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Advocating for our members
COVID-19 has altered almost all of our lives to a degree previously unimaginable. Millions of Americans continue to lose their jobs, hundreds of thousands have contracted the disease and thousands have succumbed to this virus. In hard-hit states such as…
VESAP5 on course to debut this summer
The fifth edition of the Vascular Educational Self-Assessment Program (VESAP), with a substantially enlarged section on vascular ultrasound and imaging, is on course to be introduced by Aug. 1. VESAP4 will expire on July 31. Several changes and additions, not…
Special COVID-19 session added to SVS ONLINE slate
SVS ONLINE will now feature a session that hones in on the coronavirus pandemic, consisting of nine talks dealing with such issues as acute arterial thromboembolism, decreased vascular surgery emergencies and the management of central venous access. The special scientific…
In historic first, SVS holds online officer voting
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members voted decisively to change bylaws and permit all eligible voting members to participate in Society business decision-making. The vote came Monday, June 15, during the first session of the SVS Annual Business Meeting. The…
Lecture: How remote support systems will transform medical care
The prospect of remote stroke intervention may be the most exciting clinical application among the suite of benefits emerging from the ongoing transformation in surgical practice and education delivery, Alan Lumsden MD, the medical director of Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart…
To drain or not to drain? That is the question
Improvements in techniques of distal organ protection decreased the risk of spinal cord injuries (SCIs) from 30% to <5% with open repair of extent I-II thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAAs).1-4 Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage has been widely accepted as one of…
Letter from NYC: Lessons learned ahead of possible future waves of COVID-19
On March 1, I drove down the Connecticut Turnpike in a rental car with my three sons. We had just left a somber family event, and I was listening to the news with eagerness as the initial COVID-19 invasion of…
New paradigm in arteriovenous grafts opens up possibility of novel cure for diabetes
A novel twist to arteriovenous graft platforms—traditionally the preserve of hemodialysis—has the ability to open up a new paradigm of treatment across a host of metabolic disorders like diabetes, a study to be presented at a scientific session on June…
Von Liebig Forum part of SVS ONLINE opening day
The Vascular Annual Meeting’s scientific sessions traditionally kick off on the Thursday of VAM—opening day of the scientific sessions—with the William J. von Liebig Forum. In keeping with that scheduling, this year’s von Liebig Forum also will be presented on…
Resident Research Award: Extracellular vesicles enhance DVT via RIPK3
Extracellular vesicles enhance deep vein thrombosis (DVT) via receptor interacting protein kinase-3 (RIPK3), the study that claimed this year’s SVS Foundation Resident Research Award found, raising the suggestion of a causal relationship between necroptosis and hypercoagulative states seen in various…