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SVS Seeks Medical Editor for ‘Vascular Specialist’
SVS is accepting applications for Medical Editor of “Vascular Specialist,” the monthly news periodical produced by SVS. The editor can expect to spend approximately 10-20 hours each month in the three weeks leading up to publication. A modest annual honorarium…
Learn About New ABS Continuous Certification Program
The American Board of Surgery has announced the details of its new Continuous Certification Program, shaped by surgeon feedback and designed to provide greater value, flexibility and convenience in maintaining ABS board certification. Instead of taking one recertification exam every…
Deadline is March 30 to Apply for Council, Committee Spots
SVS members who want to serve on an SVS Council or Committee must complete the brief application by Friday, March 30, 2018. Please note: Members must create a new account; SVS log-in credentials will not work.
VAM Registration Now Open
Registration and housing for the 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting are now open. Register today for VAM, June 20 to 23 in Boston, including looking over housing options. Following a full day of postgraduate courses, VESS abstracts, workshops and international programming…
Catch the Innovation Spirit: Register for VRIC
Register today for this year’s Vascular Research Initiatives Conference, May 9, in San Francisco. The theme “Road to Innovation, Invention and Enterprise,” is reflected in the Translational Panel presentation, “Road to Entrepreneurship.” Also part of VRIC are four abstract sessions,…
ABS announces Continuous Certification Program
The American Board of Surgery has announced the details of its new Continuous Certification Program, shaped by surgeon feedback and designed to provide greater value, flexibility and convenience in maintaining ABS board certification. Instead of taking one recertification exam every…
Women, Leadership Training Grant Deadline Extended to March 21
The application for the SVS Women’s Leadership Training Grant has been extended a week, to March 21. This grant seeks to identify female surgeons who want to sharpen their leadership skills. It provides a $5,000 award to help defray costs…
I am not your burnout expert
Look, I am not a burnout expert. And neither are you (presumably). None of us know much, but that won’t stop the regulations from coming. Program directors are already being asked to provide “wellness plans.” Through the SVS, experts have…
Get Pocket Versions of Practice Guidelines
SVS has partnered with Guidelines Central to create a Pocket Guide version of the new AAA guidelines. Also available are pocket guides on Management of Diabetic Foot, Peripheral Arterial Disease and Venous Leg Ulcers. SVS members can access the digital…
Risking it all on the miracle of teamwork
On Feb. 4, 2018, with his team narrowly leading the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 52, Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson made an audacious 4th-and-goal call. At the suggestion of backup quarterback Nick Foles, Pederson chose to rely…