Adversity is part of life and everyone must deal with it. How one manages adversity matters, separates the winners from the losers, and is a major determinant of success. Dr. Frank J. Veith Adverse challenges may be minor, intermediate or…

Witch hunt: An intensive effort to discover and expose disloyalty, subversion, dishonesty or the like, usually based on slight, doubtful or irrelevant evidence, and to punish accordingly.
 – Merriam-Webster Dictionary Over the years, several excellent vascular surgeons have either lost…

All vascular surgeons want to be good doctors and to take the best possible care of their patients. They, therefore, train diligently and strive to keep up with new developments by reading vascular journals and attending cutting edge vascular meetings.…

Although some vascular surgeons are convinced that endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) is superior to open repair for the treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAAs), the issue remains controversial. The naysayers for the superiority of EVAR in this setting claim…

Vascular surgery has evolved from a limited subspecialty of general and thoracic surgery into a complex and well-defined specialty. The introduction of endovascular treatments and their adoption and embrace by vascular surgeons has made our specialty exciting and attractive. However,…

The question of whether or not to give more healthy patients statin drugs is one of considerable interest to the public and much debate in both the medical community and the lay press. In Nov. 12, 2013, the American College…

Two young men went camping in the wilderness. One of them went off to gather firewood. He returned an hour later, staggering, badly battered, very bloody and with his clothes in tatters. His friend asked what happened. “I ran into…

A stated goal of the United States is to support and promote democracy throughout the world. This seems reasonable, because democracy has often worked well in our own and other Western countries, and because no other form of government has…

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…