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Likes, dislikes and reposts: The new age of the vascular surgery influencer
The brave new world of social media, with its TikToks and Kardashians, has now invaded our once-sane specialty. No, this is not a veiled...
Vascular surgery oral boards text seeks to fill certifying void
Think of it as the omega of the vascular surgical textbook literature, quips Andrew M. Wishy, DO. As a training resource, it fits neatly...
Back to basics: All the things I love about vascular surgery
Recently, after completing a difficult open aortic operation with my attending, a bright M3 asked me, “Why vascular surgery?” The question didn’t catch me...
New SVS series zeroes in on government’s impact on vascular surgery
Starting next month, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) will begin a series of articles focusing on how the actions of Congress and regulatory...
EVS 2022: Weaving magic in academic vascular surgery at JVS
Past Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) group editor-in-chief Peter Gloviczki, MD, invoked his hobby of magic to help illustrate what it requires to take...
NESVS 2022 Presidential Address: ‘We can create a bold new future for vascular surgery:...
“Collaborate, innovate, mentor, champion DEI and relish the opportunity to form deep connections with our amazing patients.” This was the key take-home message...
VEITHsymposium panel probes ‘value’ of artificial intelligence in vascular surgery
A session at the 2022 VEITHsymposium in New York City (Nov. 15–19) focused on new concepts, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) in vascular...
Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery 50th Annual Symposium
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CMS: An update on quality measures for vascular surgery
An upcoming national reporting change/addition from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) includes three important elements of which Society for Vascular Surgery...
Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) 47th Annual Meeting
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46th Annual Northwestern Vascular Surgery Symposium
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Signal-to-noise ratio: Thoughts on fine-tuning feedback during vascular surgery training
I recently took the Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI) exam. While studying for it, one of the concepts that stood out was the...
No time like the present: The moral imperative for advocacy in vascular surgery
“I’m so sorry but we have to cancel your surgery”—10 words any warm-blooded surgeon dreads uttering. This time around, it was not for the...
SVS advocacy in action: Protecting and advancing the interests of vascular surgery
Deep in to the second half of the year, there is no rest for the weary regarding Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) advocacy initiatives....
Annals of Vascular Surgery announces special issue dedicated to original work by women
The Annals of Vascular Surgery peer-review journal has announced an upcoming special issue dedicated to original work by women that is set to be...
Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative celebrates one million procedures
The Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Quality Initiative (SVS VQI) clinical registry announced this week it has now collected more than one million procedures...
Navigating EMRs: SVS webinar to demonstrate how to make them work for vascular surgery
Vascular surgeons can learn how to make electronic medical records (EMRs) work for them at a webinar Sept. 7. The webinar, sponsored jointly by...
DEI initiatives in vascular surgery: How are we doing?
The 2022 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) has been touted as the most diverse to date. As attendees ourselves, we can attest to the increased...
Patient-reported outcomes in vascular surgery are here to stay
In 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is again emphasizing the importance of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) through legislation regarding the Quality...
Vascular surgery review book seeks to plug hole in VSITE preparation process
When University of Massachusetts Medical School integrated vascular surgery resident Thomas Creeden, DO, was preparing for his first Vascular Surgery In-Training Exam (VSITE), it...
Vascular Surgery Interest Groups propel students’ awareness and engagement in the specialty, VAM 2022...
A study of the impact of Vascular Surgery Interest Groups (VSIGs) can have on piquing awareness and engagement of medical students in the specialty...
Trust, transportation, insurance hamper ‘quality vascular surgery care for all,’ Crawford Forum hears
An absence of patient trust in their doctors and hospital systems yesterday morning emerged as a key talking point amid a comprehensive deep dive...
The ABS-VSB: Extolling the virtues of vascular surgery’s independent board
The evolutionary process by which vascular surgery became a bona fide independent discipline has much to thank the American Board of Vascular Surgery (ABVS),...
Register for August Vascular Surgery Board review course
Get ready for the American Board of Surgery Vascular Surgery Board (ABS-VSB) Qualifying Exam in September by attending a comprehensive review course in August.
The...
SVS’ AMA membership push aimed at safeguarding vascular surgery voice on coding issues
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is urging members to join the American Medical Association (AMA) in a bid to maintain a critical voice...
Vascular Surgery Board seeks director nominees
The Vascular Surgery Board (VSB) of the American Board of Surgery (ABS) is seeking director nominees to serve a six-year term beginning July 1,...
New data add to body of evidence highlighting ‘importance’ of vascular surgery in trauma...
Another study has emerged showing vascular surgery’s heavy intraoperative consult activity in a level 1 trauma center setting, lending further fuel to the “vascular...
Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery 2022 Annual Meeting
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Conveying vascular surgery’s essential ‘coolness’
Let’s start with a question: how do we communicate coolness? No, I am not referring to a cool or cold foot in the emergency...
VSIGs increase early exposure to vascular surgery in med school
This month, we are focusing on medical student recruitment into vascular surgery. In many medical schools, students do not get any exposure to the...
New England Society for Vascular Surgery (NESVS) Annual Meeting 2022
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Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery (SCVS) Annual Symposium 2022
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Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) Winter Meeting 2022
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Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Annual Meeting 2022
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AI and transforming vascular surgery
The 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) Roy Greenberg Distinguished Lecture saw delegates hear about the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to transform vascular surgery....
EVS 2021: Vascular surgery as ‘an enabling service’ for the wider healthcare system
Vascular surgery is as important as anesthesia in providing a safe operating room (OR), Richard Powell, MD, the vascular section chief at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical...
Caring for the veteran, training the surgeon: The role of the VA in vascular...
In May 1945, President Harry Truman appointed Gen. Omar Bradley to lead what is now the United States Department of Veteran Affairs, with Paul...
Insights from the VAM 2021 floor: The future of vascular surgery
The Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) presents great opportunities for medical students and residents who aspire to be vascular surgeons to network with, engage with...
Overcoming prejudice and uniting vascular surgery
The United States has been living through some charged times recently. Our profession is not immune to these conflagrations. In recent times, minority members...
Elevating women in vascular surgery
Over a one-year period, Association of American Medical Colleges data showed that 25% of women in surgery reported experiencing disrespect based on their gender,...
European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 35th Hybrid Annual Meeting
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‘Grit matters in vascular surgery’
"This is what happens to you when you show grit: You end up being elected president of the American College of Surgeons."
Those were among...
‘Vascular surgery is an integral part of a complete healthcare system’
A new Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) report highlights both the critical skills vascular surgeons provide to a healthcare system and the specialty’s benefit...
How to succeed in vascular surgery: A guide for the aspiring outlier
Disclaimer: The views expressed here do not reflect those of Mayo Clinic, the Society for Vascular Surgery, Vascular Specialist, or even the author, for...
COVID-19 pandemic led to ‘severe’ financial loss for academic vascular surgery division
The initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in three-month sustained decreases in operative and outpatient clinical volume as well as a “severe” financial...
‘Inordinate amount’ of vascular surgery’s Medicare payments go to narrow group, study finds
Just 1% of vascular surgeons receive “an inordinate amount” of the total Medicare payments that flow toward the specialty, with disproportionate use of outpatient...
Vascular surgery COVID-19 registry participants probe state of practice amid winter surge
The question of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on vascular practice continues to occupy members of the specialty. Contributors to a global vascular surgery registry...
Simulation-based training shown to build open vascular surgery skills
A recent systematic review found that “carefully designed and structured” simulation-based training (SBT) in open vascular surgery is effective and can improve technical skills,...
Dalman to trainees: ‘Vascular surgery is a tremendously rewarding career’
For aspiring vascular trainees, interview season is a time of great stress as well as opportunity. Graduating medical students and residents are preparing the...
Anatomy of a branding campaign: Making vascular surgery more visible
Members asked; SVS listened. The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has launched a Branding Toolkit to help its members brand the specialty in order...
Getinege expands its vascular surgery arm
Getinge is investing €3 million in its manufacturing of polyester grafts and patches to treat aneurysmal and occlusive diseases. The investment aims at increasing...
2021 Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery Annual Meeting
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2020 Texas Society for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery annual meeting
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New data support televascular visits to help address rural vascular surgery shortage
Researchers from the University of Minnesota unveiled new data supporting televascular consultations as a viable solution to the shortage of vascular surgeons in rural...
Diversity, equity and inclusion: Disparities in medicine and vascular surgery
Recent months have yielded a conversation on systemic racism perhaps unlike any other before. We’ve learned about how it manifests across society, how it...
‘Significant’ number of vascular surgery faculty suffer workplace sexual harassment
The Journal of Vascular Surgery August issue featured a paper whose findings established a significant number of faculty of vascular surgery training programs had...
‘I cannot remove my black skin’: Perspective of a vascular surgery resident
For each of the past 10 days, I’ve woken up and asked myself the same questions: Do I matter? Does my life have as...
SVS ONLINE closing act: Looking into the future of vascular surgery
What’s ahead for vascular surgery? Many changes, both possible and confirmed, according to the final SVS ONLINE session, “Assuring quality in vascular surgical care:...
Cannabis use disorder linked to greater odds of perioperative myocardial infarction in vascular surgery...
Active cannabis use disorder was associated with significantly higher odds of perioperative myocardial infarction in vascular surgery patients, researchers reveal.
Furthermore, people with the disorder...
Crawford Forum sets the stage for vascular surgery future
It was an encapsulation of the existential questions surrounding vascular surgery. And it was just as the newly installed Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)...
Virtual catch-up: Vascular surgery and coming around to telemedicine
Remote treatment of patients, so-called telemedicine, has been around since the 1940s, when it was first used for transmission of radiology images. In later...
Dispatches: Vascular surgery and pandemic redeployment in New Orleans
At one point in the COVID-19 pandemic timeline, New Orleans was in a perilous position. In late March, the Louisiana governor reported that the...
COVER study aims to capture impact of COVID-19 on global vascular surgery
The COVID-19 vascular service (COVER) study, a multinational, prospective, observational study that is aimed at capturing the impact of the pandemic on global vascular...
SVS needs assessment survey: Evaluating impact of COVID-19 on vascular surgery
The COVID-19 pandemic has stressed the healthcare workforce with unprecedented challenges, the like of which has not been experienced in a century. In response,...
