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Springtime in the world of vascular training
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The power of grassroots and grasstops advocacy
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15th March 2024
Grit: The value of growth mindset and persistence as a vascular...
15th March 2024
Budget neutrality and code valuation basics
19th February 2024
‘Where are you from? Where are you really from?’
19th February 2024
Redemption through perseverance
6th February 2024
Beyond ‘do better’: New year reflections from a vascular surgery trainee
26th January 2024
ESVS 2024 clinical practice guidelines on the management of abdominal aortoiliac...
25th January 2024
Why should SVS members respond when they receive an invitation to...
3rd January 2024
Government Grand Rounds: How SVS members can contribute to actively support...
28th December 2023
Corner Stitch: On the vascular trainee opportunities on the conference calendar
28th December 2023
Carotid stenting rebuttal: Those who live in glass houses…
13th December 2023
Change: A driving force behind SVS advocacy initiatives
20th November 2023
The pulmonary arterial tree—it is time we branch out
20th November 2023
On gratefulness as a vascular surgery trainee
16th November 2023
The ‘modern’ VA has made great strides with patient outcomes and...
27th October 2023
Government Grand Rounds: Opportunity knocks as Congressional ‘busy season’ beckons
27th October 2023
Corner Stich: Bridging knowledge gaps and meeting new demands of vascular...
26th October 2023
Why CMS should still not extend reimbursement indications for carotid stenting...
21st September 2023
CMS: Proposed reduced conversion factor would cut vascular surgeon reimbursements
31st August 2023
Empowering vascular surgery to promote five pivotal healthcare bills before Congress
31st August 2023
Congress considers incremental steps towards Medicare payment reform
28th August 2023
Corner Stitch: Supplementing our formal learning as vascular trainees
15th August 2023
‘FDA’s mission to bring safe and effective vascular surgery devices to...
2nd August 2023
Changing gears: A guide to cruising back to the operating room
28th June 2023
Educational opportunities abound at VAM 2023
15th June 2023
BASIL-2 and BEST-CLI: A tale of two limb trials
9th June 2023
Happiness, well-being and culture are key ingredients for seeking ‘eudaimonia’
23rd May 2023
Corner Stitch: Navigating the technology landscape as a vascular trainee
22nd May 2023
Corner Stitch: Spotlight on VESS 2023
11th May 2023
Letter to the editor: The virtue of a social media presence...
10th May 2023
Government Grand Rounds: Educating through advocacy
30th April 2023
Navigating the red tape: A case for hybrid ORs in the...
30th April 2023
Letter to the editor: The vascular influencer
22nd March 2023
From the SVS president: Supporting one another
21st March 2023
Corner Stitch: What I wish I had known in vascular training
13th March 2023
More than a research project: The vascular trainee’s role in tackling...
16th February 2023
Back to basics: All the things I love about vascular surgery
30th January 2023
Learning culture, errors and Melinda French Gates
31st December 2022
Corner Stitch: A reflection on 2022…
10th December 2022
Veterans Affairs: A call to surveillance
6th December 2022
Bright future predicted for JVS internship program
29th November 2022
Signal-to-noise ratio: Thoughts on fine-tuning feedback during vascular surgery training
21st October 2022
Corner Stitch: Audible Bleeding cuts down to vascular core
21st September 2022
A brilliant plan to increase vascular surgeons’ income—and decrease the incidence...
26th August 2022
DEI initiatives in vascular surgery: How are we doing?
22nd August 2022
Innovation within the Veterans Health Administration
16th August 2022
Patient-reported outcomes in vascular surgery are here to stay
15th August 2022
Confessions of a dual-trained, dual-practicing vascular-trauma surgeon
5th August 2022
Corner Stitch: A letter to new vascular interns
1st August 2022
Mentorship: Why more vascular surgeons should consider mentoring young minds
8th July 2022
Getting the most out of meetings like VAM
17th June 2022
Discussing ERAS—Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
12th June 2022
From proposal to podium: Tips for getting your abstract accepted at...
27th April 2022
Moments suspended in time: Joining the vascular fold
20th March 2022
The pandemic has been a challenge, but perhaps it imposed some...
18th March 2022
Sex discordance and postoperative outcomes: We should be vigilant of a...
23rd February 2022
Diversity efforts while in training: Is it just another box to...
21st February 2022
A balance is required with non-compete agreements in surgical practice
20th January 2022
Corner Stitch: From intentions to gratitude in 2022
18th January 2022
VESS: A society primed for young vascular surgeons, trainees and medical...
