To encourage adoption of the recent diabetic foot guideline, SVS has created a new educatonal slide set for members to use in their presentations. The slideset is based on “The Management of the Diabetic Foot: A Clinical Practice Guideline by…

Registration is open for the “First Annual UCLA/SVS Symposium: A Comprehensive Review and Update of What’s New in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery.” The course will be Aug. 27 to 29 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., and will…

The SVS Foundation has announced a new award opportunity, the Research Career Development Travel Awards, designed to support early-career vascular surgeons with an interest in basic science, translational or clinical research. Applications for these awards are due Aug. 8. In…

Endovascular treatments are the focus The Society for Vascular Surgery has released new reporting standards focused on endovascular treatment of chronic lower extremity peripheral artery disease. Recommended reporting standards for lower extremity ischemia were last published by the SVS in…

The Society for Vascular Surgery and the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at University of California Los Angeles have merged their board review programs, resulting in the First Annual UCLA/SVS Symposium: A Comprehensive Review and Update of What’s New…

The Coding & Reimbursement for Vascular Surgeons Workshop will be held October 21-22, 2016 at the Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel in Chicago. Vascular surgeons and their support staff need to maintain knowledge and competence for appropriate billing and coding procedures. The…

The Society for Vascular Surgery’s highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award, was presented during the Vascular Annual Meeting to Dr. Jack Cronenwett. This honor recognizes an individual’s outstanding and sustained contributions to the profession and SVS, as well as his…

We understand membership applicants are anxious for a decision! Check your mailbox. All those who submitted applications to be members of SVS will receive a letter about the membership decision around July 1.

At the Vascular Annual Meeting last week, members voted on new officers and approved selection of new members of the Board of Directors. Officers elected are: • Vice president, Dr. Michel Makaroun • Secretary, Dr. Ali AbuRahma • Treasurer, Dr.…

Check out the June issue of Vascular Specialist now online in our enhanced digital edition and standard PDF. This month includes stories on vascular trainee case loads, the difficulties surgeons have at estimating blood loss, and an editorial by Dr.…