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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,…
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,…
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,…
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…
Join us: SVS goes to Washington
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) invites members to register for its inaugural Advocacy and Leadership Conference, taking place Sept. 14–16, in Washington, D.C. The conference will bring together vascular surgeons, trainees, fellows and other key contributors to engage in…
Remember to cast your votes in 2025 SVS elections
SVS members in good standing can still cast their votes for key leadership positions and important bylaw changes in the 2025 elections to have their voices heard. Also on the ballot is a vote on a proposed bylaw change regarding…
Register for the Women’s Networking Event
Join your colleagues for engaging Women’s Networking Event on Thursday evening at 7 p.m. at the 2025 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in New Orleans (June 4–7). Set in the Camp Room on the Third Floor of the Hilton Riverside, this…
Vascular Quality Initiative to host annual meeting at VAM 2025
The Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI), in collaboration with the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), will convene its ninth annual conference (June 3–4) during this year’s Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM 2025) in the Morial Convention Center (Second Floor, R08–R09) in New…
SVS continues success with smoking cessation webinar series
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) is hosting a monthly webinar series throughout 2025 on smoking cessation, which so far has garnered positive participant feedback. The educational content consists of a 12-month program that draws on…
Grandfather of Vascular Quality Initiative retires from Fivos
Jack L. Cronenwett, MD, considered the “Grandfather of the VQI,” will retire as the chief medical officer (CMO) for Fivos, the medical data solutions technology partner for the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI). Cronenwett took on the role of CMO at…