Prominent Seattle hospital issues COVID-19 clinical practice guidelines for vascular surgery
A prominent hospital operating on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington state has released a set of clinical practice guidelines for vascular...
Integration of 3D imaging and optimized 3D robotic control set to be ‘important’ part...
NEW YORK—The marriage of 3D imaging and robotics in hybrid operating suites promises to be a pivotal aspect of the future in vascular surgery—part...
Am I my brother’s keeper? A skeptic’s call for peer support in vascular surgery
In the classic 1991 movie, “New Jack City,” drug dealer Nino Brown rhetorically asks his gang (the Cash Money Brothers), “Am I my brother’s...
Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
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VESS – Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Society
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Southern Association for Vascular Surgery 44th Annual Meeting
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Upcoming Ask Us Anything Will Focus on Outpatient Vascular Surgery Through OBLs
More patients are receiving vascular surgery procedures in outpatient-based labs (OBLs). This trend is expected to increase in years to come. Right now, there...
Gender disparity and sexual harassment in vascular surgery practices
Sexual harassment is known to be more pervasive in male-dominated workplaces and flourishes in a climate of tolerance and culture of silence, according to...
Interested in starting a vascular surgery training program?
Requirements for starting a vascular surgery training program have been lightened – you no longer need to have a general surgery residency at your...
Volunteers Sought for ‘Task Force on Future of Vascular Surgery’
The SVS is recruiting volunteers to serve on a new Task Force on the Future of Vascular Surgery, which will examine a number of...
Society for Vascular Ultrasound, Society for Vascular Surgery and Medstreaming-M2S Introduce New Vascular Ultrasound...
The Society for Vascular Ultrasound (SVU), the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), and Medstreaming-M2S, announce the development of the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) Vascular...
The men and women of vascular surgery
Recent news events have detailed the many humiliations and abuses, both verbal and physical, that women, and some men, have to endure in the...
The Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society Welcomes You to VAM 2017
I would like to personally welcome everyone to San Diego and invite all 2017 Vascular Annual Meeting attendees to visit the Spring Meeting of...
SVS (Specialty of Vascular Surgery): Why, How, and When
The November 2016 issue of Annals of Vascular Surgery was devoted entirely to the history of the American Board of Vascular Surgery (ABVS) and...
Learn Radiation Safety During Vascular Surgery
Practical tips for protecting your vascular surgery patients and yourselves from radiation exposure will be featured as part of this morning’s session “Radiation Safety...
Homans Lecture: A Look Ahead in Vascular Surgery
Vascular surgery has a rich, varied and enormously interesting history, filled with innovators and creators whose inventions changed the course of patient care. This...
The Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society Welcomes You
I would like to invite all Vascular Annual Meeting attendees to join us for the Spring Meeting of the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society...
Present vascular surgery challenges are magnified in our emergency rooms
The historical successes of emergent vascular care are known to many. The role vascular surgeons have played in providing experienced care in emergent situations...
Vascular Surgery Chronicles: Charles Lindbergh and Alexis Carrel: Strange Bedfellows
How does one of the smartest and most well-known men of his time become almost forgotten in history? Dr. Alexis Carrel’s contributions to medicine...
Vascular surgery – it’s personal
Let’s get personal for a moment. The next time you walk past your local cancer center, pay attention to the signs, the branding, and...
Dealing with adversity in vascular surgery
Adversity is part of life and everyone must deal with it. How one manages adversity matters, separates the winners from the losers, and is...
The six Ps of vascular surgery
Vascular Surgery has evolved to balance clinical medicine, open and minimally invasive surgical interventions, and innovation into a unique career where technological advancement is...
Vascular Surgery Has Unique Readmission Characteristics
Administrative data show that readmission rates are highest in vascular surgery, according to Dr. Natalia O. Glebova and her colleagues. In Friday afternoon’s Plenary...
The changing face of vascular surgery
The NSA might know how often you order Chinese after midnight, or the topics of your text messages to your dog sitter. But when...
Journal of Vascular Surgery Web Site Enhancements
The Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) has migrated to a new web platform, providing readers with improved search capabilities and mobile-friendly content. The full...
PVSS is now VESS -The Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society
Nearing 40 years of continued service to its membership, the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society at its annual meeting elected a change in the society...
The ACA, the private practice of vascular surgery, and SVS: A call to action
As I view the implementation of the Patient Protection and Accountable Care Act (ACA), I am concerned that this bureaucratic, administrative, directive-driven apparatus will...
ICD-10 Vascular Surgery Webinar
According to a recent survey by the Medical Group Management Association, less than 10 percent of physician practices are prepared for the upcoming ICD-10...
Record Number of Women in Vascular Surgery Training
In recent years, data show that half of all medical students are female, yet in 2007, women accounted for only 12 percent of those...
Learn the Latest Vascular Surgery Coding
The coding process is continually changing. To ensure proper reimbursement, it's vitally important to be up-to-date on billing and coding procedures so register today...
Vascular Surgery News a Click Away
Interested in the latest news about Vascular Surgery?
VascularWeb visitors may now link directly to, and register for an RSS feed for vascular news provided...
Invest in the Future of Vascular Surgery: A Message from the New SVS PAC...
Sensing the urgent need for more face-to-face advocacy, particularly with members of Congress who serve on health care committees, are leaders and/or MDs, SVS...
Veith’s Viewpoint: Vascular Surgery and Creativity
Vascular surgery is an exciting field. It also faces enormous challenges. These include a difficult economic climate and intense competition from other specialties, both...
Historical Interviews with Vascular Surgery Leaders
The vascular surgery specialty has been blessed with outstanding innovators who are responsible for the advancements the field has experienced throughout the years. Several...
Competitive Vascular Surgery Residency Match
The SVS scholarship program has sparked an increase in the number of medical student residency matches for the integrated vascular training programs (0+5). In...
Attend Challenges in Vascular Surgery 2012: Coding and Reimbursement
"Vascular surgeons and their practice managers, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, surgery schedulers, and coders are invited to attend the course, Challenges in Vascular...
Video Interviews With Historic Vascular Surgery Leaders Available
Historical video interviews with leaders including Dr. Michael DeBakey, Dr. Harry Schumacker, Jr., and Dr. Frank Veith may be viewed, downloaded, and are available...
Vascular Surgery Jeopardy During Vascular Annual Meeting
Fellows, residents, and students representing six regions of the country teamed up to compete in a lively game of vascular surgery jeopardy on Friday,...
Vascular Surgery Chronicles
Ernest Stanley Crawford (1922-1992) was an internationally renowned cardiovascular surgeon whose greatest technical work involved innovative surgical techniques in the treatment of complex aortic...
Vascular Surgery Chronicles: Michael E. DeBakey
Dr. Michael Ellis DeBakey, pioneer heart surgeon and medical device innovator, died July 11, 2008, in Houston, about 2 months shy of his 100th...
New book penned by vascular icon charts career in surgery, revolutionary spirit
A new memoir penned by former Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) President and vascular surgery leader Frank J. Veith, MD, which touches on...
MVSS 2022: Research on hemodialysis access surgery attracts inaugural Midwestern Vascular disparities award
The authors behind a new study that found “significant differences” in hemodialysis vascular access outcomes after first-time arteriovenous (AV) fistula or graft creation “directly related” to...
Study: Surgery offers chance to adjust vascular medications
Patients who are treated at sites with longer participation in the VQI had better medical management and this was associated with higher survival rates,...
‘Time matters’: New study finds novel EHR workflow improves timeliness in vascular care
A novel, order-initiated workflow facilitated by the electronic health record (EHR) has been shown to improve timeliness of care for vascular surgery patients, decreasing...
Letter to the editor: The vascular influencer
Dear editor,
Reading “Likes, dislikes and reposts: The new age of the vascular surgery influencer,” by Drs. Jean Bismuth (@jeanbismuth) and Jonathan Cardella (@yalevascular), they...
Corner Stitch: What I wish I had known in vascular training
Welcome newly matched vascular surgery residents into the fold! I am just over six months into my first attending position after completing my residency...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of February 2023
In February 2023, the hits with Vascular Specialist readers included positive safety and efficacy findings from the PRESERVE trial; the announcement of the scientific program...
VESS 2023: pMAC score found to be ‘important predictor’ of CLTI revascularization outcomes
Having observed a strong relationship between calcification and subsequent limb loss, a research team led by investigators from the University of California San Francisco...
SVS DEI Committee launches ‘Voices of Vascular’ series
To help celebrate the diversity in the vascular surgery specialty, the Society for Vascular Surgery Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee has launched “Voices of...
More than a research project: The vascular trainee’s role in tackling disparities in peripheral...
One of my earliest clinical experiences with vascular disease was as a high school student shadowing at a busy urban hospital in Detroit. A...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of January 2023
In January 2023, most popular among the Vascular Specialist readers were several stories from the recent Southern Association for Vascular Surgery meeting, including a report of data shared to demonstrate...
Sudanese vascular association readies for first-ever conference
The Sudanese Association of Vascular Surgeons (SudAVaS) has announced the scientific program behind its first-ever international conference, marking the occasion by celebrating the “first...
NIH funding for vascular surgeon-scientists: ‘We need more funded vascular surgeons and better coverage...
Presenting at the 2023 Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) annual meeting in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, Amin A. Mirzaie—a pre-medical student at Emory...
‘Unique’ vascular meeting set to update surgeons, prioritize audience debate
Prioritizing “entertaining and informative” sessions, the 29th Annual Pennsylvania Hospital Vascular Symposium and the 3rd Annual Pennsylvania Hospital/University of Pennsylvania Non-invasive Vascular Laboratory Symposium...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of December 2022
Among the most-read Vascular Specialist stories in December 2022 were the promising results from a postmarket surveillance study of a paclitaxel DCB; the Society...
SAVS 2023: Planned and unplanned vascular assists found to improve outcomes
An award-winning paper presented at the 2023 Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) annual meeting in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, established an association between...
Summit dedicated to tackling key issues related to women’s vascular health and female workforce...
Linda Harris, MD, is a prolific attendee on the national and regional vascular meeting circuit, a noteworthy academic vascular surgeon with trainees and papers...
Vascular community starts process of wrestling with findings from BEST-CLI
One of the earliest multispecialty public gatherings of the vascular community following the release of the first results from the BEST-CLI randomized controlled...
