Acknowledgment of Reviewers

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• Associate and assistant editors
• Editorial board
• Continuing board members
• Retiring board members
• New board members
• Distinguished reviewers
• Reviewers

The Journal uses a rigorous peer-review process, in which each submitted manuscript is externally reviewed by at least three people, selected for their expertise in the particular topic. In order to review over 1200 submissions, more than 250 individuals participated as reviewers for the Journal during the past year. The Editors would like to acknowledge all of the reviewers who have contributed to this process during that time. This is a voluntary effort performed by individuals during their personal time to advance the discipline of vascular surgery. The quality and impact of any scientific journal is primarily dependent on the quality of its peer-review process. We have been extraordinarily impressed by the quality and helpfulness of reviews performed for the Journal, which in many cases have substantially improved the quality of our published articles. The Editors are extremely grateful to all reviewers for their contribution.

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Associate and assistant editors 

For the past 3 years the Editors also have benefited from the assistance of two Associate Editors, Dr. Anton Sidawy who acted as the editor for most basic research submissions, and Dr. K. Craig Kent, who acted as a general editor, particularly when one of the senior editors was away. Their efforts have ensured both the timeliness and quality of our review process and contributed significantly to the quality of the manuscripts that have been selected for the Journal. Additionally, their time and commitment have been of great personal help to us. We thank them for their dedication and welcome two new Associate Editors. Dr. Louis Messina succeeded Dr. Anton Sidawy in January, and Dr. Bruce Perler succeeded Dr. K. Craig Kent in July

Assistant Editors help to solicit, select and write content for various sections of the Journal that significantly broaden and enhance the Journal. We would like to thank Dr. James Jones for his continuing efforts as Assistant Editor for the Ethics Section, and Dr. Gregory Moneta for his continuing efforts as the Assistant Editor for the Abstracts Section. We would also like to thank Dr. G. Patrick Clagett for his efforts as Assistant Editor for the Book Review Section, and welcome Dr. John Blebea who was appointed to this position in July. Finally we welcome Dr. Kenneth Ouriel who was appointed in July as a new Assistant Editor to increase the number of review articles in the Journal, an addition requested by readers in our recent survey.

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Editorial board 

Each review received by the Journal Editors is rated according to its quality, accuracy, insight, and helpfulness to both the authors of the submission reviewed and the Editors. Editorial Board members are selected on the basis of an objective calculation of the quantity, quality and timeliness of their reviews. It is our intention to involve as many of our best reviewers as possible on the Editorial Board. Original manuscripts submitted to the Journal are reviewed by at least one member of the Editorial Board, who also submit invited commentaries and perform other duties for the Journal. During the past year, members of the Editorial Board each performed an average of 23 reviews and accounted for 39% of all the reviews that were done. In an effort to keep up with the increasing volume of submissions to the Journal and not excessively burden the members of the Editorial Board, we appointed 6 additional Board members in July, bringing the total number to 41. Most Editorial Board members serve 3 to 4 years, although occasional individuals serve longer because of their unique areas of expertise

The Editors would particularly like to recognize the following Editorial Board members who will be retiring from the Board after many years of valuable service and countless hours of unselfish work in this process. We would also like to welcome new members of the Editorial Board, selected according to the process described above, who will be starting in January.

