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Record Number of Women in Vascular Surgery Training
In recent years, data show that half of all medical students are female, yet in 2007, women accounted for only 12 percent of those enrolled in vascular surgery training programs. To increase female representation, over the past few years, SVS…
Abstract Submission for the Vascular Annual Meeting
Vascular surgeons interested in presenting their research at the premier educational event for vascular health professionals can submit abstracts online through January 2. Abstracts and surgical videos will be accepted for presentation at the 2014 Vascular Annual Meeting, to be…
Prep for Recertification With VESAP2
SVS members preparing for recertification this November can benefit from the Vascular Education and Self-Assessment Program, VESAP2. Now in its second edition, VESAP2 is an online program that helps vascular surgeons preparing for the qualifying, certifying, or recertification exams in…
Launch of JVS: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders Journal
For the first time in more than 30 years, the Society for Vascular Surgery, in joint sponsorship with the American Venous Forum, launched a new peer-reviewed journal in 2013, the Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders (JVS: VL).…
Call for Abstracts for The 28th Annual VRIC
Plan to attend and submit an abstract for presentation at the 28th Annual Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC), presented by SVS, to be held April 30, 2014 in Toronto, Canada. “VRIC is a high-level, really intense basic science session, a…
Calling SOS — Save Our Saphenous!
For a specialty with less than 5,000 members in the United States, vascular surgery certainly has an abundance of societies – SVS, SAVS, ISVS, SCVS, etc. However, I am proposing a new one, the SOS (Save Our Saphenous) devoted to…
SAVS Joins Societies Giving to SVS Foundation
The Southern Association for Vascular Surgery demonstrated its commitment to the advancement of vascular surgery with a pledge of $25,000 to the SVS Foundation. “The SAVS Executive Committee unanimously recommended making this commitment because we all appreciate the Foundation’s efforts…
Upcoming Webinar Addresses 2014 Coding Changes
Understanding the new codes released each year by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is critical to ensuring proper reimbursement for vascular surgeons. Keep coding staff up-to-date and register today for a 90-minute CPT webinar on the new 2014…
Clinical Research Seed Grant: Jan. 17 Deadline to Apply
To ensure the continuation of clinical investigation in vascular disease, the SVS Foundation sponsors the Clinical Research Seed Grant Program. This program: • Encourages the interest and development of clinical investigators among the SVS membership, particularly among junior members or…
SVS Rallies Against Proposed Reimbursement Cuts
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is addressing 211 codes the agency believes may have resource inputs that are misvalued in its 2014 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Proposed Rule. The proposal calls for capping non-facility (office) Practice…