The 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of November 2022
Among November's most read Vascular Specialist stories were updates from the BEST-CLI trial in the form of new data and funding; a guest...
Vascular trainee-developed VSITE review book sees sales soar
A new review textbook developed by a vascular surgery resident with the aim of helping fellow trainees prepare for milestones like the Vascular Surgery...
SVS vascular leaders: Cohort four of Leadership Development Program selected
Twenty-nine people have been selected for development as future leaders of the profession and the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS).
They represent cohort four of...
Dec. 12 webinar to examine 3D printing for vascular imaging
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members can learn some of the ins and outs of three-dimensional (3D) printing for vascular imaging at a webinar...
Vascular surgeons: The ‘oncologists’ of the surgical arena
Like any good presentation I feel obligated to start with my disclosures: 1) I am married to a woman who decided to pursue a...
Eastern Vascular gathering challenged to forge next generation of evolution
Evolution was the core theme of the Presidential Address Robert Rhee, MD, delivered from the Eastern Vascular Society (EVS) annual meeting stage in Philadelphia...
First-in-human patients continue to benefit from VenoValve at average of three years post-surgery, new...
Positive long-term, three-year observational data from a cohort of patients that participated in the previously concluded VenoValve (Envveno Medical) first-in-human clinical trial were recently...
Vascular Specialist–November 2022
In this issue:
First data from BEST-CLI are revealed at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions (p. 1 and 12–13)
The Society...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of October 2022
The most-read Vascular Specialist stories in October covered an investigation of thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) timing presented at the Eastern Vascular Society (EVS)...
A recent snapshot of pediatric vascular trauma injuries
A study of major pediatric vascular injuries delivered in the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) Paper Session during the 2022 Vascular Annual Meeting...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of September 2022
September's top stories featured news of a trial to evaluate women's experience of early endovascular aneurysm repair, and of a special women-focused edition...
Regional vascular presidents measure state of specialty
Vincent Rowe, MD, and Raghu Motaganahalli, MD, delivered Presidential Addresses at the Western Vascular Society (WVS) and the Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society (MVSS) that...
Slew of regional vascular societies welcome new leaders for 2022–23
A number of regional vascular societies across the U.S. and Canada introduced their 2022–23 slew of officers during their annual meetings across the fall...
Vascular practice: Financial wellness is focus of Nov. 2 SVS webinar
Responding to members’ requests for more information on financial education, a nationally known estate and tax attorney will provide information and guidance on financial...
Mortality drops for acute type A aortic dissection, still high for patients not receiving...
The chance of a patient surviving after an acute type A aortic dissection has improved significantly, but mortality remains high if not recognized early and repaired...
Vascular Specialist–October 2022
In this issue:
Regional vascular society presidents measure state of specialty (p. 1 and 4)
Study: Combined antiplatelet, NOAC use linked to worse limb...
Vascular surgeons step up for PAD awareness campaign in September
Walking is instrumental to keeping the 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body healthy—especially for patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). That...
Ukrainian surgeons present clinical update on Human Acellular Vessel in vascular trauma at ESVS...
Humacyte recently announced the presentation of a clinical update on the Human Acellular Vessel (HAV) for the treatment of vascular trauma. The update was...
Corner Stitch: Audible Bleeding cuts down to vascular core
Many Corner Stitch readers subscribe to Audible Bleeding, the vascular surgery podcast for updates on all things vascular—from vascular knowledge, to reviewing key Journal...
Vascular Specialist–September 2022
In this issue:
No time like the present: The moral imperative for advocacy in vascular surgery (p. 2 and 4)
Corner Stitch: Audible Bleeding...
Aortobifemoral grafting in the endovascular era: An exploration of the open procedure and its...
Aortobifemoral grafting for aortoiliac occlusive disease (AIOD) probably remains “very safe” in the era of endovascular repair, according to the senior author behind a...
PAD: Endovascular revascularization ‘superior or not significantly different’ in terms of outcomes versus open...
A real-world analysis of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) patients in Canada indicated open revascularization may not offer a long-term benefit over endovascular intervention. In...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of August 2022
The top 10 most-read stories on the Vascular Specialist website in August included a look at the state of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)...
Give gift of SVS membership to vascular nurses
Sept. 4 to 10 is Vascular Nurses Week. It’s the perfect opportunity for Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members to “give the gift of...
A brilliant plan to increase vascular surgeons’ income—and decrease the incidence of stroke!
I have come up with a brilliant plan that will decrease the incidence of stroke nationwide, provide an excellent source of income for vascular...
CX Aortic Vienna: Cardiac, vascular surgeons collaborate at the vanguard of aortic care
CX Aortic Vienna returns in October for its third edition (Oct. 24–26, Digital), bringing together world-leading specialists from the cardiac and vascular fields...
Digging deep into DOACs for PAD post-revascularization in fight to stave off amputation
This advertorial is sponsored by ACHL.
“It’s really sad—but it’s true: In the PAD space, we’re really behind. We’re behind in our understanding of the...
Confessions of a dual-trained, dual-practicing vascular-trauma surgeon
Like most of the other readers of Vascular Specialist, I look forward to perusing each release for not just useful information but also insightful...
SVS Vascular Health Step Challenge asks surgeons to walk the walk
Most American adults take an average of 5,000 steps per day. In fact, this simple act—getting out and moving—can be the key to prevention...
Vascular [email protected]–July/August Review Edition
In this VAM 2022 conference review issue:
Diversity gains momentum at the Journal of Vascular Surgery (p. 1 and 4)
SVS walking challenge—Vascular Health...
Corner Stitch: A letter to new vascular interns
Every intern starting vascular surgery this year is incredibly talented, and soon to be a member of a tight-knit, supportive, and fiercely passionate group...
Intraoperative vascular mapping during hemodialysis access ‘should be incorporated into routine practice’
Intraoperative ultrasonographic venous mapping is a useful tool to evaluate vessel suitability for arteriovenous fistula (AVF) creation, Yana Etkin, MD, associate professor of surgery...
Female sex is associated with additional treatments following surgery for intermittent claudication, study shows
A new U.S. study has found that female sex is associated with more reinterventions after surgical treatment for intermittent claudication. Additionally, guideline-directed medical therapy,...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist items of June 2022
June's top stories spanned a range of presentations from the 2022 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in Boston (June 15–18), covering topics including burnout...
Mentorship: Why more vascular surgeons should consider mentoring young minds
Addressing challenges of diversity and inclusion within medical schools and the larger physician workforce should begin with a conversation about the intrinsic barriers to...
Outgoing SVS president’s message of unity: ‘We must work together to improve, advance vascular...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is no longer the organization it was half a century ago. That was one of the core messages...
Bolstering the workforce: Session details how to start a vascular training program
The workforce shortage issues set to plague vascular surgery over the next few decades, alongside an aging population and increase in vascular disease, formed...
An antidote for burnout: Vascular surgeons as hospital administrators
The much-maligned electronic health record (EHR)—sometimes referred to as electronic medical record, or EMR—is not among the causes of burnout, per se, but rather...
Female sex ‘should be considered an independent risk factor’ for new stroke occurrence after...
A preliminary report lends evidence to support female sex being considered as an independent risk factor for new stroke occurrence after carotid revascularization in...
Vascular surgeons ‘have a role to play’ in transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedures
Vascular surgery assistance in transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) can facilitate safe and effective device introduction through cases involving challenging femoral or iliac access....
Vascular [email protected]–Conference Edition 1
Featured in this VAM daily edition:
Researchers report higher three-year amputation, reintervention rates in Black and Hispanic CLTI patients (p. 1 and 2)
Six...
Discussing ERAS—Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) pathways have been beneficial for many surgical specialties and are now available to guide the perioperative care of patients...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in May 2022
News on the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) ballots set to determine the next vice president and secretary, a hard-hitting column about vascular surgery's...
Urban or rural: Ensuring access to quality vascular care ‘no matter what’
Michael Dalsing, MD, talks to Vascular Specialist about how his formative years growing up in rural Wisconsin, as well as experience of operating in...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in April 2022
The digital version of the April 2022 issue of Vascular Specialist, the most recent editorial by our medical editor focusing on diversity within the...
Artificial intelligence could make endovascular aortic repair outcomes more predictable, CX 2022 hears
At the 2022 Charing Cross (CX) International Symposium (April 26–28) in London, England, Tom Carrell, MD, a vascular surgeon in Cambridge, England, and founder of...
SCAI releases multi-society position statement focused on core competencies for endovascular specialists providing care...
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) has released a position statement outlining competencies for endovascular specialists who provide care for chronic limb-threatening...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in March
Among the posts catching Vascular Specialist readers' eyes last month were the digital flipbook version of our March print edition, a new study looking...
Vascular Specialist–April 2022
In this issue:
In our April cover story, we report from the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery (SCVS) Annual Symposium on new evidence that...
Rare case series shows 100% limb salvage in pediatric bone tumor resections with vascular...
A retrospective review of a rare set of pediatric bone tumor resection cases with significant blood vessel involvement has demonstrated 100% limb salvage and...
Increased market competition linked to higher odds of revascularization among asymptomatic patients with moderate...
A vascular surgery research team with a growing reputation for its work investigating appropriateness in care in the peripheral vascular bed recently uncovered an...
Moments suspended in time: Joining the vascular fold
Noon on March 19, 2021, marked the end of an unprecedented year in the world of resident recruiting. Months of virtual interviews, “away” rotations...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in February
February's top 10 includes a highlight from the 2022 Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) winter annual meeting and an interview with Melissa Kirkwood,...
Lesson learned: Entering vascular residency during first wave of pandemic
An insight into the benefits of virtual learning from the perspective of a medical student on the cusp of residency as the early stages...
Vascular Specialist–March 2022
In this issue:
Dedicated vs. non-dedicated: Researchers place venous stenting under the spotlight at the American Venous Forum (AVF) 2022 annual meeting (p. 1 and...
Perioperative care in open aortic surgery: SVS and ERAS Society issue consensus statement
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the Stockholm, Sweden-based Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) Society have released a consensus statement intended to help...
SVS PAC: A voice for vascular surgeons on Capitol Hill
As everyone turned the page on 2021 and entered 2022 with a new hope for a return to normalcy, vascular surgeons continue to be...
