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Letters to the Editor
Editors note: The following are a selection of responses from the SVS membership sent to Dr. Peter Lawrence based upon his article in a recent issue of Vascular Specialist on the topic of the abuse of peripheral artery disease stenting…
Register for April Coding Class
If ever-changing coding procedures are giving your office fits, here’s a solution: “Challenges in Vascular Surgery 2015: Coding and Reimbursement for Vascular Surgeons.” The course is designed for surgeons and office staff, including practice managers, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, coders…
The changing face of vascular surgery
The NSA might know how often you order Chinese after midnight, or the topics of your text messages to your dog sitter. But when it comes to crunching numbers, SVS just gets down to a few basics. Thanks to the…
Using the gracilis muscle flap
Muscle flaps have come to play an invaluable role in the management of complex groin wounds (Figure 1). We have found that the gracilis muscle offers significant advantages over other local muscle flaps. In comparison to the segmental blood supply…
The 10,000-hour rule
In 2002, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, or ACGME, rocked traditional residency training paradigms by proposing a regulated residency call schedule.1 Revised standards were implemented in 2011 throughout the United States prohibiting first-year residents from spending more than…
What Millennial physicians want – and why the surgeon drain may not get as bad as you think
You’ve heard the drumbeat – in years to come we won’t have nearly enough vascular surgeons to treat an aging population. “Folks, we need more of us,” Dr. Anton Sidawy announced at a recent vascular surgery symposium hosted by Northwestern…
From the editor: New column launches
This month we are introducing a new feature in Vascular Specialist – a column on medicolegal matters. After all there are few issues that we face as vascular surgeons that can so negatively affect our lives. For a malpractice suit…
Da VAM – better known as the 2015 Vascular Annual Meeting
We’ve been having some fun with the Chicago stereotype – sports fans who eat a lot of sausage and change their “th” sounds to a “d,” but you might have some fun at the annual meeting yourself. Here’s some things…
Presidential update: My, how we’ve grown
The start of the new year—a little more than halfway through my presidential term—is a fitting time to reflect upon the accomplishments of our society and its future direction. When I became president in June 2014, I saw opportunities for…
March 2 – Deadline for two SVS Foundation awards
Two awards are offered by the SVS Foundation with deadlines of March 2, 2015. They are the prestigious Student Research Fellowship Award and the E. J. Wylie Traveling Fellowship Award. Student Research Fellowship Award This $3,000 student stipend stimulates laboratory…