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75th anniversary: Celebrate SVS history through photos
A week remains in the SVS Photo Contest, which celebrates the Society for Vascular Surgery’s 75th Anniversary. Members are sharing images that tell the Society’s collective story. The contest began in March and ends May 19. One winner and three runners-up will be selected in each category, and all honorees will be recognized on…
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American Venous Forum, appropriateness, Diversity, DVT, Open repair, trainees, VAM, Venous disease, VESS
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in April 2022
The digital version of the April 2022 issue of Vascular Specialist, the most recent editorial by our medical editor focusing on diversity within the vascular surgery workforce, and an interview chronicling the new age about to begin at the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS), all feature among the best-read stories appearing on the newspaper website…
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SCAI releases multi-society position statement focused on core competencies for endovascular specialists providing care for CLTI
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) has released a position statement outlining competencies for endovascular specialists who provide care for chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI). The first-of-its-kind document, “SCAI/ACR/APMA/SCVS/SIR/SVM/SVS/VESS position statement on competencies for endovascular specialists providing CLTI care,” published in the Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (JSCAI), Journal of…
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Voting for SVS vice president, secretary begins May 23
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Active and Senior members will begin voting May 23 for a new SVS vice president and secretary for 2022–23. Election results will be announced at the SVS Annual Business Meeting on June 18 during the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in Boston. Vice presidential candidates are Matthew Eagleton, MD, and Amy…
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Ask the Experts, Lifetime Achievement Award, Opening Ceremony, Postgraduate Education Committee, VAM, von Liebig Forum, WFVS
VAM packed from beginning to end
From the opening session on the Wednesday morning of the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), to announcing the winners of the Poster Competition Championship Round on Saturday afternoon, attendees at the 2022 meeting will find plenty to keep them interested. That’s by design, said Andres Schanzer, MD, chair of the SVS Program Committee, which oversees the…
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VAM: Gala auctions taking shape
It’s spring now, but those whose winters seem never-ending might consider bidding on a week-long stay in Florida for next winter. Cold and snow are much more bearable when a week of sun and sand beckons part-way through. Access to a three-bedroom condominium in Ormond Beach, Florida, is just one of the attractions being offered…
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SCAI issues position paper on transaxillary arterial access
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) has released an official position statement providing evidence-based recommendations for percutaneous transaxillary arterial access and training for clinicians. The document was published in the Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (JSCAI), with Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) representative Darren B. Schneider, MD, and Vascular and…
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AVF, Diversity, medical students, Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society, MVSS, PAD, SCVS, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, trainees, Venous stenting, VenoValve
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in March
Among the posts catching Vascular Specialist readers’ eyes last month were the digital flipbook version of our March print edition, a new study looking at the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) recommendations, and an interview with one of the founders of a novel vascular scaffolding device to treat peripheral arterial…
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Help tell the SVS story through images
Thanks to smartphones, almost everyone usually has a good camera at hand and thousands of digital photos in storage. So get that phone charged and be ready to click the button and capture your lives and specialty, from photos of your practice and your travels, to vascular training and vascular surgery’s history. You could win recognition…
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VAM: How abstracts are selected
The abstracts presented at the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) are the result not just of thorough research, but also a meticulous—and blind—selection process. The procedure starts months ahead of the yearly annual meeting, with the posting of guidelines and policies just prior to abstract submissions opening in mid-November. The submission…