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Volunteers Sought for ‘Task Force on Future of Vascular Surgery’
The SVS is recruiting volunteers to serve on a new Task Force on the Future of Vascular Surgery, which will examine a number of critical trends shaping the specialty. President-elect Michael Makaroun, MD, will chair the new group. Learn more,…
Submit a case to VAM’s “Ask the Experts”
Help build the Vascular Annual Meeting’ new “Ask the Experts” sessions. The four small-group sessions will focus on common issues in vascular disease — coding, aortic care for occlusive disease, hemodialysis and PAD — with an expert reviewing a member’s…
Don’t Miss the Upcoming Vascular Annual Meeting; Register Today
Don’t miss the vascular surgery world’s headline event! Join colleagues and friends in Boston for this year’s Vascular Annual Meeting, June 20 to 23. Scientific sessions are June 21-23 and the Exhibit Hall is open June 21 to 22. Click…
Opioids and us: Designed to fail
AIDS, the Vietnam War, whatever your preferred scale for measuring horrific events, the numbers from the opioid crisis are as grave or worse. And, once again, it is the young who are dying. How we got to this point is…
Dear VESS Members and Attendees: Welcome to Spring Meeting
On the advent of this year’s Society for Vascular Surgery’s (SVS) Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), I would like to welcome you to the 2018 annual spring meeting for VESS, which convenes in conjunction with VAM on June 20 at the…
With Collaboration the Norm, Fitting For Nurses, Surgeons to Have Meetings in Tandem
It seems fitting, said Tiffany Street, President of the Society for Vascular Nursing, that SVN and SVS have their conferences in the same location and with overlapping times. Joanna Bronson/SVS Participants enjoy a break during the 2017 SVN Annual Conference…
Crawford Forum Celebrates 25 Years
The E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum – marking 25 years under that name this year – is a mainstay of the Vascular Annual Meeting. But who was E. Stanley Crawford? He was a “cardiovascular surgeon extraordinare,” according to the…
See You in Beantown!
Boston is my hometown and I can’t wait to show it off at our Vascular Annual Meeting. Come join me there June 20-23 for the preeminent educational and social networking event of the year in vascular surgery. Scientific sessions will…
Register for the Vascular Annual Meeting Today
The 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting is less than a month away. Join colleagues and friends in Boston for this year’s VAM, June 20 to 23. Scientific sessions are June 21-23 and the Exhibit Hall is open June 21 to 22.…
For Members Only: View “Negotiations” Webinar Materials
Did you miss the April 30 webinar on “Negotiating Physician Employment Contracts,” presented by the SVS and the SVS Community Practice Committee? Materials — available only to SVS members — can be viewed here. Topics include benefits, call pay, termination…