5th January 2022
VSIGs increase early exposure to vascular surgery in med school
5th December 2021
‘Do not blame the legal system for the present state of...
30th November 2021
Journey of a trainee surgeon-scientist: Mentorship, passion and the importance of...
24th November 2021
Prediabetes screening: ‘Target of reducing disparities should be geared towards advocacy’
24th November 2021
Six top tips to help navigate interview season
31st October 2021
‘Proceed cautiously in use of DCBs in CLTI patients with advanced...
23rd September 2021
PCBs: Panel of vascular surgeons review latest findings on paclitaxel-coated balloons
21st September 2021
Corner Stitch: The art of surgery in the present moment
21st September 2021
Corner Stitch: If you want to go far, go together
19th August 2021
Corner Stitch: Acing the final training years
20th July 2021
Pearls of wisdom for interns
7th June 2021
Being queer without proximal or distal control
7th June 2021
A love for writing
11th May 2021
SVS advocacy efforts help spark landmark change in research effort requirements
20th April 2021
Settled science: The indisputable link between EHR and burnout
9th April 2021
‘Latinx’: How to understand and use the term
23rd March 2021
OBL: In praise of the office-based interventional lab
2nd March 2021
System outage alert: Cyberattack sends medicine back to paper age
18th January 2021
The benefits of an academic research career in the VA
2nd December 2020
Flying lesson: King Air 559 Delta Whiskey
6th October 2020
Professionalism: #Medbikini through the eyes of an aspiring medical student
16th September 2020
Through the looking glass: Addressing bias in surgery
15th September 2020
Letter: ‘Women must not only have a seat at the table,...
10th September 2020
Integrated vascular residency recruitment: Start pipeline earlier, engage more deeply
18th August 2020
APDVS responds to #Medbikini, re-avows commitment to diverse workforce
28th July 2020
Vascular fellow: ‘Keeping your head down does not save you from...
15th July 2020
‘I cannot remove my black skin’: Perspective of a vascular surgery...
14th July 2020
Virtual catch-up: Vascular surgery and coming around to telemedicine
22nd June 2020
To drain or not to drain? That is the question
15th June 2020
Embracing new definition of healthcare as digital age confronts holdouts
18th May 2020
Medical care in time of coronavirus: Handling patients without COVID-19
5th May 2020
SVS needs assessment survey: Evaluating impact of COVID-19 on vascular surgery
16th April 2020
COVID-19: Socially distant yet never closer
6th April 2020
Wellness: Of dreaming in blood and the ‘moral injury’ contained in...
25th March 2020
Advocate or adversary? Perils baked into the relationship between physicians and...
23rd March 2020
Letter from Seattle: Amid COVID-19 pandemic, time to act is long...
20th March 2020
Early adaptation of SVS, STS TBAD joint document will drive robust...
12th March 2020
How will coronavirus impact medical education?
12th March 2020
Deploying robust, detailed SVS VQI data to help better define role...
26th February 2020
Latest edition of USPSTF guidance produces essential reiteration, continuing to leave...
13th February 2020
Global vascular guidelines for CLTI are gaining traction but work remains...
2nd January 2020
PEARLS: A mnemonic to help handle adversity
2nd January 2020
A call to address sexual harassment and gender discrimination in medicine
25th August 2019
Legal duty to nonpatients: Driving accidents
16th August 2019
Who’s increasing health care costs? Not us!
29th March 2019
The paclitaxel paradox
28th March 2019
Patient, heal thyself!
11th March 2019
Patients who want to make you retire, and how to cope
5th March 2019
Commentary: Should AVFs be ligated after kidney transplant?
27th February 2019
Commentary: Bias rules
26th February 2019
Commentary: Physician burnout: It’s good to complain
20th February 2019
What I learned from Navy SEALs about resilience
15th February 2019
Terminating an employee
12th February 2019
Understanding the terminology of gender identity
31st January 2019
Medical ethics and economics
30th January 2019
Some patients leave a scar on you
2nd January 2019
Reflections on women in surgery
2nd January 2019
Burnout
2nd January 2019
The SVS is working for you on burnout
28th December 2018
Physician value thyself!
28th December 2018
Continuous certification – Not just one more hoop to jump through
28th December 2018
Guest editorial: Best of both worlds
20th December 2018
Should toe amputation be delayed in diabetic patients with osteomyelitis?
29th November 2018
We need to reassess our primitive understanding of the venous system
1st October 2018
Risking it all on the miracle of teamwork
6th March 2018
Preventive health: Getting rid of the middleman (uh-oh, that’s us!)
