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Vascular surgeons will survive these ‘troubled waters,’ says SVS president
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is a “solidly built bridge” across the troubled waters of the coronavirus pandemic, president Kim Hodgson, MD, today proclaimed. The path to the other side of the current COVID-19 crisis may not be clear at the moment, Hodgson said, but vascular surgeons will get to that place, “and it…
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National emergency loosens restrictions on use of telemedicine, says VESS secretary
Performance of telemedicine has been made easier and more accessible after regulations and limitations on its use were waived in the wake of the declaration of a national emergency sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Misty Humphries, MD, secretary of the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS). “In the wake of the COVID-19 epidemic…
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VESS: Vascular surgeons urged to avoid admissions not ‘immediate’ threat to life and limb amid coronavirus pandemic
Vascular surgeons have been urged to support the health of the entire U.S. population “by immediately reducing resource expenditure, avoiding all surgical admissions unless immediately life or limb threatening and, most importantly, by staying home.” The advisory came in a March 23 statement from the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) on COVID-19, designed to…
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Your SVS: Storming into 2020 and horizons beyond
With significant progress made on many fronts in 2019, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is looking forward to the next horizon in 2020. In late January, I updated the Strategic Board of Directors on progress to date on strategic priorities for the past year. The board also set priorities for 2020–21. In six areas,…
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SVS now accepting late-breaking abstracts for VAM
Late-breaking abstracts are now being accepted for VAM 2020 by the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS). Preference will be given to prospective, multi-institutional trials and investigational device exemption studies. Retrospective analyses will not be considered for this session, as the intent is to provide attendees with true late-breaking trial data. Abstracts must be submitted here…
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Wider VAM 2020 schedule unveiled
Beyond the always popular scientific sessions detailing research and presented from the podium, the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) also stages more than 25 other educational offerings, many to smaller audiences and with questions and answers encouraged. Details are available in the online schedule at vascular.org/VAM2020. The below lists some of the presentations. Postgraduate Courses, all…
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Medical education requires a reboot in the digital age, argues stent-grafting pioneer
LAS VEGAS—Medical education is confronted by huge opportunities with the coming of what has been termed the fourth industrial revolution—that of the intersection where “big biology and big medicine” meet “big data.” Those were the sentiments of Michael Dake, MD, senior vice president at the University of Arizona Health Sciences in Tucson, Arizona, when he…
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O Canada: VAM 2020 housing, registration open March 4
Registration and housing for the 2020 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) open March 4. The 2020 Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) meeting will be held June 17 to 20 in Toronto, Canada. VAM starts with a full day of educational programming June 17, including six postgraduate courses, a number of international events, abstract presentations from the…
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Tickets on sale for 2020 Foundation Gala
The “Vascular Spectacular” Gala was one of the highlights of the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), and it’s sure to be the same in 2020. Join your colleagues and friends at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 19, to celebrate your specialty and support the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Foundation. The event will include a cocktail…
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Asymptomatic, Carotid artery, Carotid disease, carotid endarterectomy, Carotid stenosis, CAS, CEA, Severe stenosis, VESS
Patients with asymptomatic severe carotid stenosis may be successfully managed medically, researchers find ‘relatively high’ long-term survival
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo.—High-risk patients with asymptomatic severe carotid stenosis may be successfully managed medically, delegates at the winter meeting of the Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) held in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Jan. 30–Feb. 2, were told. That was the nub of findings delivered by Jeffrey Siracuse, MD, of the division of vascular and endovascular…