Dr. Kenneth M. Slaw

Executive Director

Society for Vascular Surgery

Dr. Slaw received his masters and doctoral degrees in educational psychology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Ken has over 28 years of executive leadership experience in the medical society arena, currently serving as the Executive Director, of the Society for Vascular Surgery, and prior to this on the Executive Staff of the American Academy of Pediatrics. In his various roles, Ken has developed and led the implementation of 200+ organizational visioning and strategic plans, including the widely published Vision of Pediatrics 2020 project. Ken has a strong passion for leadership development. He served on the Steering Committee of the AAP Pediatric Leadership Alliance as a principal curriculum architect, and lead faculty for Leadership programs reaching over 3,000 thousand physicians and allied health professionals with the message and skills to lead. Ken is a founder of the AAMSE Leadership Academy. Dr. Slaw has an impressive history of volunteer service and leadership in his profession as well as his community, serving as: 2009 President of the American Association of Medical Society Executives (AAMSE), Founder and past Chairman of the Membership Directors Consortium of the Council on Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS), Past Chairman of the Board of the Make a Wish Foundation of Illinois, Past Chairman of the National Chapter Leadership Council of Make a Wish of America, President of FD NOW, a national foundation Ken created with his spouse, Ann, to find treatment and cure for their son’s illness, familial dysautonomia. Dr. Slaw is the recipient of 2013 University of Illinois Humanitarian Award  Dr. Slaw is the recipient of the 2015 University of Illinois-College of Education Distinguished Educator Award.