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Envision, private equity and patient care: Substituted values 2.0
He was only 41, already burdened with multiple health problems. Diabetes, hypertension and renal failure had put him on dialysis, caused the amputation of his left leg, and now left him with poor circulation in his right leg. Signs of…
Summit dedicated to tackling key issues related to women’s vascular health and female workforce seeks to ‘enable and empower’
Linda Harris, MD, is a prolific attendee on the national and regional vascular meeting circuit, a noteworthy academic vascular surgeon with trainees and papers on the scientific session plate, and a curious questioner of new research offered up from the…
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 trial (RCT) raised some of the early fault lines developing between different interpretations of the study’s key…
Learning culture, errors and Melinda French Gates
Workplace culture is fascinating to observe because it is nebulous and hard to measure. There is also often a perceived gap between the existing and the intended culture in terms of how the organization deals with human errors or unintended…
Varicose vein registry analysis finds women benefit from endovenous ablation with fewer complications
An evaluation of the Vascular Quality Initiative’s (VQI) Varicose Vein Registry (VVR) carried out by the Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society (MVSS) has found women to benefit similarly from endovenous ablation as men, but that they experience fewer complications post-procedure. The…
Meta-analysis of PTS finds one in five at risk of long-term symptoms following isolated distal DVT
A meta-analysis is first to report the pooled risk of post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) after isolated distal deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Researchers revealed a one-in-five risk of long-term PTS after isolated distal DVT, with one in 50 patients progressing to severe…
Women’s Vascular Summit: Diving into issues around women’s vascular health and the female workforce
The Women’s Vascular Summit was established five years ago with the twin purposes of delving deeper into the issues that surround women’s vascular health and disparate outcomes, and establishing a venue where women vascular surgeons could help elevate and empower…
SVS mourns passing of former president
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members are mourning the death of James (Jimmy) S.T. Yao, MD, 88, former SVS president and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Yao, professor emeritus at Northwestern University, died Tuesday, Dec. 20, in Chicago. He had been…
Students and residents: Attend VAM 2023 on a scholarship
Medical students and general surgery residents have the chance to change their lives. Perhaps they are still seeking some direction for their medical careers. Perhaps they’re considering vascular surgery but aren’t sure that’s right for them. A trip to the Society…
‘Impressive’ 12-month Flex vessel prep data presented at VEITHsymposium
VentureMed Group, a medical device innovator in access management for arteriovenous (AV) fistulas and grafts and vessel preparation for peripheral arterial disease (PAD), announced data presented at the 2022 VEITHsymposium (Nov. 15–19) in New York City that demonstrated that Flex…