Jean Bismuth, MD, took over as Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery (SCVS) president during the organization’s 51st Annual Symposium in Scottsdale, Arizona (March 16–20).
The new University of South Florida chief of vascular surgery followed M. Ashraf Mansour, MD, academic chair in the Department of Surgery at Spectrum Health Medical Group in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Vincent Rowe, MD, chief of vascular surgery at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), is the new SCVS president elect. Peter Faries, MD, the chief of vascular surgery at Mount Sinai in New York, moves up to become vice president. Palma Shaw, MD, professor of surgery at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, is now SCVS recorder.
Meanwhile, Malachi Sheahan III, MD, is the program chair for the 52nd Annual Symposium, set to be held in Austin, Texas, from March 29–April 2 next year.
