| Carlos M. Chavez, M.D. | Garland D. Perdue, M.D. | |
| A. Robert Cordell, M.D. | Norman M. Rich, M.D. | |
| E. Stanley Crawford, M.D. | Francis Robicsek, M.D. | |
| W. Andrew Dale, M.D. | Gardner W. Smith, M.D. | |
| William H. Edwards, M.D. | J. Manly Stallworth, M.D. | |
| Calvin B. Ernst, M.D. | Bernard W. Thompson, M.D. | |
| John H. Foster, M.D. | Jesse E. Thompson, M.D. | |
| W. H. Edward Garrett, M.D. | Glenn Young, M.D. | |
| George Johnson, Jr., M.D. | G. Melville Williams, M.D. |
The first meeting of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery was held on Saturday, January 24, 1976 in Nashville, Tennessee, at Vanderbilt University.