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The numbers are in: VAM 2023 adds up to another SVS classic
Landmark meeting (June 14-17) with nearly 1,400 vascular professionals moves the needle with program innovations, slew of new science and jam-packed agenda. With more content presented than ever before, a family-friendly Wednesday night gathering, the inaugural Frank J. Veith Distinguished Lecture, a hugely successful gala and the vascular surgery community more than happy to be…
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The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of June 2023
Last month, Vascular Specialist garnered readers’ attention with an array of commentary on the BEST-CLI and BASIL-2 trials; the medical editor’s interview with vascular surgery’s ‘living legend’ Frank J. Veith, MD; the news of the death of Past SVS President Kenneth Wayne Johnston; and a report of a Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) breakfast session on…
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VAM 2023 attendees have their say on the impact of BEST-CLI and BASIL-2 trials
As the vascular community continues to unpack the key learnings from two of the biggest trials to date in chronic limb threatening ischemia—BEST-CLI and BASIL-2—attendees of the 2023 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in National Harbor, Maryland (June 14–17) told Vascular Specialist how they see the two landmark trials shaping practice in years to come.
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SVS mourns death of Past President Kenneth Wayne Johnston
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) mourns the death of Kenneth Wayne Johnston, an SVS member, former president and recipient in 2009 of the SVS’ highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award. Barry Rubin, MD, chair and program medical director for the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre for the University Health Network in Toronto, writing with other…
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The Big Interview: Pioneering surgeon recounts career as new VAM lectureship is birthed
Vascular Specialist medical editor Malachi Sheahan III, MD, sits down with Frank J. Veith, MD, to discuss his new book, The Medical Jungle, ahead of the maiden named Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) lecture created in the former SVS President’s honor. The Frank J. Veith Distinguished Lecture took place last week, and was focused on BEST-CLI. Here, they…
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VAM attendees chime in on BEST-CLI and BASIL-2
VS@VAM journalist Will Date and videographer Jean-Philippe Bensoussan caught some VAM 2023 foot traffic outside the BEST-CLI and BASIL-2: Debate, Analysis and Implementation session last week to get their take on the two trials and how it has impacted their practice. First up, SVS President and vascular surgeon William Shutze, MD with Texas Vascular Associates…
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Frailty status beats WIfI score as mortality predictor in all-comer CLTI study
A study presented during Plenary Session 3 at last week’s Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), concluded that the Wound, Ischemia, and Foot Infection (WIfI) stage is predictive of major amputation at one-year follow-up in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), while frailty status is a better predictor of mortality. The researchers also found that, at baseline,…
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SVS diversity celebration at VAM 2023
The Society for Vascular Surgery celebrates all of its members at the inaugural Celebration of Diversity Reception at the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) 2023. In previous years, many specific groups held smaller receptions while at VAM, including young surgeons, women and many others, including alumni groups. For this year, SVS organizers decided to instead combine…
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Optimizing the clinical environment: ‘Mitigating Barriers to Inclusion and Advancement in Academic Surgery’ presented at VAM 2023
America’s face is changing, becoming more diverse and with more women and immigrants in the country, medicine and the vascular surgery specialty. Raghu L. Motaganahalli, MD, of the Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, presented both the barriers and pathways to success in “Mitigating Barriers to Inclusion and Advancement…
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SVS honors two with Lifetime Achievement Award
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) honored two surgeons—instead of the traditional one—with its highest honors, the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) last week. It’s only the third time the Society has done so in the award’s history, said Michael C. Dalsing, MD. He presented the honorees: Enrico Ascher, MD, professor…