Vascular Specialist–June 2021

In this special issue:

• Members of the SVS Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee introduce a multi-part special, featuring personal stories of overcoming prejudice, as part of Pride Month (p. 1 and 4–10)
• We interview Andres Schanzer, MD, on his University of Massachusetts team's pioneering use—the first Stateside—of the Fiber Optic RealShape (FORS) imaging advance from Philips (p. 1 and 11)
• Back in the room: All of the latest news on what is happening around the upcoming Vascular Annual Meeting (p. 12–13)
• A report on a new study that details the "disproportionate decrease" in vascular surgery's buying power (p. 15)
• The latest from the trainee community in Corner Stitch: Christopher Audu, MD, takes a look at what newly minted interns can expect as they hit the OR (p. 18)