Welcome to Corner Stitch, a brand new section by and for trainees. First up is outgoing Vascular Specialist residents and fellows editor Laura Marie...
Dear Epic,
I am not writing to you today as a customer, but rather on behalf of your users. More specifically, I am representative...
The SVS Political Action Committee (PAC) is critically important for our voices to be heard in the places where policies that affect all of...
Micro Medical Solutions (MMS) recently revealed Food and Drug Administration (FDA) breakthrough device designation for its MicroStent vascular stent. This novel technology is designed...
With social media having such a prevalent presence today, it continues to play a significant role in connecting surgeons, prospective trainees and medical students...
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...
In this issue:
Frank Veith, MD, makes the case for EVAR being "the treatment of choice" for ruptured AAAs (p. 1 and 6)
Malachi...
If the equipment and requisite skillset are available, and a patient’s anatomy is suitable, endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAAs)...
Peripheral vascular interventions for intermittent claudication were linked to "poor" two-year relief of symptoms in the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) database, a new study...
Enrollment has begun and the first patients have been treated in the postmarket surveillance study, CONNECT-AV, of the WavelinQ (BD) endovascular arteriovenous fistula (endoAVF)...
A new wearable device designed to remotely monitor arteriovenous (AV) fistulae function in dialysis access patients uncovered promising data, leading one set of researchers...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Community Practice Committee will host two webinars in May designed to support members in community-practice settings. Members may...
The Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) has announced its officer slate for 2021–2022. Incoming president is William A. Marston, MD, professor in the...
Soundbite Medical Solutions has announced Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) approval for the SoundBite crossing system—Peripheral (SCS-P) with the 0.014” active wire (14P).
The...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the Academy for Surgical Coaching are developing a first-of-its-kind coaching program that strengthens wellness support for vascular...
Racial and ethnically based disparities exist in healthcare. To highlight these disparities, and what the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is doing to address...
Details of a planned pilot study investigating the merits of performing endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) on abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) in office-based labs (OBLs)...
Endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) is safe, durable and effective, the five-year interim results of the Global Registry for Endovascular Aortic Treatment (the GREAT registry)...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is on the lookout for candidates for the next Excellence in Community Service Award, with the deadline for...
Endologix recently announced completing the acquisition of PQ Bypass, a medical technology company pioneering a first-of-its-kind technology that addresses severe peripheral arterial disease (PAD).
PQ...
The recent reintroduction of the bipartisan Amputation Reduction and Compassion (ARC) Act—aimed at improving peripheral arterial disease (PAD) education, increasing access to PAD screening...
Hancock Jaffe Laboratories recently revealed that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued the first patent covering the company’s VenoValve. The patent is...
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...
Patients who have known abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), who may have had a COVID-19 infection, might need to have more frequent or a different...
Discussion during the opening day of the Charing Cross (CX) 2021 Digital Edition emphasized the potential of Philips’ Fiber Optic RealShape (FORS) technology to...
The recent decision from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to reduce the dedicated research effort from 75 to 50% for K...
A mid-term assessment of bridging stentgraft integrity and flare geometry following fenestrated endovascular aortic repair (FEVAR) finds that, although there is a substantial reintervention...
The year 2020 was one of firsts and of resilience. We had a plague of biblical proportions; civil unrest; fiery political and racial tensions;...
The care of patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is challenging and costly. Every practicing vascular surgeon knows that when patients present with ulcerations,...
A multicenter retrospective study of the PROOVIT (Prospective observational vascular injury treatment) registry suggests the use of temporary intravascular shunts (TIVSs) results in lower...
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) leaders continue to plan for a live, in-person Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), the SVS has announced.
As COVID-19-related restrictions ease...
A pooled meta-analysis found that patients with symptomatic carotid stenosis enrolled in recent randomized controlled trials (RCTs) had a lower risk of stroke after...
While there is large variability based on the site of insertion, patient characteristics and previous accesses, fluoroscopically-guided insertion of tunnelled central venous catheters (td-CVC)...
The CEO of Epic, Judith Faulkner, recently made a statement questioning whether there was any evidence tying the EHR (electronic health record) to physician...
The next SVS Town Hall will deal with vascular practice's path forward from the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The event is intended to help...
A recent study on iliac vein stenting showed better short and mid-term patency rates when intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) was utilized prior to stent deployment...
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) travel scholarships for trainees to attend the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) are set to begin accepting applications on April...
To help broaden its physician assistant (PA) members’ knowledge of vascular care and help them engage and interact with each other virtually, the Society...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is introducing a new webinar series, with the first installment set to take place this month.
The "Meet...
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....
On June 12, 2019, the director of the National Institutes of Health, Francis Collins, MD, made a public commitment to decline to take part...
“The available data suggest that exercise training improves de-oxygenation and re-oxygenation patterns, as measured with near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), in patients with lower extremity...
In this issue:
Three vascular surgeons journey through more than 60 peer-reviewed papers that make the connection between electronic health records (EHRs) and physician...
Surmodics recently announced the successful first uses in patients for two devices within its Sublime radial access platform: the Sublime radial access guide sheath and...
W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) today announced the first use of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved Gore Excluder conformable abdominal aortic aneurysm...
The Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery (APDVS) bestowed its first-ever Lifetime Achievement in Education Award on the association's one-time president Jack L....
In celebration of the 75th year of the SVS, the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC), typically held in early May, is moving this...
A new review concludes that the implementation of clinical guidelines for the management of patients with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) varies among countries, from strict...
Researchers suggest that in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), two-dimensional (2D) perfusion angiography is a “reliable tool” when used according to standardized methods. Jetty...
A simple cost reduction strategy implemented among providers in an academic vascular surgery practice yielded data demonstrating sometimes significant cost savings—in the case of...
No data currently exist to support the use of atherectomy over other procedures for the treatment of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), and the healthcare...
The Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) has announced the election of Margaret (Megan) Tracci, MD, as its next recorder.
Tracci is currently associate professor...
Three members of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee, chaired by Vincent M. Rowe, MD, explain use and...
Long-term results of patients who underwent outpatient laser treatment for varicose veins at the great saphenous vein (GSV) or small saphenous vein (SSV) in...
The first patient has been included in the BeGraft fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair (FEVAR) study investigating the Bentley BeGraft peripheral balloon expandable covered stent...
Vetex Medical has announced positive one-year outcomes from a European clinical study of the ReVene thrombectomy catheter. In patients with iliofemoral vein thrombus, the...
Higher frailty scores were associated with higher rates of postoperative complications and mortality among a national cohort of veteran patients who underwent endovascular aneurysm...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Foundation recognizes and thanks all SVS surgeons and physicians on National Doctors’ Day, which falls on March 30.
This...
Cervical artery lesions are frequent and mostly asymptomatic in patients with vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, investigators seeking to systematically assess arterial complications in the region...
The American Venous Forum (AVF) will hold its 33rd annual meeting, Venous2021, in a virtual format from March 17–20.
The conference features scientific sessions covering...
The healthcare system always conducts a “root cause” analysis when a medical error occurs. It looks for a systemic problem to address in order to...
Despite it being a year unlike any other, the increased generosity of the SVS Foundation donors allowed for the mission work to continue as...
ControlRad has announced Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance to market ControlRad Select, a technology that utilizes proprietary semi-transparent filters, a user-interface tablet,...
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) is in its fifth calendar year, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues...
The first detailed surgical results from the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme (NAAASP) show that, over a seven-year period,...
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...
Ice, cold and snow make it tough to walk outside in Lansing, Michigan, right now. So, jokes Doug Giller, he is wearing a path...
“A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.” Those are words ascribed to football coach...
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...
The deadline for the SVS Foundation Clinical Research Seed Grant has been extended to Monday, March 8.
The award, which provides researchers with $25,000 to...
The Zenith fenestrated+ endovascular graft (ZFEN+) product (Cook Medical) has received breakthrough device designation from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This designation is...
In order to recognize the diverse ways members interact and consume information, a new Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Communications Committee, replete with three...
Vascular surgery has undergone dramatic changes over the last 30 years. What was once a traditional open surgical discipline has now become a hybrid...
In this supplement, sponsored by Cydar:
Tom Carrell, MB BChir, Cydar Medical executive director and co-founder, gives an overview of the company’s Cydar EV...
In this issue:
Outpatient centers like OBLs have lately come under heavy scrutiny in light of new evidence highlighting outlier utilization rates. Last month,...
The virtually administered Vascular Surgery Certifying Exam (CE) has been declared "a huge success" by members of the Vascular Surgery Board (VSB). The VSB...
The mobile app for the fifth edition Vascular Educational Self-Assessment Program (VESAP5)—for both Android and Apple operating systems—is now available. Apple users need to...
Silk Road Medical has announced positive results from a comparative-effectiveness study involving transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) that was published in JAMA Network Open.
The study...
The CLI Global Society is launching the first peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on interventional techniques pertaining to critical limb ischemia (CLI). The new title, Journal...
Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) in those 80-plus decreases one-year mortality rates compared to non-operative management, researchers at the University...
The past year in which the concept of “the meeting” shifted almost entirely into the digital realm challenged everything from the constitution of the...
A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel has recommended against premarket approval of BD’s Lutonix 014 drug-coated balloon (DCB) for use in below-the-knee (BTK) arteries....
The title of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) Jesse E. Thompson, MD, Distinguished Guest Lecture was heralded as “Leading when everyone is...
"This is what happens to you when you show grit: You end up being elected president of the American College of Surgeons."
Those were among...
New officers are in place with the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Section on Outpatient and Office Vascular Care (SOOVC) Executive Committee, which covers...
Noor Gul Shah, MD, who passed away in October last year aged 29, was a remarkable fourth-year resident in general surgery at NYU Langone...
Medtronic has voluntarily issued a global recall of its Valiant Navion thoracic stent graft system and informed physicians to immediately cease use of the...
A new Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) report highlights both the critical skills vascular surgeons provide to a healthcare system and the specialty’s benefit...
To great excitement on the part of leaders and members, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has launched its new Education Portal, the online...
It is difficult to put 2020 into words. However, despite everything bad that has gone on in the U.S. and nationally, the SVS PAC...
The first major conference in the vascular surgery universe to incorporate an in-person element as part of a hybrid format has been declared a...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is seeking comments by Feb. 24 on proposed clinical practice guidelines for the management of extracranial cerebrovascular disease—which...
Two-and-a-half years back, when Kathryn E. Bowser, MD, joined her current institution as a vascular surgeon, a confluence of unfolding events led her to...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is on the lookout for volunteers to help fine-tune a planned overhaul of vascular.org, the SVS website.
Testers are...
MedAlliance has announced enrollment of the first patient in SUCCESS PTA, its large post-market study with the drug-eluting balloon Selution SLR for the treatment...
A study of more than 10,000 U.S. veterans with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) undergoing endovascular interventions in the femoropopliteal segment found that rates of...
Richard McCann, MD, a vascular surgeon who reinvented his skills after the endovascular revolution in the 1990s and implanted the first endograft for an...
There is some evidence to indicate that the inclusion of wearable activity monitors in home-based exercise therapy improves walking ability and quality of life...
The pandemic-induced discount applied to the fifth edition of the Vascular Educational Self-Assessment Program (VESAP5) will end March 31.
VESAP5 was introduced in July 2020...
Nominations for the solitary Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) 2021 officer position is now open.
The nominations received will inform who will fill the SVS...
“Deep vein arterialization is safe and technically feasible,” Peter Schneider, MD, a professor in the division vascular and endovascular surgery at the University of...
To enhance the chances of being able to hold the 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in-person, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has moved...
The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has recommended against screening for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis in the general adult population—a reaffirmation of...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has selected 24 members for the year-two cohort of the Leadership Development Program. Because of the pandemic, the...
The SVS Foundation received an extra infusion of contributions in late 2020, thanks to more than 40 new donors and the generosity of four...
In the wake of approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Treo abdominal aortic stent-graft system for the treatment of patients...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) have completed a move to create a single vascular registry.
The new...
Disclaimer: The views expressed here do not reflect those of Mayo Clinic, the Society for Vascular Surgery, Vascular Specialist, or even the author, for...
In this issue:
A Vascular Specialist cover special on atherectomy and utilization rates: "Are high reimbursement amounts incentivizing inappropriate medical provider care?" (p. 1...
A key theme among the late-breaking trial data presented at the recent LINC 2021 (the Leipzig Interventional Course), held digitally from Jan. 25–29, was the...
The initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in three-month sustained decreases in operative and outpatient clinical volume as well as a “severe” financial...
Democratic victories for Georgia’s two Senate seats in the runoff election Jan. 5 have solidified the Democrats’ control of the federal government for the...
Significant disparities in healthcare services in the United States result in unnecessary limb loss, stroke and death. Vascular health professionals are developing new programs...
Kuldeep Singh, MD, calls them a labor of love. They are tough—the patients having endured repeated hospitalizations, infections, embarrassment: The sorts of severely affected...
A recent analysis established an association between depression and non-home discharge after revascularization for chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI)—providing further evidence, the authors say, that...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has launched its Education Portal, linking to eagerly anticipated new learning management system (LMS) SVS OnDemand.
Education Committee chair...
Royal Philips has announced the final, five-year results of two randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that show no difference in all-cause mortality between patients treated...
Vascular injuries of the upper extremity are associated with a lower rate of limb loss but have an increased prevalence of nerve deficits after...
New data that analyze the preoperative and intraoperative assistance vascular surgeons provide to other surgical subspecialties underscores “the essential hospital resource” that vascular surgery...
Reimbursement
Reimbursement-per-procedure for femoropopliteal atherectomy and stenting has increased at about the same rate for national providers as a whole and vascular surgeons specifically—at the...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is developing Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) for claudication using the RAND Appropriateness Method.
The AUC process consists of a...
The latest research around practice patterns and appropriateness in care came shortly after a criminal case in Florida at the tail end of last...
Just 1% of vascular surgeons receive “an inordinate amount” of the total Medicare payments that flow toward the specialty, with disproportionate use of outpatient...
Defining culture is amorphous, and mostly subjective. Being hard to define, it falls behind other measures of leadership—and team success or failure—like strategy or...
Fluoroquinolones—one of the most commonly prescribed antibiotic classes in the United States—were associated with increased incidence of aortic aneurysm formation in U.S. adults, a...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is starting 2021 with updated clinical practice guidelines and reporting standards for three vascular conditions.
Guidelines on chronic mesenteric...
