Electronic voting is now open to elect the at-large member of the 2016 SVS Nominating Committee by clicking on the link below. www.surveymonkey.com/r/NBQQJ8K

Attendees of the 2014 Vascular Annual Meeting have until Dec. 31 to claim the appropriate Continuing Medical Education credits. Visit 2014 VAM CME to record and print certificates. (Registrants may still access their credits after this date.) Contact education@vascularsociety.org for…

SVS members have until Dec. 31 to pay their 2016 dues. “To take advantage of all the benefits of membership in the Society for Vascular Surgery, please pay your dues,” urged President Dr. Bruce A. Perler, M.D. “Stay abreast of…

The Society for Vascular Surgery and the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles are joining forces for their first joint course: A Comprehensive Review and Update of What’s New in Vascular and endovascular Surgery.…

A written statement from the SVS: The Society for Vascular Surgery, with more than 5,000 vascular surgeon and allied health members, reviewed with interest the study of Thomas T. Tsai, et al entitled “The Contemporary Safety and Effectiveness of Lower…

A number of new initiatives have recently been incorporated into the Best Endovascular versus best Surgical Therapy in patients with Critical Limb Ischemia (BEST-CLI) trial. It is hoped the additions and changes, including a modification of the protocol exclusion criteria,…

Abstract submissions for the 2016 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference must be submitted by Jan. 13, 2016. VRIC, set for May 4, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn., is held the day before the American Heart Association’s Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Scientific…

Dear Physician Assistants throughout the country, In the 1960s, internist Dr. Eugene Stead – one of the true icons and visionaries of American medicine – developed the Physician Assistant concept and founded the first program at Duke University School of…

The SVS Coding Guide and SVU Coding Advisor Software combination, available in a one-year license, includes expert coding guidance for all of the peripheral vascular surgery and interventional codes, as well as information on component and bundled coding. The package…

The impact of endovascular repair on specialties performing abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Klaas H. J. Ultee, BSc,Rob Hurks, MD, PhD, Dominique B. Buck, MD, George S. DaSilva, BS, Peter A. Soden, MD,Joost A. van Herwaarden, MD, PhD, Hence J. M.…