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 1280 submissions, 307 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 has 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 2 years the Editors have benefited from the assistance of two Associate Editors, Dr. Louis Messina who acts as the editor for most basic research submissions, and Dr. Bruce Perler, who acts as a general editor, particularly when one of the senior editors is 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.

Assistant Editors help 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 efforts as Editor of the Ethics Section, Dr. Gregory Moneta for his efforts as Editor of the Abstracts Section and Dr. Kenneth Ouriel for his efforts as Editor of the Review Article Section.

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Editorial board 

Each review received by the 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. Our goal is 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 21 reviews and accounted for 34% of all the reviews that were done.

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 

George Andros, M.D.

Robert G. Atnip, M.D.

Martin R. Back, M.D.

Michael Belkin, M.D.

John J. Bergan, M.D.

Jan D. Blankensteijn, M.D., Ph.D.

Ruth L. Bush, M.D., M.P.H.

Jeffrey P. Carpenter, M.D.

Daniel G. Clair, M.D

Ronald L. Dalman, M.D.

Alan Dardik, M.D.

John F. Eidt, M.D.

Peter L. Faries, M.D.

Thomas L. Forbes, M.D.

Peter K. Henke, M.D.

Thomas S. Huber, M.D., Ph.D.

Lois A. Killewich, M.D.

Glenn M. LaMuraglia, M.D.

Michael P. Lilly, M.D.

Bengt Lindblad, M.D.

Thomas G. Lynch, M.D.

William C. Mackey, M.D.

Michel S. Makaroun, M.D.

James F. McKinsey, M.D.

Nicholas Morrissey, M.D.

Stuart I. Myers, M.D.

Peter Neglen, M.D., Ph.D.

Takao Ohki, M.D.

Richard J. Powell, M.D.

Caron B. Rockman, M.D.

David Rosenthal, M.D.

Joseph R. Schneider, M.D.

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Retiring Board Members 

Timothy A.M. Chuter, M.D.

Michael S. Conte, M.D.

Mark G. Davies, M.D.

William R. Hiatt, M.D.

Nicos Labropoulos, M.D., Ph.D.

Thomas F. Lindsay, M.D.

A. Ross Naylor, M.D.

Patrick J. O’Hara, M.D

Daniel B. Walsh, M.D.

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New Board Members 

Thomas Brothers, M.D.

Keith Calligaro, M.D.

James Froehlich, M.D.

William Jordan, M.D.

Jeffrey Kaufman, M.D.

Todd Rasmussen, M.D.

Hazim Safi, M.D.

Andre Van Rij, M.D.

Fred Weaver, M.D.

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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 39% 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.

Thomas E. Brothers

Lewis B. Schwartz

Hasan Haldun Dosluoglu

Eric David Endean

Fedor Lurie

Todd Erik Rasmussen

Keith D. Calligaro

Michael J. Rohrer

Gerald S. Treiman

Gilbert R. Upchurch

Ahmed Abou-Zamzam

Matthew J. Eagleton

Jeffrey L. Kaufman

William C. Pevec

Carlos H. Timaran

Fred Arthur Weaver

Marc Coggia

Linda Harris

Dean A. Healy

Mark D. Morasch

Janet T. Powell

Omaida C. Velazquez

Thomas W. Wakefield

Magruder C. Donaldson

Randolph L. Geary

Hans Olav Myhre

Hazim J. Safi

Lloyd M. Taylor

R. James Valentine

Ali F. AbuRahma

Joseph P. Archie

Jacob Buth

David L. Dawson

Ellen Dillavou

Karl A. Illig

Brajesh K. Lal

Gregory J. Landry

Robert A. McCready

Marc A. Passman

John D. Corson

Michael C. Dalsing

Luke S. Erdoes

Glenn R. Jacobowitz

James May

William J. Quinones-Baldrich

Timothy A Resch

Eric Wahlberg

Dennis F. Bandyk

Richard P. Cambria

Peter Gloviczki

William D. Jordan

Frank A. Lederle

Frank W. LoGerfo

Jon S. Matsumura

George H. Meier

Paul S. van Bemmelen

Andre Van Rij

Jean-Paul de Vries

Scott A. Berceli

Thomas M. Bergamini

G. Patrick Clagett

Anthony J. Comerota

Enrique Criado

Spencer Galt

Norman R. Hertzer

Jamal J Hoballah

Glenn C. Hunter

Ted R. Kohler

C. Keith Ozaki

Robert B. Patterson

Marc R.H.M. van Sambeek

Bruce J. Brener

Philip D. Coleridge-Smith

James R. Elmore

Mark A. Farber

Ralf R Kolvenbach

Timothy F. Kresowik

J. Gregory Modrall

Andre Nevelsteen

Tomas Pfeiffer

Frank B. Pomposelli

Timur Paul Sarac

Timothy M. Sullivan

Jan H.M. Tordoir

Eric Louis Gaston Verhoeven

G. Melville Williams

Mark Frederick Conrad

Wei Zhou

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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 27% 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.