Complex TAAA: US ARC IDE registry reports better survival vs. real-world data after endovascular...
Patients treated in Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved investigational device exemption (IDE) trials for complex thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAAs) in the U.S. Aortic...
Vascular Specialist–February 2022
In this issue:
"Vital signs": Reporting from the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) annual meeting on skyrocketing nursing costs and their contribution to...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in January
January’s top 10 includes “Our forever plague,” a combined editorial by Malachi Sheahan III, MD, our medical editor, on fake news and science, and...
Marston: Diversity required to deliver comprehensive care to vascular disease population
William A. Marston, MD, was recalling a recent experience acting as a bone marrow donor for a family member, and the moment it dawned...
Radiation protection: Lightweight shield designed to reduce dose during complex endovascular procedures gains ground
It all started with a “we should do research together; this is fascinating.” The result—the production of a prototype eyewear that decreases radiation to...
WFVS seeks to help shape future of global vascular training through technology and collaboration
The World Federation of Vascular Societies (WFVS) recently entered a new era of governance with the aim of better disseminating science and best practices...
Guidelines recognize potential role for earlier endovascular treatment of uncomplicated type B aortic dissection
New clinical practice guidelines published today aim to act as “guard rails” to determine the treatment options and best practices for managing patients with...
SAVS 2022: Skyrocketing vascular nursing costs hammer division’s financial bottom line
The profit margin of a vascular surgery division at a prominent health system in New Orleans was severely eroded during the COVID-19 pandemic period—despite...
Vascular Specialist–January 2022
In this issue:
"Strength in numbers": Global VASCC COVID-19 registries have already helped identify a framework to tackle delayed cases with applicability both inside...
VESS: A society primed for young vascular surgeons, trainees and medical students
Welcome to December where the calendar is filled with abstract and registration deadlines to various meetings through the summer of 2022. In this month‘s...
‘Leveraging multiple teams and cardiovascular specialists’
This quarter’s Leadership Corner features Young Erben, MD, interviewing Charles B. Ross, MD, chief of vascular and endovascular services at Piedmont Heart Institute, Piedmont...
Task Force to address question: How will we care for pediatric vascular patients?
Along with the American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA), the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) plans to minimize and close some very real gaps in...
Vascular Specialist–December 2021
In this issue:
*This issue went to press before Congress moved to address cuts to Medicare due to kick in Jan. 1, 2022.
"Countdown to...
Smoking status ‘should not deter nor delay’ endovascular intervention in femoropopliteal vessels
Smoking does not seem to affect reocclusion rates, interval to reintervention and the total number of interventions in peripheral arterial disease (PAD) patients with...
Surgeons must stay skilled in femorotibial/pedal bypass surgery, Paris audience hears
At Paris Vascular Insights (PVI) 2021 (Oct. 21–23, Paris, France), Peter Schneider, MD, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, emphasized the need for...
Canadian Vascular: Spin in RCTs
A large proportion of statistically nonsignificant randomized controlled trials (RCTs) yielded interpretations that were inconsistent with their results, according to an analysis of 31...
Rise in cardiovascular disease, vascular surgeon burnout presents a public health crisis, Western Vascular...
Cases of cardiovascular disease are rising across the U.S., with large disparities seen in ethnic groups and poorer geographical areas. In combination with increased...
Intraoperative vascular consults have risen 529% in last 15 years, single-center analysis finds
According to researchers from the University of Washington level 1 trauma center, the number of intraoperative vascular surgeon consultations has increased enormously over the...
Vascular Specialist–November 2021
In this issue:
"In good hands?" The twin issues of center volumes for open AAA repair as well as training implications came under the...
Envveno Medical reports successful completion of first VenoValve surgery in US pivotal trial
Envveno Medical—formerly Hancock Jaffe Laboratories—recently announced that the first VenoValve surgery in the company’s SAVVE US pivotal trial for the VenoValve has been successfully...
WIfI system helps predict revascularization benefit for diabetic patients with CLTI, study finds
A retrospective study supports the use of the Wound, ischemia, and foot infection (WIfI) classification system to predict the revascularization benefit for diabetic patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia...
Our broken system: Medical liability in vascular practice
My last editorial, “How to succeed in vascular surgery: A guide for the aspiring outlier,” was more controversial than I expected. I naively believed...
WVS 2021: Western Vascular Society names new president-elect
University of Southern California (USC) vascular chief Vincent Rowe, MD, took over as the new president of the Western Vascular Society (WVS)—with University of...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in September
Five-year data from the ACST-2 trial comparing carotid endarterectomy and carotid artery stenting, a report from the Crawford Forum at the 2021 Vascular Annual...
Vascular Specialist–October 2021
In this issue:
"Not all cuts disappear": We take a look at the threat posed to vascular surgery—and the office-based lab (OBL) setting in...
Vascular surgeons found to ask twice as many closed- versus open-ended questions in patient...
Patients reported they mostly felt their provider was adequate in terms of engaging in shared decision-making during asymptomatic vascular consults, according to a qualitative...
Cuts to Medicare: ‘As vascular disease complexity increases, reimbursement for complex care decreases’
Outgoing Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society (MVSS) President Kellie Brown, MD, has seen fundamental changes to the way vascular surgery is practiced during her 20...
Spotlight: Vascular surgeons in the news
Daniel Clair, MD, has been named the inaugural chair of the newly formed Department of Vascular Surgery in the Section of Surgical Sciences at...
PCBs: Panel of vascular surgeons review latest findings on paclitaxel-coated balloons
A recent meta-analysis by Konstantinos Katsanos, MD, of Patras University Hospital, Rion, Greece, and colleagues—“Risk of major amputation following application of paclitaxel-coated balloons ...
Survey on radiation safety in vascular trainees demonstrates a quarter received no feedback on...
A collaborative effort is needed to establish and adhere to best practice guidelines for radiation safety and exposure, Jasmine Bhinder, MD, a general surgery...
Corner Stitch: The art of surgery in the present moment
As a young surgeon-in-training, and a millennial, the concept of mindfulness and wellbeing perfuses my day-to-day life. Reminders of the importance of “being present”...
CMS creates new billing code for central venous vascular access system
Bluegrass Vascular Technologies announced today that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized a new Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS)...
Vascular Connections–September 2021 (Review Edition)
In this VAM review issue:
Outgoing President Ronald L. Dalman, MD, deals with the challenges of COVID-19 and the future direction of the Society...
Vascular Specialist–September 2021
In this issue:
We hear from five vascular surgeons on the latest signal around paclitaxel-coated balloon (PCB) use in patients with peripheral arterial disease...
New SVS vice president: ‘How do vascular surgeons differ? We provide comprehensive vascular care’
New Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vice President Joseph Mills, MD, talks to Vascular Specialist about how inclusivity is at the forefront of SVS...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in August
Our recent editorial on the status of the interview, one of the Presidential Addresses from the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), a slew of new...
MVSS 2021: Midwestern Vascular unveils 2021–22 leadership changes
The Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society (MVSS) announced a new slate of officers at its 2021 annual meeting held in Chicago from Sept. 9–11. Raghu...
‘Tremendous advances in imaging possibilities’ signal further innovation, says leading vascular chief
It was a complex repair in the thoracoabdominal region of the aorta around 10 years ago, and Matthew Eagleton, MD, and his surgical team...
Five-year ACST-2 results: Carotid artery surgery and stenting have similar long-term effects on stroke
Carotid artery surgery and stenting have comparable long-term effects on fatal or disabling stroke in asymptomatic patients with severe carotid artery stenosis. That is the finding of...
Females were 30% less likely to undergo surgery for PAD, national database study finds
A review of more than 1 million patients receiving vascular surgery over a 16-year period identified significant sex-related disparities in the treatment of abdominal...
Registration for UCLA-SVS vascular review course open
The Sixth Annual University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)-Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Symposium returns as a live course for 2021 from Oct. 1...
Vascular Quality Initiative launches ‘My PAD’ pilot
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) has created “My PAD,” a pilot program for collecting patient-reported outcomes (PROs) from patients...
Veterans with claudication who undergo revascularization ‘significantly more likely to have major amputation than...
Patients within the Veterans Affairs Administration healthcare system who underwent an intervention for intermittent claudication (IC) were consistently at three-to-four times greater risk of...
SVS announces future launch of vascular verification program, aiming to enhance quality improvement
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), in partnership with the American College of Surgeons (ACS), today (Thursday, Aug. 19) announced the future launch of...
Crawford Forum on multispecialty vascular care: ‘We can work together’
New Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) President Ali AbuRahma, MD, put on an E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum at this year’s Vascular Annual...
Vascular surgeons as community leaders in vascular disease
Value to the healthcare system, branding and success in competing in competitive environments and ensuring optimal patient care all play a role in defining...
Fusion Bioline vascular graft demonstrates improved patency rates and reduced time to hemostasis
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Alan Lumsden, MD, Jean Panneton, MD, and Hiranya Rajasinghe, MD, detail the hemostatic and minimally thrombogenic benefits of the...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in July
The digital version of our July 2021 print issue, an argument in favor of a multidisciplinary approach to limb salvage and look back at...
Vascular Specialist–August 2021
In this issue:
The Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) is nigh, and the specialty is grappling with several pressing issues across a number of fronts....
The year in COVID: VAM to feature 10 talks probing pandemic-related vascular complications
After nearly 18 months of life dominated by a worldwide pandemic—one that canceled the 2020 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM)—VAM 2021 highlights several aspects of...
The latest innovation in intravascular ultrasound: Reconnaissance PV .018 OTW digital IVUS catheter
This advertorial is sponsored by Philips.
Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is now used in a wide variety of peripheral vascular interventions after having first been utilized...
With Foundation help, more vascular care headed to Oklahoma
There are new vistas in Oklahoma for those in need of vascular care. That’s “vista” as in Vascular Volunteers In Service To All, or...
WFVS undergoes transformation, looks for vascular ’haves‘ to better help ‘have nots‘
The World Federation of Vascular Societies (WFVS) has entered a new era of transformation, seeking to better pave the way for disparate vascular surgeons...
