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Trainees Can Learn About Health Policy, Advocacy
Coding. Practice expenses. Supervised Exercise Therapy. The vascular lab. Medicare reimbursement (including MACRA, MIPS, APMs and QPP). All these topics and more are part of a vascular surgeon’s life and livelihood. Vascular surgery trainees interested in health policy and advocacy…
Vascular Nurses Get SVS Member Application Discount
It’s Vascular Nurses Week this week, and as part of the celebration, the SVS is inviting Society for Vascular Nursing members to join the SVS as affiliate members. Applicants will receive a 50 percent discount through Dec. 1. Email CVs…
September is PAD Awareness Month
We need your help to spread the word Please help us spread the news about peripheral arterial disease. It’s easy – SVS has updated its online resources for physicians and resources for patients. Both web pages have videos, web links,…
ACS Council Seeks Member; Applications due Aug. 31
The Society for Vascular Surgery is seeking applicants to serve as representative for the American College of Surgeons Advisory Council for Vascular Surgery. Please email letters of interest/nominations for the three-year term by Aug. 31. The nominee must be a…
See VAM 2018 Presentations with VAM on Demand
VAM on Demand, a library of hundreds of presentations from the 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting is now available. Those who attended VAM can review sessions at their own pace and watch others that they missed. Those who did not attend…
VRIC Set for May 13, 2019
The Society for Vascular Surgery has set the date for the 2019 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference: May 13, 2019. Mark your calendars and plan to attend this conference, which focuses on emerging vascular science. VRIC will feature abstracts, the Alexander…
Attend VAM 2019, Tour Clinics, With Scholarship
Apply for the SVS International Scholars Program by Sept. 1. Up to four qualified vascular surgeons younger than 40, from countries other than the United States or Canada, will receive $5,000 each, to attend the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting and…
In Memoriam: Dr. John Ochsner
John Lockwood Ochsner, MD, (1927-2018), a world-renowned heart surgeon, will be remembered as a charismatic and skilled surgeon, a dedicated teacher, a loving father, and a role model for the hundreds of surgeons he trained. Dr. John Ochsner Dr. Ochsner…
I want you to do my job
It is never easy to replace a legend. The Vascular Specialist that Russell Samson has left behind does not require saving. There are, however, problems ahead for all vascular surgeons, and my hope is to use this forum to unite…
Get up to Speed with VESAP4
With certification exams coming up, some surgeons may want to brush up. The Vascular Educational Self-Assessment Program (VESAP), fourth edition, is a great study tool. As with previous editions, VESAP4 contains 10 topic sections, each with dozens of study and…