Ample published data from from large, observational datasets, randomized-controlled trial (RCT) subgroup analyses and long-term follow-up from pivotal paclitaxel-coated device RCTs have not been...
On Oct. 28, 2020, the University of Vermont Health Network—consisting of six hospitals in Vermont and upstate New York, was hit by a cyberattack.1...
Representatives from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) referenced "important and reassuring" results from the recent interim analysis of the SWEDEPAD clinical trial in which...
While there is little doubt the pandemic has impacted each vascular surgeon and the SVS as a Society in numerous ways, the commitment and...
While there is little doubt the pandemic has impacted each vascular surgeon and the SVS as a Society in numerous ways, the commitment and...
A symposium designed to educate graduating vascular fellows on succeeding in a community or private practice as well as an academic setting is set...
Exercise can play an important role in treating peripheral arterial disease (PAD), a recent review by Amy Harwood, PhD, from the Centre for Sport and...
The deadline for the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Resident Research Award has been extended to Feb. 17—a knock-on effect of the date shift...
While there is little doubt the pandemic has impacted each vascular surgeon and the SVS as a Society in numerous ways, the commitment and...
*The January 2021 issue of Vascular Specialist, which contained this story, went to press prior to the news that Congress had moved to halt cuts to...
While there is little doubt the pandemic has impacted each vascular surgeon and the SVS as a Society in numerous ways, the commitment and...
A retrospective study analyzing approximately 55,000 patients undergoing abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair suggests current screening guidelines may be inadequate in detecting a significant...
While there is little doubt the pandemic has impacted each vascular surgeon and the SVS as a Society in numerous ways, the commitment and...
Fulfilling one of the first recommendations—and the highest priority—of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Task Force, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Task Force’s findings and recommendations are taking shape, with some already implemented.
After...
Have you paid your 2021 Society for Vascular Surgery dues? If you haven’t, you’re missing access to all of the latest research in the...
Educational content will soon be as close as the nearest Internet connection.
SVS OnDemand is slated to go live at the end of this...
Applications are due early in 2021 for a number of Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and SVS Foundation awards, honors and grants.
Information on...
For the first time since 1992, office/outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes have been extensively revised. As of Jan. 1,...
Since March 2020, my life has literally spiraled out of control both personally and professionally. The COVID-19 pandemic shattered my life, and I am...
The inaugural cohort of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Leadership Development Program had to show some resilience early. Not long after the initiative’s...
*The January 2021 issue of Vascular Specialist went to press prior to the news that the dates for VAM had been moved to August,...
The question of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on vascular practice continues to occupy members of the specialty. Contributors to a global vascular surgery registry...
Speaking at the Virtual Aortic Surgery How to Do It Highlights conference (Dec. 17–18), Stéphan Haulon, MD, a vascular surgeon at Hôpital Marie Lannelongue,...
According to Daniela Branzan, MD, a senior vascular surgeon at University Hospital Leipzig, in Leipzig, Germany, and colleagues, pre-emptive embolization of aneurysm sac side...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has shifted the 2021 iteration of its flagship conference, the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), to August in a...
Both the House of Representatives and Senate have approved legislation to delay steep cuts to Medicare that were set to take effect Jan. 1,...
New pocket guides of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) clinical practice guidelines and reporting standards are now available, with printed guides sent to...
A recent systematic review found that “carefully designed and structured” simulation-based training (SBT) in open vascular surgery is effective and can improve technical skills,...
Efemoral Medical has announced the first-in-human (FIH) use of the company’s Efemoral Vascular scaffold system (EVSS) with FlexStepv technology in the EFEMORAL I FIH...
The wound, ischemia and foot infection (WIfI) score is as accurate a predictor of risk for limb loss in Black people as it is...
This video is sponsored by Philips.
Craig Walker, MD, of Houma, Louisiana; Bryan Fisher, MD, of Nashville, Tennessee; and Andre Biuckians, MD, of Towson, Maryland,...
Revascularization of the lower extremity improves hemodynamics, walking performance, quality of life and calf-muscle pathology in claudicating patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD), researchers...
An unplanned interim analysis of the registry-based SWEDEPAD clinical trial, in which patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) received treatment with paclitaxel-coated (drug-coated balloons...
Shockwave Medical has announced that as part of the calendar year 2021 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule, the Centers for...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has launched an Annual Physician Member Census aimed at capturing current issues of importance and the changing demographics...
Terumo Aortic has announced the midterm results from the RelayPlus thoracic stent graft system post-approval study, revealing low operative mortality and morbidity— supporting its...
Hypercoagulability in COVID-19 patients leads to an increase in the malfunction rate of temporary hemodialysis catheters—but heparin locking of the catheters is linked to...
A gift to the SVS Foundation funds not just things—patient education fliers, research awards and community awareness projects—but also hope for a better future....
Vesper Medical recently announced initiation of its Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigational device exemption (IDE) study, VIVID (Venous stent for the iliofemoral vein investigational clinical trial...
Humans are social animals, and, over time, they have found that their best times are spent in groups. We have just celebrated Thanksgiving, spending...
Though many individual components will remain the same, the 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) will have a different look and feel.
"The meeting has...
On the morning of Nov. 9, I received a phone call from my sister. My father had been found unresponsive in his Manhattan apartment...
Every year a number of graduating vascular trainees look for jobs in academic surgery to develop a career as a surgeon-scientist in basic, translational...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) has delivered a blow to vascular surgery in the form of a 7% cut in total...
For aspiring vascular trainees, interview season is a time of great stress as well as opportunity. Graduating medical students and residents are preparing the...
In this issue:
OBL: Community surgeons talk through surviving private practice in office-based labs (p. 1 and 4)
"Present imperfect": Vascular Specialist medical editor Malachi...
Applications for three Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Foundation awards are coming up early in the new year.
The Resident Research Award (Jan. 13,...
In a recent systematic review and meta-analysis, Venkata Sai Jasty, from the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tuscon, Arizona, and colleagues found...
Outpatient settings like office-based laboratories (OBLs) have attracted increased scrutiny in recent times amid efforts to shine greater light on appropriateness in care. During...
A research team in Dallas demonstrated the successful operation of transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) in a community practice setting, reporting results in line with...
The last nine months took away much. The Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) was canceled. The Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) suffered a similar fate—its...
Fenestrated-branched endovascular aneurysm repair (F-BEVAR) for thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAAs) carried out on women “demonstrate metrics of increased complexity and have a lower level...
The low rate of events that occur in small abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) supports continued ultrasound surveillance every three years for aneurysms that measure...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has launched three new mobile apps to help guide surgeons in the treatment and management of chronic limb-threatening...
The Society for Vascular Surgery would like to welcome the popular Audible Bleeding podcast into its communications family. SVS has reached and executed an...
During the virtual annual meeting of the New England Society for Vascular Surgery (NESVS), outgoing president Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD, called for the NESVS...
The American Medical Association's Board of Trustees has named SVS' longtime coding expert and member Robert M. Zwolak, MD, as the AMA alternative representative...
An analysis of the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) registry for elective abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) revealed that frailty continues to...
Foot vein arterialization (FVA) is a safe procedure with good early graft patency and a limb salvage rate of 77.8%, Qi Yan, MD, and...
Treatment with the mVASC microvascular tissue graft product (MicroVascular Tissues) results in superior wound closure compared to standard of care alone, the first randomized...
The management of the severely injured trauma patient often requires delicate coordination among multiple specialties, and multiple separate operative procedures are often necessary. In...
Stent grafts with active fixation below the renal arteries as well as oversizing by less than 10% seem to have the least effect on...
The holidays are close upon us, and many Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members will be shopping online this month and next.
The COVID-19...
Since 2002, the SVS Political Action Committee (PAC) has been a vehicle for advocacy specifically for vascular surgeons. As the only voice geared for...
In one of the latest sub-analyses from the VOYAGER PAD trial, investigators found that rivaroxaban plus aspirin versus aspirin alone in the high-risk population...
Richard Lynn, MD, a vascular surgeon from Palm Beach, Florida, has been elected second vice-president-elect of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).
Alan Dardik,...
Will you give on Giving Tuesday? This will be the SVS Foundation’s third year marking the annual global day of giving—Dec. 1, this year—which...
November is Diabetes Awareness Month. The Branding Toolkit can help SVS members promote the valuable care they provide those with the disease.
One of...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has submitted comment letters to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on two proposed rules that...
Patient-centered clinical success after lower-extremity revascularization for people with diabetic foot wounds was achieved among 63% of patients in a new analysis—but researchers suggest...
During a late-breaking data session at this year’s Vascular Interventional Advances virtual annual meeting (VIVA 2020) Nov 6–8, Ehrin Armstrong, MD, a professor of...
Calling surgeons and scientists: Your research is wanted. Submission sites are now open for two annual SVS meetings in 2021, the Vascular Research Initiatives...
William Shutze, MD, a member in community practice in Dallas, has lost no time in putting the new SVS Branding Toolkit to use.
In...
Ten years ago when we wrote a paper on diversity that was published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS), it barely caused a...
The DISRUPT PAD III randomized controlled trial (RCT) provides the largest level-one evidence for the treatment of heavily calcified femoropopliteal arteries, noted William Gray,...
Members asked; SVS listened. The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has launched a Branding Toolkit to help its members brand the specialty in order...
Given the absence of a safety signal in data from the VOYAGER PAD trial, a new analysis examined the potential benefit of drug-coated device...
In this issue:
"Anatomy of a branding campaign: Making vascular surgery more visible"—how the SVS crafted a strategy aimed at elucidating what it is...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has extended the deadline for volunteers to apply to its new Communications Committee. The Society is seeking members...
The new SVS Branding Toolkit—a robust set of tools designed to help members communicate their roles in comprehensive vascular care—is now available exclusively and...
When Benjamin W. Starnes, MD, talks vascular trauma, he does so from a position of certain authority. As the recent Southern California Vascular Surgical...
The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced today it has submitted a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to the Food and Drug...
An investigation of differences in patient outcomes following open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) found in three national registries showed that mortality rates...
Patients treated with a paclitaxel-coated balloon saw greater survival, freedom from amputation and amputation-free survival through four-year follow-up after their initial femoropopliteal revascularization operation...
Getinge is investing €3 million in its manufacturing of polyester grafts and patches to treat aneurysmal and occlusive diseases. The investment aims at increasing...
A multidisciplinary limb salvage alliance found that operating room (OR) and clinic volumes as well as work relative value units (wRVUs) all increased significantly...
To know where to go, you first have to know the starting point. "We cannot adequately measure our progress in the SVS on diversity, equity...
It took Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) associate editor Ulka Sachdev-Ost, MD, a while to realize just how much of an impact her mother’s...
Findings from a series of late-breaking trials in the endovascular field were delivered recently at TCT Connect (Oct. 14–18), the 32nd annual scientific symposium...
Following a year of study and including more than 40 separate goals, objectives and requested actions, the SVS Executive Board has received, reviewed and...
Let’s start with our mission statement: We at the SVS Political Action Committee (PAC) exist as the fundraising arm for the advancement of the...
Data gathered from patients presenting with acute limb ischemia (ALI) during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic at the heart of New York City—a...
The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on surgery and medicine continues, prompting the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to propose changes in year five...
A new American Limb Preservation Society (ALPS) was launched during the recently concluded Diabetic Foot Conference (DFCon), held virtually this year from Oct. 9–10.
The...
The Surfacer Inside-Out access catheter system device (Bluegrass Vascular) is safe and effective for patients with thoracic central venous obstruction requiring central venous access....
Before we can look to where we’re going, we need to look to where we’ve been. And we do just that, in the pages...
Abstracts for next year’s Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) will be accepted beginning Nov. 3. VRIC 2021 is held the day before and in...
Julie Ann Freischlag, MD, the first female president of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), will be the next president of the American College...
Almost nothing will go untouched by artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare and surgery, notably in the quickly evolving world of vascular and endovascular surgery,...
Thomas Jefferson sat alone in a Philadelphia boarding house. He was nervous; much was riding on the words he would now write. The sovereignty...
For Laurel Hadley Hastings, MD, membership in the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) provides a great collection of valuable benefits.
They include an ongoing...
In 2019, Kim Hodgson, MD, kicked off his presidential year by placing appropriateness and quality of care under the microscope. His turn organizing the...
In this issue:
Special interview: Kim Hodgson, MD, discusses his SVS presidency, his appropriateness-in-care agenda, the new SVS SET app, and his post-presidential priorities...
The Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) has announced the appointment of a new associate editor for clinical research who will be focused on diversity,...
This article has little, yet everything to do with surgery. It is about decision-making under adverse circumstances. If you have not listened to the...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has approved a proposal to distinctly recognize critical limb ischemia (CLI) and critical limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI)...
The American Heart Association (AHA) recently announced the publication of a study identifying 14 new genes linked to an increased risk of abdominal aortic...
There is an incremental increase in the risk of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) among those with a family history of the disorder based...
An entirely preoperative risk-scoring tool for the prediction of 30-day mortality after a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) was found to be accurate after...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is offering a virtual Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) ONLINE 2020 featuring abstracts that were intended to be...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is seeking volunteers to serve on a task force focused on population health.
Applications are due by Oct. 8.
The...
"Surgery is only part of our story." Or as SVS Public and Professional Outreach Committee chair Joseph Mills, MD, recently put it in a recent...
To deliver clinical and cost benefits, leg ulcer care pathways should be revised to include early assessment and treatment of superficial venous reflux, researchers...
New SVS president Ronald L. Dalman, MD, has several initiatives he’d like to see move forward during the year of his presidency.
These include...
Vascular surgery in the Veterans Health Administration has always been a robust service, developing into a mature specialty around the time of the Vietnam...
The success of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) in its many missions is driven by the passion and commitment of its members. Each...
Robert W. "Bob" Gore, PhD, the man behind expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) and chairman emeritus of the W.L. Gore & Associates board of directors, has...
Open repair of aortic aneurysms is associated with higher long-term survival in patients who fall outside the confines of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) instructions...
The explantation of aortic endografts—associated with high postoperative morbidity, particularly in patients with infected grafts—can be carried out with a low mortality rate, a...
Vascular surgeons are being encouraged to take consideration of a set of talking points about the risks and benefits of paclitaxel-equipped devices—which has been...
During a storied career, Norman M. Rich, MD, carved out a reputation as a pioneering vascular surgeon—drawing distinction for the creation of the Vietnam...
The first patient has been recruited into a trial investigating the BeGraft peripheral plus stent graft system (Bentley InnoMed) as a dedicated bridging stent in...