Fempop bypass shows reintervention benefit over endovascular therapy for advanced premature PAD
Femoropopliteal bypass is associated with decreased reinterventions at one year compared to endovascular therapy in patients with advanced premature peripheral arterial disease (PAD). This is...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in May
A pointed letter aimed at electronic health record (EHR) behemoth Epic, an argument in favor of endovascular treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAAs)...
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,...
Lead vascular surgeon on first use of Fiber Optic RealShape in US hails advance
Vascular surgeons at the University of Massachusetts became the first in the United States to carry out procedures using the breakthrough imaging technology Fiber...
‘Disproportionate decrease’: Vascular surgeons see buying power fall, study finds
Inflation-adjusted Medicare reimbursement rates for the 20 most common vascular surgical procedures decreased by more than 20% in the last decade, a new analysis...
#SVSTweetChat: Connecting to the online vascular community
With social media having such a prevalent presence today, it continues to play a significant role in connecting surgeons, prospective trainees and medical students...
Lessons in PAD care from VA vascular surgeons
The care of patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is challenging and costly. Every practicing vascular surgeon knows that when patients present with ulcerations,...
Intravascular shunts improve early limb salvage after extremity vascular injury, study finds
A multicenter retrospective study of the PROOVIT (Prospective observational vascular injury treatment) registry suggests the use of temporary intravascular shunts (TIVSs) results in lower...
Added benefit of carotid revascularization to modern medical care ‘needs to be revisited’, study...
A pooled meta-analysis found that patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis enrolled in recent randomized controlled trials (RCTs) had a lower risk of stroke after...
Vascular Specialist–April 2021
In this issue:
Three vascular surgeons journey through more than 60 peer-reviewed papers that make the connection between electronic health records (EHRs) and physician...
‘Highly implementable’ price sheet strategy sparks cost reduction in vascular procedures
A simple cost reduction strategy implemented among providers in an academic vascular surgery practice yielded data demonstrating sometimes significant cost savings—in the case of...
Tracci elected Southern Vascular recorder
The Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) has announced the election of Margaret (Megan) Tracci, MD, as its next recorder.
Tracci is currently associate professor...
Vascular Specialist–March 2021
In this issue:
Outpatient centers like OBLs have lately come under heavy scrutiny in light of new evidence highlighting outlier utilization rates. Last month,...
Hospital availability of TCAR associated with an improvement in overall outcomes for carotid revascularization
Silk Road Medical has announced positive results from a comparative-effectiveness study involving transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) that was published in JAMA Network Open.
The study...
In memoriam: Aspiring vascular surgeon Noor Gul Shah, 29
Noor Gul Shah, MD, who passed away in October last year aged 29, was a remarkable fourth-year resident in general surgery at NYU Langone...
New SVS online portal heralds vascular education ‘on the go’
To great excitement on the part of leaders and members, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has launched its new Education Portal, the online...
UPDATED: First post-virus vascular meeting with in-person element declared success
The first major conference in the vascular surgery universe to incorporate an in-person element as part of a hybrid format has been declared a...
Pioneering Duke vascular surgeon Richard McCann dies
Richard McCann, MD, a vascular surgeon who reinvented his skills after the endovascular revolution in the 1990s and implanted the first endograft for an...
SVS, ACC complete move to single vascular registry
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) have completed a move to create a single vascular registry.
The new...
Vascular Specialist–February 2021
In this issue:
A Vascular Specialist cover special on atherectomy and utilization rates: "Are high reimbursement amounts incentivizing inappropriate medical provider care?" (p. 1...
SVS Foundation’s new initiative to address disparities in vascular health
Significant disparities in healthcare services in the United States result in unnecessary limb loss, stroke and death. Vascular health professionals are developing new programs...
Lymphedema: NYC vascular surgeon explains experience tackling severe cases with a modified Charles’ procedure
Kuldeep Singh, MD, calls them a labor of love. They are tough—the patients having endured repeated hospitalizations, infections, embarrassment: The sorts of severely affected...
Patients with depression ‘less likely’ to go home after CLTI revascularization
A recent analysis established an association between depression and non-home discharge after revascularization for chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI)—providing further evidence, the authors say, that...
Upper-extremity vascular injuries associated with ‘increased prevalence’ of nerve deficits
Vascular injuries of the upper extremity are associated with a lower rate of limb loss but have an increased prevalence of nerve deficits after...
Vascular firefighters: New data highlight ‘essential hospital resource’
New data that analyze the preoperative and intraoperative assistance vascular surgeons provide to other surgical subspecialties underscores “the essential hospital resource” that vascular surgery...
Upcoming symposium for fellows: ‘Building a successful vascular practice’
A symposium designed to educate graduating vascular fellows on succeeding in a community or private practice as well as an academic setting is set...
Vascular Specialist–January 2021
*The January 2021 issue of Vascular Specialist went to press prior to the news that the dates for VAM had been moved to August,...
Total endovascular aortic arch treatment shows promise in dissections, but secondary interventions remain ‘Achilles’...
Speaking at the Virtual Aortic Surgery How to Do It Highlights conference (Dec. 17–18), Stéphan Haulon, MD, a vascular surgeon at Hôpital Marie Lannelongue,...
Previously described patient-centered clinical success measure after revascularization for diabetic foot wounds may be...
Patient-centered clinical success after lower-extremity revascularization for people with diabetic foot wounds was achieved among 63% of patients in a new analysis—but researchers suggest...
Vascular Specialist–November 2020
In this issue:
"Anatomy of a branding campaign: Making vascular surgery more visible"—how the SVS crafted a strategy aimed at elucidating what it is...
‘Alea iacta est’: The case for endovascular methods in vascular trauma care
When Benjamin W. Starnes, MD, talks vascular trauma, he does so from a position of certain authority. As the recent Southern California Vascular Surgical...
New analysis finds DCBs lead to greater four-year survival after fempop revascularization
Patients treated with a paclitaxel-coated balloon saw greater survival, freedom from amputation and amputation-free survival through four-year follow-up after their initial femoropopliteal revascularization operation...
‘Nearly nothing’ in surgery will go untouched by AI, ACS Clinical Congress hears
Almost nothing will go untouched by artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare and surgery, notably in the quickly evolving world of vascular and endovascular surgery,...
SVS launches vascular branding toolkit
"Surgery is only part of our story." Or as SVS Public and Professional Outreach Committee chair Joseph Mills, MD, recently put it in a recent...
Vascular surgeons encouraged to consult talking points document on paclitaxel devices
Vascular surgeons are being encouraged to take consideration of a set of talking points about the risks and benefits of paclitaxel-equipped devices—which has been...
Vietnam War-era vascular trauma pioneer honored by department he founded
During a storied career, Norman M. Rich, MD, carved out a reputation as a pioneering vascular surgeon—drawing distinction for the creation of the Vietnam...
Claim emerging vascular surgeons ‘less well prepared to rapidly achieve open exposure’ in trauma...
A recent perspective published in the Annals of Surgery—which argued the shift toward endovascular care had led to a deficit in open surgical experience...
Study: 40% of vascular surgeons report suffering chronic work-related pain
A majority of vascular surgeons are in pain after a day of operating—with open and endovascular surgery identified as the types of intervention causing...
Through the looking glass: Addressing bias in surgery
The #Medbikini campaign spread like wildfire following the publication of the journal article in question. Reading the manuscript seemed like we crossed the threshold...
Medicare reimbursement fails to adequately cover cost of care after open bypass surgery among...
For most patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), Medicare reimbursement for lower extremity bypass surgery does not adequately account for case complexity in the...
Vascular Specialist–September 2020
In this issue:
Special report—"Action plan: How to help halt sharp cuts to Medicare" (p. 1 and 4–5)
"Artery-to-vein AVF technique found to improve...
A Vascular VISION: Improved patient care
Call it a VISION for improving patient care by being able to see how specific hospitals or institutions perform in terms of long-term patient...
September slate of regional vascular meetings goes digital
This time last year, the ranks of vascular surgery were gearing up to head for points East, West, Midwest and Northeast as the slew...
Integrated vascular residency recruitment: Start pipeline earlier, engage more deeply
Our great specialty and the patients we serve face an impending critical shortage of vascular surgeons in the decade ahead. The Association of Program...
Vascular Specialist–August 2020
In this issue:
A special cover story featuring the latest science and key profiles—"Diversity, equity and inclusion: Disparities in medicine and vascular surgery" (p....
Take action to stop projected Medicare surgery cuts
The proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule for 2021 was released Aug. 3 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), revealing vascular...
VQI analysis finds endovascular repair of rAAA superior to open repair
A recent study examining the effect of operative approach on outcomes in patients presenting with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) demonstrated clear short- and...
SPECIAL REPORT: Vascular surgeons from across world report on early response to pandemic
The seismic impact of the novel coronavirus on vascular surgery across the globe continues to be absorbed. Practice changed, and the specialty pivoted to...
SPECIAL REPORT: Across the world—early impact of COVID-19 on vascular surgeons
COVID-19 has changed our world and surgical practices as vascular surgeons. We have been faced with unforeseen challenges, and the professional impact has been...
Vascular surgeons: Avoiding burnout and achieving wellness
Coaching, institutional and cultural changes, advocacy, identifying issues and banding together all can play a part in vascular surgeons’ avoiding burnout and achieving wellness....
COVID-19 survey: Support of hospitals and societies ‘paramount’ to promoting well-being of vascular surgeons
Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic practice, anxiety, coping and support survey for vascular surgeons, recently presented in a Special Scientific Session on COVID-19 during SVS ONLINE on June...
Vascular fellow: ‘Keeping your head down does not save you from inequality’
Pain is often fully experienced in isolation. It’s these experiences that serve as some of the most defining moments in life. The history of...
Vascular Specialist–July 2020
In this issue:
A Vascular Specialist special report, introduced by medical editor Malachi Sheahan III, MD, focuses on vascular surgery's role in facing up...
International Lecture: Endovascular colossus discusses new PAD therapy
A new therapy of hydration and oncotic pressure of plasma helped 100% of certain elderly peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients in terms of pain,...
SVS president to close out virtual conference with focus on quality in vascular care
As SVS ONLINE: "New Advances and Discoveries in Vascular Surgery" prepares to become part of the past, the final presentation will look toward the...
ACC, SVS join forces on single vascular registry
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) are collaborating on a single vascular registry to harness the strengths of...
