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Short, Intense Review Course Offered
As a vascular specialist, remaining current on the latest clinical advances and techniques in vascular surgery is essential to providing the best patient outcomes. The SVS Comprehensive Vascular Review Course, to be held October 25-26, is a continuing medical education…
Keep RUC in mind
In July, the Society for Vascular Surgery sent requests to its members to complete surveys regarding the work involved with creation, revision, and thrombectomy of hemodialysis access. These surveys form the basis of data used by the American Medical Association/Relative…
Stopping the ooze
Many of us will do anything or use any product available to stop oozing from suture needle holes. After all, waiting for bleeding to stop is usually not something most vascular surgeons enjoy. Most hemostatic agents are quite expensive and…
New 2013-2014 SVS Board of Directors
President Julie Ann Freischlag, MD President-Elect Peter Lawrence, MD Vice President Bruce A. Perler, MD Secretary Michel S. Makaroun, MD Treasurer Clement Darling, MD Immediate Past President Peter Gloviczki, MD Program Chair Ronald Fairman, MD Research Council Chair Michael Conte,…
SVS Honorary Members
Six new Honorary Members were named and 35 Corresponding Members were named SVS Honorary Members. Honorary Members Jean-Pierre Becquemin, MD Gustav Fraedrich, MD Calogero Presti, MD, PhD Carlo Setacci, MD Shenming Wang, MD Geoffrey H. White, MD Corresponding Members Become…
SVS Resident Research Prize given to AAA study
Dr. Nathan D. Airhart, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, was the recipient of this year’s SVS Foundation Resident Research Prize Paper, which was presented at the Vascular Annual Meeting as part of the William J. von Liebig Forum,…
Forecast from your new editor
I am extremely thrilled to be named the new editor of Vascular Specialist. Uniquely unblemished by commercialism, Vascular Specialist has provided updated information with important commentary from unbiased editors. Much of its popularity is owed to the hard work of…
Veith’s Views: Second opinions are overrated
A middle aged man goes to his primary care physician for his annual check-up. Because of an abnormal physical finding or laboratory test, he is referred to a specialist, who, after additional tests, recommends an operation with considerable risks. Before…
67th Vascular Annual Meeting Breaks West Coast Attendance Records
The very successful 2013 Vascular Annual Meeting® was the fourth highest attended annual meeting in SVS history and the highest attended West Coast meeting. Attendance reached 2,715 that included 1,504 professionals. Among the highlights, a new lecture series was introduced,…
SVS Membership Grows to 4,604
The 2013 Vascular Annual Meeting welcomed a record number of new SVS members. Active Members Shadi J Abu-Halimah MD Alaa A Addasi MD Gilbert Aidinian MD Ajibola Akingba MD Francisco C Albuquerque Jr. MD Julio A Alvarez-Perez MD Zachary Arthurs…