The vascular surgery world is used to pivoting on a dime. So it was as VAM 2025 was about to commence yesterday morning, and power outage problems led to a delayed start to this year’s SVS annual meeting.
“We talk in vascular surgery about having to have multiple plans as we go into the operating room,” quipped SVS President Matthew Eagleton, MD, as attendees corralled into an alternative meeting room due to the technical difficulties besetting the main plenary hall.
“Welcome to plan C,” he added to a chorus of audience laughter. “This is just a test to see if you can get your steps in for the [SVS] Step Challenge. So, in about 30 seconds, we are going to walk back to the other room. Welcome to VAM 2025, our new motto: No power, no problem!”
On a more serious note, Eagleton reminded members that voting in this year’s leadership elections for SVS vice president and secretary ends at midday on Thursday. “If you have not voted, stop by one of the QR places and register your vote,” he said.
Across VAM’s four days of programming, a total of 62 plenary papers and 21 postgraduate education sessions populate the program. “The vision of the VAM program is to provide all of you with the best science impacting vascular surgical care for all of the membership,” said SVS Program Committee chair Jason Lee, MD. “We are committed to making sure this program is fair and that the process remains transparent to allow everybody’s voice to be heard.”
