughout the years.

WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF THESE GIANTS. These developments remind each and every one of us that to thrive and advance, to maintain vascular surgery’s position as the leaders in vascular care, we must fund research that leads to the next new breakthroughs. These translate to our ultimate goal: improved patient care.

Your contributions to the SVS Foundation are vital to this continuation. The SVS Foundation typically presents basic and clinical research grants to vascular surgeons early in their careers to promote research skill development and create a foundation for significant life-long research accomplishments as grant-winners’ careers mature. With our support and backing, many of these innovators have secured significant government funding needed to continue with their research.

As a longtime supporter of the Foundation, I am proud to serve as this year’s chair. I encourage you to donate for the first time or to continue with your past support. Those who give $10,000 or more throughout their lifetimes are part of a select group, the SVS Foundation Legacy Program. These generous contributors have led and continue to lead the specialty to ensure funds are available to develop the brightest vascular researchers within our ranks.

The 2016 SVS Foundation Annual Appeal is underway and needs your contributions. This is your chance to make a significant difference in not only our future but that of our patients. Years from now, donations made today will still be working, via the creativity of the innovative researchers—tomorrow’s giants—whom we support.

You may make your donation to the SVS Foundation at SVSFoundationSite.org. Please help us to ensure our future by making your donation today.

Bruce A. Perler, MD Chair, SVS Foundation Five Facts About the SVS Foundation

The SVS Foundation and its predecessors, the Lifeline Foundation and the American Vascular Association, have been awarding Did You Know? basic and clinical research grants to promising vascular surgeon 1 scientists for more than 30 years. Millions have been awarded, with the goal of a greater understanding of vascular disease, potential cures—and improved patient health.

The SVS Foundation is the only organization solely devoted to supporting multiple awards in vascular research. You may support other charities, but this one is laser-focused only 2 on vascular research, both basic and clinical. Your donations are vitally important to improving outcomes for our vascular patients.

SVS Foundation grants show an outstanding return on investment. SVS Foundation grants pack quite a punch: Vascular scientists who have been awarded K grants have received millions more in 3 subsequent NIH and VA funding; in fact, the most recent statistics show a more that four-fold return on investment. GIANT: Our grants create a legacy of mentoring that fosters future leaders. Dr. Michael Though time and money to focus on research is a vitally important benefit, the mentoring winners receive is similarly invaluable. DeBakey 4 This guidance from more seasoned SVS members helps award winners move up within the specialty and mentor the next generation. Dr. Michael DeBakey HERE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES: Dr. Scott Berceli received direction pioneered the use of from Drs. Alexander Clowes and Frank LoGerfo; he now mentors Dacron grafts, which he Dr. Salvatore Scali. Dr. William Pearce provided career guidance to first developed with his Dr. B. Timothy Baxter, mentor of Dr. Willow Head, a 2016 Student wife’s sewing machine, Research Fellowship winner, and also Dr. Iraklis I. Pipinos. and in 1988 served as the SVS Foundation’s president. He famously Our ultimate goal is quality patient care. treated ex-President We fund research that has a purpose - better patient care and im- Richard Nixon for a leg proved outcomes. SVS Foundation grants address the clinical prob- thrombosis. DeBakey lems that vascular surgeons see every day. Research and innovation debated whether or 5 not to bill Nixon, but brings us full circle—back into the clinic and the OR with better treatments to prevent and cure vascular disease. in the end, sent him a “generous” bill, which was promptly paid. The giants of vascular surgery knew that research is Dr. DeBakey served the backbone of our specialty. In the past seven years, as one of our early the percentage of donations from individuals has in- presidents. creased, but your assistance is vitally necessary. Please contribute to the SVS Foundation today. Visit SVSFoundationSite.org

2 You Make Why Your Gift a Difference Is So Important

ou know the impact you have had on your patients—longer, healthier lives, more chances to see a grandchild born, to attend Ya wedding, to walk around the block with an old friend. Those results are what make the years of preparation and long days in the OR all worth it. But those happy outcomes are due not just to surgical skills, but to innovation and research. From loops, clamps, catheters, grafts and stents, to non-invasive testing, new surgeries, new therapies and so much more, research was and remains integral to continued progress and new discoveries.

The SVS Foundation devotes itself to funding vascular research—both clinical and basic—that will help save our generation and the ones to follow.

Your help is vital to our success and to the continued success of vascular GIANT: surgery and the overall care of patients with vascular disease. Arthur

Voorhees Please keep your money in circulation. Donate:

c To improve patient care and eliminate death and disability from vascular disease “It would be a mistake to think that the c To maintain our position as leaders, pioneers development of and innovators in vascular disease new products, new capabilities and new c To increase our “return on investment,” whereby approaches is in a phase SVS Foundation grants lead to other national of diminishing returns. grants and continued research Significant problems and challenges are c To develop future Society leaders, through the still there, waiting continuing circle of mentoring for the confluence of imaginative brains and technology.”

Voorhees created an SVS giant Dr. Arthur Voorhees, who created a graft on his wife’s arterial prosthesis from sewing machine, well knew the value of research and that problems a silk handkerchief would always need solutions. In 1985, he said:

“ Research is needed to create that confluence, to solve problems and meet challenges.”