A recent perspective published in the Annals of Surgery—which argued the shift toward endovascular care had led to a deficit in open surgical experience...
In this supplement, sponsored by Shockwave:
Frank Arko, MD, discusses his experience with intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) and considers its value in a resource-constrained healthcare...
A majority of vascular surgeons are in pain after a day of operating—with open and endovascular surgery identified as the types of intervention causing...
The recent furor over the article published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) about unprofessional behavior among recent vascular surgery trainees occasioned a...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has honored three members in community practice for their leadership of patients and their local communities, as well...
The #Medbikini campaign spread like wildfire following the publication of the journal article in question. Reading the manuscript seemed like we crossed the threshold...
Increases in cigarette taxes appear to be an effective strategy to cut active smoking among patients who are undergoing interventions for intermittent claudication, the...
Polling at CX Aortic Vienna points to a high level of vigilance over radiation exposure during endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). This was among the...
The 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting—to be held June 2 to 5, 2021 in San Diego—will be a celebration as well as an educational and...
The American Venous Forum (AVF) is to stage a four-part series of educational sessions running the gamut of venous disorders aimed at residents, fellows...
An ad hoc, two-year analysis of the EffPac study found no signal of increased risk of long-term mortality, nor any adverse events, within two years...
Researchers from the University of Minnesota unveiled new data supporting televascular consultations as a viable solution to the shortage of vascular surgeons in rural...
This interview continues our series of conversations with national vascular surgery leaders based on topics from the Kouznes and Pozner book “The Truth About...
Coding for aneurysm repair, for catheterization, for lower-extremity amputation. Information on modifiers, not to mention reimbursement appeals.
And don't forget new guidelines for Evaluation...
The IN.PACT Admiral drug-coated balloon (DCB) demonstrated a significant advantage in overall survival, amputation-free survival and target-lesion revascularization after femoropopliteal artery treatment through four-year...
The next in the succession of Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Town Halls is coming up next week, focusing in on the branding of...
Dear editor: Submitted with little fanfare to the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery (SCVS) in July of 2019 and accepted later that year in...
Time marches on. Time heals all wounds. If I could turn back time. All of these may be true—but in the case of the...
There are many strategies people have for surviving turbulent times. At times like these, I am often asked for advice by younger vascular surgeons,...
In the ascending aorta session at CX Aortic Vienna, presentations focused on various treatment options, including frozen elephant trunk (FET) and endovascular intervention. The...
For most patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), Medicare reimbursement for lower extremity bypass surgery does not adequately account for case complexity in the...
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members can help in the fight against announced reimbursement reductions included in the calendar year 2021 Medicare Physician Fee...
They are the sort of cuts the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) says will have a massive impact on vascular surgery practices for years...
In this issue:
Special report—"Action plan: How to help halt sharp cuts to Medicare" (p. 1 and 4–5)
"Artery-to-vein AVF technique found to improve...
A multidisciplinary limb preservation service under the leadership of vascular surgery in a level one trauma center was associated with an immediate and rapid...
The fifth edition of the Vascular Educational Self-Assessment Program (VESAP), with a substantially enlarged section on vascular ultrasound and imaging, is now available for...
Call it a VISION for improving patient care by being able to see how specific hospitals or institutions perform in terms of long-term patient...
This time last year, the ranks of vascular surgery were gearing up to head for points East, West, Midwest and Northeast as the slew...
The inaugural CX Aortic Vienna meeting will be livestreamed Sept. 8–11 to an international, online audience, and will include registrant participation, interaction and polling.
The...
A disproportionately higher percentage of women are affected by depressive symptoms when they seek specialty care for new or worsening peripheral arterial disease (PAD)...
A recent systematic review showed that randomized trials comparing different types of peripheral endovascular arterial intervention have a high level of heterogeneity in their...
A new study carried out on both patients and rats shows that artery-to-vein configuration of arteriovenous fistulae (AVF) improves hemodynamics and decreases hyperplasia in...
Just-published six-month results of the IN.PACT AV Access study show that drug-coated balloon (DCB) angioplasty is superior to standard angioplasty for the treatment of...
How is your coding knowledge shaping up at present? Are you up to date on modifiers and how to apply them, changes in CPT...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Coding Committee is best known for its work developing CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) codes, recommending physician work relative...
His was the golden age of vascular surgery, said Robert B. Smith III, MD, recipient of this year’s SVS Lifetime Achievement Award. And he...
A new study has found several racial disparities after mechanical thrombectomy for stroke with respect to post-procedure management and outcomes. Vineeth Thirunavu of Northwestern...
Our great specialty and the patients we serve face an impending critical shortage of vascular surgeons in the decade ahead. The Association of Program...
ID3 Medical Belgium has announced the first two enrollments in the SUPERSURG study to investigate the safety and efficacy of Abbotts’ Supera peripheral stent...
Recent months have yielded a conversation on systemic racism perhaps unlike any other before. We’ve learned about how it manifests across society, how it...
The Journal of Vascular Surgery August issue featured a paper whose findings established a significant number of faculty of vascular surgery training programs had...
Some of the formative educational experiences described by Olamide Alabi, MD, read like textbook examples of the subtleties many see as baked into U.S....
In a vascular surgery career spanning 20 years, Vincent Rowe, MD, has seen it all: Tending to patients at bedside, the vascular surgical services...
Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) has a small but significant effect on stroke prevention through eight years compared with no surgery, investigators who carried out a...
For vascular surgeon and research scientist Elsie Gyang Ross, MD, the world of data science might hold some of the answers to the kind...
Andrew Gonzalez, MD, had a heart for underserved and under- resourced communities embedded early. The son of a pediatric hematologist mother who worked at...
A recent study, published online in the European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (EJVES), found that regional anesthesia alone is reasonable for major lower extremity...
Data from a new study carried out in Texas found disparities in those undergoing early carotid revascularization along gender, race and ethnic lines.
A research...
In this special SVS ONLINE review issue:
"Unveiling an AI-driven risk stratification tool to attain better stroke prediction" (p. 1)
"COVID-19 survey: Support of...
In this issue:
A special cover story featuring the latest science and key profiles—"Diversity, equity and inclusion: Disparities in medicine and vascular surgery" (p....
Due to restrictions on live gatherings that are expected to remain in effect, the 2020 Coding & Reimbursement Workshop will be held online.
Through...
The proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule for 2021 was released Aug. 3 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), revealing vascular...
A recent study examining the effect of operative approach on outcomes in patients presenting with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) demonstrated clear short- and...
On March 19, 2019, I sat in the audience of the scientific sessions at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery...
From Aug. 15 to 30, UCLA will hold its Fifth Annual UCLA/SVS Symposium: A Comprehensive Review and Update of What's New in Vascular and...
In early June, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Resident and Student Outreach Committee held the SVS Pathways to Vascular Surgery Practice 2020: "Planning...
It’s one of the most intractable areas of focus in all of vascular disease, and the source of—inarguably, Brajesh K. Lal, MBBS, emphasizes—the most...
Routine ultrasound-guided percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) is a feasible treatment for native arteriovenous fistula (AVF) dysfunction, according to a recent study by Antonio Granata,...
Vascular surgery took the national stage during the last week of July as outraged medical professionals across the country responded to a visual abstract...
A team at the University of Washington in Seattle has received a funding award through the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Eugene Washington Engagement...
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) president Ronald L. Dalman, MD, has pledged that the SVS and its flagship title the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS)...
A higher rate of stroke has been reported in adults with COVID-19 compared to a cohort of patients with influenza. A retrospective study published...
“The relative survival benefit of EVAR over open repair has increased over time,” conclude Rens R.B. Varkevisser, BS, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,...
Women living with HIV who reported a high burden of psychosocial risk factors like symptoms of depression, stress and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were...
The seismic impact of the novel coronavirus on vascular surgery across the globe continues to be absorbed. Practice changed, and the specialty pivoted to...
COVID-19 has changed our world and surgical practices as vascular surgeons. We have been faced with unforeseen challenges, and the professional impact has been...
Following on from part one of our June issue special report in which we explored global perspectives on how vascular surgeons were coping with...
A new study shows significant benefits of the Ellipsys vascular access system (Avenu Medical) in easily and safely creating durable vascular access for end-stage...
Bluegrass Vascular Technologies has announced the publication of the results of its prospective, multicenter SAVE-US (Surfacer system to facilitate access in venous occlusions—United States)...
Coaching, institutional and cultural changes, advocacy, identifying issues and banding together all can play a part in vascular surgeons’ avoiding burnout and achieving wellness....
Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic practice, anxiety, coping and support survey for vascular surgeons, recently presented in a Special Scientific Session on COVID-19 during SVS ONLINE on June...
Pain is often fully experienced in isolation. It’s these experiences that serve as some of the most defining moments in life. The history of...
For each of the past 10 days, I’ve woken up and asked myself the same questions: Do I matter? Does my life have as...
An often omnipresent culture of white male representation in medical schools could "lead even the most well-meaning students to perpetuate healthcare disparities in their...
Like most older surgeons, my residency and trauma fellowship years at Grady Hospital— part of Emory University School of Medicine—remain a blur. With frequent,...
In this issue:
A Vascular Specialist special report, introduced by medical editor Malachi Sheahan III, MD, focuses on vascular surgery's role in facing up...
The third-generation Anaconda endograft from Terumo Aortic provides “high technical success” as well as “satisfactory” five-year aneurysm exclusion and clinical success rates, a French multicenter prospective observational study has...
Large abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair is associated with higher adjusted five-year mortality, reintervention and rupture rates after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR)—but not after...
Submissions to the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) publications have skyrocketed over the course of 2020, increasing 78% thus far this year. Part of...
It’s among the most topical areas of discussion in current U.S. cultural life: Black people face disparities in terms of healthcare outcomes. And the...
The SVS ONLINE conference may be firmly fixed in the rearview mirror but attendees are now staring down the barrel of the deadline for...
Recent times have wrought a potent cocktail of cultural disarray on the psyche of the United States. In medicine and vascular surgery, this confluence...
The American Heart Association (AHA) and the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) issued a joint scientific statement July 8 outlining research priorities...
A recent study on iliac vein stenting showed lower long-term patency rates for women when compared to their male counterparts. The data were presented...
The Society for Vascular Nursing (SVN) 38th Annual Conference—a virtual meeting—will be held from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Central Daylight Time Wednesday, July 15.
In...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) notched up plenty of firsts this year with its virtual meeting, SVS ONLINE: "New Advances and Discoveries in...
What’s ahead for vascular surgery? Many changes, both possible and confirmed, according to the final SVS ONLINE session, “Assuring quality in vascular surgical care:...
Endologix has announced that, after evaluating a variety of strategic options, it has initiated a voluntary Chapter 11 case and simultaneously filed a consensual...
SVS ONLINE—the virtual meeting staged by the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)—may be completed, but the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) virtual sessions have three...
A sirolimus-eluting balloon has been shown to be effective and safe for the treatment of vasculogenic erectile dysfunction (ED) in a first-in-man study presented...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is calling for comments on the proposed SVS clinical practice guidelines for chronic mesenteric ischemia. Comments are sought—and should be submitted—by July...
Active cannabis use disorder was associated with significantly higher odds of perioperative myocardial infarction in vascular surgery patients, researchers reveal.
Furthermore, people with the disorder...
A new therapy of hydration and oncotic pressure of plasma helped 100% of certain elderly peripheral artery disease (PAD) patients in terms of pain,...
Boston-based medical technology company Elucid Bio, maker of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared and CE-marked vascuCAP software, announced Wednesday, July 1, that its...
The SVS Vascular Quality Initiative will discuss two important topics on Tuesday, July 7: quality improvement projects and the VQI, and clinical practice guidelines.
Gary...
Physicians may obtain Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Maintenance of Certification (MOC) self-assessment credits through their participation in SVS ONLINE. MOC credits require physicians...
As SVS ONLINE: "New Advances and Discoveries in Vascular Surgery" prepares to become part of the past, the final presentation will look toward the...
Livia de Guerre, MD, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston has been named winner of this year’s poster contest. This year’s contest...
Outgoing Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) president Kim Hodgson, MD, delivered a data-driven insight into diversity within the organization during his June 20 State...
Doctor-prescribed and -supervised exercise therapy is going digital. The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) will begin piloting a ground-breaking app for Supervised Exercise Therapy...
It was an encapsulation of the existential questions surrounding vascular surgery. And it was just as the newly installed Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has joined the Surgical Care Coalition as part of a show of solidarity against pending Centers for Medicare...
SVS ONLINE: "New Advances and Discoveries in Vascular Surgery" offers more than just live programming.
The virtual meeting also hosts OnDemand programming: more than 80...
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) are collaborating on a single vascular registry to harness the strengths of...
Paolo Perini, MD, of the University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy, told the audience of SVS ONLINE (June 20–July 2) that explantation of an...
Gender-based differences driving career dissatisfaction and burnout exist, viewers of the SVS ONLINE (June 20–July 2) virtual conference heard during the William J. von...
Each Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) president wishes for a memorable annual meeting, outgoing SVS president Kim Hodgson, MD, noted during his State of...
Renowned endovascular pioneer Juan C. Parodi, MD, will present the International Lecture at this year’s SVS ONLINE virtual meeting.
He will deliver his address, “Treating...
Remote treatment of patients, so-called telemedicine, has been around since the 1940s, when it was first used for transmission of radiology images. In later...
VQI@VAM, the Vascular Quality Initiative’s annual meeting held in conjunction with the Vascular Annual Meeting, will also take a digital format in the wake...
Physician registrants: get a boost on collecting required continuing medical education (CME) and Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Self-Assessment credits during SVS ONLINE: “New Advances...
The SVS Foundation Board of Directors has altered its infrastructure, including expanding the board and adding seats specifically for public members and changing the...
Michael C. Dalsing, MD, has been chosen as the next SVS vice president, joining a line of succession that now includes new president Ronald...
As in the past few years, wellness and burnout—and how to mitigate them—remain topics of education and discussion at Society for Vascular Surgery meetings.
This...
Total endovascular aortic arch repair for aneurysms and chronic dissections using three-vessel inner branch stent-grafts is technically feasible and safe, a multicenter global early...
Endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) conversion to open aortic repair (OAR) is now an increasingly common indication and associated with greater operative complexity. However,...
Revascularization by way of carotid artery endarterectomy (CEA) is linked to significant improvements in neurocognitive function a month post- procedure across multiple domains, a...
The perfect match for an online meeting? An online planner. And it makes navigating SVS ONLINE a snap.
It follows the basic outline of planners...
