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SVS special membership sections stage education sessions
For the first time, all those who are part of the five Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) membership sections have educational presentations geared specifically to them at the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM). VAM has offered education targeted to vascular physician…
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in April 2022
The digital version of the April 2022 issue of Vascular Specialist, the most recent editorial by our medical editor focusing on diversity within the vascular surgery workforce, and an interview chronicling the new age about to begin at the Journal…
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in March
Among the posts catching Vascular Specialist readers’ eyes last month were the digital flipbook version of our March print edition, a new study looking at the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) recommendations, and an interview…
Our past is prologue: We are losing the battle to train more Black doctors
My mother was a child of the 1960s. Despite not having a college degree, she was determined to teach my sister and me that women could do anything. I guess my sister was really the intended target, but I was…
SVS creates membership section for women
Women make up a growing percentage of vascular surgeons. And they now have a new professional membership home within the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)—the SVS Women’s Section. SVS leadership approved the new membership section in 2021. It is intended…
Writing and reviewing in the DEI space: Progress evident but ‘there’s a lot of work to do’
It’s been more than 18 months since the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) implemented changes aimed in part at diversifying involvement with the publication and addressing how papers on social determinants of health are written and reviewed. Part of that…
Diversity efforts while in training: Is it just another box to check?
2020 was a herald year. It ushered in a global pandemic and a reckoning with issues of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in our workspaces. Vascular surgery, by nature of the diseases we encounter and our longitudinal relationship with our…
Marston: Diversity required to deliver comprehensive care to vascular disease population
William A. Marston, MD, was recalling a recent experience acting as a bone marrow donor for a family member, and the moment it dawned on him, after the harvesting procedure with a specialist in the field, the true value of…
SAVS 2022: ‘Recruiting more women without knowing race/ethnicity of those women only tells part of story’
Failure to stratify gender by race or ethnicity, or vice versa, leads to missed opportunities in the recruitment of underrepresented members from the potential vascular surgery trainee pool. That was one of the examples delivered in a poster presentation at…
Venous disease: SVS DEI Committee seeks survey participants
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee is calling on vascular surgeons to complete a survey focused on patterns of practice in venous disease. Responses are due by Friday, Dec. 31. The committee seeks respondents…