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New SVS Members; Many From Brazil
At the June 2012 board meeting, the SVS Membership Committee approved all 208 2012 SVS membership applications. As of June 26, 2012, SVS membership was 3,683. Of the new applications, 33 resulted from a special membership campaign that targeted members…
SVS Objectives Added to SVS Bylaws
At the June 2012 SVS board meeting Secretary, John Ricotta, MD, recommended the following amendment to the bylaws: Article II. Objectives of the Society for Vascular Surgery • Enhance the ability to provide care and serve disparate communities through a…
Women Leaders Featured at the Vascular Annual Meeting
The Women’s Leadership Committee hosted a roundtable discussion on issues specific to women vascular surgeons during the recent Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)® Vascular Annual Meeting® in National Harbor, MD. Moderated by the chair of the SVS Women’s Leadership Committee,…
Claim Vascular Annual Meeting CME Credits
The Society for Vascular Surgery® (SVS) Vascular Annual Meeting® has long been a leading source of Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits. For the first time, the VAM Self-Assessment Program (VAMSAP) allowed attendees of the 2012 Vascular Annual Meeting to earn…
Successful Capitol Hill Reception for SVS PAC Donors
“Even well-meaning members of Congress don’t understand healthcare like we do,” said Indiana Congressman Larry Bucshon, MD (R-IN). The freshman Congressman was among the invited speakers at a special reception held June 6, 2012 in the Rayburn House Office Building…
SVS Vascular Quality Initiative® Rapidly Expanding
The Society for Vascular Surgery® (SVS) launched the Vascular Quality Initiative® (VQI) in February 2011. Today, VQI has more than 160 participating centers with more than 850 participating physicians. The high level of initial interest in VQI® continues with additional…
New Website for SVS Vascular Quality Initiative®
The new Society for Vascular Surgery® Vascular Quality Initiative® website www.vascularqualityinitiative.org includes: • benefits of participation, regional quality groups, the SVS Patient Safety Organization, and M2S’s cloud-based system Courtesy of SVS New SVS Quality Initiative Web Site. • current regional…
Match Day is All About March Madness
There was a balloon drop at the 2012 Brown University Alpert Medical School Match Day ceremony. At the University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine the Match Day 2012 ceremony had a dancing flash mob. The school’s…
Register Now for the Third Annual International Women in Surgery Symposium
The progress of women surgeons has been a long and often difficult journey. While there are many pioneers to thank and accomplishments to celebrate, breaking the glass ceiling in the surgical field is still not easy for women. To help…
Historical Interviews with Vascular Surgery Leaders
The vascular surgery specialty has been blessed with outstanding innovators who are responsible for the advancements the field has experienced throughout the years. Several of those who led the way are featured on video-taped interviews on VascularWeb.org. Their stories detail…