31st January 2018
Point/Counterpoint: Should FEVAR be used for a short neck?
2nd January 2018
CMS clinical trials raise cardiac mortality
2nd January 2018
Carotid-axillary bypass for revascularization of the left subclavian artery in zone-2...
14th December 2017
Tips and Tricks: Dealing with a troublesome peritoneal dialysis catheter
14th December 2017
Tips and Tricks: Using a ‘Roman sandal’ after compartment syndrome treatment
3rd October 2017
Shinal v. Toms: It’s Now Harder to Get Informed Consent
10th September 2017
Letters to the Editor: ‘Endo hubris’ – We got...
31st August 2017
Points/Counterpoint: Should surgeons operate on functional tricuspid regurgitation?
20th June 2017
Mitigating Burnout – Part 3
5th June 2017
Special Report II: Tackling Burnout
15th May 2017
Hard road disproving that statins make you dumb
4th April 2017
Taking a leap of faith
15th March 2017
Upper arm loop grafts
15th March 2017
Point/Counterpoint: Is endograft PAA repair durable?
2nd March 2017
Open vs. endovascular for chronic mesenteric ischemia
6th February 2017
The PERT Movement – Vascular surgeons must answer the call
2nd February 2017
Point/Counterpoint: Is limb salvage always best in diabetes?
3rd January 2017
SVS (Specialty of Vascular Surgery): Why, How, and When
16th December 2016
Antibiotic resistance remains a challenge for hospitals
16th December 2016
Idle intravenous catheters are associated with preventable complications
15th December 2016
How to write a manuscript for publication
24th October 2016
Residency is like an IRONMAN
3rd October 2016
Should clopidogrel be discontinued prior to open vascular procedures?
12th September 2016
Commentary: INR instability in the NOAC era
6th September 2016
Commentary: Should board exams include a technical skill assessment? A European...
6th September 2016
Tips for using EMRs effectively
16th August 2016
A welcome addition
18th July 2016
Why be a vascular surgeon?
27th June 2016
The end of polypill – statins for everyone
22nd June 2016
General surgeons getting less vascular training
19th May 2016
Transitions
18th May 2016
Present vascular surgery challenges are magnified in our emergency rooms
2nd May 2016
Disappearing Act
29th April 2016
The ‘Silent Minority’
25th April 2016
Vascular Surgery Chronicles: Charles Lindbergh and Alexis Carrel: Strange Bedfellows
1st March 2016
Elections?
1st March 2016
Law & Medicine: Which doctors get sued?
10th February 2016
Vascular surgery – it’s personal
29th January 2016
Dealing with adversity in vascular surgery
25th January 2016
Why you need a new SVS tie or scarf
25th January 2016
Vascular: The Final Frontier – Pushing vascular science where no science...
5th January 2016
Mischief Maker
18th December 2015
Analysis finds 28.8% prevalence of depression in residents
8th December 2015
Brothers and sisters, unite!
9th November 2015
I’m having an identity crisis
21st September 2015
The pros and cons of novel anticoagulants
9th September 2015
Using a retrojugular approach to the carotid
25th August 2015
From the Editor: The elephant in the operating room
24th August 2015
The six Ps of vascular surgery
7th August 2015
Witch hunts and hidden agendas
31st July 2015
‘Medicar’– shared decision making? part III
27th July 2015
From the Editor: Knights of the Rectangular Table
26th June 2015
From the Editor: What’s in a name? In the case of...
4th June 2015
Medicare at 50: Physicians brace for transition to value-based payment
1st June 2015
Shared decision making? Part two
16th April 2015
From the editors
24th March 2015
More on the PAD stenting issue
24th March 2015
Private-academic surgeon salary gap raises concerns Lifestyle choice important Not just...
24th March 2015
Letters to the Editor
4th March 2015
Using the gracilis muscle flap
23rd February 2015
The 10,000-hour rule
23rd February 2015
From the editor: New column launches
23rd February 2015
Reducing radiation exposure
3rd February 2015
Shared decision making?
1st February 2015
Residents reluctant to recommend DNR to patients
26th January 2015
TLR – Target lesion recurrence
25th January 2015
Some things vascular surgeons should know that they don’t learn in...
25th January 2015
Reduced resident duty hours haven’t changed patient outcomes
9th December 2014
Last night I had a nightmare
15th October 2014
EVAR vs. open repair for rAAAs
15th October 2014
Point/Counterpoint: Is TEVAR required for all Type B aortic dissections?