Just don’t call it the Presidential Address: Instead, on Saturday, June 20, SVS President Kim Hodgson, MD, will present a “State of the SVS”...
In a new field safety notice, the U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) states that a warning and clinical summary section will be...
COVID-19 has altered almost all of our lives to a degree previously unimaginable. Millions of Americans continue to lose their jobs, hundreds of thousands...
The fifth edition of the Vascular Educational Self-Assessment Program (VESAP), with a substantially enlarged section on vascular ultrasound and imaging, is on course to...
SVS ONLINE will now feature a session that hones in on the coronavirus pandemic, consisting of nine talks dealing with such issues as acute...
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members voted decisively to change bylaws and permit all eligible voting members to participate in Society business decision-making. The...
The prospect of remote stroke intervention may be the most exciting clinical application among the suite of benefits emerging from the ongoing transformation in...
Improvements in techniques of distal organ protection decreased the risk of spinal cord injuries (SCIs) from 30% to <5% with open repair of extent...
On March 1, I drove down the Connecticut Turnpike in a rental car with my three sons. We had just left a somber family...
A novel twist to arteriovenous graft platforms—traditionally the preserve of hemodialysis—has the ability to open up a new paradigm of treatment across a host...
The Vascular Annual Meeting’s scientific sessions traditionally kick off on the Thursday of VAM—opening day of the scientific sessions—with the William J. von Liebig...
Extracellular vesicles enhance deep vein thrombosis (DVT) via receptor interacting protein kinase-3 (RIPK3), the study that claimed this year’s SVS Foundation Resident Research Award...
The CX 2020 LIVE Vascular Access Consensus session sparked global interest, with chair Nick Inston (Birmingham, UK) and moderator Domenico Valenti (London, UK) taking questions...
The Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) takes center stage at SVS ONLINE: "New Advances and Discoveries in Vascular Surgery," on Wednesday, June 24.
From...
In this special SVS ONLINE preview issue:
SVS president-elect Ronald L. Dalman, MD, runs through how he brought together this year's Crawford Critical Issues...
In this issue:
Special report: Vascular surgeons from across the world report on their early experiences dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic (p. 1 and...
The Society for Vascular Nursing’s 38th Annual Conference is going virtual, from 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, July 15. In addition to a series...
Burnout in surgery residents—associated with higher levels of depression and perceived stress—may be alleviated by programmatic social events, limiting weekend work and formal mentoring...
Vascular surgeons from across the country are reporting health impacts on some patients—particularly elderly ones—in quarantine, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) reports. The...
Last week, the CX 2020 LIVE agenda turned to the technically challenging topic of aortic arch interventions. Through presentations, discussion, and polling, the session—chaired...
Shockwave Medical has announced new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) codes for intravascular lithotripsy (IVL), a procedure performed in peripheral arteries in...
This year’s E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum is set to come full circle from its very genesis 32 years ago at the Vascular...
At first there was chaos. Then came adaptation and recognition of what was coming down the pipe—followed by assimilation into a new kind of...
Straub Medical, which manufactures, develops and sells medical devices for the treatment of arterial and venous diseases, has been acquired by Becton, Dickinson and...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery (APDVS) today issued a joint statement in support of...
A global audience tuned into the second session and inaugural aortic offering of CX 2020 LIVE. With registrations now well over 4,000, the pioneering virtual...
A new study by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore found that patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)...
It has recently come to the attention of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) that many of our industry partners are generously donating equipment...
CX 2020 LIVE came to life online—despite COVID-19—using state-of-the art broadcast technology to bring together more than 1,000 vascular specialists, live, from 95 countries across...
Planning continues unabated for the highly anticipated SVS ONLINE, set to kick off June 20 and run through July 2 in lieu of the...
Registration has opened for the 2020 iteration of the Society for Vascular Surgery's Coding and Reimbursement Workshop scheduled to take place from Sept. 25–26....
It’s here: 2020 is year four of the Quality Payment Program (QPP), established by the Medicare Access and Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act...
In a recently-published study, researchers found a significant drop in acute aortic dissection cases in New York City since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The study—”The...
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is the leading cause of preventable hospital death in the U.S. and worldwide. A new policy statement from the American Heart...
The next membership application deadline for 2020 is June 1. Be part of all SVS has to offer its members, including the online community...
At one point in the COVID-19 pandemic timeline, New Orleans was in a perilous position. In late March, the Louisiana governor reported that the...
How do you turn a live event for thousands of participants and exhibitors into a trimmed-down, online experience? Carefully, and not easily.
“We got here...
The fifth edition of the Vascular Educational Self-Assessment Program (VESAP) will be available before the beginning of August, when VESAP4 expires.
The online program, with...
LimFlow SA today announced publication of positive two-year data from the ALPS registry of the LimFlow percutaneous deep vein arterialization (pDVA) system. Results were published...
There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged our healthcare system like nothing before. We have confronted other diseases like influenza, tuberculosis,...
The vascular surgery world has lost one of its leading lights. Herbert Dardik, MD, a giant of the specialty renowned for his innovative work...
The Charing Cross (CX) Symposium, with its world-class faculty and unique focus on live audience participation, has announced the launch of a not-to-be missed...
Intact Vascular has announced the peer-reviewed publication of its Tack optimized balloon angioplasty (TOBA) III 12-month clinical trial results in the Journal of Vascular Surgery.
The multi-center, single-arm,...
In this issue:
Special cover feature chronicling the first set of SVS Town Halls convened in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic (p. 1...
Editors across the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) group of journals are staging a special webinar Thursday, May 28, at noon (EST) on hot...
Vascular surgeons are being encouraged to join the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Wellness Task Force, fellow SVS members and SurgeonMasters on May 28...
An individual patient-level data (IPD) analysis of the safety of paclitaxel-containing devices (PTXD), conducted by VIVA Physicians, identified an absolute 4.6% increased mortality risk...
The new Vascular Surgery COVID-19 Collaborative (VASCC) is ready to start collecting data on two projects.
The first study to emerge from the international registry,...
Terumo Aortic has been granted Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Treo abdominal aortic stent-graft system to be sold in the U.S.
The...
A carotid endarterectomy (CEA) carried out on a 71-year-old stroke patient who tested positive for COVID-19 is highlighted in a recent case report as an...
The COVID-19 vascular service (COVER) study, a multinational, prospective, observational study that is aimed at capturing the impact of the pandemic on global vascular...
As Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Postgraduate Education Committee chair Vikram Kashyap, MD, tells it, the organizers behind programming for the Vascular Annual Meeting...
For almost the first month after COVID-19 hit New Orleans with a vengeance, vascular nurse Jayme Boudreaux, APRN, found herself largely stuck at home,...
DALLAS—William P. Shutze, MD, has not long since finished his day's practice—a shift in which he carried out somewhere in the region of 13...
The patient was thin, pale and clearly frightened, although he tried not to show it. With poor English skills, he patiently sat on the...
Most prediction models can “reliably” identify individuals at high risk of significant asymptomatic carotid stenosis (ACS), a new study shows.
Michael H. F. Poorthuis, MD,...
An event aimed at attracting medical students to the vascular specialty has been organized by the Society of Vascular Surgery (SVS), the Vascular and...
The editors of the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) group of publications have launched a freely available COVID-19 collection across the JVS family of...
Over the course of the summer, SVS ONLINE will provide attendees with an innovative program featuring both live webinars and on-demand sessions. The event...
Unintended consequences of COVID-19 are likely to pop up in an untold number of ways. Perhaps one of them could be the more widespread...
On 18 March, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recommended “limiting non-essential care and expanding surge capacity into ambulatory surgical centers and...
LONDON—Last week, the Charing Cross (CX) Symposium 2020 would have taken place in the U.K. capital. To mark the occasion virtually, experts from across...
Results from a real-world experience over more than 10 years using the Endurant stent graft (Medtronic) demonstrate that it is safe and effective,...
Operating in the shadow of New York City, Clifford M. Sales, MD, has had his finger on the pulse of North America's two worst-affected...
The SVS Wellness Task Force today announced a final push for respondents to the Society's COVID-19 needs assessment survey. The initiative, designed to help...
Intact Vascular has announced the first commercial use of its Tack Endovascular System (4F) in multiple sites across the United States.
Notably the first Food...
According to a network meta-analysis, the VenaSeal system by Medtronic is “a promising therapeutic option for anatomic success at six months.” The study, published...
Several of the world’s ventilator manufacturers have formed a Ventilator Training Alliance (VTA) in partnership with Allego to create a mobile app that frontline...
Endospan was recently granted breakthrough device designation from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Nexus aortic arch stent graft system.
The FDA’s breakthrough...
If Seattle and the broader state of Washington provided the vascular care blueprint for how to proceed once the COVID-19 pandemic started to spread...
An exemplar of how surgery can best perform its role amid a catastrophic event like the COVID-19 pandemic can be found in military medicine’s...
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have landed like a sledgehammer on vascular surgery, reducing much of practice to a standstill. For those in...
The COVID-19 pandemic has stressed the healthcare workforce with unprecedented challenges, the like of which has not been experienced in a century. In response,...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) started 2020 with plans intensifying for the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) in May, the Vascular Annual Meeting...
In a brief report in the Annals of Internal Medicine, Seongman Bae, MD, of the Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine,...
Sharif Ellozy, MD, has had just about as near to a front row seat as it gets to the part of the United States...
In this issue:
Benjamin W. Starnes, MD, and Niten Singh, MD, report from Seattle in "COVID-19: Focusing minds on need to act as virus...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Wellness Task Force has launched an anonymous member survey in a bid to better support vascular surgeons as...
The objectives of this prospective, randomized, single-blind multicenter study are to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of SELUTION SLR in the treatment of failed...
A new vascular surgery registry launched to leverage key data gathered in the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic—and aimed at helping prepare for the...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has officially pulled the plug on the 2020 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) scheduled to take place in Toronto...
Royal Philips has announced that the US government and Philips agreed to team up to increase the production of hospital ventilators in its manufacturing...
Decades ago, “picture” phones were an idea straight out of science fiction. As the saying goes, the future is now. FaceTime and Skype are...
The Global Vascular Guidelines (GVG), extensively researched and written by an international committee of leading vascular experts, will soon be available as a pocket...
A study that set out to determine whether there was a lesser stroke or death risk by deploying transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) over the...
It's an issue increasingly knocking on the door of program directors and section chiefs in hospitals across the country as COVID-19 cases escalate in...
We certainly live in interesting times—times in which social distancing has literally become the new normal. COVID-19 came to the United States quietly and...
PALM BEACH, Fla.— The more open aortic repair (OAR) case volume vascular surgeons take on, the more it seems to be “impactful” on OAR...
Moral distress has been described as “as a phenomenon in which one knows the right action to take but is constrained from taking it.”1...
PALM BEACH, Fla.—Revascularization of intermittent claudication (IC) patients is associated with an increased rate of progression to critical limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI)—as well as an...
The devastating effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic are multifarious and far-reaching, touching both life and limb themselves as well as less tangible aspects...
In a new statement published on April 2, 2020, all 45 societies represented by the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS)—over 800,000 physicians—emphatically declared their...
MIAMI—Data, gathered in a study on the impact of aortic neck dilation after fenestrated endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (FEVAR), show that the process does...
Medtronic is sharing an older version of its Puritan Bennett ventilator for free in a bid to help ramp up production of the key...
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) today leapt to the defense of healthcare workers who are heading to work in the face of increasing...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has placed members on notice that the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) slated for June 17–20 in Toronto looks...
Hospitals and government health departments should give careful consideration to the protection of older physicians and nurses in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a series of temporary regulatory waivers and new rules designed to help the U.S....
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla.—As a podium talk at the annual meeting of the American Venous Forum (AVF), it represented a bit of an outlier. It...
The imperatives of preserving personal protective equipment (PPE) in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic were given a robust airing during a Society for...
The SVS Research and Education Committee and the Research Council have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC)—a...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) understands this is a very trying time for its members and hopes to provide help through various resources....
HOUSTON—The picture as Jonathan Stone, MD, describes it couldn’t be more stark. Medical error, according to recent publications, he says, now sits at third...
“More bleeding with background clopidogrel, even if not severe by adjudication, may be associated with broad consequences, including discontinuation of therapies. In the absence...
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo.— Almost 90% of authors who received industry-reported payments did not disclose a financial conflict of interest in their manuscript, a study...
In stable atherosclerosis, a combination of aspirin plus rivaroxaban provided a similar relative degree of benefit on coronary, cerebrovascular and peripheral endpoints in patients...
The reputed risk of administering modern intravenous iodinated contrast media in patients with reduced kidney function has been “overstated.”
That is the headline takeaway from...
Treatment with aspirin plus rivaroxaban following lower-extremity revascularization in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) leads to a 15% reduction in the risk of...
Thirty-day and one-year data from the STABLE II study have been published in the April 2020 issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) by Joseph V....
Vascular Specialist medical editor Malachi Sheahan III, MD, is no stranger to national and international emergencies—from New York City during both the 1990s AIDS...
Efforts and resources should be directed toward continuing randomized clinical trials in spite of the specter of the coronavirus pandemic. This is because of...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is a "solidly built bridge" across the troubled waters of the coronavirus pandemic, president Kim Hodgson, MD, today...
A prominent hospital operating on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington state has released a set of clinical practice guidelines for vascular...
Surgeons and other healthcare professionals aren’t hanging around waiting for depleted personal protective equipment (PPE) to be replenished. Amid COVID-19-related shortages, ingenuity, creativity and...
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has issued guidance for surgeons to curtail recommendations for elective surgical procedures to preserve the necessary resources for...
Have you ever “dreamt in blood”? A vivid, waking nightmare that reminds you of exsanguinating hemorrhage that can’t be stopped? I have. An Iraqi...
Performance of telemedicine has been made easier and more accessible after regulations and limitations on its use were waived in the wake of the...
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...
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...
In this issue:
‘No evidence’ to suggest spinal cord injury is decreased by prophylactic drainage during EVAR procedures: Cover story on Gustavo S. Oderich...
Patients with complex illnesses may not be eligible for hospital admission unless their diagnoses meet InterQual Criteria or Milliman Care Guidelines—hurdles patients must first...
Straub Medical, the US direct-sales subsidiary of Swiss outfit Straub Medical AG, has announced the launch and first intervention performed with the Rotarex S...
SEATTLE—We live in unprecedented times. On Jan. 19, patient zero arrived in the United States at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after returning from a visit...
