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SVS Coding Resources
2013 Coding Guide Available The latest edition of the Coding Guide is available for pre-purchase on VascularWeb. This valuable resource is designed to provide vascular surgeons and their staff with the information necessary to achieve accurate coding for vascular procedures.…
Vascular Chronicles: EVAR: 20 years in North America
The first endovascular treatment of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (EVAR) in North America was performed 20 years ago last November. Dr. Juan Parodi, Dr. Frank J. Veith, Dr. Michael L. Marin, Dr. Jacob Cynamon, and Dr. Claudio Schönholz performed the…
Welcome to our Online Edition and a New Voice
This issue’s editorial is a calling card by our newest editorial board member, Dr. Joseph Mills of the University of Arizona. Demography is destiny. For a triad of reasons, Southern Arizona is at the epicenter of the global diabetes epidemic.…
Endovascular Therapy First for All CLI?
The Trans-Atlantic Inter-Society Consensus Document on Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease (TASC I), published in January 2001, resulted from cooperation between fourteen medical, radiological and surgical societies in Europe and North America. To briefly summarize TASC I, peripheral arterial lesions…
Contributions, Deadlines, Meetings, and Committees
Make Your SVS Foundation Contribution by Dec. 31, 2012 Support your specialty with a contribution to the SVS® Foundation. Donations made by Dec. 31 may be used as a deduction on your 2012 tax return. The Foundation supports young vascular…
New Journal, iPad App Launched
Watch for New Journal The first issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders® should reach your mailboxes the first week in January 2013. Published four times a year by the Society for Vascular Surgery® and the…
The Affordable Care Act: Oversight on Providing for Graduate Medical Education
For more than 50 years, the federal government has accepted the responsibility for financial support of graduate medical education. Legislation passed during the 1960s – beginning with the term of President John F. Kennedy and included in President Lyndon Johnson’s…
General Residents See Fewer Aortic Surgeries
MILWAUKEE – General surgery residents in a community-based residency program experienced a significant 49% decline in open aortic surgeries over the last decade, an analysis showed. In 2000-2001, residents were exposed to 20-25 open aortic cases per year, but now…
Help Fund Future Vascular Research
Research funding is becoming more difficult to obtain, yet it plays a vital role in the outcome of vascular patients. The SVS® Foundation awards grants to vascular surgeon scientists to help develop their careers in research. Many of the grants…
Read the 2012 SVS Annual Report
The report contains a message from Society for Vascular Surgery® President Peter Gloviczki MD, an illustrated timeline of the remarkable history of SVS, a report on 2012 SVS accomplishments, and an article on the growth of the SVS international membership…