Dr. Slaw received his masters and doctoral degrees in educational psychology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Ken has over 35 years of executive leadership experience in the medical society arena. He currently serves as the Executive Director, of the Society for Vascular Surgery, an organization of 6,500 members dedicated to the prevention and treatment of vascular disease. Prior to this he served on the Executive Staff of the American Academy of Pediatrics, an organization of 67,000 members dedicated to optimizing the health and well-being of children.
In his various roles Ken has developed and led implementation of 200+ organizational visioning and strategic plans, including the Vision of Pediatrics 2020 project. He also has a strong passion for leadership development. Ken served on the Steering Committee of the AAP Pediatric Leadership Alliance from its inception, and has been 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 has an impressive history of volunteer service and leadership in his profession as well as his community including:
- President of the American Association of Medical Society Executives(AAMSE)
- Founder, AAMSE Leadership Academy
- Finance Committee Member, Council on Medical Specialty Societies
- Founder and past Chairman, Membership Directors Consortium of the Council on Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS)
- Chairman of the Board, of the Make a Wish Foundation of Illinois
- Chairman, National Chapter Leadership Council of Make a Wish of America
- President, 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