9th October 2014
Helping history come alive online in Vascular Specialist
7th October 2014
Pioneer Heart Surgeon, Dr. Michael DeBakey
11th September 2014
Pioneers of Heparin
11th September 2014
Alexis Carrel, the “Father of Anastomoses”
11th September 2014
Valentine Mott and the Innominate Artery
11th September 2014
Five reasons physicians will use mobile health for patient care
10th September 2014
Steps to incorporate business knowledge into the medical school curriculum
26th August 2014
The ‘I’s have it: Ethics and the vascular community
25th August 2014
IIb or not IIb?
15th July 2014
Crawford Forum: Are procedures overused?
15th July 2014
Just do it?
18th June 2014
What would Charles Darwin say about collaborating with and training other...
18th June 2014
Residents, postop complications linked
17th June 2014
COMMENTARY: How and why to perform research as a trainee
14th May 2014
‘Walk out the snot’
14th May 2014
What happened to 5-year outcomes?
9th May 2014
The USPSTF says ‘Don’t do it’
24th March 2014
The ACA, the private practice of vascular surgery, and SVS: A...
24th March 2014
A band of brothers and sisters
20th February 2014
Percutaneous closure
30th January 2014
Yes, give more patients statins
30th January 2014
Challenges in Training: Open repair in 2020
27th January 2014
‘Anti-Semantic’
27th January 2014
Invisible ink
17th December 2013
How To Maximize a Minimal Incision
22nd November 2013
Welcome Our New Resident Editor
22nd November 2013
Calling SOS — Save Our Saphenous!
21st November 2013
Veith’s Views: The Blacksnake Phenomenon
21st November 2013
‘That 5% Thing’
25th October 2013
Ten tips for chronic venous ulcers
25th September 2013
Democracy – best, but only if….
25th September 2013
From the Editor: Let the ‘Sunset Act?’
25th September 2013
Keep RUC in mind
21st August 2013
Stopping the ooze
23rd July 2013
SVS Resident Research Prize given to AAA study
23rd July 2013
Forecast from your new editor
22nd July 2013
Veith’s Views: Second opinions are overrated
22nd July 2013
Professional Courtesy
20th June 2013
Kudos to our departing Medical Editor, Dr. George Andros
20th June 2013
Ancient Aneurysms
20th June 2013
Questions on OECs
8th May 2013
The FREEDOM trial: Is it sui generis?
26th March 2013
Veith’s Viewpoint: Good doctor, good medical care: priceless
26th March 2013
Vascular Chronicles: EVAR: 20 years in North America
23rd January 2013
Endovascular Therapy First for All CLI?
19th December 2012
Welcome to our Online Edition and a New Voice
19th December 2012
The Affordable Care Act: Oversight on Providing for Graduate Medical Education
19th December 2012
General Residents See Fewer Aortic Surgeries
16th November 2012
Solving the Surgical Workforce Dilemma
3rd October 2012
The Prince of Surgery: Sir Astley Cooper
19th September 2012
Primary Care Physicians Don’t Get Patients Well
19th September 2012
Who Gains, Who Pays?
19th September 2012
Outpatient Endovascular Suites: Are They Good for the Patient or the...
17th August 2012
Welcome to the August Online Issue: Take the SVS Survey
17th August 2012
Rudolph Matas, M.D.
6th August 2012
John Hunter and the Vasculature
6th August 2012
E. Stanley Crawford
6th August 2012
Michael E. DeBakey
6th August 2012
Applying Education Theory to Vascular Training
2nd August 2012
Veith’s Viewpoint: Vascular Surgery and Creativity
23rd July 2012
Dealing With the Disruptive Surgeon
23rd July 2012
Veith’s Viewpoint: Extend and Fix the Sunshine Act, or End It
9th May 2012
Veith’s Viewpoint: The Vascular Disease Paradox
26th March 2012
February Fix-Up
22nd February 2012
Einstein’s Aneurysm: Of Cellophane and Rudolph Nissen
24th January 2012
‘Our What’s In It For Me’ Society
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A Thoughtful December
20th December 2011
Editor’s Diary
21st November 2011
Can RCTs be misleading and biased?
26th September 2011
Introducing Our New International Editors
26th September 2011
APDVS: Tapping the Minds of Vascular Trainees
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Impact of Fellowship Programs on Residents’ Case Logs Examined
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Vascular Surgery Chronicles
1st May 2011
About The Residents’ Forum
1st May 2011
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1st May 2011
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