Alarming rate of suicidal ideation among female vascular surgeons warrants urgent intervention, researchers find
Gender-based differences driving career dissatisfaction and burnout exist, viewers of the SVS ONLINE (June 20–July 2) virtual conference heard during the William J. von...
Vascular pioneer to present International Lecture next week
Renowned endovascular pioneer Juan C. Parodi, MD, will present the International Lecture at this year’s SVS ONLINE virtual meeting.
He will deliver his address, “Treating...
CX 2020 LIVE: Vascular access session showcases new technologies, debate on place of endovascular...
CX 2020 LIVE’s Vascular Access Consensus panel, including (clockwise from top left): Roger Greenhalgh, Nick Inston, Domenico Valenti, Robert Jones, Robert Shahverdyan and Jennifer...
Study: Mentoring, social events may decrease burnout in surgery residents
Burnout in surgery residents—associated with higher levels of depression and perceived stress—may be alleviated by programmatic social events, limiting weekend work and formal mentoring...
SVS reports on vascular surgeon concerns over pandemic health impacts
Vascular surgeons from across the country are reporting health impacts on some patients—particularly elderly ones—in quarantine, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) reports. The...
Dispatches: COVID-19 and getting to grips with a new vascular order
At first there was chaos. Then came adaptation and recognition of what was coming down the pipe—followed by assimilation into a new kind of...
Researchers: No benefit for doxycycline used to avoid surgery for AAA
A new study by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore found that patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)...
SVS acknowledges industry partners springing to aid of vascular community
It has recently come to the attention of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) that many of our industry partners are generously donating equipment...
Herbert Dardik, vascular luminary and lower-extremity bypass pioneer, dies at 84
The vascular surgery world has lost one of its leading lights. Herbert Dardik, MD, a giant of the specialty renowned for his innovative work...
Vascular science webinar slated for May 28
Editors across the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) group of journals are staging a special webinar Thursday, May 28, at noon (EST) on hot...
Registry launches pair of studies on vascular complications related to COVID-19
The new Vascular Surgery COVID-19 Collaborative (VASCC) is ready to start collecting data on two projects.
The first study to emerge from the international registry,...
Terumo Aortic gains FDA approval for Treo endovascular device
Terumo Aortic has been granted Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Treo abdominal aortic stent-graft system to be sold in the U.S.
The...
Dispatches from the vascular front: A vascular nursing perspective in times of COVID-19
For almost the first month after COVID-19 hit New Orleans with a vengeance, vascular nurse Jayme Boudreaux, APRN, found herself largely stuck at home,...
Dispatches from the vascular front: Embracing telemedicine in COVID-19 era
DALLAS—William P. Shutze, MD, has not long since finished his day's practice—a shift in which he carried out somewhere in the region of 13...
Med students: Q&A webinar on vascular specialty slated for May 13
An event aimed at attracting medical students to the vascular specialty has been organized by the Society of Vascular Surgery (SVS), the Vascular and...
Global vascular community addresses geographic disparity in COVID-19 impact and response
LONDON—Last week, the Charing Cross (CX) Symposium 2020 would have taken place in the U.K. capital. To mark the occasion virtually, experts from across...
Dispatches from the vascular front: COVID-19 strikes New Jersey like ‘tidal wave’
Operating in the shadow of New York City, Clifford M. Sales, MD, has had his finger on the pulse of North America's two worst-affected...
COVID-19: Pandemic lessons for vascular care from military theater
An exemplar of how surgery can best perform its role amid a catastrophic event like the COVID-19 pandemic can be found in military medicine’s...
Dispatches from the vascular front: Consequences of COVID-19 on a Florida private practice
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have landed like a sledgehammer on vascular surgery, reducing much of practice to a standstill. For those in...
Dispatches from the vascular front: A view of COVID-19’s impact on hard-hit NYC
Sharif Ellozy, MD, has had just about as near to a front row seat as it gets to the part of the United States...
New COVID-19-focused vascular registry gains IRB approval
A new vascular surgery registry launched to leverage key data gathered in the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic—and aimed at helping prepare for the...
Technology drives vascular future
Decades ago, “picture” phones were an idea straight out of science fiction. As the saying goes, the future is now. FaceTime and Skype are...
Quality: Global Vascular Guidelines pocket guide coming soon
The Global Vascular Guidelines (GVG), extensively researched and written by an international committee of leading vascular experts, will soon be available as a pocket...
Leadership figures ruminate on redeployment of vascular surgeons as COVID-19 surges
It's an issue increasingly knocking on the door of program directors and section chiefs in hospitals across the country as COVID-19 cases escalate in...
Study: Link between IC revascularization and progression to CLTI established alongside rising rate of...
PALM BEACH, Fla.—Revascularization of intermittent claudication (IC) patients is associated with an increased rate of progression to critical limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI)—as well as an...
Vascular surgeons discuss COVID-19 impact on pregnancy, family, career
The devastating effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic are multifarious and far-reaching, touching both life and limb themselves as well as less tangible aspects...
STABLE II results published on endovascular treatment of acute complicated TBAD with Cook Zenith
Thirty-day and one-year data from the STABLE II study have been published in the April 2020 issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) by Joseph V....
Vascular surgeons will survive these ‘troubled waters,’ says SVS president
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is a "solidly built bridge" across the troubled waters of the coronavirus pandemic, president Kim Hodgson, MD, today...
VESS: Vascular surgeons urged to avoid admissions not ‘immediate’ threat to life and limb...
Vascular surgeons have been urged to support the health of the entire U.S. population “by immediately reducing resource expenditure, avoiding all surgical admissions unless...
Presenting public policy issues of importance to vascular surgeons: SVS PAC, Congress and you
Defining the narrative. It’s a cliché among pundits, board members and anyone who has a point to make or a story to tell. It...
New registry to keep track of vascular patients launched
A registry to track management of new patients who are being treated medically for a number of vascular diseases has been launched by the...
Study: Lumbar spine stabilization surgery may be a risk factor in symptomatic venous outflow...
Lumbar spine stabilization surgery may be a risk factor in the development of symptomatic venous outflow obstruction lesions, a study published in the Journal...
Vascular surgeons encouraged to participate in Mentor Match Program
An American politician from the 1800s named John C. Crosby once said, “Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen and a...
March 2020 is vascular recruitment month
Much has been made of the impending shortage of physicians in the United States, with ominous predictions that it could come as soon as...
CMS publishes 2020 round of coding changes for vascular surgeons
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has provided some light reading with the publication of the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), Hospital Outpatient...
Global vascular guidelines for CLTI are gaining traction but work remains to raise awareness...
The application of new global vascular guidelines for chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) provides an opportune and worthwhile window to revisit the concept of critical...
When world vascular societies combined to produce new global guidelines for CLTI
Four years ago, vascular experts from around the world were tasked with a quest to get all surgeons and providers to agree on the...
Vascular Specialist performs key role as conduit of discussion, says chief editor, as newspaper...
NEW YORK—Vascular Specialist has a critical role to play in dictating discussion of the key issues that impact surgeons in the field, the publication’s...
Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeons Providing Alternative Perspectives
Cardiothoracic and vascular surgeons will – together – head for the top during the Aortic Summit, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
The event is...
National Survey Examines the Extent, Effects of Pain in Vascular Surgeons
Work-related pain and disability have been reported in the literature among various surgical specialties and can influence surgeon productivity and burnout. In Friday’s Scientific...
Burnout Among Vascular Surgeons – A Report From the SVS Wellness Committee
Physician burnout has been linked to medical errors, decreased patient satisfaction, and reduced career longevity. In light of the increasing prevalence of cardiovascular disease,...
Vascular Live
Come see exhibitors present new ideas, showcase new technologies, and discuss the latest trends in vascular surgery. All Vascular Live events will take place...
Program at VAM set for Vascular Residents and Fellows
The SVS is introducing a dedicated program for vascular residents and fellows at the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting. The new program is set for...
Vascular PAs: Join the SVS
The PA Section is open to physician assistants who’ve demonstrated an active interest in the field of vascular surgery. It's intended to provide a...
Reflections on women in surgery
As I reflect upon the past year, 2018 has certainly made a mark for addressing burnout among medical professionals, enforcing wellness, and targeting implicit...
Vascular Trainees: Apply for the VRIC Travel Scholarship
The SVS Foundation is supporting travel scholarships for trainees to attend the annual Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC), which will be held on May...
Crawford Critical Issues Forum Covers the National Shortage of Vascular Surgeons
This year’s E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum addressed the current status of the vascular surgery workforce, its existing geographic distribution, the potential for...
Preop Cognitive Issues and Surgery Type Affect Postop Delirium
Postoperative delirium has a high prevalence among vascular surgery patients, increasing morbidity, mortality and length of stay (LOS),according to Rima G. Styra, MD, and...
Advanced Practice Providers Vital to Vascular Team
The team approach has changed the entire field of medicine in the past 10-20 years and, in fact, is critical to optimal patient outcomes....
Don’t Miss the Upcoming Vascular Annual Meeting; Register Today
Don’t miss the vascular surgery world’s headline event! Join colleagues and friends in Boston for this year’s Vascular Annual Meeting, June 20 to 23....
SVS 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting to Host Vascular Teams
When: June 20-23
Where: Hynes Convention Center, Boston
Scientific Sessions: June 21-23
Exhibit Hall: June 21-22
Register: vsweb.org/VAM18
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What’s happening this year at the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular...
UCLA/SVS Vascular Review Course Set
The Third Annual "UCLA / SVS Symposium: A Comprehensive Review and Update of What's New in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery," is set for Aug....
Black Americans Are Younger, Sicker and at Higher Risk When Faced with Major Vascular...
“BLACK PATIENTS PRESENT WITH MORE SEVERE VASCULAR DISEASE AND A GREATER BURDEN OF RISK FACTORS THAN WHITE PATIENTS AT TIME OF MAJOR VASCULAR INTERVENTION.”...
New SVS Task Force Explores Vascular Certification Program
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) executive board has established a task force to explore developing a vascular certification program for inpatient and outpatient...
From the Vascular Community
SAAVS meeting a successThe Sixth Annual meeting of the South Asian American Vascular Society (SAVVS), an affiliate of the Society for Vascular Surgery, was...