James B. Alexander

Frank R. Arko

John Blebea

Manish Mehta

Joseph L. Mills

Jeffrey L. Ballard

Mark F. Fillinger

James B. Froehlich

Paul J. Gagne

John R. Hoch

Marc L Schermerhorn

John V. White

Peter F. Lawrence

Robert B. McLafferty

Brian Nolan

Jean M. Panneton

Eva M. Rzucidlo

Rajabrata Sarkar

Jean-Pierre Becquemin

David C. Brewster

Bo G. Eklof

William R. Flinn

Roy K. Greenberg

Raul J. Guzman

Mark D. Iafrati

Melina R. Kibbe

Robert L. Kistner

Christopher J. Kwolek

William A. Marston

James O. Menzoian

Seshadri Raju

Steven M. Santilli

Boulos Toursarkissian

J. Leonel Villavicencio

Scott M Surowiec

B. Timothy Baxter

Bruce S. Cutler

David L. Gillespie

Sean P. Lyden

Sean D. O’Donnell

Thomas F. O’Donnell

Joseph D. Raffetto

W. Charles Sternbergh III

Hajo J van Bockel

Evan C. Lipsitz

David Bergqvist

James G. Chandler

Yves-Marie Dion

Michael J.H.M. Jacobs

Peter H. Lin

Bo Liu

Tetsuro Miyata

Gregory L. Moneta

Peter R. Nelson

Juan C. Parodi

Richard J. Sanders

Larry A. Scher

Alexander D. Shepard

David A. Vorp

Takashi Yamaki

Paul Joseph DiMuzio

Heitham T. Hassoun

Jeffrey Rhodes

David Andrew Rigberg

Thomas C. Bower

Elliot L. Chaikof

Joseph S. Coselli

Jonathan Scott Deitch

Julie A. Freischlag

R.H Geelkerken

Michael A. Golden

Jerry Goldstone

Lazar J. Greenfield

Allen David Hamdan

Kimberley J. Hansen

Kim J. Hodgson

Menno V. Huisman

Karthikeshwar Kasirajan

K. Craig Kent

Larry Kraiss

Dink Legemate

S. Martin Lindenauer

M. Ashraf Mansour

Satish C. Muluk

Mark R. Nehler

William P. Paaske

Amy B Reed

John J. Ricotta

Cynthia K. Shortell

Anton N. Sidawy

Michael Sobel

Joep C.J.M. Veraart

Matthew Waltham

Mark C. Wyers

Christopher K. Zarins

Gregory Spicer Cherr

Alik Farber

Robert Hinchliffe

Simon D Hobbs

Luis R Leon

Mark Morey Levy

David J. Minion

F. Gerald R. Fowkes

J. Ernesto Molina

Fritz Bech

Hugh G. Beebe

Colleen M. Brophy

Clifford J. Buckley

Philip Chan

Hugh Gelabert

Jonathan Golledge

John P. Harris

Michael R. Jaff

W. Anthony Lee

Matthew A Mauro

Walter McCarthy

Ross Milner

David G. Neschis

Lars Norgren

Kenneth Ouriel

Joseph H. Rapp

Michael A. Ricci

Jacob G Robison

Sergio X Salles-Cunha

Marc A.A.M. Schepens

Paula K Shireman

Spence M. Taylor

Robert W. Thompson

William D. Turnipseed

Edith Tzeng

Michael T. Watkins

Jerry R. Youkey

R. Eugene Zierler

Brian Annex

James Hamilton Black

Neal Scott Cayne

Audra A. Duncan

Vikram S. Kashyap

Irving L. Kron

Matthew Longo

Leila Mureebe

Louis L. Nguyen

Hugo Partsch

Darren B. Schneider

Shoaib Shafique

David Howard Stone

Giovanni Torsello

Hence J. M. Verhagen

Guilherme Yazbek

Byung-Boong Lee

Mary McGrae McDermott

Wesley S. Moore

Samuel S. Ahn

Enrico Ascher

Federico Bilotta

R. Clement Darling

Konstantinos Delis

Mary Fillinger

Ignatius W. Fong

Anil Hingorani

Krassi Ivancev

Takehisa Iwai

Peter G. Kalman

Helena Kuivaniemi

Timothy K. Liem

Daniel B. Nunn

Jeffrey W. Olin

Bauer E. Sumpio

Thomas J. Takach

Dirk Th. Ubbink

Frank J. Veith

Frederick P. Beavers

Christian Bianchi

Giorgio M. Biasi

David Christopher Cassada

David K.W. Chew

Hans-Henning Eckstein

Steven Elias

Bruce M Elliott

Mark K. Eskandari

Mohammad Eslami

Joe Feinglass

Antonios P. Gasparis

Joseph Samuel Giglia

Oscar H Grandas

Edwin C. Gravereaux

Robert Guidoin

Daniel M. Ihnat

Lowell Stuart Kabnick

Eugene M. Langan

James Laredo

Jean Baptiste Michel

Thomas Panetta

Brian Peyton

Iraklis I. Pipinos

Daniel J. Reddy

Murray L Shames

Krish Soundararajan

Jonathan P Vande Geest

Ajay Wakhloo

Tong Zhu

Mark Adelman

Amman Bolia

Carsten Michael Bünger

Piergiorgio Cao

Michael H Criqui

Ronald M. Fairman

Kathleen D. Gibson

John W. Hallett

Robert W. Hobson

Mark R. Jackson

Michael L. Marin

William Nugent

Don Poldermans

Robert Rhee

James C. Stanley

Ben Starnes

Ryan Walther

John H N Wolfe