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Last call for VAM 2020 Proposals
The Society for Vascular Surgery seeks proposals for invited sessions for the 2020 Vascular Annual Meeting, to be held June 17 to 20 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Scientific sessions will be June 18 to 20 and exhibits will be open…
Tell us what you think of our Patient Education Materials
Last year, the SVS Foundation updated and rewrote its popular patient education fliers. These are designed to fulfill the Foundation’s mission to support patient education, vascular health and community awareness of vascular disease. SVS members are encouraged to download and…
A call to address sexual harassment and gender discrimination in medicine
PART I Reports of sexual harassment and gender discrimination have dominated news headlines, and the #MeToo movement has brought the scope and severity of discriminatory behavior to the forefront of public consciousness. The #MeToo movement has raised national and global…
Legal duty to nonpatients: Driving accidents
Question: Driver D strikes a pedestrian after losing control of his vehicle from insulin-induced hypoglycemia. Both Driver D and pedestrian were seriously injured. Driver D was recently diagnosed with diabetes, and his physician had started him on insulin but did…
Register for the 2019 Coding and Reimbursement Course
The vascular specialty has had many coding changes over the past five to six years. It is sometimes difficult to keep up with the changes from year to year, but attending the SVS Coding & Reimbursement workshop, to be held…
Propose Ideas for Sessions for VAM 2020
The Society for Vascular Surgery seeks proposals for invited sessions for the 2020 Vascular Annual Meeting, to be held June 17 to 20 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Scientific sessions will be June 18 to 20 and exhibits will be open…
VAM on Demand Now Available
All who attended the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting can now review sessions they attended, as well as “attend” those that they missed. Those who weren’t at VAM can now experience all they missed. Slides and audio presentations of nearly every…
Become a Social Media Ambassador
If you are a medical student, a general surgery resident and/or a trainee who’d like to get more involved within the Society for Vascular Surgery, apply to be an SVS Social Media Ambassador. Ambassadors must be members of the SVS…
Interested in joining an SVS Task Force?
The Society for Vascular Surgery is establishing a new Health Information Technology Task Force. The SVS Executive Board is seeking members with a desire to explore and advance technology-based health improvement for vascular patients. Volunteers should be interested in, as…
Consider a Donation to the SVS PAC
The SVS Political Action Committee has set an aggressive fundraising goal for this current 2020 election cycle, and your contribution is critical to helping the PAC to meet this goal. The SVS PAC is one of the most effective tools…