Dr Joseph A. Caprini
Vascular Physician, USA

Dr Caprini is a Senior Clinician Educator at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago. He is also an Emeritus physician at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, Illinois. 

Dr Caprini has authored or co-authored 480 articles, book chapters, and abstracts on the study and treatment of venous thromboembolism, venous insufficiency, and related topics. He has delivered over 1,800 lectures worldwide on a variety of topics including venous thromboembolism, laparoscopic surgery, wound care and compression therapy. 

His society memberships include the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis, and the American Venous Forum, where he is a Distinguished Fellow and served as President 2009-2010. 

He is a Distinguished Fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery, a Founding Member and the first Honorary Fellow of the European Venous Forum, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Society of Hematology. He is Co-chair of the Technical Advisory Panel of JCAHO (2005 to date).

Dr Erika Mendoza
Phlebologist, Germany

Dr Mendoza studied medicine in Spain, where she was born and raised. After her PhD in Heidelberg (Germany) she specialized in Duplex Ultrasound of Superficial Leg Veins in the Hospital, then in Courses at Ferrara and Paris.  Since 1995, she has run a practise in Trujillo, Spain which specializes in venous sparing surgery (CHIVA), and since 1997 in Wunstorf, Germany where she is responsible for the duplex diagnostics and treatment (conservative, endoluminal, ultrasound guided foam sclerotherapy) for veno-lymphatic diseases and assists with surgical interventions. 

She has organised Hands-on Workshops on CHIVA Strategy since 2000 and on Duplex Ultrasound since 2007. She started international cooperation and scientific investigation on anatomy and physiology in 2004 with the University of Rome, later with the Imperial College (London), the University of Bern (Switzerland) and University of Bochum (Germany), and performed and published many scientific research papers.

She published her first book on superficial venous duplex ultrasound in 2006 and is co-editor of the book Saphenous Veins Sparing Strategies in Chronic Venous Disease (Springer, 2019).

Dr Fedor Lurie
Vascular Surgeon, USA

Dr Lurie started his career as an academic vascular surgeon in 1980. He served as the faculty at the Urals Medical Academy (Russia), University of California Davis, and the University of Hawaii. He is currently the Associate Director of the Jobst Vascular Institute and Adjunct Research Professor at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor.

Dr Lurie’s main clinical and research interests are venous and lymphatic diseases, venous physiology, and clinical imaging. He serves as the Director of the ABVLM, Director of the IAC Vein Center Accreditation Board, and member of the Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee.

Dr Lurie is the Past President of the American venous forum, and the American Venous Forum Foundation, member of several committees of the Society for Vascular Surgery, an Honorary Member of the European Venous Forum, and several vascular Surgery societies.

He served as the principle investigator on eighteen multi-center clinical trials, published more than 200 original papers, multiple invited commentaries and review articles, and 19 book chapters. He is also an accomplished speaker with more than 300 presentations nationally and internationally.

Dr Aleksandra Jaworucka-Kaczorowska
Phlebologist, Poland 

Dr Jaworucka- Kaczorowska is a qualified General Surgeon, Obstetrician & Gynacologist and is currently working at the Jaworuccy Surgery Center and the Center of Phlebology and Aesthetic Medicine in Gorzów Wlkp, Poland. She graduated from the Medical University of Karol Marcinkowski in Pozna?, Poland in 2004.

Dr Jaworucka- Kaczorowska obtained the title of doctor of medical sciences in 2010, the title of specialist in gynaecology and obstetrics in 2012 and the title of specialist in general surgery in 2017. Dr Jaworucka- Kaczorowska graduated the Postgraduate School of Aesthetic Medicine in Warsaw in 2019 and gained the title of the aesthetic medicine doctor.

She is the member of the Executive Committee of the Polish Society of Phlebology and a member of many Scientific Societies in Poland and abroad. Her main field of interest is superficial vein treatment, pelvic venous disorders and aesthetic phlebology.