How the Team Approach Can Drive a High-Performance Vascular Practice
On Saturday, June 3, at 10:30 a.m., vascular surgeons and other members of the vascular care team will come together for a session entitled...
VAM: Helping Patients with Vascular Disease
I always enjoy our Vascular Annual Meeting, and I look forward to it for months. It’s the leading forum for important and cutting-edge clinical...
News from JVS: Western Vascular Society Adopts Transfer Guidelines
Because of challenges involved in transferring patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms from one facility to another, the Western Vascular Society has adopted a...
Focus on Research: Open or Endovascular? Study Seeks Veterans’ Preferences
If veterans who need abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery are fully versed in both open and endovascular procedures, will they be happier with their choice?
To...
Open vs. endovascular for chronic mesenteric ischemia
Chronic mesenteric ischemia is best treated in an open operation.
Chronic mesenteric ischemia is a rare disorder accounting for about 1 out of 100,000 admissions.1...
The PERT Movement – Vascular surgeons must answer the call
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is the third most common cause of cardiovascular death in the United States and remains the most common preventable cause of...
SVS Now Affiliated with the Society for Vascular Nursing
The Society for Vascular Surgery and the Society for Vascular Nursing have signed an affiliation agreement in which the nursing association will be managed...
Should clopidogrel be discontinued prior to open vascular procedures?
The continued use of perioperative clopidogrel is appropriate
Surgeons have always worried about bleeding risks for procedures we do. Complex vascular procedures are further complicated...
Why be a vascular surgeon?
This edition of Vascular Specialist is being published early to coincide with the VAM. Since medical students will be attending the meeting I thought...
Scenes from the Vascular Annual Meeting
Beyond the Plenary Sessions and scientific abstract presentations, there were many exciting events in which to participate and presentations to attend throughout the Vascular...
General surgeons getting less vascular training
Vascular surgery fellow case logs reflect an increase in endovascular interventions, but general surgery residents may be missing out on training opportunities, according to...
Vascular Annual Meeting: A ‘Must-Attend’ Event
Our nation’s capital is the perfect venue for the pre-eminent vascular surgical educational and social meeting of the year – the 2016 SVS Vascular...
SVS Posts New Practice Memo on Integrating NPs/PAs in Vascular Practice
A new practice memo, “PA and NP Integration in a Vascular Practice,” is now available in the “Practice Memo” section (in Practice Resources) of...
Vascular: The Final Frontier – Pushing vascular science where no science has gone before
Space is truly a magical place, enchanting philosophers, scientists, artists and dreamers. From ancient civilizations that found pantheons of gods among the stars, to...
Ushering in the next generation of vascular surgeons can be rewarding
Most of us like to start off a new year with good intentions. If you have been wondering how you can contribute to your...
Sept. JVS: Vascular surgeons do higher percentage of AAA repairs
The impact of endovascular repair on specialties performing abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Klaas H. J. Ultee, BSc,Rob Hurks, MD, PhD, Dominique B. Buck, MD,...
SVS Comprehensive Vascular Review Course
The SVS Comprehensive Vascular Review Course will be Aug. 28-29 near Chicago’s O’Hare airport. This educational activity is an intensive two-day vascular surgery review...
How Do We Measure Essential Vascular Skills?
In Friday morning’s Plenary Session, Dr. Malachai G. Sheahan will present the results of a study that he and his colleagues did to establish...
The April issue of Vascular Specialist is now available online
Be sure to visit our interactive digital or PDF version of the April issue of Vascular Specialist, now available online. This month we are...
Going to Chicago for the Vascular Annual Meeting?
You will be visiting at a great time. The weather is fabulous (average high, 80 degrees) and the festivals and parties are non-stop. The...
Register for the 2015 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference
This one-day scientific conference is designed for scientists investigating peripheral vascular disease, as well as vascular surgery trainees, research trainees in vascular surgery and...
Some things vascular surgeons should know that they don’t learn in training
All vascular surgeons want to be good doctors and to take the best possible care of their patients. They, therefore, train diligently and strive...
Choosing Wisely: A good start to explaining vascular best practices
Choosing Wisely was initiated by the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation to provide recommendations to both patients and physicians about the evaluation and...
Helping history come alive online in Vascular Specialist
Medical history is more than just the praise of great heroes and heroines and the nearly mythical stories of serendipitous discovery and invention. It...
The ‘I’s have it: Ethics and the vascular community
Who in their right mind would organize the main event of a surgeons’ convention around the topic of unnecessary procedures? Surely this would almost...
From the Vascular Community: In Memoriam – Dr. John J. Bergan
Vascular pioneer, Dr. John J. Bergan, died on June 11th, 2014.
Dr. Bergan’s illustrious career spanned more than 50 years. He completed his residency at...
Future vascular surgeons could face training gap
The combination of healthier patients, stricter work-hour limits, and the increase in minimally invasive procedures could create a training gap among vascular surgeons, particularly...
Vascular Annual Meeting offered education and networking opportunities
Vascular health professionals from around the world gathered in Boston earlier this month to learn more about the specialty’s cutting-edge research, catch up with...
Upcoming Vascular Annual Meeting Highlights
Cutting-edge research presentations by vascular surgeons from around the world, a preview of the latest vascular surgery products and techniques, and an opportunity to...
Register today for the Vascular Annual Meeting
The specialty’s premier educational event, the Vascular Annual Meeting, June 5-7 in Boston, will soon be here. Research presentations by top vascular surgeons, a...
A Vascular Fellow’s Experience on Capitol Hill
Nicolas Mouawad has always had an interest in the relationship between government and health care. To get a closer look at how lobbying influences...
Dr. Fairman: Vascular Annual Meeting Program Chair
The 2014 Vascular Annual Meeting will be the last year of service for Dr. Ronald Fairman, who has served 3 years as program chair,...
Vascular Cures Wylie Scholar Application Deadline: March 31
The SVS Foundation is now partnering with Vascular Cures on its Wylie Scholar Program. The Wylie Scholar Program provides a crucial career development award...
Future challenges for vascular surgeons
How does one talk about the future? We start with a look at our recent past. We looked at our recent work in five...
Abstract Submission for the Vascular Annual Meeting
Vascular surgeons interested in presenting their research at the premier educational event for vascular health professionals can submit abstracts online through January 2. Abstracts...
SVS Foundation Launches the Roy Greenberg Distinguished Lecture at 2013 Vascular Annual Meeting
Roy Greenberg, MD, was honored during the Vascular Annual Meeting held in San Francisco with the first of a series of lectures in his...
Review Exceptional Sessions from the Vascular Annual Meeting
Several presentations from the 2013 Vascular Annual Meeting have been captured on video. These recorded sessions provide an opportunity to learn from leaders in...
67th Vascular Annual Meeting Breaks West Coast Attendance Records
The very successful 2013 Vascular Annual Meeting® was the fourth highest attended annual meeting in SVS history and the highest attended West Coast meeting....
Don’t Miss the Vascular Annual Meeting!
Dear Colleagues,
Vascular surgery is a small specialty. We’re lucky if we have more than a handful of colleagues practicing nearby. Seeing our power in...
Attend the Vascular Annual Meeting®
Experience ‘everyone’s favorite city’, San Francisco, May 30-June 1. Known for its scenic beauty, cultural attractions, and diverse communities, San Francisco also has world-class...
2013 Vascular Annual Meeting® activities for fellows, residents, and students
To allow residents and students to explore their interest in vascular surgery, the fellow/resident/student educational and networking program of the Vascular Annual Meeting will...
Vascular Chronicles: EVAR: 20 years in North America
The first endovascular treatment of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (EVAR) in North America was performed 20 years ago last November. Dr. Juan Parodi, Dr....
Endovascular Therapy First for All CLI?
The Trans-Atlantic Inter-Society Consensus Document on Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease (TASC I), published in January 2001, resulted from cooperation between fourteen medical, radiological...
The Prince of Surgery: Sir Astley Cooper
Imagine ligating an arterial aneurysm in the early 1800s, when clipper ships were the fastest mode of transport. Thomas Jefferson was still President and...
Attend Vascular Review Course
To help vascular surgeons maintain an extensive knowledge base on all aspects of vascular disease and health, the Society for Vascular Surgery® (SVS) is...
Outpatient Endovascular Suites: Are They Good for the Patient or the Doctor?
Vascular surgeons, as well as related specialists, have increasingly become involved in the ownership of outpatient endovascular suites as proprietors (individual or partnered with...
Applying Education Theory to Vascular Training
Citing a revolution in the way surgeons learn their craft, Dr. Erica L. Mitchell and Dr. Sonal Arora present an analysis of vascular training...
Successful 2012 Vascular Annual Meeting
The June 6-8, 2012 Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Annual Meeting held at National Harbor, MD, recorded excellent attendance. In all, 2,839 members,...
Women Leaders Featured at the Vascular Annual Meeting
The Women’s Leadership Committee hosted a roundtable discussion on issues specific to women vascular surgeons during the recent Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)® Vascular...
Claim Vascular Annual Meeting CME Credits
The Society for Vascular Surgery® (SVS) Vascular Annual Meeting® has long been a leading source of Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits.
For the first time,...
SVS Vascular Quality Initiative® Rapidly Expanding
The Society for Vascular Surgery® (SVS) launched the Vascular Quality Initiative® (VQI) in February 2011. Today, VQI has more than 160 participating centers with...
New Website for SVS Vascular Quality Initiative®
The new Society for Vascular Surgery® Vascular Quality Initiative® website www.vascularqualityinitiative.org includes:• benefits of participation, regional quality groups, the SVS Patient Safety Organization, and...
Register Now for the Third Annual International Women in Surgery Symposium
The progress of women surgeons has been a long and often difficult journey. While there are many pioneers to thank and accomplishments to celebrate,...
Register Today for the Vascular Annual Meeting®
Be part of the excitement and make plans now to experience the Vascular Annual Meeting. Learn about the latest and best information on new...
Veith’s Viewpoint: The Vascular Disease Paradox
Vascular patients who most need treatment are often difficult and risky to treat by open operation or an endovascular intervention. In contrast, patients who...
Vascular Annual Meeting® Travel Scholarship Program
A key element of SVS’ recruitment campaign is the Vascular Annual Meeting® Medical Student and General Surgery Travel Scholarship Program. The program began in...
