Research done? Submit it as an abstract for the 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting, set for June 20-23, 2018, in Boston. Plenaries are June 21-23 and exhibits are June 21-22. The submission site opened Monday. The deadline for submitting abstracts is…

SVS members, please remember to urge your physician assistants — and other PAs you know who work in a vascular setting — to apply to become charter members of the new SVS section created for them. The first step is…

Applications are due March 2, 2018, for the Wylie Scholar Award, co-sponsored by Vascular Cures and the SVS Foundation. The three-year, $150,000 grant is awarded to a promising vascular surgeon-scientist in North America and is designed to support outstanding surgeon-scientists…

Abstracts for the 2018 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference are being accepted now, through Jan. 10, 2018. VRIC will be held May 9, 2018, in San Francisco, the day before the American Heart Association’s Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Scientific Sessions.…

After the turkey, after the frenzy of post-holiday shopping, do something for others by donating to the SVS Foundation on #Giving Tuesday. This day kicks off the charitable season, when many people focus on holiday and year-end giving. The global…

November is American Diabetes Month – and as we know, that disease goes hand in hand (and foot) with vascular disease. SVS has created a handy pdf for your office on how to keep feet healthy despite diabetes, available here,…

Don’t forget that the end of the year is the time to keep up to date with your SVS membership dues. Invoices were emailed to all members earlier this month and are due by Dec. 31. It’s simple to pay…

The SVS wants members to complete a short communications survey, hoping to get a better idea of what you read, what you find important, what you find interesting, plus your suggestions for other topics you would like to see. Would…

The mobile app for the Vascular Education and Self-Assessment Program, fourth edition (VESAP4) is now available. Owners of mobile Apple products (only) can download the app at the Apple App Store and take advantage of VESAP while off-line. Users can…

Endovascular treatment of iliocaval and infrainguinal post-thrombotic venous obstruction results do not appear to be adversely affected by extension of the iliac vein stents into the femoral venous system, according to a report in the November edition of the Journal…