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Deadlines: Claiming 2014 Credits, Accessing Coding Guide
• Attendees of the 2014 VAM have until Dec. 31 to claim the appropriate Continuing Medical Education credits. Visit 2014 VAM CME to record and print certificates. • The SVS Coding Guide and SVU Coding Advisor Software combination is available…
VAM Abstract Submission Guidelines Now Available Online
Specific guidelines and other important information for submitting abstracts for the 2016 Vascular Annual Meeting are now available online. Submissions will be accepted from Dec. 1, 2015, through Feb. 1, 2016. VAM will be held from June 8 to 11;…
Brothers and sisters, unite!
In this month’s Vascular Specialist, there are two letters to the editor that seem to imply a division in the SVS membership. The letters indirectly suggest that the SVS comprises two camps, on the one hand, academics, and on the…
Vote by Nov. 30 for At-large Member of 2016 Nominating Committee
Electronic voting is now open to elect the at-large member of the 2016 SVS Nominating Committee by clicking on the link below. www.surveymonkey.com/r/NBQQJ8K
Last Call: Claim credits from 2014 VAM
Attendees of the 2014 Vascular Annual Meeting have until Dec. 31 to claim the appropriate Continuing Medical Education credits. Visit 2014 VAM CME to record and print certificates. (Registrants may still access their credits after this date.) Contact education@vascularsociety.org for…
Please Pay Membership Dues
SVS members have until Dec. 31 to pay their 2016 dues. “To take advantage of all the benefits of membership in the Society for Vascular Surgery, please pay your dues,” urged President Dr. Bruce A. Perler, M.D. “Stay abreast of…
Save the Date!
The Society for Vascular Surgery and the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles are joining forces for their first joint course: A Comprehensive Review and Update of What’s New in Vascular and endovascular Surgery.…
FROM THE SVS: Society responds to recent PAD study
A written statement from the SVS: The Society for Vascular Surgery, with more than 5,000 vascular surgeon and allied health members, reviewed with interest the study of Thomas T. Tsai, et al entitled “The Contemporary Safety and Effectiveness of Lower…
BEST-CLI: New Initiatives, Upcoming Meetings
A number of new initiatives have recently been incorporated into the Best Endovascular versus best Surgical Therapy in patients with Critical Limb Ischemia (BEST-CLI) trial. It is hoped the additions and changes, including a modification of the protocol exclusion criteria,…
VRIC abstracts due Jan. 31
Abstract submissions for the 2016 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference must be submitted by Jan. 13, 2016. VRIC, set for May 4, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn., is held the day before the American Heart Association’s Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Scientific…