Please contribute today. Tomorrow’s giants are counting on you.

SVS FOUNDATION | 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 3 Leaving a legacy

Dr. William H. Pearce Vascular surgeon, researcher and Make Giving Critical SVS Foundation donor Dramatic Changes Because innovation and scientific advancements are critical to the future of vascular surgery and, ultimately, to the care of vascular patients, research is a crucial first step.

That philosophy helps drive Dr. William H. Pearce’s continued contributions over the course of his career. Dr. Pearce is a longtime vascular surgeon, researcher and SVS Foundation donor.

“When I started my career in 1982, I did not envision the dramatic changes that would occur in my lifetime,” said Dr. Pearce. Back then, he noted, “Rutherford’s Vascular Surgery” was a single volume and just 1,400 pages long, compared to more than 2,700 pages in two volumes today.

Vascular research, he said, helps us lead change in the directions we choose, acquire new knowledge, develop new skills and demonstrate the SVS’ commitment to excellence. All this is important to the specialty and to patients, he said.

Dr. Pearce belongs to an elite group, the Director’s Circle of the SVS Founda- tion Legacy Program, whose members have made impressive contributions during their lifetimes and are honored for their generosity and commitment in perpetuity.

Giving is a necessity, he said. “Philanthropy has been the bedrock of consis- tent funding for vascular surgery,” said Dr. Pearce. “The development of new knowledge is primarily funded by government sources and philanthropy, and depending on the economy, government sources may vary dramatically.”

A side benefit of SVS Foundation grants is their impact on the researchers themselves, he said. “Grants launch the careers of promising surgeons who have gone on to get additional grants and become leaders in our societies and their institutions.”

And this success gets noticed, raising the visibility of vascular surgery within home institutions as well as among national surgical associations, he said, adding, “It gives us credibility.”

The visibility, the credibility, the innovations and SVS’ emerging leaders. Each is a reason to give, Dr. Pearce said. But perhaps most important of all, he added, “our patients.”

4 Automatic giving option now available

So Many Our diverse family of supporters includes individuals, societies, corporations and foundations. Collectively, they enable the svs foundation to fulfill its mis- Ways to Give sion to support the next generation of surgeon-scientists.

The SVS Foundation makes it easy to be part of this vital effort that ultimately improves patient care—and this year has introduced a “recurring payment” to contribute at predictable intervals. Here’s how to give. IMMEDIATE GIVING: Donate via check* or credit card; even contribute to the Foundation while paying other SVS invoices! You can opt to give a certain amount monthly, quarterly or annually or make a one-time contribution. c Visit vascular.org/foundation-donation to make an immediate one-time or recurring gift. c When paying another SVS invoice on vascular.org (which can be found by logging in to vascular.org/invoices), add the amount you’d like to donate where it says “Please consider making a gift to the following funds.” Then check out and pay the invoice (the donation will be added to your total)— that’s all there is to it! c When making donations online, be sure to visit vascular.org/my-account to make sure your contact information is up-to-date. We want to be sure to rec- GIANT: ognize you for your gift.

Dr. Allan Callow PLEDGES FOR FUTURE SUPPORT: Spread your donation out over a period of years to create a timetable that works best for you. How? Start the process by contacting SVS Foundation Executive Director Patricia Burton, pburton@ Dr. Allan Callow was a vascularsociety.org. pioneer in the process of developing the carotid PLANNED GIVING: This strategy—which includes special recognition by the endarterectomy and SVS Foundation—helps donors maximize the personal benefits of their charita- ble giving and makes extraordinary gifts possible. There are a number of ways was one of the early to take advantage of this option, including: leaders in endothelial cell seeding of vascular c Will/Revocable Trust c Charitable Lead Trust prostheses. In the c Charitable Remainder Trust c Charitable Gift Annuities c Life Insurance c Estate Trust 1980s, he was elected the founding president View the benefits and details of the different methods, plus other specifics on of the International planned giving, at www.vsweb.org/PlannedGiving. Donors also may contact Society for Applied Patricia Burton, at [email protected]. Cardiovascular Biology, which sought to close the gap between the “Which of the operations we are doing today will be the discards of the science of vascular next decade? What is needed is knowledge, and such knowledge will biology and the practice be provided by the young amongst us and those yet to come.” of medicine. He also - ALLAN CALLOW, 1987 served as our president Please contribute today to support a giant of tomorrow. in 1986.

*Donations by check must be made out to the SVS Foundation and must be mailed to: 35312 Eagle Way, Chicago, IL, 60678-1353. Your contribution may be tax-deductible. Please contact your tax advisor for assistance. The SVS Foundation Tax ID Number is: 04-3580038. To make gifts of securities, please call 312-334-2300.