Purchase 2012 Vascular Coding Guide
The 2012 Coding Guide offers:
Electronic access through the internet for the most up-to-date information
Searchable by code numbers and key words
A "favorites"...
Interviews With Historic Vascular Leaders Available
The vascular surgery specialty has been blessed with outstanding innovators who are responsible for the advancements the field has experienced throughout the years. Now,...
Attend the 26th Vascular Research Initiatives Conference, April 17 in Chicago
"The 26th Annual Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) is designed to encourage interaction between vascular surgeon investigators and scientists from other vascular biology -...
Chinese Vascular Surgeons at 2011 Vascular Annual Meeting
Chinese vascular surgeons were well represented at the 2011 Vascular Annual Meeting. A group of 23, headed by Professor YuQi Wang, President of Chinese...
APDVS: Tapping the Minds of Vascular Trainees
CHICAGO – Vascular surgery trainees are increasingly turning to online texts for clinical information and seek more training on the business aspects of vascular...
Comprehensive Vascular Review Course
September 9 - 10, 2011
InterContinental Chicago O'Hare Hotel
Rosemont, IL
Register Now.
Society for Vascular Surgery® (SVS) is pleased to introduce the first Comprehensive Vascular Review Course....
Coding and Reimbursement for Vascular Surgeons
Register today for Challenges in Vascular Surgery 2011: Coding and Reimbursement for Vascular Surgeons, September 30 - October 1, Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel, Chicago, IL....
Find the AAAnswers at Vascular Annual Meeting
Professional football legend Joe Theismann will speak at noon on Saturday, June 18 at the Vascular Annual Meeting® in Room 354b. Due to his...
What’s New at the Vascular Annual Meeting This Year?
New Program Format
The Vascular Annual Meeting Program Committee has announced several new changes for this year's meeting including condensing the meeting into three days....
Short neck AAAs: ‘Choosing what is best for the patient’
Navigating cases of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with short neck anatomy pose a serious challenge to vascular surgeons, but the list of potential options...
Act now to keep CME credits, SVS urges members
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members should act now so they do not lose earned continuing medical education (CME) credits.
The American Board of Surgery...
Study highlights need for ‘continuous comparative assessments’ to guide endograft treatment decisions
A recent study comparing outcomes of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) patients has reported no statistically significant differences in mortality or secondary rupture rates between...
Analysis finds no difference in TCAR outcomes between academic, community hospitals
A new study found no difference in perioperative outcomes and incidence of adverse events at follow-up after transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) between academic and...
BREAKING NEWS: SVS, ACS launch new quality verification program
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the American College of Surgeons (ACS) have launched the “Vascular Verification Program (Vascular-VP)," an ACS Quality Program...
From the SVS president: Supporting one another
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has a vision that is unwavering. We desire quality vascular care for all patients by providing our members...
Four decades of AAAs in the US: Rare epidemiological study establishes women are diagnosed...
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) diagnosis and repair occurs among women almost 10 years later than in men—with similar age-adjusted mortality—the 2023 Society for Clinical...
Florida hospital targets lingering disparities in limb salvage with region’s first multidisciplinary Limb Preservation...
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Operating in Tampa, Florida, Charles J. Bailey, MD, and his partners in the Division of Vascular Surgery...
Distal embolic protection linked to significantly better outcomes in carotid stenting
Distal embolic protection using a filter has been associated with improved transfemoral carotid artery stenting (tfCAS) outcomes in terms of in-hospital stroke and death...
Algorithm predicts females have higher risk for kidney damage after aneurysm repair
When receiving treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), female patients have a higher risk for kidney damage after endovascular repair, a Michigan Medicine study...
VAM 2023: Early-bird registration opens
Meeting registration and hotel reservations opened March 15 for the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) 2023 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM). This year’s premiere educational...
Apply for Brandeis health policy program by March 15
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members have until March 15 to apply for a scholarship to attend the Executive Leadership Program in Health Policy...
New study demonstrates IVC filters ‘safe and effective’ in treating venous thromboembolism
Few adverse events are connected to the use of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters to help prevent deep vein blood clots from developing into...
PRESERVE study shows IVC filters are “safe and effective” for prevention of pulmonary embolism
David Gillespie (Boston, USA) talks to Vascular Specialist about the PRESERVE study—established by the Society for Vascular Surgery and Society of Interventional Radiology—which is...
‘Urgent action needed’ to improve implementation of guideline-directed medical therapy for PVI
Almost one-half of the patients receiving a peripheral vascular intervention (PVI) in the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) registry between...
March’s free-access articles in JVS, JVS-VL
The March issues of the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) and JVS: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders (JVS-VL) include eight articles that will be available...
Strategic planning session outlines SVS priorities for coming year
Key leaders from the society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) gathered in mid-January for a two-day Strategic Board of Directors (SBOD) meeting to work through...
The case for aggressive intervention on symptomatic carotid web
The lead investigator behind new research from a center in Louisiana outlines how his new study—believed to be the largest single-institution analysis of symptomatic...
New Government Grand Rounds series highlights how perspective matters in advocacy
Matthew Sideman, MD, and Megan Marcinko, MPS, unveil new advocacy column aimed at drilling into the actions of Congress, and how they impact vascular...
Educate, educate, and educate again: The continuing quest for appropriate venous care
Prominent venous disease experts discuss venous stenting, appropriate care, and the pursuit of refined data and better education in a space where part of...
Patients with claudication receive more ‘aggressive’ surgical management in high-competition regions, study finds
Demonstrating the “susceptibility” of care delivery to regional market competition, M. Libby Weaver, MD, presented the case that intermittent claudication (IC) is a “novel...
VQI study leader highlights virtue of multispecialty gathering of best longitudinal data on PAD...
Daniel Bertges, MD, talks to Vascular Specialist about recent findings from his work investigating the IN.PACT Admiral drug-coated balloon (DCB). He related how they...
Equivalency to clinical practice ‘varies considerably’ across recent carotid intervention trials
The transferability to real-world clinical practice of contemporary randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating carotid artery stenosis interventions “varies considerably,” according to a recent analysis...
SVS: Pay 2023 dues to avoid lapse in benefits
Members, have any of you missed your most recent issue of Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS)? If so, it could be because your 2023...
Spotlight: SVS members take up new positions, make endowment
Sean Lyden, MD, is now chief medical consultant for VESTECK and has joined the VESTECK Scientific Advisory Board. VESTECK is an early-stage medical device...
Early data show ‘dramatic improvement’ in amputation-free survival after initiation of novel ‘Limb Alert’...
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In cases of acute limb ischemia (ALI), time is of the essence, says Charles J. Bailey, MD—from...
SVS Foundation board approves latest pilot programs to help underserved
The SVS Foundation has awarded grants to two Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members to help them serve the underserved as part of the...
Coding: New CPT codes for percutaneous arteriovenous fistula creation
For the 2023 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set, two new codes (36836 and 36837) have been added that describe percutaneous arteriovenous (AV) fistula...
SVS Foundation: Get ‘Gatsby’ Gala tickets today
Tickets—both individual and for tables—are selling faster than a Gin Rickey during Prohibition for the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Foundation’s “Great Gatsby Gala,”...
VESAP5: Now up to 25% off
With the expiration of the fifth edition of the Vascular Education and Self-Assessment Program (VESAP5) in July, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is...
High-risk venous stasis ulceration patients show similar healing rates after multi-modal surgical therapy
A single-center evaluation of contemporary, multi-modal surgical therapy for venous stasis ulceration (C6 disease) suggests high-risk patients showed similar healing rates at one year,...
Get FIT: Applications for VQI Fellowship in Training program open
The Fellowship in Training (FIT) from the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular Quality Initiative (SVS VQI) introduces residents and fellows in vascular-focused programs to the...
The year in review: 2022 was an amazing 12 months for SVS
Despite any number of challenges, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) had a hugely successful 2022 and looks forward to a bright 2023.
Executive Director...
SAVS reveals 2023–24 officeholders, including new president-elect
The Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) officially announced its 2023–24 slate of officeholders following the conclusion of the recent SAVS annual business meeting.
The...
BEST-CLI: Analysis finds correlation between WIfI stage four CLTI and reports of poorer mental...
The BEST-CLI dataset has revealed a correlation between wounds, ischemia and foot infection (WIfI) stage and poorer quality of life due to mental, rather...
Human-tissue engineered blood vessels remain durable at six years in PAD patients, latest study...
Mid-term results from a phase II study of surgical bypass using the Human Acellular Vessel (HAV) demonstrated an overall secondary patency rate at 72...
JVS group: Further changes in store for 2023
The planned changes for 2023 for the Journal of Vascular Surgery publications continue the momentum that began in mid- 2022. As former Editor-in-Chief Peter...
SVS unveils latest addition to JVS family of publications
The year 2023 promises to be one of change for the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) family of publications, including the introduction of a...
SVS ends 2022 with latest ‘Week of Action’ to prevent Medicare payment reductions
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) issued its thanks to December “Week of Action” participants.
Once again, SVS members showed incredible support for the Society’s...
SVS Foundation: ‘Gatsby’ Gala tickets on sale
Book your trip to the Roaring Twenties early, and save some money, perhaps for auction items. Early-bird ticket sales for the Society for Vascular Surgery...
SAVS 2023: President reveals upcoming change to Society seal
Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) President William D. Jordan Jr., MD, used a portion of his 2023 Presidential Address to outline ways in...
SVS Foundation changes name of program aimed at providing care for underserved patients
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Foundation program formerly known as VISTA has a new name. VISTA—an acronym for Vascular Volunteers In Service To...
SAVS 2023: Study points toward CKD patients who would most benefit from renal artery...
A new study probing which chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients would benefit most from renal artery stenting points toward those who experience a more...
Membership clears bylaws changes
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) voting membership voted to approve proposed changes to the bylaws that will change the composition of the Society’s...
Intraoperative Positioning System (IOPS): Navigation technology to reduce radiation exposure and improve accuracy during...
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Matthew Eagleton, MD, chief in the division of vascular and endovascular surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston,...
Deadlines coming for scholarships, grants, awards
Deadlines arrive by March 1, with some as early as this month, for a number of Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and SVS Foundation...
