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Mitigating Burnout – Part 3
It is easy to look at the changes required to mitigate burnout and improve compassionate care and see the burden being placed mainly on the physician. Many of the proposed modifications seem to require the one commodity surgeons lack most,…
Making it Personal Through a Career of Service
Ronald M. Fairman, MD, held center stage Friday to present his presidential address, highlighting the personal side of vascular surgery and a career of service. After acknowledging his family, friends, mentors, the international surgeon community, and his “family” at the…
Check Out the SVS Expanded Member Benefits Portfolio
The Society for Vascular Surgery has its very own member affinity program, offering members access to best-in-class products and services coupled with special member discounts. The portfolio includes a number of insurance, financial and private-practice related products that will assist…
Session to Spotlight Key Research Papers
VAM attendees have the opportunity to learn about several medical journal articles of relevance to their vascular surgery practice during a session on Saturday. Entitled “Beyond the Journal of Vascular Surgery: ‘Top Ten’ Papers Relevant to Vascular Surgery,” the session…
How the Team Approach Can Drive a High-Performance Vascular Practice
On Saturday, June 3, at 10:30 a.m., vascular surgeons and other members of the vascular care team will come together for a session entitled “Building the Vascular Team – Evolving Collaboration of Surgeons and Nurses.” This session, run jointly by…
Political Action Committee Reception Is Thursday
A meal and conversation with Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. An existing relationship with Dr. Tom Price, now secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Working relationships with others in office…
Saturday – On Tap
It’s the final day of the Vascular Annual Meeting – and there is plenty on the agenda to keep you busy. 6:30 to 8:00 a.m. – Three Breakfast Sessions: “Beyond the Basics of Hemodialysis Access,” “The Treatment of Chronic Venous…
For Dr. Dardik the First, a First-Rate Award
In the early 1950s, an aspiring teen pianist named Herbert Dardik got his big break – a chance to play on the “Ted Mack Amateur Hour.” Sadly, he didn’t win. He was down but not out until the family’s piano…
Highlights from new guidelines, and a chance to weigh in
Though the Society for Vascular Surgery has long published clinical practice guidelines, its 2017 annual meeting marks the first seminar dedicated to guidelines in progress, allowing for more interaction, debate, and feedback across the vascular community before these guidelines become…
How to get published in JVS and EJVES: Editors disclose secrets of success
Over the past year, the Journal of Vascular Surgery and its two affiliated journals have undergone a number of important changes. Editorial boards have been revamped, disadvantageous limits on the number of contributing authors and on references have been scrapped,…