HOLLYWOOD, Fla.—A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official delivered a talk which represents the government agency’s earliest public reaction to the latest meta-analysis suggesting...
Many believe the adage, “There is no perfect job.” If your list of “musts” for a career in vascular surgery includes working with a...
Defining the narrative. It’s a cliché among pundits, board members and anyone who has a point to make or a story to tell. It...
A registry to track management of new patients who are being treated medically for a number of vascular diseases has been launched by the...
The U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has today published guidelines on abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) diagnosis and management. Discussion between...
The American Journal of Kidney Diseases (AJKD) has published the National Kidney Foundation’s KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Vascular Access: 2019 Update, a completely revamped set...
Lumbar spine stabilization surgery may be a risk factor in the development of symptomatic venous outflow obstruction lesions, a study published in the Journal...
The biology of vascular disease—including molecular mechanisms and the immune system—will take center stage on May 4 in Chicago at the 2020 Vascular Research...
Updated recommendations on screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) remain consistent with the 2014 guidance while incorporating new evidence.
The United States Preventive Services Task...
People with depressive symptoms have a significantly higher risk of incident abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) after adjustments for established risk factors, a study published...
NEW YORK—It’s the recurring theme on the conference circuit that stubbornly refuses to subside but one whose toll is great and lasting. At the...
PALM BEACH, Fla.—While the overall incidence of rapid carotid stenosis progression is low, patients who show any degree of a worsening condition may warrant...
In 2011, a new research study proved the existence of precognition, also known as Extra-Sensory Perception (ESP). The manuscript was published in the Journal...
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla.—“Venous leg ulcers (VLUs) secondary to deep venous stenosis represents a distinct class of patients who require a unique treatment paradigm,” stated...
An American politician from the 1800s named John C. Crosby once said, “Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen and a...
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...
PALM BEACH, Fla.—In an address that ran the gamut of emotions—from success to tragedy and back again—W. Charles Sternbergh III, MD, may have delivered...
Beyond the always popular scientific sessions detailing research and presented from the podium, the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) also stages more than 25 other...
NEW YORK—The opening of an outpatient wound care center has a positive impact on affiliated vascular surgery practice, with a significant increase in the...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) recently published a joint document on reporting standards for type B...
HOUSTON—These are exciting times in the theater of dialysis access, expert in the field Eric Peden, MD, mused in the latter part of last...
The meeting, the seminar and the symposium: Collectively, this triumvirate of forum types forms one of the core elements of postgraduate medical education. These...
What is surgical coaching? The Institute for Life Coach Training defines coaching as a professional relationship that helps people produce extraordinary results in their...
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...
Much has been made of the impending shortage of physicians in the United States, with ominous predictions that it could come as soon as...
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...
In December 2018, the Journal of the American Heart Association published “Risk of death following application of paclitaxel‐coated balloons and stents in the femoropopliteal...
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...
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...
NEW YORK—The marriage of 3D imaging and robotics in hybrid operating suites promises to be a pivotal aspect of the future in vascular surgery—part...
MIAMI—Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage is a key component in the treatment of spinal cord injury but the evidence that prophylactic drainage decreases such injury...
Throughout our careers—indeed even in our personal lives—we struggle to achieve a proper balance between being a giver, sharer, taker or matcher.
Adam Grant, a...
February 2020 brings another paclitaxel device meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials in chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) patients. Krystal Dinh, BMed, of Westmead Hospital, Sydney,...
An easy way to impact the future of the vascular specialty is to sign up as a mentor on SVSConnect.
The Mentor Match Program...
From 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. (CDT) on March 26, the Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery (APDVS) Recruitment of Medical Students and Residents...
The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently released an update to their 2014 abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening recommendations. The update is...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is closely monitoring reports of higher than usual doses of heparin being required to achieve activated clotting times...
PALM BEACH, Fla.—Discussion of the drug-coated technology issue was piqued during the opening session of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) annual meeting...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has provided some light reading with the publication of the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), Hospital Outpatient...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) have released new reporting standards to ensure patients with type B...
The prospect of death rates from cardiovascular disease once again ticking upward after more than a half century of decline has led to a...
PALM BEACH, Fla.—The initial results of an ongoing first-in-man study in Colombia that saw the implantation of a prosthetic venous valve in 15 patients...
NEW YORK—Kim Hodgson, MD, president of the Society for Vascular Surgery, delivered a robust defense of the SVS position on the drug-coated balloon (DCB)...
A new meta-analysis, just published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology (JVIR), suggests significantly reduced amputation-free survival at one year when paclitaxel-coated...
Alucent Biomedical has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to proceed with a phase 1 clinical trial to evaluate the safety and...
The application of new global vascular guidelines for chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) provides an opportune and worthwhile window to revisit the concept of critical...
Severe complications from placement of cerebrospinal fluid drains (CSFD) during first-stage thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) and fenestrated-branched endovascular repair (F-BEVAR) of pararenal and...
HOUSTON—World-renowned innovator and inventor of the balloon catheter Thomas Fogarty, MD, delivered a robust pitch against the singular pursuit of financial gain during the...
Imagine a conversation with a (nonvascular surgeon) colleague about aortic dissections. “Renal malperfusion,” he says, “is just part of the natural history of the...
Attendees had a “spectacular” evening at the 2019 SVS Foundation Gala, and organizers urge all members attending the 2020 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in...
Translumbar embolization had a greater technical efficacy than its transarterial equivalent in the treatment of type II endoleaks after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), according...
Register today for the 2020 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference, to be held Monday, May 4, in Chicago.
The conference emphasizes emerging vascular science and...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is undertaking a new study to take an objective, qualitative and quantitative approach when assessing the importance and...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has two dedicated member-supported service organizations fulfilling very distinct needs: the SVS Foundation and the SVS Political Action...
With the expiration of the fourth edition of the Vascular Educational Self-Assessment Program (VESAP4) on July 31, owners have a bit more than six...
Because the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updates healthcare billing codes annually, vascular surgeons need to have updates as well. It is...
As a member of the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Coding and Reimbursement Committee (two years), I have been able to attend both CPT and...
NEW YORK—The dramatic shift away from open surgery toward an endovascular approach has landed vascular practice at a stark crossroads, attendees at the VEITHsymposium...
In the classic 1991 movie, “New Jack City,” drug dealer Nino Brown rhetorically asks his gang (the Cash Money Brothers), “Am I my brother’s...
LAS VEGAS—Efforts at international collaboration across borders can drive harmony among disparate regulatory requirements and lead to greater global cooperation at the medical device...
There is accumulating evidence that adverse clinical outcomes have a negative impact on the clinician. As vascular surgeons, we are particularly vulnerable to feelings...
Persistently high-cost patients are younger, more likely to be members of racial or ethnic minority groups, eligible for Medicare based on having end-stage renal...
Four years ago, vascular experts from around the world were tasked with a quest to get all surgeons and providers to agree on the...
The diameter of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) may have an important clinical impact on patient outcomes, according to a study of cases contained...
LAS VEGAS—Efforts at international collaboration across borders can drive harmony among disparate regulatory requirements and lead to greater global cooperation at the medical device...
NEW YORK—Vascular Specialist has a critical role to play in dictating discussion of the key issues that impact surgeons in the field, the publication’s...
More patients are receiving vascular surgery procedures in outpatient-based labs (OBLs). This trend is expected to increase in years to come. Right now, there...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Excellence in Community Service Award is an honor the SVS bestows on a member who has exhibited outstanding...
November is National Diabetes Month, which gives SVS members the perfect opportunity to further educate their patients and loved ones with the SVS Foundation...
SVSConnect gives members an opportunity to share tough cases, discuss new breakthroughs in the industry and/or seek trusty advice from other professionals. Currently, a...
Abstracts and videos for the 2020 Vascular Annual Meeting will be accepted now through January 15. The submission process may be completed on a...
The Vascular Research Initiatives Conference emphasizes emerging vascular science and encourages interactive participation of attendees. Scheduled the day before Vascular Discovery Scientific Sessions, VRIC...
The SVS' Community Practice Committee will hold a webinar, Credentialing and Privileging for New Procedures and Technologies, on Tuesday, November 12th from 7-8pm CT....
With physician distress a top concern of vascular surgeons, the SVS and its Wellness Task Force are launching a member support component of its...
The SVS Foundation has just published its 2019 Annual Report. This year, the report focuses on how past award recipients have used their grants...
The SVS, in collaboration with the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) and the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery (SCVS), has launched a new...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), in collaboration with the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) and the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery (SCVS),...
As the holiday shopping season approaches, the SVS Foundation would like to remind you to set up your AmazonSmile account and designate the SVS...
By renewing your membership, you continue to support the critical work the Society does throughout the year, and you contribute directly to the ongoing...
Oct. 31 is the deadline for the Vascular Surgery Trainee Advocacy Travel Scholarship. The primary purpose of this award is to provide the recipient...
Registration is now open for two webinars hosted by the SVS Community Practice Committee. Sign up for webinars focusing on “Hiring for the Right...
The SVS has officially announced its new Mentor Match program on its online community, SVSConnect. This program provides a simple way for general surgery...
Mark your calendars: the 2020 Vascular Annual Meeting will take place June 17-20 at the Toronto Convention Center in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. All U.S....
Our website contains many resources that SVS members can use for help with managing a practice, continuing education, patient education materials and much more....
If you are a young vascular surgeon from outside North America, consider applying for the International Scholars Program. Recipients of the award will receive...
The Affinity Program of expanded benefits is available to SVS members and can connect them with individual disability plans. These plans – available through...
If you participated in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2018, your performance feedback is now available for review on the Quality Payment...
The SVS PSO is looking for a part-time Associate Medical Director. This person will be responsible for assisting the SVS PSO Medical Director and...
If you are a young vascular surgeon from outside North America, consider applying for the International Scholars Program. Recipients of the award will receive...
The SVS has officially announced its new Mentor Match program on its online community, SVSConnect. This program provides a simple way to match general...
Join us as we celebrate all vascular nurses September 8 to 14 during Vascular Nurses Week. Be sure to let your nurses know how...
All who attended the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting can review sessions they attended, as well as “attend” those that they missed. Those who weren’t...
Attend the first ever International Symposium on Pediatric Renovascular Hypertension Nov. 11-12 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. This conference will bring...
September is PAD month. Did you know that the SVS Foundation offers free patient education fliers that you can easily customize with your own...
If you’re looking to have the best remote user experience on SVSConnect, download the Member Centric app. Don’t limit your time on the community...
The third membership deadline of 2019 is a few short days away on Sept. 1. SVS members enjoy many benefits such as SVSConnect, discounted...
The Society for Vascular Surgery seeks proposals for invited sessions for the 2020 Vascular Annual Meeting, to be held June 17 to 20 in...
Last year, the SVS Foundation updated and rewrote its popular patient education fliers. These are designed to fulfill the Foundation’s mission to support patient...
PART I
Reports of sexual harassment and gender discrimination have dominated news headlines, and the #MeToo movement has brought the scope and severity of discriminatory...
Question: Driver D strikes a pedestrian after losing control of his vehicle from insulin-induced hypoglycemia. Both Driver D and pedestrian were seriously injured. Driver...
The vascular specialty has had many coding changes over the past five to six years. It is sometimes difficult to keep up with the...
The Society for Vascular Surgery seeks proposals for invited sessions for the 2020 Vascular Annual Meeting, to be held June 17 to 20 in...
All who attended the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting can now review sessions they attended, as well as “attend” those that they missed. Those who...
If you are a medical student, a general surgery resident and/or a trainee who’d like to get more involved within the Society for Vascular...
The Society for Vascular Surgery is establishing a new Health Information Technology Task Force. The SVS Executive Board is seeking members with a desire...
The SVS Political Action Committee has set an aggressive fundraising goal for this current 2020 election cycle, and your contribution is critical to helping...
Register today for the fourth annual UCLA / SVS Symposium. This year’s event, “A Comprehensive Review and Update of What’s New in Vascular and...
The SVS Foundation’s patient fliers project is completed, and fliers are available free to members on the SVS website. Nine vascular topics are addressed...
The SVS Foundation developed the Research Career Development Travel Awards program to develop strong leaders in vascular surgery research. Recipients of the award will...
If you attended the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting in National Harbor, Md., be sure to check out the many photos now available on the...
On May 31, new global guidelines on the best ways to treat Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia were co-published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery and...
Conversations surrounding the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting have begun on SVSConnect. Share what you learned at your favorite session, start a discussion about the...
The SVS Branding Initiative concepts were introduced at the Vascular Annual Meeting last week. We asked attendees to provide their feedback either at the...
If you missed the Vascular Annual Meeting, would like to review some sessions or view the ones you missed, purchase VAM on Demand. The...
The inability to be in two places at one time makes VAM On Demand an essential component of the Vascular Annual Meeting.
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Physician registrants can get a big boost in collecting required Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Maintenance of Certification (MOC) self-assessment credits at the Vascular...
A tradition at the Vascular Annual Meeting, the E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum is organized by the incoming SVS President and devotes itself...
In selecting the subject of his presidential address, SVS President Michel Makaroun, MD, decided to focus on the inadequacy of vascular manpower to meet...
How have you managed a possible infected aortitis, a severe focal stenosis or a fractured carotid stent? Give your input in discussions about these...
The SVS has recently re-vamped its newsletters geared towards future vascular surgeons. These provide residents, students and vascular trainees with up-to-date information on upcoming...
Cardiothoracic and vascular surgeons will – together – head for the top during the Aortic Summit, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
The event is...
Electing Secretary, Welcoming President, Presenting Awards
The SVS Annual Business Meeting serves a vital, mandated function, with members conducting important Society business. This year, not...
To determine the necessity of permanent monitoring of small aortic aneurysms in the elderly, Mark Rockley, MD, of the Ottawa Hospital and his colleagues...
Vikram S. Kashyap, MD, of the University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, will present results from ROADSTER 2, a prospective, multicenter, postapproval registry for patients...
Three of the Vascular Annual Meeting’s signature events – celebrations along with distinguished lectures – occur on Saturday, VAM’s closing day. All conveniently occur...
In its inaugural year, the Excellence in Community service award will be presented this Friday at VAM during the ‘Vascular Spectacular’ Gala. This year’s...
Join others in placing bids on items available in the ‘Vascular Spectacular’ gala’s silent auction. Items include, but are not limited to, artwork, fine...
Frailty increasingly has been seen as a factor in procedural outcomes, including vascular surgery. Nutrition factors among older adults have also become an issue...
