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A new signal in the match: Why vascular surgery Is embracing program signaling
The residency and fellowship match processes in vascular surgery have evolved significantly over the past decade, shaped by changes in application behavior and increasing application volume, even as the ratio of applicants to available training positions has remained relatively stable.…
Industry sponsored courses: A proposal for informed participation
Industry‑sponsored courses can facilitate hands-on exposure and expert-led discussion of new technology, additional operative skill practice and networking with practicing vascular surgeons leading workshops. However, as participants (i.e. vascular surgery residents/fellows, medical students and even early career vascular surgeons) it…
Study details radiation exposure learning curve among vascular trainees
The importance of radiation safety training for vascular surgery trainees was highlighted by a recent study that detailed a learning curve effect between first- and second-year fellows performing fluoroscopically guided interventions. Using optically stimulated dosimeters fitted outside and under lead…
SVS unveils latest round of members to become Distinguished Fellows
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has welcomed 11 surgeons to its ranks of Distinguished Fellows. The new fellows have distinguished themselves by making sustained and substantial contributions to the Society, said current SVS President Matthew Eagleton, MD, himself a…
The good, the bad and the bloody: Reflections on the road to residency
As my third year of residency comes to a close, that little thing called The Match feels like a distant fever dream. The memories of Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) application anxiety now tinted with the rose-colored glasses of a…
SAVS makes travel scholarship applications call for 2024 meeting
The Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) has put out a call for applications from medical students and general surgery residents for 20 travel scholarships now available to attend the 2024 SAVS annual meeting. Applicants must be either a medical…
Corner Stitch: Supplementing our formal learning as vascular trainees
As a vascular surgery trainee, there are multiple aspects of vascular surgery that I’ve had the opportunity to learn about. And to be honest, I’m still learning. To that end, the SVS has put a great deal of effort in…
VQI Fellows in Training program marks one year
The Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) Fellows in Training (FIT) program is a success, said leaders as they provided a one-year review. FIT introduces residents and fellows in vascular surgery and medicine to the SVS Patient Safety Organization (PSO). Fellows worked…
Second edition of VSITE review text released
The second edition of a hit trainee-created textbook primarily aimed at those taking the Vascular Surgery In-Training Exam (VSITE) has hit the shelves. The Vascular Surgery Review Book, authored by Thomas Creeden, DO, a resident from the University of Massachusetts in Worcester,…
Corner Stitch: What I wish I had known in vascular training
Welcome newly matched vascular surgery residents into the fold! I am just over six months into my first attending position after completing my residency training at Dartmouth. While nothing reminds you of how much you don’t know or haven’t seen…