SVS FOUNDATION | 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 5 Salvatore Scali, MD Nathaniel Parker University of Florida Kansas City University of Medicine PROJECT: Biologic Determinants of and Biosciences Frailty-Influencing Outcomes of Elective Complications and retrieval rates of Suprarenal and Thoracoabdominal Aortic inferior vena cava filters, a single-center 2016 Aneurysm Repair retrospective study SVS Foundation SPONSOR: Dr. Robert Carter Student Research Zachary Leland Chalfant Whaley Award Winners University of Alabama at Birmingham Fellowship Award School of Medicine Fatmata Bah Using preoperative anatomical features SUNY Upstate Medical University to form a method of indication for College of Medicine postoperative endoleak, sac expansion, and non sac regression in EVAR patients PROJECT: The Role of STAT Proteins in TSP-1 Mediated Regulation of SPONSOR: Dr. Benjamin J. Pearce Mentored Clinical Scientist Research MicroRNA miR-7~92 cluster Career Development Award (K08) Greg Zahner SPONSOR: Dr. Vivian Gahtan Co-sponsored by the American University of California San Francisco School of Medicine College of Surgeons: John Carter Mediators of Endothelial Dysfunction University of Nebraska Medical Center, in Veterans with PTSD: Specific Pro- Karen Ho, MD Premature smooth muscle cell phenotype Resolving Mediators and Resolution of Northwestern University Feinberg switch in Marfan syndrome School of Medicine Inflammation SPONSOR: Dr. Jason M. Johanning PROJECT: The Role of Gut Microbiota SPONSOR: Dr. S. Marlene Grenon in Neointimal Hyperplasia After Ryan S. Cousins Vascular Injury Eastern Virginia Medical School E.J. Wylie Traveling Fellowship Determining Patient Risk Factors Vascular Research Associated with Quicker Progression Initiatives Conference Matthew Smeds, MD of the Advancement of Popliteal Artery University of Arkansas for Aneurysms (PAAs) in the 2-3cm Range Trainee Travel Medical Sciences SPONSOR: Dr. Jean M. Panneton Scholarship

Resident Research Prize Willow Head Duy Minh Ha, BS University of Wisconsin Madison University of Nebraska Medical Center Trenton Foster, MD Macrophage phenotype (M1 vs. M2) ABSTRACT TITLE: Revascularization Yale University School of Medicine in aneurysm tissue but not Supervised Exercise Therapy PROJECT: EphB-4 Inhibits Arteriovenous SPONSOR: Dr. B. Timothy Baxter Prevents Progression of Fibrosis in Fistula Maturation via Akt1 the Gastrocnemius of Patients with Frances Hu Peripheral Artery Disease while Wylie Scholar Award Emory University School of Medicine Improving Limb Function Co-sponsored by Vascular Cures Outcomes following Endovascular versus Medical Management for Acute Type B Cindy Huynh, MD Ryan McEnaney, MD Aortic Dissection Beth Israel Deaconess Medical University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Center Harvard Medical School SPONSOR: Dr. Ravi Veeraswamy PROJECT TITLE: Purinergic Signaling and ABSTRACT TITLE: Development of a Arteriogenesis Hybrid Cryogel-coated Prosthetic Brianna M. Krafcik University of Toledo College of Medicine Vascular Graft for Delivery of Targeted Gene Therapies Clinical Research Seed Grants Evaluation of Readmissions within One Year Following Open and Endovascular Lorena Gonzalez, MD Alban Longchamp, MD Intervention for Critical Limb Ischemia State University of New York Upstate Harvard School of Public Health Medical University College of Medicine SPONSOR: Dr. Jeffrey J Siracuse ABSTRACT TITLE: Angiogenesis Is PROJECT: Identifying a Practical Office- Triggered by Nutrient Deprivation based Frailty Assessment for Preoperative Valerie M. Mai Via Gcn2/atf4-dependent Regulation Evaluation of Patients with Peripheral Eastern Virginia Medical School Of Vegf And H2s Production Arterial Disease Intraoperative predictors of postoperative renal failure after Endovascular Aneurysm Andrew S. Kimball, MD Misty D. Humphries, MD, MAS, RPVI Repair (EVAR) for Abdominal Aortic University of Michigan University of California Davis Aneurysms (AAA) ABSTRACT TITLE: Epigenetically Medical Center SPONSOR: Dr. Gordon K. Stokes Altered TLR4 Expression May PROJECT: Developing Comprehensive Contribute to Increased Inflammation Care for Patients with Lower Extremity Katherine Owen and Impaired Wound Healing in a Ulcers Through Telemedicine University of South Carolina Murine Model of Diabetes Tension-induced protease expression in the murine abdominal aorta can be modified by concurrent IL-6 stimulation through the STAT3 pathway SPONSOR: Dr Jean Marie Ruddy 6 Meet four of our SVS Foundation grant winners, each with a different focus, but a shared passion for research. 2016 GRANT WINNERS A fascination with space and a focus on patient health

few years ago, Marlene Grenon faced a big career decision—pursue vascular A surgery or continue as a finalist to become a Canadian astronaut. In the end, she chose academic surgery. “This was the best way to incorporate all my passions,” she said.

