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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 meet the challenges posed head on. In the May issue of Vascular Specialist, we explored the…
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 global. Elective procedures, the staple of our practice, have been indefinitely canceled and delayed. Clinics have…
SPECIAL REPORT: Reacting to virus in key locations across United States
Following on from part one of our June issue special report in which we explored global perspectives on how vascular surgeons were coping with the COVID-19 pandemic in its earliest stages, in part two we hear from specialists in cities…
JVS study shows advantages of Ellipsys system in dialysis access creation
A new study shows significant benefits of the Ellipsys vascular access system (Avenu Medical) in easily and safely creating durable vascular access for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients who require hemodialysis. The system also offers a standardized process for using…
Surfacer system IDE study results published
Bluegrass Vascular Technologies has announced the publication of the results of its prospective, multicenter SAVE-US (Surfacer system to facilitate access in venous occlusions—United States) study in the Journal of Vascular Access. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved investigational device exemption…
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. These were among the themes to come out of Invited Session 6, “Enhancing wellness in times…
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 27, reveal higher anxiety and stress levels in vascular surgeons worried about the negative consequences of…
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 race cannot be recounted without sorrow. It remains a constant reminder of our differences, a difference…
‘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 much value as that of anyone else? I haven’t had positive answers to these questions. Not…
‘White male culture in medical school could perpetuate healthcare disparities’
An often omnipresent culture of white male representation in medical schools could “lead even the most well-meaning students to perpetuate healthcare disparities in their future practices,” a recent perspective published in the New England Journal of Medicine argues. LaShyra Nolen,…