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New paradigm in arteriovenous grafts opens up possibility of novel cure for diabetes
A novel twist to arteriovenous graft platforms—traditionally the preserve of hemodialysis—has the ability to open up a new paradigm of treatment across a host of metabolic disorders like diabetes, a study to be presented at a scientific session on June…
Von Liebig Forum part of SVS ONLINE opening day
The Vascular Annual Meeting’s scientific sessions traditionally kick off on the Thursday of VAM—opening day of the scientific sessions—with the William J. von Liebig Forum. In keeping with that scheduling, this year’s von Liebig Forum also will be presented on…
Resident Research Award: Extracellular vesicles enhance DVT via RIPK3
Extracellular vesicles enhance deep vein thrombosis (DVT) via receptor interacting protein kinase-3 (RIPK3), the study that claimed this year’s SVS Foundation Resident Research Award found, raising the suggestion of a causal relationship between necroptosis and hypercoagulative states seen in various…
VESS session to feature during SVS ONLINE
The Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) takes center stage at SVS ONLINE: “New Advances and Discoveries in Vascular Surgery,” on Wednesday, June 24. From 1 to 4 p.m. CDT, VESS, the Society for Vascular Surgery’s longtime partner for the…
Crawford Critical Issues Forum 2020 echoes founding charge
This year’s E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum is set to come full circle from its very genesis 32 years ago at the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in Chicago. Now a lynchpin of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) flagship…
SVS ONLINE: Virtual program and associated events take shape
Planning continues unabated for the highly anticipated SVS ONLINE, set to kick off June 20 and run through July 2 in lieu of the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), with registration opening June 1. Attendees can look forward to two Annual…
SVS ONLINE: How VAM program was transformed for virtual alternative
How do you turn a live event for thousands of participants and exhibitors into a trimmed-down, online experience? Carefully, and not easily. “We got here because COVID-19 happened,” wryly observed Matthew Eagleton, MD, chair of the Society for Vascular Surgery…
SVS ONLINE: Carving out virtual version of VAM invited sessions amid COVID-19
As Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Postgraduate Education Committee chair Vikram Kashyap, MD, tells it, the organizers behind programming for the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) had never before been confronted with such a mammoth task. Like it did in all…
Official: SVS cancels VAM
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has officially pulled the plug on the 2020 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) scheduled to take place in Toronto from June 17–20 amid the continuing surge of the COVID-19 pandemic. In its place, the SVS…
Update on VAM 2020 issued by SVS
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has placed members on notice that the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) slated for June 17–20 in Toronto looks increasingly “unlikely” in the shadow of the coronavirus outbreak. Writing on SVSConnect, the online community of…