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Continuing board members 

Robert G. Atnip

Michael Belkin

John J. Bergan

Jan D. Blankensteijn

Jeffrey P. Carpenter

Timothy A. M. Chuter

Daniel G. Clair

Michael S. Conte

Ronald L. Dalman

Alan Dardik

Mark G. Davies

Peter L. Faries

Thomas L. Forbes

Peter K. Henke

William R. Hiatt

Thomas S. Huber

Lois A. Killewich

Nicos Labropoulos

Michael P. Lilly

Bengt Lindblad

Thomas F. Lindsay

Thomas G. Lynch

William C. Mackey

Michel S. Makaroun

Nicholas Morrissey

Stuart I. Myers

A. Ross Naylor

Peter Neglen

Patrick J. O’Hara

Takao Ohki

Caron B. Rockma

David Rosenthal

Joseph R. Schneider

Daniel B. Walsh

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Retiring board members 

Jacob Buth

Michael C. Dalsing

William R. Flinn

James May

Janet T. Powell

Timothy M. Sullivan

R. James Valentine

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New board members 

George Andros

Martin R. Back

John J. Bergan*

Ruth L. Bush

Daniel G. Clair *

Alan Dardik*

John F. Eidt

Lois A. Killewich*

Glenn M. LaMuraglia

Thomas G. Lynch*

James F. McKinsey

Nicholas Morrissey*

Richard J. Powell

* Joined Board in July, 2006

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Distinguished reviewers 

The Editors would also like to recognize a group of Distinguished Reviewers, who have performed at least seven reviews for the Journal during the past year and who have consistently performed high-quality and timely reviews. These individuals have collectively contributed 31% of the total reviews and represent ideal future candidates for the Editorial Board. We are very grateful for their assistance and their outstanding contribution to the peer-review process.

Ahmed Abou-Zamzam

Ali F. AbuRahma

Joseph P. Archie

Dennis F. Bandyk

B. Timothy Baxter

Scott A. Berceli

Thomas E. Brothers

Keith D. Calligaro

Richard P. Cambria

Elliot L. Chaikof

G. Patrick Clagett

Enrique Criado

R. Clement Darling

Magruder C. Donaldson

Bo G. Eklof

James R. Elmore

Eric David Endean

Paul J. Gagne

Randolph L. Geary

Roy K. Greenberg

Kimberley J. Hansen

Linda Harris

Dean A. Healy

Jamal J. Hoballah

Glenn C. Hunter

Mark D. Iafrati

Karl A. Illig

Glenn R. Jacobowitz

William D. Jordan

Peter G. Kalman

Jeffrey L. Kaufman

Ted R. Kohler

Larry Kraiss

Gregory J. Landry

Donald S. Likosky

S. Martin Lindenauer

Fedor Lurie

Sean P. Lyden

M. Ashraf Mansour

William A. Marston

Jon S. Matsumura

Robert A. McCready

George H. Meier

Joseph L. Mills

Tetsuro Miyata

Gregory L. Moneta

Mark D. Morasch

Andre Nevelsteen

Sean D. O’Donnell

C. Keith Ozaki

Marc A. Passman

Robert B. Patterson

Bruce A. Perler

Frank B. Pomposelli

William J. Quinones-Baldrich

Seshadri Raju

Hazim J. Safi

Marc L. Schermerhorn

Lewis B. Schwartz

Alexander D. Shepard

W. Charles Sternbergh III

Bauer E. Sumpio

Lloyd M. Taylor

Carlos H. Timaran

Boulos Toursarkissian

Gerald S. Treiman

Gilbert R. Upchurch

Marc R.H.M. van Sambeek

J. Leonel Villavicencio

Eric Wahlberg

Thomas W. Wakefield

Fred Arthur Weaver

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Reviewers 

Finally, the Editors would like to recognize all the remaining individuals who performed at least one review for the Journal during the past year. In nearly all cases these reviews were excellent, and they collectively represented 26% of all reviews, emphasizing the importance of each individual reviewer to the peer-review process. We hope to expand the role of these reviewers in the future, and are very grateful for their efforts this year.