The Quebec native has always had an interest in space travel as well as medicine, and that eventually led her to a mentor who helped her combine her two interests: Dr. Marlene Grenon former NASA astronaut Millie Hughes-Fulford, PhD., who Associate professor of surgery, University had been researching omega 3s and cancer. of California, San Francisco

“I have always been inspired by women surgeons and 2011 CLINICAL SEED GRANT AWARD: scientists,” said Dr. Grenon. “I am very interested in health, Relations Between Dietary Fatty Acids nutrition and healthier living, and for patients with claudi- Consumption and Peripheral Arterial cation, it’s all about making them healthier. Disease (PAD). 2014 K23 AWARD: “My guiding focus is on where space medicine meets Effects of Fish Oil on Inflammation and vascular surgery. I want to optimize health on earth and in Vascular Function in Claudicants space. Nutrition is very important in space. And we now know that astronauts are at increased risk of cardiovas- cular disease. Understanding the vascular system, the micro- gravity environment, nutrition and PAD is really important.” The researcher, surgeon and busy mother of four also still hopes to be an astronaut someday, perhaps in a In her current research project, Dr. Grenon hopes to clar- private space program. ify the role that polyunsaturated fats play in inflammation in patients with peripheral artery disease. In the current But one thing she won’t be doing—taking fish oil herself. phase, patients take 4.4 grams of fish oil per day for three She is allergic. months and will be analyzed for vascular function.

The 2014 SVS Foundation grant was one of the biggest contributions to her career, she says. She hopes to one day to follow up with a National Institutes of Health R01 grant, a major NASA grant.

8 2016 GRANT WINNERS

One of his most inspiring mentors was Dr. Larry Hollier, “truly a vascular giant,” said Dr. Bazan. “We did some amazing cases together. His positive attitude even in dire situations was a great example of optimistic forward thinking.”

After Dr. Bazan moved over to Ochsner Health System in New Orleans, LA., he found the opportunity to establish a carotid biobank of plaque tissue and serum of patients with asymptomatic carotid disease as well as those who had an acute event.

In 2014 he earned an SVS Foundation Clinical Research Seed Grant to study the mechanisms of plaque rupture.

“What is great and unique about the SVS Clinical Seed Grants is that they are a funding mechanism for someone like me, a full-time practicing vascular surgeon,” he said. “This grant allows those of us who have busy clinical prac- Dr. Hernan Bazan tices to form strong research collaborations while main- Assistant director, Ochsner Clinic taining a full-time practice.” Foundation Program If all goes well with his research collaborators, says Dr. 2014 CLINICAL RESEARCH SEED GRANT RECIPIENT: Bazan, they will have a better understanding of why some Biomarkers in Carotid Plaque Rupture patients have strokes and heart attacks, while others don’t.

“We are hoping to decipher key molecular differences that could target the changes in ruptured carotid plaques,” he Innovation can said, “so that therapies could be designed for stabilization.” The SVS Foundation Seed Grant has been instrumental to helping them identify unique serum changes in small grow anywhere molecules called non-coding RNAs, which led to a patent you plant a application early in 2016. Dr. Bazan was born in Argentina and his family moved seed grant to New Orleans when he was in grade school. Perhaps because both of his parents are scientists, he learned early the value of research and is a not just a grant recip- hy does one patient with carotid ient, but a committed supporter of the SVS Foundation. disease have a stroke, while another has no symptoms at all? “The SVS Foundation is critically important to our field of W vascular surgery,” he explained, “not only to push new It’s a mystery that baffles many, and it’s one knowledge research forward but to keep SVS a leader in that Dr. Hernan Bazan is determined to solve. translational research.”

During his vascular surgery fellowship at Yale, he was hit with the research bug while talking with Dr. Alan Dardik about that phenomenon. Even though Dr. Bazan was head- ing into clinical practice, he wanted to find the answer.

SVS FOUNDATION | 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 9 2016 GRANT WINNERS Foundation K08 Grant Leads to Additional Funding, Findings

r. Iraklis Pipinos’ research perfectly illustrates two key SVS Foundation D hopes and expectations: that a K08 or K23 award free up time to focus on a particular project and that this work eventually leads to more funding from the National Institutes of Health and other agencies. Dr. Iraklis Pipinos For his 2005 K08 Award, Dr. Pipinos proposed to develop University of Nebraska Medical Center, a mouse model for PAD myopathy. With that grant, for five Omaha, Nebraska years he and his colleagues were able to focus fully on K08 AWARD, 2005: hypotheses and questions, developing new approaches Mitochondriopathy of Chronically and new research methodology. Ischemic Muscle

Early steps led to new findings, to research on both ani- mal and human tissues and to new possibilities. Those, in turn, led to more than $10 million in subsequent funding He draws inspiration and guidance from several mentors, from two National Institutes of Health grants. including Drs. D. Emerick Szilagy, Calvin Ernst, Alexander Shepherd and Daniel Reddy, Jae Cho and Timothy Nypaver, “This award essentially helped me shape the research all at Henry Ford Hospital, and Drs. B. Timothy Baxter and focus for what will probably be my entire academic George Casale at the University of Nebraska. He pays it career,” he said of the SVS Foundation award. “It made a forward, offering research guidance to students from high huge difference.” school all the way to surgery residents and junior faculty members. His team hopes to understand the mechanisms to con- nect blockages in the blood vessels to the progressive Research is his passion, and his wife and five children are accumulation of damage in all the tissues of the leg, his heart. But his patients—many of them veterans—are especially the muscles. Eventual understanding of these his inspiration and the ultimate reason for his life’s work. mechanisms will help them develop new therapies and Dr. Pipinos marvels at their willingness to participate in personalized approaches to care of patients with PAD, Dr. research, “even though they may not benefit at all, just in Pipinos said. case it will benefit someone else.”

