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SVS Recommends Coverage for Supervised Exercise Therapy for PAD
SVS and colleagues from ACC, ACR, AHA, SCAI, SIR, SVM and VIVA recently submitted a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) supporting a proposal to grant coverage for Supervised Exercise Therapy (SET) for symptomatic peripheral artery…
SVS Offers Digital Pocket Guidelines
The SVS now offers its most recent practice guidelines as digital pocket cards through Guideline Central. These quick reference guideline tools contain everything you need to know from the full text guidelines, only in a more condensed and user-friendly format.…
How to write a manuscript for publication
Writing should be fun! While some may view writing as painful (i.e., something you rather put off until all your household work, taxes, and even changing the litter boxes are done), writing can and will become more enjoyable the more…
SVS Expands Membership Benefits
The SVS has announced the launch of the SVS Member Affinity Program, expanding member benefits to eventually provide products and services to assist members at every step throughout their career, from medical school to retirement. The first new benefit is…
Residency is like an IRONMAN
At the end of my junior surgical residency years, I was in a pretty bad physical and mental space. With resident coverage shortages, long hours, chronic fatigue, and personal pressures to perform and shine, I wound up digging myself into…
PAD Toolkit Available
For SVS members, every month is PAD month. But with September PAD Awareness Month, it’s a good time to remind members that SVS offers a digital toolkit to share with colleagues, patients and referring physicians. If you have ever wished…
NHLBI Strategic Vision Completed with SVS Input
By helping to formulate the new NHLBI Strategic Vision, the SVS successfully advocated for prioritization of disease processes which challenge vascular surgeons. “With continued advocacy and support, we can better position our members for successful NIH funding in the future,”…
Affect the Future; Donate to the SVS Foundation
The 2016 SVS Foundation Annual Appeal is underway, with donations sought to fund the research that leads to breakthroughs that ultimately will improve patient care. Dr. Bruce Perler, SVS Foundation chair, has written a letter that reminds all members that…
New Carotid Artery Stent Procedure to be Evaluated by SVS PSO
A surveillance project to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) in comparison with carotid endarterectomy (CEA) is being launched by the Society for Vascular Surgery Patient Safety Organization (SVS PSO). Carotid artery stenting (CAS) and CEA…
SVS Member Vice Chair of ABS
SVS member Dr. Spence M. Taylor has been elected vice chair of the American Board of Surgery for 2017-18. He will serve as chair in 2018-19. Dr. Taylor joined the ABS as a director in 2011, representing the Southern Surgical…