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Registration to open for VAM 2021
Registration and housing are set to open in mid-May for the 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), which takes place Aug. 18–21 in San Diego. Educational programming is ready to run across all four days, with exhibits open Thursday and Friday. The meeting will be subject to safety and health protocols likely to change between now…
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Emerging picture: VAM 2021 shaping up into blockbuster event
The moving pieces that comprise the 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), set to take place Aug. 18–21 at the San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California, are being assembled into a blockbuster whole. Though plenary sessions have yet to be structured, all of the invited sessions—“Ask the Experts,” breakfast and concurrent sessions, as well as…
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VAM travel scholarships open up to applicants April 21
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) travel scholarships for trainees to attend the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) are set to begin accepting applications on April 21. The SVS offers two categories of travel scholarships for VAM—the SVS General Surgery Resident/Medical Student Vascular Annual Meeting Travel Scholarship and the SVS Diversity Medical Student Vascular Annual Meeting Travel…
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SVS introduces ‘Meet the Experts’ Webinar Series
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is introducing a new webinar series, with the first installment set to take place this month. The “Meet the Experts” Webinar Series will feature expert faculty and attendees interacting in small groups for shared learning and an intimate feel. The four one-hour webinars will focus on topics that are…
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First pulmonary embolism patient enrolled in FLAME study
Inari Medical has announced the enrollment of the first high-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) patient in the FLAME (FlowTriever for acute massive pulmonary embolism) study. One in 20 PE diagnoses is categorized as high risk, and these are associated with a mortality rate of up to 40% at 90 days. The first FLAME patient was enrolled…
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Details emerge on VRIC’s move to VAM 2021
In celebration of the 75th year of the SVS, the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC), typically held in early May, is moving this year to be held during the 2021 VAM in August. In a year when so much has been challenging, SVS president Ronald Dalman, MD, and VAM leadership considered how VAM could serve…
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VRIC set to be held during VAM 2021
This year’s Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) will be held during two sessions at the 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in August. VAM is scheduled for Aug. 18 to 21 in San Diego, California; the VRIC sessions will each be held from 1 to 3 p.m. (PDT) on Aug. 19 and 20. Abstracts will be…
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Supervised Exercise Therapy: There’s an app for that
Call it timing on several fronts, each part coming together for the benefit of patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Included in the mix was an interest on the part of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) to utilize technology to improve patient health and outcomes. Also percolating was an idea for an app to…
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Corriere: Meetings about meetings and how not to have a bad one
The past year in which the concept of “the meeting” shifted almost entirely into the digital realm challenged everything from the constitution of the working day to the breadth of collective patience. Or, as Matthew Corriere, MD, at the helm of the Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) 2021 Winter Meeting (Jan. 21–24), put the…
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New SVS online portal heralds vascular education ‘on the go’
To great excitement on the part of leaders and members, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has launched its new Education Portal, the online hub for all SVS education content. The portal links to SVS’s live education offerings, the new SVS OnDemand learning management system (LMS), the Video Library, and includes hours of on-demand lectures,…