Ali F. AbuRahma, MD joins the ICAVL Board of Directors as a representative of the Society for Vascular Surgery. Currently Dr. AbuRahma is Co-Director for the Vascular Center of Excellence, Medical Director of the Vascular Laboratory, and Chief of Vascular Surgery at the Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, West Virginia. At the West Virginia University, he also serves as the Professor and Chief of Vascular Surgery, Director of Surgery Research, and Surgery Grand Rounds Coordinator for the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center at Charleston, West Virginia. A Distinguished Fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery, Dr. AbuRahma has also participated in many other professional societies, including the American Surgical Association, the Southern Surgical Association, the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, the Eastern Vascular Society, the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, the Society for Vascular Ultrasound, and the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography. Throughout his active career, Dr. AbuRahma has served on numerous committees, held regular speaking engagements since 1979 and has been published extensively, including three textbooks in noninvasive vascular diagnosis, numerous book chapters, journals, abstracts and other publications.