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Here’s a closer look at a funded partially through grants from the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Foundation. Samantha Minc, MD, received a Clinical Research Seed Grant in 2018 and a National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases-funded…
Chickasaw Nation study exemplifies how diversity can boost patient access to specialized vascular care
A “feasible and reproducible” intervention bundle characterized by surveys, provider education and patient screening has demonstrated the potential to not only identify gaps in peripheral arterial disease (PAD) primary care practices, but also to help address them. This was a…
Study details link between increased functional status and improved survival in prosthesis-fitted amputees
Increasing functional status in vascular patients fitted with a prosthesis after amputation was incrementally associated with improved survival, a retrospective analysis of a 10-year experience at a Dallas-based practice showed. The team at Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital-Plano…
‘Get a Pulse on PAD’: Multi-society public awareness campaign launched
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), in partnership with three other medical societies operating in the vascular disease space that form the PAD Pulse Alliance, is taking part in a peripheral arterial disease (PAD) public awareness campaign called “Get a…
Personalized postoperative anticoagulation needed to curb lower-limb amputations
“We’re going to see more and more amputations if we don’t figure out the right post procedure thromboprophylaxis regime ASAP,” Anahita Dua, MD, warned during a lecture on innovative approaches to preventing amputation at the Vascular Society of Great Britain…
Ego, logistics, money: Overcoming barriers to a successful wound care program
Proper integration of primary care physicians (PCPs) in the multidisciplinary care of vascular wounds is going to play an increasingly important role as the popularity of the team approach spreads, according to a leading voice in the treatment of peripheral…
SVS receives CMSS grant to advance diagnostic excellence
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has received a $100,000 grant from the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) to promote diagnostic excellence across the medical field. The CMSS, a coalition of 53 specialty societies representing over 800,000 physicians, has…
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of May 2023
Last month, Vascular Specialist most piqued reader interest with a commentary from the editor-in-chief on why he supports the decision by the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) to replace its emblem; a guest editorial examining whether physicians nowadays can experience both…
A vascular mission: Defying assumptions in the fight against amputation in disadvantaged areas
Lyssa Ochoa, MD, is used to the assumptions. One: ”What a nice program you have.” Another: “It must be so nice that you can give away all of this charity care.” Ochoa is the founding vascular surgeon behind the SAVE…
SVS member named 2023 Presidential Leadership Scholar
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) member Anahita Dua, MD, has been named a Presidential Leadership Scholar for 2023. She is one of 60 scholars in this eighth annual class. Dua is an associate professor of surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital…