Dr. Elizabeth Ratchford, associate professor in the Division of Cardiology and director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Vascular Medicine, was chosen as President-Elect of the Society for Vascular Medicine (SVM) at the Annual Business Meeting in Denver on October 1, 2022. Her two-year term as president-elect and chair of the Scientific Program Committee will begin following the 2023 Vascular Scientific Sessions in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Ratchford has been active as a leader in the SVM during her 18 years of membership, having served on the Board of Trustees since 2015 and on the Executive Board as Secretary since 2019. Since 2014, she has also been on the editorial board for the Society’s journal, Vascular Medicine, serving as editor of the Vascular Disease Patient Page.