His love of research emerged while attending medical “That’s amazing. I feel very honored to be their doctor, and to school in Greece. A requested presentation involved do research with them and for them.” reviewing research studies, “and I immediately knew that I wanted to be one of those people who do their best to find new things and understand how the good Lord created us.”

10 2016 GRANT WINNERS Mentors lead to grants, which lead to more mentors and more grants

oundation gifts are not just the first link in a chain of additional grants. Gift awards Fare also early links to mentors whose crucial guidance can make all the difference. Dr. Luke Brewster is a case in point. Dr. Luke Brewster Because he won a Resident Research Prize in 2005, Assistant professor, Emory University; Dr. Luke Brewster followed his passion into vascular staff surgeon, Atlanta VA Hospital surgery and research. RESIDENT RESEARCH PRIZE, 2005 “In residency I had great mentors in vascular surgery, K08 GRANT 2014-19: (Drs.) Bill Baker, Fred Littooy, Ashraf Mansour and Howard Molecular Mechanism of Disturbed Greisler,” he said. “I fell in love with vascular surgery Flow in Arterial Stiffening because of them and the ability to care for patients with medicine, needles and wires and open surgery.”

The SVS resident award led to more mentors. Dr. Brewster Dr. Brewster earned a K08 grant in 2014 and because was introduced to surgeon-scientists who taught him of that grant he can pay for his time in the lab where he to think like a scientist and researcher. This experience researches artery stiffness and the signaling pathways also helped Dr. Brewster match into Emory’s vascular that alter blood flow. surgery fellowship under Dr. Elliot Chaikof. These rela- tionships led to many others who taught him how to Now Dr. Brewster’s journey has led him to working not only write grants that succeed. with vascular surgeons but also biomedical engineers from Georgia Tech. And even though he has numerous appoint- “Drs. Melina Kibbe and Alan Dardik went above and ments, research work and seven children under age 17 beyond to share with me how to construct research time (let’s pause a minute and think about that) he has found in an academic setting,” he said. “Dr. Iraklis Pipinos came time to work with medical student researchers as well. to Atlanta to figure out the ins and outs of the anatomy of my pig model and Drs. Scott Berceli and Paula Shireman “I treat that time as a privilege,” he said, “and I hope some- helped me immensely with my grantsmanship, which led day to be as polished as a mentor as the people who to my KO8 award. In fact there have been so many people mentored me.” who have helped me, and their plates were not only fuller than mine, but so much bigger as well. I am just so grate- ful of their precious time and energy.”

SVS FOUNDATION | 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 11 Percent of Percent of donations total donations 2016 go directly contributed by to support individuals SVS Foundation 90 awards 8 Fiscal Year 2% for administration up 3 Highlights percent 8% for fundraising ( since 2015

27% Society & Foundation 22 contributions * Percent of $5,679,749 Foundation 51% Total liabilities and equity 100 income Percent of SVS Foundation contributed from Board members who are by individuals corporate contributors & departments support * Includes cash, investments and value of pledges for future support

A Sincere ‘Thank You’ Recognizing to our Contributors Gifts Given from March 31, Corporate Contributors 2015, through April 1, 2016

Surgery Department Contributors Society Contributors The Iowa Clinic, P.C. American College of Surgeons University of Massachusetts Medical Eastern Vascular Society Center, Division of Vascular and Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society Endovascular Surgery New England Society for Vascular Surgery Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery Foundation Contributors Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Society Edwards Vascular Foundation Western Vascular Society von Liebig Foundation

12 he SVS Foundation honors Legacy Program contributors Tfor their lifetime support of vascular clinical and academic SVS Foundation research, and the careers of vascular scientists. Legacy Program Contributors Founder’s Circle Benefactor’s Circle ($500,000 – plus) ($10,000 – $24,999)