After months of planning, the day is finally here! Friday evening, 500 people will be living the high life at the “Vascular Spectacular” gala,...
Work-related pain and disability have been reported in the literature among various surgical specialties and can influence surgeon productivity and burnout. In Friday’s Scientific...
Are you in need of a new headshot for your website or institution’s site? Good news for you! Attendees can get a professional head...
Many fabulous prizes are now available for bidding. The Society for Vascular Surgery has compiled nearly 70 packages for items graciously donated for the...
A few years ago, hospitals around the country began to receive citations for improper operative attire. Ears exposed, arms exposed, nape of neck exposed,...
Physician burnout has been linked to medical errors, decreased patient satisfaction, and reduced career longevity. In light of the increasing prevalence of cardiovascular disease,...
Sexual harassment is known to be more pervasive in male-dominated workplaces and flourishes in a climate of tolerance and culture of silence, according to...
Come see exhibitors present new ideas, showcase new technologies, and discuss the latest trends in vascular surgery. All Vascular Live events will take place...
The Exhibit Hall is an integral part of the Vascular Annual Meeting. All members of the vascular team, as well as other attendees, will...
This year’s VAM features an exhibit pavilion, special Vascular Live presentations, and a breakfast session geared specifically to clinicians who work in office and...
Nonhealing wounds in patients with diabetes are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and are increasing at an alarming...
As the Vascular Annual Meeting approaches, we hope you are gearing up for a great few days of vascular programming, networking, receptions and fun!...
A community has opened specifically for our PA Section members on SVSConnect. This community is meant to provide a private space for vascular PAs...
Requirements for starting a vascular surgery training program have been lightened – you no longer need to have a general surgery residency at your...
At the Annual Business Meeting, 12 to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 15, SVS members (Active, Seniors and/or Distinguished Fellows) will be asked to elect...
For the first time ever, the SVS Foundation is teaming up with the Society for Vascular Nursing and the Society for Vascular Ultrasound to...
Register today for the Fourth Annual UCLA / SVS Symposium. This year’s program, “A Comprehensive Review and Update of What’s New in Vascular and...
PA programming is set to take place from 1:15 – 5:15pm Thursday, June 13. There will be a PA networking lunch before the section...
Do you allow your patients to eat during thrombolysis? Do you have any difficulties with your EMR? Have questions about the upcoming Vascular Annual...
The ‘Vascular Spectacular’ Gala has officially sold out, but there are still ways for non-attendees to be a part of the fun. Raffle tickets...
The SVS is introducing a dedicated program for vascular residents and fellows at the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting. The new program is set for...
The SVS recently established the Section on Outpatient & Office Vascular Care (SOOVC) for clinicians who work in outpatient and office vascular care centers....
The Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) is a few short weeks away, and it’s still not too late to register. Don’t miss your chance...
The Society for Vascular Surgery will provide complimentary meeting registration to a lucky attendee. To be eligible, all you must do is register for...
The ‘Vascular Spectacular’ Gala has officially sold out, but it’s not too late to donate auction items for the live and silent auctions. So...
The SVS will once again host an afternoon of education programming specifically for physician assistants. The afternoon session will be from 1 to 5...
Begin planning your Vascular Annual Meeting experience today with the recently launched SVS Online Planner. This includes the entire VAM schedule, as well as...
The SVS is now seeking comments on draft Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Visceral Aneurysms. Your comments are essential to strengthen the...
The Society for Vascular Surgery will provide complimentary meeting registration to a lucky attendee. To be eligible, all you must do is register for...
As the BEST-CLI (Best endovascular vs. best surgical therapy in patients with critical limb ischemia) trial enters its last phase of new patient enrollment,...
The application deadline for the Community Awareness and Prevention Project Grant is April 15. This award is intended to help vascular surgeons conduct community-based...
Begin planning your Vascular Annual Meeting experience with the SVS Online Planner. This includes the entire VAM schedule, plus the schedule for the Society...
The PA Section steering committee has been hard at work developing session programming for the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting. Vascular PAs can look forward...
The SVS is excited to announce that within your online community, SVSConnect, there will be an “Ask Us Anything” session at 2 p.m. CDT...
Determining who is responsible for the increase in health care cost in the United States has seemingly limitless possibilities. There are enough culprits to...
As medical editor of Vascular Specialist, it has always been my hope to use our excellent reporters and rapid production schedule to keep readers...
This year’s Vascular Annual Meeting on June 12-15 will introduce a dedicated program for vascular trainees. The Vascular Residents and Fellows Program will help...
The Society for Vascular Surgeons and the Society for Thoracic Surgeons are seeking comments on draft Reporting Standards for Type-B Aortic Dissection. Reports focusing...
SVS is soliciting abstracts for a late-breaking session at the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting. Preference will be given to prospective, multi-institutional trials and investigational...
Registration and housing have officially opened for the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting! This year’s event will be held on June 12-15 in National Harbor,...
Octavio has prostate cancer. His prostate growth is large but localized.
“What do your doctors suggest?” I asked him.
“They sent me to two specialists at...
I was at a meeting in Orlando, sitting in the front row. The speaker was a former Disney executive who was telling us how...
We’re still a few months away from the Vascular Spectacular Gala at VAM, but excitement is growing concurrently with the list of items contributed...
You can now log in to SVSConnect conveniently from your phone and tablet. This gives you easy access to field-related discussions, resources from other...
The time has almost come to register for the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting. This month, you’ll be able to register for the can’t-miss event...
Hemodynamic complications of arteriovenous (AV) access are uncommon but can be potentially life threatening. Fistulas and grafts can cause a decrease in systemic vascular...
Bias can be defined as a prejudice or a preformed inclination. Bias is reflective of one’s inherent mind set about any thing, concept, ideology,...
The PA Section is open to physician assistants who’ve demonstrated an active interest in the field of vascular surgery. It's intended to provide a...
Complete your profile, post your first message, upload a resource or find another member – getting started has never been easier on SVSConnect. New...
Burnout among vascular surgeons and other physicians is a serious national epidemic that needs immediate attention by senior policy makers and health care leaders....
In 2017, the National Academy of Medicine recognized the urgent need to address burnout, wellness, and resilience in physicians. A consortium was subsequently put...
Our “Vascular Spectacular” VAM Gala will be held Friday, June 14, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., site...
I’ve written more than once about the private practitioner’s least favorite task. Most physicians find it so objectionable that they will tolerate marginal employees...
Applications are due Feb. 27 for travel scholarships to attend the Vascular Annual Meeting. Available is a resident/medical student award and a diversity medical...
The SVS is taking steps to provide more direct resources to our candidate members. To start, we’re sending newsletters that will keep these members,...
TRANSforming Gynecology is a column about the ways in which ob.gyns. can become leaders in addressing the needs of the transgender/gender-nonconforming population. We hope...
The balance between medical research and the pharmaceutical world has always been unsettling. The recent spate of articles in the press reporting the large...
To those members who have not yet paid their 2019 dues -- are you planning to attend the Vascular Annual Meeting? Do you find...
Because leadership skills are integral to success but are not typically taught in medical school, the SVS Leadership Development and Diversity Committee offers the...
Transitioning toward retirement or looking for postgrad training opportunities? Or maybe you need some advice on good “power meals” to have during your busy...
"Tranche" dates -- for completing all the paperwork for the Kai-Zen retirement accelerator program offered through the SVS Affinity Program of expanded benefits --...
The SVS Foundation has extended the application deadline for its prestigious Resident Research Award to Tuesday, Jan. 22. This award is one of the...
Students and trainees can get financial help to attend the Vascular Annual Meeting in June. The Society for Vascular Surgery distributes dozens of travel...
The SVS has a section dedicated solely to vascular physician assistants. All surgeons are encouraged to urge their PAs to join the section. This...
This year, the Society for Vascular Surgery will recognize a member in community practice who excels, leads and contributes. If you know of such...
Every surgeon has experienced the anguish of an adverse outcome. The elective aneurysm that dies on the table, the asymptomatic carotid patient that has...
As I reflect upon the past year, 2018 has certainly made a mark for addressing burnout among medical professionals, enforcing wellness, and targeting implicit...
Having taken the SVS “burnout” survey, I felt that it really never got into the “whys” of what was making individuals burn out. It...
Following a series of Vascular Specialist pieces highlighting the crisis of surgeon burnout and the unique challenges that face vascular surgeons, the SVS Wellness...
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines value as “the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something” and “relative worth,...
Maintenance of Certification (MOC) is an American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) requirement for their 24 member boards. The MOC process has received much...
Within 3 minutes of the car engine rumbling to a roar in the morning air, cruise control is set, freshly ground coffee is in...
The Vascular Research Initiatives Conference emphasizes emerging vascular science and encourages interactive participation of attendees, including trainees who are aspiring academic vascular surgeons. The...
The workings of Congress and other governmental agencies frequently seem obscure and the impact of their decisions unclear. Yet collectively, these entities in Washington,...
The SVS is working to ascertain members' experiences in meeting federal regulatory requirements, with responses due by Dec. 31. Approximately 135 members have already...
This year’s Vascular Annual Meeting will have a new and elegant air about it, with the introduction of a Gala to benefit the SVS...
SVSConnect, your online community, is now open! This online space gives members a place for discussion, collaboration and a chance to expand their professional...
The abstract submission site for the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting is now open. Submissions may be considered for the following programs: Scientific Session, Vascular...
Anticipation is growing for SVSConnect, a new online community for SVS members. This site will give users an online home for connecting with colleagues...
The SVS Foundation is supporting travel scholarships for trainees to attend the annual Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC), which will be held on May...
This final month of the year is the giving season, and many people delay their charitable contributions until then. Please consider making a difference...
The SVS Executive Board announced in November that all Active SVS Members in good standing will now be considered Fellows of the Society for...
Amputation: Resistance is not futile!
What’s in a toe you may ask? Why worry about saving it? Just amputate and move on ...
Dr. Issam Koleilat
Not...
The SVS Research and Education Committee encourages eligible members to apply for the prestigious Resident Research Award. The recipient will showcase his or her...
The abstract submission site for the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting is now open. Submissions may be considered for the following programs: Scientific Session, Vascular...
Both registration and the abstract submission site for the 2019 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference are now open. This one-day meeting encourages interactive participation of...
The Society for Vascular Surgery is creating a private online community, SVSConnect, with a number of resources for SVS members and their peers. This...
A new flier on diabetes and vascular disease is now available in English and Spanish as an instant download. This is the second new...
In 2000, the Institute of Medicine published “To Err Is Human,” a landmark study that warned that as many as 98,000 people die annually...
The Society for Vascular Surgery Community Practice Committee announces the Excellence in Community Service Award, honoring a member who has made contributions not only...
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The SVS Foundation’s 2018 Annual Report has just been published online. The report highlights the Foundation’s work, the money raised, and money spent....
Applications are due by October 31 for the SVS Vascular Surgery Trainee Advocacy Travel Scholarship. The scholarship is designed to enhance the trainee’s health...
The election period to form a virtual group for the 2019 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) performance year is now open. These groups give...
The American Venous Forum Foundation will accept applications until Oct. 21 for the $100,000 BSN-JOBST Research Grant. The grant is for original, basic or...
The National Heart, Lung and Blood institute has extended the combined number of years of K training support from six to eight years for...
If one includes the entire spectrum of venous disease, it is a more common pathology than peripheral arterial disease. The financial impact of venous...
Learn to use the correct codes, use all the codes necessary and submit everything properly the first time at the SVS Coding and Reimbursement...
Applications are due Oct. 1 for the SVS Foundation's new Bridge Grant, which provides funding from one grant to another. The grant targets those...
Dear hospital consultants: Just thought I would write and give you a quick update on our situation, not that you asked. As you recall,...
Coding. Practice expenses. Supervised Exercise Therapy. The vascular lab. Medicare reimbursement (including MACRA, MIPS, APMs and QPP). All these topics and more are part...
It’s Vascular Nurses Week this week, and as part of the celebration, the SVS is inviting Society for Vascular Nursing members to join the...
We need your help to spread the word
Please help us spread the news about peripheral arterial disease. It’s easy – SVS has updated its...
The Society for Vascular Surgery is seeking applicants to serve as representative for the American College of Surgeons Advisory Council for Vascular Surgery. Please...
VAM on Demand, a library of hundreds of presentations from the 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting is now available. Those who attended VAM can review...
The Society for Vascular Surgery has set the date for the 2019 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference: May 13, 2019. Mark your calendars and plan...
Apply for the SVS International Scholars Program by Sept. 1. Up to four qualified vascular surgeons younger than 40, from countries other than the...
John Lockwood Ochsner, MD, (1927-2018), a world-renowned heart surgeon, will be remembered as a charismatic and skilled surgeon, a dedicated teacher, a loving father,...
It is never easy to replace a legend. The Vascular Specialist that Russell Samson has left behind does not require saving. There are, however,...
With certification exams coming up, some surgeons may want to brush up.
The Vascular Educational Self-Assessment Program (VESAP), fourth edition, is a great study tool....
The Society for Vascular Surgery needs members to participate in guideline writing groups on three topics: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery, Trauma and Genetic Aneurysms/Dissections....
Do you have an idea for an informative session at the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting? The Society for Vascular Surgery is seeking proposals for...
This marks my last editorial as medical editor of Vascular Specialist. It has been more than a privilege to have been offered this position....
Whether you attended VAM18 or not, if you need more meeting, we have you covered. All things VAM are available here. For example:
Find...
The deadline to submit applications for the SVS Foundation Research Career Development Travel Award is Aug. 15. This award aims to develop strong leaders...
The deadline for applications for the SVS International Scholars Program has been extended to Sept. 1. The program provides up to four scholarships to...
Applications are due by Aug. 2 for the SVS International Scholars Program, which provides up to four scholarships to qualified young vascular surgeons from...
Learn all about coding at the SVS Coding & Reimbursement Workshop, set for Oct. 19 and 20 at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Chicago....
The deadline to submit applications for the SVS Foundation Research Career Development Travel Award is Aug. 15. This award aims to develop strong leaders...
The Third Annual UCLA / SVS Symposium on “What’s New in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery" is less than seven weeks away. Register today for...
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) seeks comments by July 25 on draft clinical practice guidelines on venous thromboembolism: VTE Prevention in Surgical Hospitalized...
Society for Vascular Surgery members are receiving an important email from the Mayo Clinic containing a survey from the SVS Wellness Task Force.
Nationwide Photographers...
