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Adam Smith, Hippocrates, Pogo and the great American health care mess: Part two
In part one of this article, we discussed the intrusion of corporatization into a profession. The question was asked whether Adam Smith’s economic principles could be applied to health care. […]
Latest News
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Broader advocacy efforts are needed to address workforce, payment challenges
Innovation in vascular surgery goes beyond new devices and procedures. It also requires new approaches to advocacy in a health care system increasingly shaped by…
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Broader advocacy efforts are needed to address workforce, payment challenges
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Study links clopidogrel genetic variants to cardiovascular risk after PAD intervention
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‘Treat the water, not just the pipes’: Addressing prevention in vascular care
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Subspecialty certification: Solution or added burden?
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‘We are all family’: Calligaro calls for unity and innovation during VAM presidential address
From the Editor
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This signal brings noise
Last month, my friend Nikhil Kansal detailed in Vascular Specialist why the Association for Program Directors in Vascular Surgery (APDVS) elected to implement Preference Signaling…
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A new signal in the match: Why vascular surgery Is embracing program signaling
The residency and fellowship match processes in vascular surgery have evolved significantly over the past decade, shaped by changes in application behavior and increasing application…
SVS News
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To be or not to be: Are AI surgeons the future?
“Soon, AI will be able to perform surgery independently.” As a PGY-4 vascular surgery resident conducting AI research, I encounter this prediction somewhat frequently. I…
Conference Coverage
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Abstract submissions open for VAM 2026
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) invites authors to submit abstracts for the 2026 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM 2026) by Jan. 7, 2026, at 3…