American College of Surgeons John Abele, MD Anonymous Donor Ali AbuRahma, MD Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson II K. Ramesh Adiga, MD von Liebig Foundation Samuel S. Ahn, MD Dennis F. Bandyk, MD Robert C. Batson, MD Chairman’s Circle B. Timothy Baxter, MD ($100,000 – $499,999) John J. Bergen, MD Victor M. Bernhard, MD Edwards Vascular Foundation Allan D. Callow, MD James DeBord, MD Joseph E. Carney, MD Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society Patrick G. Clagett, MD Peter and Karen Lawrence Jon R. Cohen, MD GIANT: E. Stanley Crawford, MD Dr. E.J. (Jack) Jack L. Cronenwett, MD President’s Circle Ronald L. Dalman, MD Wylie ($50,000 – $99,999) Herbert Dardik, MD R. Clement Darling, MD Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery Mark G. Davies, MD, PhD Western Vascular Society In 1951, Dr. E.J. (Jack) David Deakins, MD Wylie was the first Michael E. DeBakey, MD American to use Dominic A. DeLaurentis, MD a new procedure, Director’s Circle Ralph G. DePalma, MD thromboendarterectomy, ($25,000 – $49,999) James A. DeWeese, MD which was based on R. Howard Dobbs, MD George Andros, MD the work of Portuguese Magruder C. Donaldson, MD Arthur I. Auer, MD surgeon Dr. J. Cid dos William H. Edwards, MD Alexander W. Clowes, MD Santos. In 1975, Dr. dos Calvin B. Ernst, MD Michael C. Dalsing, MD Santos delivered an Rumi Faizer, MD homage to Wylie at Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Massachusetts General William R. Flinn, MD the Vascular Annual Hospital, Richard Cambria, MD, Chief Julie Ann Freischlag, MD Meeting, which began Eastern Vascular Society Bruce L. Gewertz, MD the Wylie dinner and Nicholas D. Garcia, MD Gary Giangloa, MD eventually the Wylie Vivienne J. Halpern, MD Peter Gloviczki, MD Society. Dr. Wylie was New England Society for John F. Golan, MD Society president in 1980. Vascular Surgery Richard M. Green, MD William H. Pearce, MD Lazar J. Greenfield, MD Southern Association for Thomas J. Greenfield, MD Vascular Surgery Roger T. Gregory, MD Daniel B. Walsh, MD, and Teri Walsh, RN John W. Hallett, Jr, MD

SVS FOUNDATION | 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 13 Norman R. Hertzer, MD Robert W. Hobson II, MD THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS Glenn C. Hunter, MD DONATED BETWEEN APRIL 1, 2015 Anthony M. Imparato, MD THROUGH MAY 22, 2016. Bengt L. Ivarsson, MD Individual George Johnson, MD Afzal H. Abdullah, MD Contributors Robert L. Kistner, MD Ahmed M. Abou-Zamzam III, Jr., MD Larry W. Kraiss, MD Christopher J. Abularrage, MD Marvin E. Kuehner, MD Ali F. AbuRahma, MD Robert P. Leather, MD Julie Adams, MD Stephen E. Lee, MD John G. Adams, Jr., MD, FACS Frank W. LoGerfo, MD Eric Adams, MD Joseph G. Magnant, MD Francesco A. Aiello, MD William T. Maloney, MD Donald L. Akers, MD John A. Mannick, MD Babatunde H. Almaroof, MD Rebecca Maron, CAE Jose I. Almeida, MD Kenneth E. McIntyre, Jr, MD Grady D. Alsabrook, MD Joseph L. Mills, Sr., MD Kwame Amankwah, MD R. Scott Mitchell, MD Leonard S. Anderson, MD Gregory L. Moneta, MD George E. Anton, MD Wesley S. Moore, MD Nate Aranson, MD Robert W. Oblath, MD Margaret H. Arnold, MD John L. Ochsner, MD Elias J. Arous, MD GIANT: Kenneth Ouriel, MD Shipra Arya, MD Dr. Wiley Barker C. Keith Ozaki, MD Bernadette Aulivola, MD Malcolm Perry, MD Faisal Aziz, MD John J. Ricotta, MD Ali Azizzadeh, MD Dr. Wiley Barker, Thomas S. Riles, MD Martin R. Back, MD innovator, inventor, Gary R. Seabrook, MD J. Dennis Baker, MD surgeon. Never board- Alexander D. Shepard, MD William H. Baker, MD certified in vascular surgery, Dr. Barker was Gregorio A. Sicard, MD James R. Ballard, MD nevertheless one of Robert B. Smith III, MD Neal R. Barshes, MD, MPH the fathers of modern Ronald J. Stoney, MD B. Timothy Baxter, MD vascular surgery. David S. Sumner, MD Hernan A. Bazan, MD With fellow surgeon George T. Sugiyama, MD Adam W. Beck, MD Dr. Jack Cannon, he Vascular & Endovascular Scott A. Berceli, MD, PhD developed a device Surgery Society Eric Berens, MD made with piano wire for Frank J. Veith, MD Victor M. Bernhard, MD cleaning out the femoral Fred Weaver, MD Edwin G. Beven, MD artery, which he used Jock R. Wheeler, MD Paul H.S. Bloch, MD, RVT throughout his career. In 2014, Dr. Barker still Anthony D. Whittermore, MD Craig Brenner had one left, in his Samuel J. Williams, MD Luke P. Brewster, MD James S.T. Yao, MD, PhD desk drawer. Dr. Barker Thomas E. Brothers, MD served as Society Robert M. Zwolak, MD, PhD Kellie R. Brown, MD president in 1973. O. William Brown, MD Kevin J. Bruen, MD Patricia Burton Julio A. Calderin, MD Keith D. Calligaro, MD