The Vascular Annual Meeting conducts important Society business at the SVS Annual Business Meeting. During Saturday’s meeting and luncheon, President R. Clement Darling III,...
Duty hour restrictions, changing training paradigms, and diminishing open surgical case volumes have caused dramatic shifts in the vascular trainee experience, according to Malachi...
This year’s E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum addressed the current status of the vascular surgery workforce, its existing geographic distribution, the potential for...
Postoperative delirium has a high prevalence among vascular surgery patients, increasing morbidity, mortality and length of stay (LOS),according to Rima G. Styra, MD, and...
The Safety and Efficacy Study for Reverse Flow Used during Carotid Artery Stenting Procedure (ROADSTER) multicenter trial reported the lowest stroke rate in high-risk...
Young vascular surgeons looking to make their marks and balance their lives, as well as more experienced surgeons seeking tips for more effective practice...
Mark the closing of the Exhibit Hall by attending the Closing Reception, set for 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Friday in the Auditorium on Level...
For those considering a career as a vascular surgeon, deciding on a training program is an important decision. Should it be a vascular fellowship...
The team approach has changed the entire field of medicine in the past 10-20 years and, in fact, is critical to optimal patient outcomes....
Friday evening’s Closing Reception, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. offers the final chance to visit the Exhibit Hall and talk with vendors, get information...
Simon and Garfunkel’s “Scarborough Fair,” the “State Fair” of movie fame, Bruce Springsteen’s “County Fair” that will attract everybody in town. And the SVS...
Young vascular surgeons can get guidance on successfully transitioning from training to practice in C5: Management Tips and Tricks for Young Vascular Surgeons. It...
This year’s SVS Foundation’s Resident Research Award is being presented to Kaspar M. Trocha, MD, for his research on vein graft disease. As a...
Innovative approaches to minimally invasive repair of the aorta will be featured during Thursday morning’s William J. von Liebig Forum.
Dr. R. Clement Darling III
“This...
Will the demand be sufficient for the supply of the vascular surgery work force in the United States? That topic, along with potential solutions,...
SVS members who are attending the Vascular Annual Meeting can get in-person help with any application issues, or, indeed any membership services concerns. The...
Between billing, coding, keeping electronic medical records up to date and … oh yes, … actual surgery, vascular surgeons increasingly report feeling overwhelmed and...
Contemporary data on outcomes in open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair is limited to reports from major aortic reference centers showing excellent outcomes, rather...
Tiziano Tallarita, MD, of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., and his colleagues performed a study to examine the surgical management of aberrant subclavian artery...
Current advancements and care of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) patients will be the focus of Wednesday morning’s session, “Treating Acute PE and Developing a...
A record 17 alumni receptions, representing more than 20 vascular surgery programs, are planned for Thursday evening. All take place on the third floor...
The Exhibit Hall opens with a flourish at 10 a.m. Thursday. During the day enjoy visits with vendors and industry representatives. Play the SVS...
We're now on Instagram, a social media app designed for sharing photos and videos from a smartphone. Be sure to follow us!
Something old, something new, something improved.
The old is providing a schedule of VAM’s myriad events. This year, find that schedule on “something new,” our...
From the opening postgraduate courses on Wednesday morning to the RPVI exam review course and the Championship Round of the Poster Competition on Saturday...
The mobile app for the 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting will be available Wednesday for both Apple and Android products. The app has been rebuilt...
Don’t miss the vascular surgery world’s headline event! Join colleagues and friends in Boston for this year’s Vascular Annual Meeting, June 20 to 23....
Looking for a research opportunity? Check our updated website for current programs in your area. If your institution has an opportunity to promote, let...
The SVS is recruiting volunteers to serve on a new Task Force on the Future of Vascular Surgery, which will examine a number of...
Help build the Vascular Annual Meeting’ new “Ask the Experts” sessions. The four small-group sessions will focus on common issues in vascular disease —...
Don’t miss the vascular surgery world’s headline event! Join colleagues and friends in Boston for this year’s Vascular Annual Meeting, June 20 to 23....
AIDS, the Vietnam War, whatever your preferred scale for measuring horrific events, the numbers from the opioid crisis are as grave or worse. And,...
On the advent of this year’s Society for Vascular Surgery’s (SVS) Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), I would like to welcome you to the 2018...
It seems fitting, said Tiffany Street, President of the Society for Vascular Nursing, that SVN and SVS have their conferences in the same location...
The E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum – marking 25 years under that name this year – is a mainstay of the Vascular Annual...
Boston is my hometown and I can’t wait to show it off at our Vascular Annual Meeting.
Come join me there June 20-23 for the...
The 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting is less than a month away. Join colleagues and friends in Boston for this year’s VAM, June 20 to...
Did you miss the April 30 webinar on "Negotiating Physician Employment Contracts," presented by the SVS and the SVS Community Practice Committee? Materials --...
Looking for a research opportunity? Check our website for current programs in your area. If your institution has an opportunity to promote, let us...
Speaking of the Vascular Annual Meeting, have you registered yet? You won’t want to miss a minute, with postgraduate courses, workshops, concurrent and breakfast...
The SVS is debuting a new “Ask the Expert” series at the Vascular Annual Meeting this year, and we need members’ help to build...
Learn about emerging vascular science, engage with researchers, network with colleagues, and support your peers at VRIC, our ‘Annual Meeting’ for basic and translational...
Apply to become a member of the Academy of Master Surgeon Educators, a unique program of the American College of Surgeons. Membership will be...
The theme of this year’s Vascular Annual Meeting is “Home of the Vascular Team – Partners in Patient Care.” To celebrate the work of...
SVS and the SVS Community Practice Committee will hold an informative webinar for SVS members on April 30 on “Negotiating Physician Employment Agreements.” The...
When: June 20-23
Where: Hynes Convention Center, Boston
Scientific Sessions: June 21-23
Exhibit Hall: June 21-22
Register: vsweb.org/VAM18
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What’s happening this year at the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular...
Have you registered yet for the 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting in Boston? This year, bring your vascular team – there will be programming for...
The Third Annual "UCLA / SVS Symposium: A Comprehensive Review and Update of What's New in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery," is set for Aug....
SVS is accepting applications for Medical Editor of "Vascular Specialist," the monthly news periodical produced by SVS. The editor can expect to spend approximately...
The American Board of Surgery has announced the details of its new Continuous Certification Program, shaped by surgeon feedback and designed to provide greater...
SVS members who want to serve on an SVS Council or Committee must complete the brief application by Friday, March 30, 2018. Please note:...
Registration and housing for the 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting are now open. Register today for VAM, June 20 to 23 in Boston, including looking...
Register today for this year’s Vascular Research Initiatives Conference, May 9, in San Francisco. The theme “Road to Innovation, Invention and Enterprise,” is reflected...
The American Board of Surgery has announced the details of its new Continuous Certification Program, shaped by surgeon feedback and designed to provide greater...
The application for the SVS Women’s Leadership Training Grant has been extended a week, to March 21. This grant seeks to identify female surgeons...
Look, I am not a burnout expert. And neither are you (presumably). None of us know much, but that won’t stop the regulations from...
SVS has partnered with Guidelines Central to create a Pocket Guide version of the new AAA guidelines. Also available are pocket guides on Management...
On Feb. 4, 2018, with his team narrowly leading the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 52, Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson made...
Through the Leadership Development and Diversity Committee, the SVS continues its strong commitment to leadership development in women. The Women's Leadership Training Grant seeks...
The SVS Foundation will accept applications through March 16 for funds from its Disaster Relief Fund. The fund can be used for recovery efforts...
It's nearly here! The 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting takes a big step forward this week with the opening of housing and registration. Prepare to...
A new review of the literature on chronic venous insufficiency in pregnant women reveals considerable guidance for their treatment. CVI occurs in up to...
Physicians should consider prescribing high-dose angiotensin inhibitors for patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), a recent study from Harvard University suggests.
The report was published...
The SVS and American Venous Forum seek to update their joint clinical practice guidelines on the care of patients with varicose veins and associated...
The SVS Patient Safety Organization and the SVS Quality and Performance Measures Committee (QPMC) will hold a webinar at 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time,...
“BLACK PATIENTS PRESENT WITH MORE SEVERE VASCULAR DISEASE AND A GREATER BURDEN OF RISK FACTORS THAN WHITE PATIENTS AT TIME OF MAJOR VASCULAR INTERVENTION.”...
Applications are due March 2 for the Wylie Scholar Award, co-sponsored by the SVS Foundation and Vascular Cures. The three-year, $150,000 grant is awarded...
SVS members, please remind any vascular PAs with whom you work to consider submitting an abstract for the inaugural PA programming or be a...
The day had gone very well. The vascular surgeon woke early excited for a morning in the OR and then an afternoon in the...
As physicians, we find that preventive health is, frankly, really difficult. It requires thinking about a changing list of recommendations unprompted by the symptoms...
The Society for Vascular Ultrasound (SVU), the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), and Medstreaming-M2S, announce the development of the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) Vascular...
To improve access, efficiency and service to existing and future SVS members, the Society is now reviewing and approving membership applications quarterly, instead of...
There’s only a month left to apply for the new SVS Foundation grant program for our community practice members and designed at improving community...
SVS members, please encourage medical or pre-med students interested in vascular surgery to apply for scholarships to attend the 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting. Scholarship...
Registration is now open for the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference, to be held May 9 at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square. The one-day...
Recent references to "EVR" coding changes weren't typos. We really meant "EVR" and not the "EVAR" with which we are all familiar. That's because...
VAM travel scholarships (Feb. 1): The scholarships (General Surgery Resident/Medical Student Travel Scholarship and Diversity Medical Student Travel Scholarship) are for medical students...
The deadline is Wednesday, Jan. 17, for two important research endeavors related to the 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting: abstract submissions and the Resident Research...
“CLINICAL CORRELATION OF SUCCESS AND ACUTE THROMBOTIC COMPLICATIONS OF LOWER EXTREMITY ENDOVENOUS THERMAL ABLATION.” Journal of Vascular Surgery Venous and Lymphatic Disorders, January 2018
A...
Registration is now open for the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference, to be held Thursday, May 9, in San Francisco. Abstracts for VRIC are due...
Have you put off paying your 2018 SVS membership dues? Don’t wait too much longer! Access to the Journal of Vascular Surgery suite of...
Abstracts are due Wednesday, Jan. 17, for the 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting, set for June 20-23 in Boston. Guidelines, submission policies and general information...
FEVAR is generally the best option
The advent of endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) has steadily become the standard of care in the management of...
Nearly 2 years ago I speculated in this column that health planners or health economists would attempt to manipulate the patterns of patient care...
Stent-graft coverage of the left subclavian artery (LSA) is often performed during TEVAR treatment of thoracic aortic pathologies and, consequently, debranching of the LSA...
When faced with a poorly performing or nonfunctional peritoneal dialysis catheter, there is a very simple trick to make laparoscopic exploration easier. Prep the...
Recent news events have detailed the many humiliations and abuses, both verbal and physical, that women, and some men, have to endure in the...
Studies have shown that most of you already have deep-seated beliefs regarding guns. Some of you would frame the issue as Gun Rights, others...
Research done? Submit it as an abstract for the 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting, set for June 20-23, 2018, in Boston. Plenaries are June 21-23...
SVS members, please remember to urge your physician assistants -- and other PAs you know who work in a vascular setting -- to apply...
Applications are due March 2, 2018, for the Wylie Scholar Award, co-sponsored by Vascular Cures and the SVS Foundation. The three-year, $150,000 grant is...
Abstracts for the 2018 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference are being accepted now, through Jan. 10, 2018. VRIC will be held May 9, 2018, in...
After the turkey, after the frenzy of post-holiday shopping, do something for others by donating to the SVS Foundation on #Giving Tuesday.
This day kicks...
November is American Diabetes Month – and as we know, that disease goes hand in hand (and foot) with vascular disease. SVS has created...
Don't forget that the end of the year is the time to keep up to date with your SVS membership dues. Invoices were emailed...
The SVS wants members to complete a short communications survey, hoping to get a better idea of what you read, what you find important,...
The mobile app for the Vascular Education and Self-Assessment Program, fourth edition (VESAP4) is now available.
Owners of mobile Apple products (only) can download the...
Endovascular treatment of iliocaval and infrainguinal post-thrombotic venous obstruction results do not appear to be adversely affected by extension of the iliac vein stents...
At its recent meeting, the SVS Board of Directors approved establishing a Disaster Relief Fund in response to disasters in Puerto Rico, Florida, Texas...
Don’t forget how valuable the Vascular Educational and Self-Assessment Program can be in keeping with all things vascular-related. And the mobile app (Apple products...
The SVS Foundation highlights innovation and the connection between research bench and patient bedside in its just-published 2017 Annual Report, now available online.Read about...
Membership dues statements for 2018 were emailed to all members at the beginning of October. Members have until Dec. 31 to pay their dues,...
Don't let the federal government keep money -- in the form of Medicare reimbursements -- to which you are entitled!Learn all about coding and...
Compartment syndrome is a common complication after revascularization for acute lower extremity ischemia. Treatment with four compartment fasciotomy can result in significant morbidity, with...
Despite affecting 25 million Americans, including two to six million with ulcer conditions, chronic venous insufficiency is relatively understudied compared to other vascular diseases....
For the first time in history, four generations of physicians work side by side in the U.S. health care system. An expanding population, longer...
The staffs of the Journal of Vascular Surgery and Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous & Lymphatic Disorders are interested in creating a list of...
September is Peripheral Artery Disease Awareness Month. To help SVS members educate patients and to spread awareness about vascular surgeons, we have prepared several...
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) is seeking feedback from SVS members by Oct. 2 on its draft recommendations for ASH guidelines on VTE...
Payment adjustments for Medicare reimbursement come in 2019 -- but the adjustments are based on data being collected now, in 2017. If you have...
The Society for Vascular Surgery will hold two Q&A town-hall webinars Sept. 12 and 19 on Medicare reimbursement and how it will affect members’...
SVS is seeking proposals for invited sessions from internal committees and members alike for the 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting, June 20-23 (exhibits: June 21...
Question: Which of the following statements regarding Shinal v. Toms, a recent landmark decision on informed consent, is correct?:
A. The case was heard in...
To the Editor:
Thank you for your article, “Endo Hubris.” Your observations raise many deeper issues in our specialty of vascular surgery. It appears we...
In 1999, two psychologists, David Dunning and his student Justin Kruger, published a paper that demonstrated people who are really bad at something tend...
