Our Mid-America Vascular Study Group is a voluntary, cooperative group of clinicians, hospital administrators, and research personnel organized to improve the care of patients with vascular disease.
By collecting and exchanging information, our group strives to continuously improve the quality, safety, effectiveness and cost of caring for patients with vascular disease.
Join us in our efforts, and together we can reach these levels of quality for the care of our patients.
Mid-America Vascular Study Group – Executive Officers
- Medical Directors – David Chew, MD, and James Ebaugh, MD
- Project Manager – Cynthia Bik
- Arterial Quality Chair – Trissa Babrowski, MD
- Research Quality Chair – to be appointed
- Venous Quality Chair – Ravi Hasanadka, MD
Join your Mid-America Vascular Study Group peers in the VQI
We are a group of hospitals and vascular specialists in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas who have committed to collecting, sharing, and analyzing data related to vascular interventions and outcomes.
Our goal is to improve outcomes for our patients and to explore the factors that predict the best outcomes. We take advantage of the rapidly accumulating data that come from collaboration with other interested groups.
The Vascular Study Group of New England, and more recently other Regional Quality Groups, have shown us how much can be accomplished with such a regional collaboration.
If you perform vascular surgery or other vascular interventions and work in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas we would be delighted to talk with you about joining the MAVSG.
We would be happy to hear from you by email at: Ashley.Vavra@nm.org
Ashley Vavra, MD
Medical Director, Mid-America Vascular Study Group
Northwestern Memorial Hospital