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Your SVS: Executive Board sets course for year
Phase II of a national branding campaign for vascular surgery and three new task forces are just two of several initiatives the SVS’ Executive Board highlighted for further action during its recent board retreat. The SVS Strategic Board meets each…
SVS: Pay 2023 dues to avoid lapse in benefits
Members, have any of you missed your most recent issue of Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS)? If so, it could be because your 2023 Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) dues have not yet been paid. As of Dec. 31, 2022,…
New SVS president outlines priorities for his tenure as Society aims to reach out
Michael Dalsing, MD, who took over as Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) president at the 2022 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in Boston (June 15–18), talks about the priorities he has set out for his time at the helm, which include…
Diversity in care: ‘From being exclusive to more inclusive’
The role diversity played in the past, how it functions in the present, and where it might take vascular surgery in the future formed one of the central themes running through the Presidential Address delivered by outgoing Society for Vascular…
SVS has patient resources and guidelines on strokes
May was Stroke Awareness Month, and the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and SVS Foundation offer educational resources for Society members to provide as a resource to their patients at risk of the potentially devastating disease no matter the time…
EVS 2021: Vascular surgery as ‘an enabling service’ for the wider healthcare system
Vascular surgery is as important as anesthesia in providing a safe operating room (OR), Richard Powell, MD, the vascular section chief at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, told an Eastern Vascular Society (EVS) annual meeting (Sept. 23–26) issues…
SVS branding campaign wins communications award
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) branding campaign has received a “Profiles of Excellence Award” from the American Association of Medical Society Executives for outstanding achievement by medical societies. The SVS won its award in the communications category, for “initiatives…
Vascular surgeons as community leaders in vascular disease
Value to the healthcare system, branding and success in competing in competitive environments and ensuring optimal patient care all play a role in defining the value of vascular surgeons to both hospital leadership and patients. Richard Powell, MD, Joseph Mills,…
SVS: Progress made during year like no other
While the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects dominated 2020–21 fiscal year—including the cancellation of the live 2020 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM)—it did not deter progress on many important initiatives. “When COVID hit, it intensified our focus on what was truly…
Anatomy of a branding campaign: Making vascular surgery more visible
Members asked; SVS listened. The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has launched a Branding Toolkit to help its members brand the specialty in order to elevate and differentiate their practices. This first set of branding tools tells referring physicians what…