Learn all about coding and reimbursement, from the essentials to modifiers to future initiatives at the SVS Coding and Reimbursement Workshop, Oct. 13-14, in...
The mobile companion app (Apple products only) for VESAP4 is expected to be released by mid-September. The app permits users to access the program...
Getting ready for exams? Attend the UCLA/SVS Symposium/joint review course, “A Comprehensive Review and Update of What’s new in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery," set...
The SVS Patient Safety Organization and M2S, in conjunction with the SVS, presented a webinar last month on getting started in the Medicare reimbursement...
Did you leave San Diego and VAM before the joint aortic summit on Saturday afternoon? Because you were at the breakfast session on aging...
For the public, navigating the complex world of vascular care must seem like being adrift on the high seas, with brigands and pirates galore....
Learn the latest in billing, coding and reimbursement at the 2017 Coding and Reimbursement Workshop for vascular surgeons, Oct. 13-14 in Chicago.
Cost is $880...
Get an in-depth review of vascular surgery at the Second Annual UCLA/SVS Symposium: “A Comprehensive Review and Update of What’s New in Vascular and...
The updated and improved VESAP4 is now available for purchase, in time for those preparing for qualification, certification and recertification exams.
A major enhancement of...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) executive board has established a task force to explore developing a vascular certification program for inpatient and outpatient...
SVS President Dr. Clem Darling is asking all members to pass an email message – and survey – along to PAs and Nurse Practitioners...
Here’s how to claim Continuing Medical Education or MOC credits from the 2017 Vascular Annual Meeting.
1 Access the CME site, either through the Mobile...
The SVS Foundation is helping sponsor free abdominal aortic aneurysm screenings for veterans at the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ national convention in New Orleans...
The SVS and Patient Safety Organization will host a Medicare reimbursement webinar on July 26 and 27, titled "The Quality Payment Program is Not...
Up to four young vascular surgeons from outside North American may receive a $5,000 award through the International Scholars Program. Each recipient gets the...
The third version of the Vascular Education and Self-Assessment Program -- commonly known as VESAP3 -- will be discontinued on Sept. 1, 2017. As...
Applications for the Research Career Development Travel Awards are due Aug. 15.
The award, now in its second year, is designed to support early-career vascular...
The SVS Foundation has expanded its mission to include not only support of basic and clinical science research grants but also programs that address...
SAAVS meeting a successThe Sixth Annual meeting of the South Asian American Vascular Society (SAVVS), an affiliate of the Society for Vascular Surgery, was...
I began to write this opinion piece on the red-eye flying back from the outstanding Vascular Annual Meeting, recently held in San Diego. I...
Yes, functional TR is worth repairing (David H. Adams, MD)
Functional tricuspid regurgitation is a common finding in patients undergoing degenerative mitral valve repair. Severe...
CHICAGO, Ill., June 15, 2017 – New leaders were elected at the annual business meeting June 3 of the Society for Vascular Surgery during...
The third version of the Vascular Education and Self-Assessment Program – commonly known as VESAP3 – will be discontinued on Sept. 1.
Starting July 1,...
Learn what you need to know about coding changes at the 2017 Coding and Reimbursement Workshop for vascular surgeons, set for Oct. 13-14 at...
It is easy to look at the changes required to mitigate burnout and improve compassionate care and see the burden being placed mainly on...
Ronald M. Fairman, MD, held center stage Friday to present his presidential address, highlighting the personal side of vascular surgery and a career of...
The Society for Vascular Surgery has its very own member affinity program, offering members access to best-in-class products and services coupled with special member...
VAM attendees have the opportunity to learn about several medical journal articles of relevance to their vascular surgery practice during a session on Saturday.
Entitled...
On Saturday, June 3, at 10:30 a.m., vascular surgeons and other members of the vascular care team will come together for a session entitled...
A meal and conversation with Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. An existing relationship with Dr. Tom Price, now...
It’s the final day of the Vascular Annual Meeting – and there is plenty on the agenda to keep you busy.
6:30 to 8:00 a.m....
In the early 1950s, an aspiring teen pianist named Herbert Dardik got his big break – a chance to play on the “Ted Mack...
Though the Society for Vascular Surgery has long published clinical practice guidelines, its 2017 annual meeting marks the first seminar dedicated to guidelines in...
Over the past year, the Journal of Vascular Surgery and its two affiliated journals have undergone a number of important changes.
Editorial boards have been...
What will happen Friday that people will be talking about Saturday? All of the below, and much more:
• 6:30 to 8:00 a.m. Breakfast Sessions:...
While you’re in the neighborhood, why not stop by the SVS Membership Booth, located just outside the plenary doors?
Whether you are a member of...
Meet up with friends, visit vendor booths to see the latest and greatest in all things vascular, peruse the posters.
And enter a high-tech raffle...
The issue of impaired wound healing in type 2 diabetes is a serious one and the leading cause of lower extremity amputation in the...
Here are some of the events your colleagues will be talking about later. You won’t want to miss:
Thursday, June 1
Stop by the Exhibit Hall,...
When it comes to caring for those with vascular disease, who better to tell surgeons and researchers the effects of various treatments than …...
This year we have photographic proof – VRIC is a great experience for researchers. Invigorating discussions, great speakers, inspiration, new ideas – it was...
Have VAM at your fingertips with the Mobile App. You can:
Take your MOC assessment tests via a link within the app
Access all...
Something new has been added to this year’s Vascular Annual Meeting: icons identifying sessions of interest to two specific audiences: young surgeon attendees and...
Last month, we introduced the epidemic of burnout and the adverse consequences for both our vascular surgery patients and ourselves. Today we will outline...
The recent annual Vascular Research Initiatives Conference featured the inaugural Alexander W. Clowes Distinguished Lecture. The invited presentation – planned to be a yearly...
This year’s Vascular Annual Meeting could be subtitled: “The Year of Inter-Society Collaboration.”
Last year, joint sessions with specialty societies that have overlapping interests proved...
Because revascularization and wound care are so closely linked, vascular surgeons and podiatrists can improve patient care when they work together.
That’s the thinking behind...
I would like to personally welcome everyone to San Diego and invite all 2017 Vascular Annual Meeting attendees to visit the Spring Meeting of...
The 2016 Vascular Quality Initiative’s inaugural annual meeting proved so popular that the one-day session has been expanded by a half-day, and a networking...
To help SVS members learn the necessary steps of setting up a multicenter clinical research study, this year’s Vascular Annual Meeting offers “The Nuts...
I always enjoy our Vascular Annual Meeting, and I look forward to it for months. It’s the leading forum for important and cutting-edge clinical...
SVS Past President Peter Gloviczki, MD, will perform his award-winning magic as the special guest at the SVS Political Action Committee (PAC) reception during...
VAM17 promises to keep you busy. Don't miss a moment. If you miss an event in your schedule, you can "attend" almost 400 individual...
This year’s Vascular Annual Meeting includes an important final-day summit on a number of factors in thoracoabdominal aneurysms and aortic disease.
The Society of Thoracic...
Register today for the May 3 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference.The one-day meeting emphasizes emerging vascular science. It is considered a key event for meeting...
Don't forget you can take the Vascular Annual Meeting home with you! You can pre-purchase all VAM PowerPoint slides, audio and a limited selection...
Don't forget you can take VAM home with you! You can pre-purchase all VAM PowerPoint slides, audio and a limited selection of assorted videotaped...
The impact of lipid-lowering drugs on patients’ mental states was on the minds of many attendees at the American College of Cardiology’s annual meeting...
The topic is vascular care. The subjects to be covered are nearly too numerous to count. And the clock is ticking for signing up....
After a grueling first two years of surgical residency, I welcomed with open arms my surgical research years. Junior surgical residency was arguably the...
Winter VESS Meeting Highlights
The annual winter meeting of the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) provided an invaluable opportunity for students, trainees, and young...
Many forearm loop grafts have multiple outflow interventions before failure. These angioplasties and outflow stents create inflammation around the vein just above the antecubital...
Registration and housing for the 2017 Vascular Annual Meeting are now open. VAM will be held May 31-June 3 in San Diego, with plenaries...
For all members who work with vascular nurses: please encourage them to attend the upcoming Society for Vascular Nursing’s 35th Annual Conference in Nashville,...
The Society for Vascular Surgery is proud to announce the launch of its very own member affinity program, offering members access to best-in-class products...
Endovascular repair is durable
Endovascular repair of popliteal artery aneurysms is vastly superior to all other previous techniques of popliteal aneurysm repair. Half of all...
The SVS has begun work on creating an Alternative Payment Model for SVS members to use for reimbursement under the new Quality Payment Program....
Peter Gloviczki, MD, Peter Lawrence, MD, Frank Veith, MD, and Mike Dalsing, MD, all have something in common: They’ve faced a serious complication in...
The SVS Government Relations office on Capitol Hill helps members and their patients through not only its legislative and regulatory work but also oversight...
Because of challenges involved in transferring patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms from one facility to another, the Western Vascular Society has adopted a...
If veterans who need abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery are fully versed in both open and endovascular procedures, will they be happier with their choice?
To...
Frustrated by reimbursement denials because of a simple error in code order? Coding software can help – and make a difference to your bottom...
The Society for Vascular Surgery is devoted to enhancing value and benefits for every member. To that end, the SVS is proud to announce...
The SVS Patient Safety Organization has announced the winners of the 2016 VQI Participation Awards. This program, in its second year, recognizes the importance...
SVS members, spread the word: Educational opportunities for vascular nurses and technologists await at the Society for Vascular Nursing’s 35th Annual Convention.
The convention will...
“The Matrix” is more than a movie. It’s also part of the May 3 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference in Minneapolis, Minn.
“Matrix Revolution: Vascular Repair...
For all members who work with vascular nurses: please encourage them to attend the upcoming Society for Vascular Nursing’s 35th Annual Conference in Nashville,...
The SVS has been in the news lately, thanks to outreach efforts and assistance from the Public and Professional Outreach Committee -
Our thanks...
Apply by March 1 for the 2017 Women's Leadership Training Grant, designed to develop strong women leaders in vascular surgery. Three awards of $5,000...
March 1 is just eight days away – and that’s the deadline for applying to become a member of SVS. Applications will be considered...
The Society for Vascular Surgery is accepting nominations for its three highest honors until March 1. Recipients will be recognized at the 2017 Vascular...
Are you not yet a member? Have you been putting off applying? Do you know someone else who would be a great addition to...
Chronic mesenteric ischemia is best treated in an open operation.
Chronic mesenteric ischemia is a rare disorder accounting for about 1 out of 100,000 admissions.1...
Applications are open for the 2017 Women's Leadership Training Grant, designed to develop strong women leaders in vascular surgery who will demonstrate the outstanding...
SVS members, with the March 1 membership application deadline approaching quickly, we would like to get YOUR answers as to why you joined, the...
Participants at the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) have lots more to look forward to than sunny skies, beaches and palm trees. A number of...
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is the third most common cause of cardiovascular death in the United States and remains the most common preventable cause of...
The Society for Vascular Surgery is accepting applications for 2017 VAM Scholarships: the General Surgery Resident/Medical Student Travel Scholarships for residents and students and...
The deadline for submitting abstracts to the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference has been extended to 11:59 p.m. Central Standard Time Monday, Jan. 23.Registration is...
If you are planning to submit an abstract to the 2017 Vascular Annual Meeting, time is short.
The deadline for submissions is 3 p.m. Central...
For those who still have not paid their 2017 SVS dues, renew NOW so your Journal of Vascular Surgery account is not affected.
It's not...
Apply by Feb. 1 for the American College of Surgeons and the SVS $8,000 Health Policy Scholarship, to help defray costs of attending the...
The deadline to submit abstracts for the Vascular Annual Meeting is Jan. 25 -- a week earlier than last year. Many people wait until...
Submit abstracts by Jan. 18 for the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference, to be held May 3 in Minneapolis, Minn. And register today for VRIC,...
Did you miss the SVS webinars on how to prepare for Medicare’s new Quality Payment Program that were held earlier in December? The audio...
SVS is working with a prominent legal health firm to produce a series of “Hot Topic” articles and webinar to address specific challenges members...
Salvage limbs at all costs
Aggressive limb salvage in people with diabetes leads to an overall reduction in cost not only economically, but also from...
The Society for Vascular Surgery and the Society for Vascular Nursing have signed an affiliation agreement in which the nursing association will be managed...
Did you miss the SVS webinars on how to prepare for Medicare’s new Quality Payment Program that were held earlier in December?
The audio transcript...
The November 2016 issue of Annals of Vascular Surgery was devoted entirely to the history of the American Board of Vascular Surgery (ABVS) and...
A new video highlights the many pioneering innovations of some of our SVS pioneers. Research was and is key. Your tax-deductible contributions to the...
With the election of a new President and new members of Congress, many changes are coming to health care in the United States –...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just released a surveillance report describing national estimates of antimicrobial resistance among health care–associated infections (HAIs) in...
Intravenous catheters (ICs) are common and necessary for inpatient care. However, peripheral and especially central venous catheters (CVCs) are associated with increased risk for...
With the Thanksgiving turkey but a memory, the holiday shopping season is in full swing.
The SVS Foundation has a great program – the Amazon...
November, National Diabetes Month, is a great opportunity to draw more attention to the illness for the public, primary care physicians and patients of...
The Society for Vascular Surgery Patient Safety Organization (SVS PSO) welcomes Dr. Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen as its new medical director. He will replace Dr. Jack...
The SVS Foundation’s Annual Report, “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants,” honors innovators and inventors of both the past and the present. Featured are...
Abstracts for the 2017 Vascular Annual Meeting are now being accepted. The submission site opened Monday, Nov. 14 for the meeting, to be held...
November is National Diabetes Month, an opportunity for physicians and surgeons to focus on the disease and its effects. Diabetes is considered one of...
Abstracts are being accepted through Jan. 18, 2017, for the 2017 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference, to be held May 3, 2017, in Minneapolis.
This one-day...
You can now announce your membership in the largest professional association in the world representing vascular surgeons by using the "SVS Member" logo in...
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about you and me. No, not being creepy. I meant all of us, vascular surgeons. Something might be...
SVS and colleagues from ACC, ACR, AHA, SCAI, SIR, SVM and VIVA recently submitted a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
The SVS now offers its most recent practice guidelines as digital pocket cards through Guideline Central. These quick reference guideline tools contain everything you...
Writing should be fun! While some may view writing as painful (i.e., something you rather put off until all your household work, taxes, and...
