In this special series, core faculty members of the SVS Leadership Development Program, Dr. Manuel Garcia-Toca, Dr. Kenneth Slaw, and Steve Robischon, discuss the program origins, research regarding good leadership, and how to join. 

Manuel Garcia-Toca, MD completed his MD at the Universidad Anahuac in Mexico (1999) and MS in Health Policy at Stanford University (2020). Dr. Garcia-Toca completed his residency in General Surgery at Brown University (2008) and a fellowship in Vascular Surgery at Northwestern University (2010). He will serve within the Department of Surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy and the Division of Emory Surgery at Grady based primarily at Grady Memorial Hospital.

Kenneth Slaw, PhD is the executive director of the Society for Vascular Surgeons.  Dr. Slaw received his master's and doctoral degrees in educational psychology from the University of Illinois. He has over 35 years of executive leadership experience in the medical society and philanthropic communities, having served in numerous previous roles, including as president of the American Association of Medical Society Executives, as chairman of the board of Make A Wish Illinois, and as senior staff member at the Academy of Pediatrics, where he assisted in efforts with the Pediatric Leadership Alliance Program, which has provided leadership skill building sessions for approximately 3, 000 physicians.

Steve Robischon, PA-C is a Physician Assistant with the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and is also a member of the PA Section Steering Committee.

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