Standing Committees
Advocacy Committee:
Co-Chairs
Joshua A. Beckman, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Heather L. Gornik, MD
Associate Staff Physician
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH
American Heart Association
Susan K. Bishop, MA
American Heart Association,
Washington, DC
Sue Nelson
American Heart Association,
Washington, DC
John Ring
American Heart Association,
Washington, DC
American College of Cardiology
Barbara Greenan
American College of Cardiology,
Washington, DC
Rebecca Kelly
American College of Cardiology,
Washington, DC
Denise Garris
American College of Cardiology,
Washington, DC
Society for Vascular Medicine
John Cooke, MD
Stanford University,
Palo Alto, CA
Steve Dean, MD
Columbus, OH
Alan Hirsch, MD
University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Director, Abbott Northwestern’s Vascular Center
Minneapolis, MN
American Association for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Kerry Stewart, EdD, FAACVPR, FACSM, FSGC
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Karen Lui, RN, MS
Fort Myers, FL
American Diabetes Association
Peter Sheehan, MD
Mount Sinai Hospital,
New York, NY
Society for Vascular Surgery
Pamela Phillips
Society for Vascular Surgery,
Washington, DC
Michael P. Lilly
University of Maryland Hospital
Robert M. Zwolak, MD
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Med Center,
Lebanon, NH
Society of Interventional Radiology
Dawn R. Hopkins
Society of Interventional Radiology,
Fairfax, VA
Society for Vascular Ultrasound
Claudia A Benge, RDCS, RDMS, RVT, RVS
Diagnostic Ultrasound Consultant
Society for Vascular Nursing
Diane Treat-Jacobson, PhD, RN
University of Minnesota School of Nursing,
Minneapolis, MN
Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
Anton Sidawy, MD, MPH
McLean, VA
Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions
Saiza Elayda SCAI,
Washington, DC
Vascular Disease Foundation
Alain Drooz, MD
Fairfax, VA
