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Clinical Practice Council Establishes 2012 Goals
The SVS Clinical Practice Council (CPC) held its annual strategic meeting December 2011 to discuss how to better align the goals of its reporting committees with those of the SVS. “In addition to our regular conference calls, the council, including…
Resident and Student Outreach Committee Members in the Spotlight
The Resident and Student Outreach Committee members are featured in the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) January 2012 Choices Newsletter for medical students. Links to interviews by Drs. Erica Mitchell, Mike Dalsing, Alec Clowes, Addi Rizvi, Steve Motew, and…
Upcoming Events and Deadlines
March 1, 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award March 1, 2012 Medal for Innovation in Vascular Surgery March 1, 2012 Distinguished Fellow application deadline March 1, 2012 Membership application deadline March 17, 2012 Student Research Fellowship March 23-24, 2012 SVS Coding and…
Purchase 2012 Vascular Coding Guide
The 2012 Coding Guide offers: It features information on 400-plus CPT codes including the new IVC filter and bundled renal artery catheterization / imaging codes. It includes information on coding, modifier use, and RVUs in both the facility and non-facility…
Annual Review of SVS Relationships with Industry
The relationship between professional medical societies and industry, specifically the pharmaceutical and medical device industries, has come under increasing scrutiny. The chief concern is that industry may influence medical society activities in ways that could compromise optimal patient care or…
SVS Next Generation Recruitment a Priority
The SVS is campaigning to recruit the next generation of vascular surgeons and it is paying off. In 2007, there were fewer than 2,400 active vascular surgeons in the United States who participated in patient care. Vascular surgery represents the…
Attend the 26th Annual Vascular Research Initiatives Conference
On April 17, 2012, SVS will present Experimental and Applied Vascular Biology, the 26th Annual Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) in Chicago. “VRIC is designed to encourage interaction and collaboration among vascular surgeon investigators and scientists from vascular biology-related disciplines,”…
Competitive Vascular Surgery Residency Match
The SVS scholarship program has sparked an increase in the number of medical student residency matches for the integrated vascular training programs (0+5). In 2011, the integrated vascular surgery training program was one of the most competitive medical student residency…
Einstein’s Aneurysm: Of Cellophane and Rudolph Nissen
In December 1948, Dr. Rudolph Nissen, later famed for his esophageal surgery technique called fundoplication, operated on Albert Einstein, at the Jewish Hospital in Brooklyn, New York to remove intestinal cysts. Einstein was simultaneously diagnosed with a large intact aneurysm…
SVS PAC: A Decade of Access to Congress
The SVS Political Action Committee (PAC) reaches a notable milestone this year. It has supported SVS members by opening doors to members of Congress whose decisions directly impact upon vascular surgeons’ practices. The SVS PAC is the only PAC that…