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Visit the Residency Fair
Simon and Garfunkel’s “Scarborough Fair,” the “State Fair” of movie fame, Bruce Springsteen’s “County Fair” that will attract everybody in town. And the SVS Residency Fair, showcasing nearly 70 training programs. Trainees can visit representatives from programs with different training…
Session for Young Surgeons
Young vascular surgeons can get guidance on successfully transitioning from training to practice in C5: Management Tips and Tricks for Young Vascular Surgeons. It will be held from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in HCC, Room 311. The interactive program will…
Treat Acute PE With a Team Approach
Current advancements and care of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) patients will be the focus of Wednesday morning’s session, “Treating Acute PE and Developing a Pulmonary Embolism Response Team.” “PE is a silent killer and its incidence is only increasing,” said…
VESS: Exploring the Surgical Management of Aberrant Subclavian Artery Associated With Aortic Arch Anomalies
Tiziano Tallarita, MD, of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., and his colleagues performed a study to examine the surgical management of aberrant subclavian artery (aSCA) associated with aortic arch anomalies at their institution over a 24-year period. “This study represents…
VESS: Hospital Volume Is Tied to the Outcomes of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Contemporary data on outcomes in open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair is limited to reports from major aortic reference centers showing excellent outcomes, rather than broad-based, real-world observations. In order to deal with this deficiency, Virendra I. Patel, MD, and…
VAM Session: Physician, Heal Thyself
Between billing, coding, keeping electronic medical records up to date and … oh yes, … actual surgery, vascular surgeons increasingly report feeling overwhelmed and burned out. In fact, vascular surgeons and trauma surgeons occupy some of the top rungs among…
SVS Booth will be in the Exhibit Hall
SVS members who are attending the Vascular Annual Meeting can get in-person help with any application issues, or, indeed any membership services concerns. The SVS Booth, #1015, in the Exhibit Hall will be staffed both Thursday and Friday, June 21-22.…
A Look into the Future at the Crawford Forum
Will the demand be sufficient for the supply of the vascular surgery work force in the United States? That topic, along with potential solutions, will be front and center at the E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum from 10:30 a.m.…
SVS von Liebig Forum: Complex Aortic Endografting
Innovative approaches to minimally invasive repair of the aorta will be featured during Thursday morning’s William J. von Liebig Forum. Dr. R. Clement Darling III “This year, the forum’s focus is on complex aortic endografting for a wide variety of…
Resident Research Award Highlights Diet-Based Strategy to Prevent Vein Graft Disease
This year’s SVS Foundation’s Resident Research Award is being presented to Kaspar M. Trocha, MD, for his research on vein graft disease. As a member of the laboratories of C. Keith Ozaki, MD, and James Mitchell, MD, along with co-first…