Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Landscape of American Venous Forum

Although representation of women has increased significantly in vascular surgery societies among those presenting scientific work and serving as meeting moderators and committee members, the same trend has not been observed for committee chairs, senior authors, and society leadership as reported by Humphries et al in the Journal of Vascular Surgery, 2021. In 2019, the Task Force on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) was established by the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) to address and analyze potential gender bias and harassment in vascular surgery and make recommendations to leadership.