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Step Challenge: Walk for wellness
Get ready to join the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Foundation this September for the 2025 Vascular Health Step Challenge. Hosted during National Vascular Disease Awareness Month, the annual challenge promotes healthy vascular habits and raises critical funds for research,…
Complex PAD skills course registration is open
Registration is now open for the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Complex Peripheral Vascular Interventions (CPVI) Skills Course, taking place from Sept. 20–21 in Rosemont, Illinois. The two-day course will provide participants with hands-on training in the latest techniques and…
SVS Foundation VC4U grants advance vascular equity for underserved women
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Foundation is currently accepting applications for its 2025 Vascular Care for the Underserved (VC4U) project grants until Aug. 1. The VC4U Project Grants help to address disparities in vascular care across the United States,…
‘Parenthood in vascular surgery a personal choice, not a professional deadline’
When is the right time to start a family in vascular surgery? That was a core question posed during the 2025 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in New Orleans (June 4–7) in a dedicated session aimed at tackling issues around parenthood…
Coding workshop to cover 2025 updates
Registration for the annual Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Coding and Reimbursement Workshop—and optional evaluation and management (E/M) coding workshop—opened July 9 with early-bird registration available until Aug. 6. This 1.5-day intensive program, scheduled for Nov. 3–4 in Rosemont, Illinois,…
New SVS president seeks to enhance communication with members, tighten focus on outcomes
With another Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in the books, that means the flag unfurls on a new presidential year. And that means Philadelphia-based vascular surgeon Keith Calligaro, MD, now leads the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) as president. And Calligaro,…
SVS launches partnership to help private practice vascular surgeons cut costs
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has announced a new partnership with group purchasing organization (GPO) Provista in an effort to help provide a cost-slashing benefit to private practice physicians amid ongoing financial pressures in outpatient care. The initiative, unveiled…
VQI to host webinar on updated smoking cessation variables
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Patient Safety Organization (SVS PSO) will host a webinar on Tuesday, July 15, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time to present updates to the National Quality Initiative Smoking Cessation variables within the SVS Vascular Quality…
Three honored in VAM 2025 Poster Competition
The final day of the 2025 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in New Orleans honored three winners in the championship round of the SVS Poster Competition. The audience voted to select the winners from more than 100 entries highlighting innovative research.…
Claim CME credits from 2025 vascular meetings
Attendees of the 2025 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) Annual Meeting, and Society of Vascular Nursing (SVN) Annual Conference are reminded to claim their continuing medical education (CME) credits by 10:59 p.m. Central Time on July 7.…