14 Marcio Wilker Soares Yazan Duwayri, MD Caitlin Hicks, MD Campelo, MD Matthew J. Eagleton, MD Anil P. Hingorani, MD Individual Contributors, Douglas Carlon, MD Robert Eastham Karen J. Ho, MD continued Marlin Wayne Causey, MD John D. Edwards, MD John R. Hoch, MD Elliot L. Chaikof, MD Robert E. Engles, MD Kim J. Hodgson, MD Venita Chandra, MD Ronald M. Fairman, MD York N. Hsiang, MD Jason R. Chapman, MD Andres Fajardo, MD Thomas S. Huber, MD Kristofer Charlton-Ouw, Robert J. Feezor, MD Kakra Hughes, MD MD Antoine M. Ferneini, MD Mark D. Iafrati, MD David Chatman, MD Jay B. Fisher, MD Benjamin M. Jackson, MD Kenneth J. Cherry, MD Thomas L. Forbes, MD Donald L. Jacobs, MD David P. Christenberry, Richard Bruce Fries, MD Eric C. Jaxheimer, MD MD, FACS William R. Fry, MD Omid Jazaeri, MD Phillip J. Church, MD Patricia C. Furey, MD Jeffrey Jim, MD Rocco G. Ciocca, MD Dennis R. Gable, MD Fernando L. Joglar, MD Daniel G. Clair, MD Vivian Gahtan, MD Brad L. Johnson, MD William Darrin Clouse, MD Eric T. Gaigher, MD Jason Jundt, MD Dawn M. Coleman, MD GIANT: Steven S. Gale, MD Thomas Kartis, Jr., MD Jesse Columbo, MD Katherine A. Gallagher, Vikram S. Kashyap, MD Dr. Denton A. James Mobley Combs, MD MD Patrick W. Kelly, MD Cooley Anthony J. Comerota, MD Manuel Garcia-Toca, MD Richard Kenagy, PhD Sheila M. Coogan, MD Nicholas J. Gargiulo, III, MD Edwin Kendrick, MD Matthew Corriere, MD Dr. Denton A. Cooley is Salem M. George, Jr., MD Melina R. Kibbe, MD Paul Crisostomo, MD known for his work with Patrick Geraghty, MD, Michael J. Kikta, MD Jack L. Cronenwett, MD the artificial heart and FACS, RPVI Young-Wook Kim, MD John A. Curci, MD for performing the first David L. Gillespie, MD Terry A. King, MD Michael A. Curi, MD implantation of a total Natalia Glebova, MD, PhD Robert L. Kistner, MD artificial heart. He also Leo Joseph Daab, MD Peter Gloviczki, MD Angela A. Kokkosis, MD founded the Texas Heart Ronald L. Dalman, MD Marat Goldenberg, M.D. Larry W. Kraiss, MD Institute in 1962. Some Michael C. Dalsing, MD Philip P. Goodney, MD Timothy F. Kresowik, MD are also likely to think Scott Michael Damrauer, Alan M. Graham, MD Russell C. Lam, MD of him as the resident MD Roger T. Gregory, MD Gregory J. Landry, MD who, in 1949, used a Alan Dardik, MD, PhD muscle flap to patch Prem C. Gupta, MD George S. Lavenson, MD R. Clement Darling, III, MD a hole in a patient’s Raul J. Guzman, MD Peter F. Lawrence, MD Jeffery Dattilo, MD ascending aorta, which Vincent J. Guzzetta, MD Cheong J. Lee, MD had already shot blood Luis Fernando Queiroz Kevin D. Halow, MD De Lima, MD Jason T. Lee, MD into the OR lights. With Vivienne J. Halpern, MD, Steven A. Leers, MD the surgeon’s finger in David H. Deaton, MD FACS Jose Leite, MD the hole, Dr. Cooley took Randall Rich DeMartino, Allen D. Hamdan, MD MD Michael A. Leke, MD a piece of pectoralis David C. Han, MD Alan M. Dietzek, MD David R. Lorelli, MD, RVT muscle, made a patch, Sachinder S. Hans, MD Magruder C. Donaldson, Ying Wei Lum, MD placed it and sutured Jimmy C. Haouilou, MD around the surgeon’s MD Sean P. Lyden, MD Shahid N. Haque, MD, fingers. The surgeon Carlos E. Donayre, MD Richard A. Lynn, MD, FACS pulled his finger out and Danielle Doucet, MD FACS, RPVI Alfred D. Harding, Jr., MD Dr. Cooley pulled the Matthew J. Dougherty, Gordon A. Macbeth, MD Linda M. Harris, MD sutures down. The patch MD Robyn A. Macsata, MD Joseph P. Hart, MD was a success. Laura Marie Drudi, MD Michel S. Makaroun, MD Paul B. Haser, MD Audra A. Duncan, MD John A. Mannick, MD Thomas S. Hatsukami, MD Joseph R. Durham, MD M. Ashraf Mansour, MD Peter K. Henke, MD