Donald Adam

Mark Adelman

Samuel S. Ahn

James B. Alexander

Frank R. Arko

Henry V. Baker

Jeffrey L. Ballard

Hisham S. Bassiouny

Fritz Bech

Gary J. Becker

Jean-Pierre Becquemin

Hugh G. Beebe

Thomas M. Bergamini

David Bergqvist

Ramon Berguer

Scott S. Berman

Federico Bilotta

John Blebea

Marc Bosiers

Thomas C. Bower

Bruce J. Brener

David C. Brewster

Colleen M. Brophy

Clifford J. Buckley

Jagdish Butany

Kathleen Chaimberg

James G. Chandler

Johnny Chen

Roberto Chiesa

Alexander W. Clowes

Marc Coggia

Philip D. Coleridge-Smith

Daniel Collison

Anthony J. Comerota

John D. Corson

Joseph S. Coselli

Frank Criado

Bruce S. Cutler

David L. Dawson

Imro Dawson

Jonathan Scott Deitch

Giovanni P. Deriu

Ellen Dillavou

Ralph Dilley

Yves-Marie Dion

Matthew J. Eagleton

Jonothan J. Earnshaw

Matthew S. Edwards

Jonathan Eliason

Luke S. Erdoes

Darwin Eton

Ronald M. Fairman

Mark A. Farber

Joe Feinglass

Mark F. Fillinger

Mary Fillinger

Ignatius W. Fong

Julie A. Freischlag

James B. Froehlich

Spencer Galt

R.H Geelkerken

Bruce L. Gewertz

David L. Gillespie

Peter Gloviczki

Michael A. Golden

Mitchell H. Goldman

Jerry Goldstone

Jonathan Golledge

Lazar J. Greenfield

Howard P. Greisler

Raul J. Guzman

Albert G. Hakaim

Vivienne J. Halpern

Allen David Hamdan

Kenneth A. Harris

Peter L. Harris

John P. Harris

Norman R. Hertzer

Anil Hingorani

Robert W. Hobson

John R. Hoch

Kim J. Hodgson

Menno V. Huisman

Krassi Ivancev

Joan Ivanov

Takehisa Iwai

Michael J.H.M. Jacobs

Michael R. Jaff

James Jones

Karthikeshwar Kasirajan

John A. Kern

Melina R. Kibbe

Robert L. Kistner

Ralf R. Kolvenbach

Timothy F. Kresowik

Irving L. Kron

Helena Kuivaniemi

Christopher J. Kwolek

Brajesh K. Lal

James Laredo

Peter F. Lawrence

Michael Lawrence-Brown

Frank A. Lederle

W. Anthony Lee

Dink Legemate

Lewis J. Levien

Song Li

Peter H. Lin

Jes S. Lindholt

Bo Liu

Frank W. LoGerfo

Thomas E. Lohmeier

Timothy Lukovits

Alan B. Lumsden

Michael E. Mahla

Dennis Thomas Mangano

Edward Joseph Mascha

Matthew A. Mauro

Walter McCarthy

Robert B. McLafferty

Manish Mehta

James O. Menzoian

Louis M. Messina

D. Craig Miller

Virginia M. Miller

Ross Milner

J. Gregory Modrall

Samuel R. Money

Wesley S. Moore

Mohammed M. Moursi

Satish C. Muluk

Hans Olav Myhre

Mark R. Nehler

Peter R. Nelson

David G. Neschis

Richard F. Neville

Audra A. Noel

Brian Nolan

Lars Norgren

Daniel B. Nunn

Thomas F. O’Donnell

Jeffrey W. Olin

Kenneth Ouriel

William Paaske

Frank T. Padberg

Jean M. Panneton

Juan C. Parodi

William C. Pevec

Tomas Pfeiffer

Joseph H. Rapp

Todd Erik Rasmussen

Lars Rasmussen

Daniel J. Reddy

Amy B. Reed

Judith G. Regensteiner

Timothy A. Resch

Michael A. Ricci

John J. Ricotta

Francis Robicsek

Jacob G. Robison

Michael J. Rohrer

Eva M. Rzucidlo

Luis A. Sanchez

Richard J. Sanders

Steven M. Santilli

Timur Paul Sarac

Rajabrata Sarkar

Harry Schanzer

Larry A. Scher

Jeremy D. Schmahmann

Darren B. Schneider

R.A.P Scott

Julian Scott

Gary R. Seabrook

Paula K. Shireman

Cynthia K. Shortell

Gregorio A. Sicard

Anton N. Sidawy

Bruce M. Smith

Michael Sobel

David S. Sumner

David C. Taylor

Spence M. Taylor

Robert W. Thompson

Jan H.M. Tordoir

William D. Turnipseed

Edith Tzeng

Dirk Th. Ubbink

Paul S. van Bemmelen

Hajo J. van Bockel

Andre van Rij

Frank J. Veith

Joep C. J. M. Veraart

Eric Louis Gaston Verhoeven

Jean-Paul de Vries

Matthew Waltham

Rong Wang

Michael T. Watkins

Jonathan Weiswasser

Geoffrey H. White

John V. White

G. Melville Williams

Mark C. Wyers

Takashi Yamaki

Guilherme Yazbek

Christopher K. Zarins

Gerald Zemel

R. Eugene Zierler