The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has welcomed 11 surgeons to its ranks of Distinguished Fellows. The new fellows have distinguished themselves by making sustained and substantial contributions to the Society, said current SVS President Matthew Eagleton, MD, himself a fellow. “Becoming a Distinguished Fellow is an honor based on longstanding efforts in research, service, and/or education,” Eagleton said. “Applicants typically have broad recognition of their excellence and competence and significant service to the SVS.”
The 2024 group of honorees are listed as follows: Rana Afifi, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas; Jayer Chung, MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; Gert de Borst, MD, University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Chelsea Dorsey, MD, University of Chicago Medical Center; Sukgu Han, MD, University of Southern California in Los Angeles; Karen J. Ho, MD, Northwestern Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago; Shang Loh, MD, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, in Philadelphia; Nicolas Mouawad, MD, McLaren Bay Heart and Vascular in Bay City, Michigan; Elina Quiroga, MD, University of Washington in Seattle; Bjoern Suckow, MD, of Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire; and Gabriela Velazquez, MD, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Active, International and Senior SVS members may submit applications to become a Distinguished Fellow, denoted as DFSVS after a surgeon’s name, by March 1 of every year.