SVS FOUNDATION | 2016 ANNUAL REPORT 15 Rebecca M. Maron, CAE Jacob G. Robison, MD Apostolos Tassiopoulos, William A. Marston, MD Caron B. Rockman, MD MD Individual Contributors, John H. Matsuura, MD Sean P. Roddy, MD Theodore H. Teruya, MD continued Brian D. Matteson, MD Michael J. Rohrer, MD Desarom Teso, MD Daniel T. McDevitt, MD Joel C. Rosenfeld, MD Bradley G. Thomas, MD George H. Meier, MD Charles B. Ross, MD Fabio A. Tornquist, MD Louis M. Messina, MD Timothy S. Roush, MD Shirling Tsai, MD Samantha D. Minc, MD Fred W. Rushton, Jr., MD Edith Tzeng, MD Marc E. Mitchell, MD Michael Joseph Sacca, MD Gilbert R. Upchurch, Jr., MD Mark J. Mittenthal, MD Ulka Sachdev, MD Julio C. Vasquez, MD J. Sheppard Mondy, III, MD Bhagwan Satiani, MD Omaida C. Velazquez, Gregory L. Moneta, MD Andres Schanzer, MD MD Gregory F. Montgomery, Larry A. Scher, MD Felix G. Vladimir, MD MD Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD James Steven Wagner, Wesley S. Moore, MD Peter A. Schneider, MD MD Michael P. Murphy, MD Peter J. Schubart, MD Grace J. Wang, MD Erin Murphy, MD Lewis B. Schwartz, MD Fred A. Weaver, MD Stuart I. Myers, MD GIANT: Gary R. Seabrook, MD Franklin W. West, RN Gary B. Nackman, MD Brian L. Sellers, DO John V. White, MD Dr. Juan C. Parodi Ramesh C. Marcus Semel, MD Paul W. White, MD Narayanagowda, MD Piergiorgio G. Settembrini, Edward Y. Woo, MD Richard F. Neville, MD MD Dr. Juan C. Parodi is Karen Woo, MD Cassius Iyad N. Ochoa Susan Shafii, MD widely regarded as the Douglas L. Wooster, MD Chaar, MD, MS Raymond M. Shaheen, MD leader of the endovascular Timothy Wu, MD Thomas F. O’Donnell, MD Murray L. Shames, MD revolution in vascular Xenophon Paraskev surgery, overcoming a host Nicholas H. Osborne, MD Malachi G. Sheahan, III, Xenophontos of obstacles to develop Kenneth Ouriel, MD MD Minyi Yin, MD specialty-changing C. Keith Ozaki, MD Alexander D. Shepard, MD Jack Zeltzer, MD aneurysm endograft Frank T. Padberg, MD Paula Shireman, MD Wayne W. Zhang, MD technology. His first Ramesh Paladugu, MD Cynthia K. Shortell, MD Jill Zink, MD operation was in Buenos Robert B. Patterson, MD William P. Shutze, MD Robert M. Zwolak, Aires in 1990, performed Bruce A. Perler, MD Gregorio A. Sicard, MD MD, PhD at the personal request William C. Pevec, MD Matthew J. Sideman, MD of the president of Gilles C. J. Pinault, MD Nicholas Sikalas, MD Argentina, who had Iraklis I. Pipinos, MD Richard Silva, MD heard about Dr. Parodi’s method. The president’s Frank B. Pomposelli, MD Jessica P. Simons, MD friend was suffering from Lori C. Pounds, MD Michael J. Singh, MD an abdominal aortic C. Steven Powell, MD Mahalingham Sivakumar, aneurysm and could not Richard J. Powell, MD MD have traditional open Elina Quiroga, MD Christopher L. Skelly, MD surgery, but Dr. Parodi Rajesh V. Raikar, MD Kenneth Slaw, PhD saved his life. He also Ravi Rajani, MD Matthew R. Smeds, MD performed an emergency Seshadri Raju, MD Christopher J. Smolock, gall bladder operation John E. Rectenwald, MD MD on a poor, local priest— Daniel J. Reddy, MD Maurice M. Solis, MD who years later became J. Mark Rheudasil, MD Wilson Oliveira Sousa world-renowned as Pope Michael A. Ricci, MD Junior, MD Francis. Dr. Parodi was the first SVS Medal of Norman M. Rich, MD, Daniel D. Tamez, Jr., MD FACS Gale L. Tang, M.D. Innovation winner. Aksim Rivera, MD Gary A. Tannenbaum, MD

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Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Feb. 12; June 12; Career Development Award (K08) Oct. 12, 2017 VISIT: vsweb.org/MentoredClinical

Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Feb. 12; June 12; Career Development Award (K23) Oct. 12, 2017 VISIT: vsweb.org/MentoredPatient GIANT: Dr. James A. VRIC Trainee Travel Scholarship Jan. 18, 2017 DeWeese VISIT: vsweb.org/VRICScholarship Clinical Research Seed Grant March 1, 2017 Dr. James A. DeWeese, VISIT: vsweb.org/ClinicalResearchSeedGrant in collaboration with Dr. Jim Adams, developed Resident Research Prize Jan. 25, 2017 the Adams-DeWeese VISIT: vsweb.org/ResidentResearch clip in 1966, a clamp- like device that Student Research Fellowship Feb. 1, 2017 prevented blood clots VISIT: vsweb.org/StudentResearch without impeding blood flow in patients with E.J. Wylie Traveling Fellowship March 1, 2017 thromboembolic disease. VISIT: vsweb.org/WylieTravel A distinguished leader, Dr. DeWeese served SVS Foundation/Vascular Cures March 1, 2017 on numerous national Wylie Scholar Award boards and served as president of the SVS VISIT: vsweb.org/WylieScholar in 1978. Research Career Development July 15, 2017 Travel Award VISIT: vsweb.org/CareerTravel

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