Tag: gender disparities

Highlighting original work by women: Peer-review title blazes new trail in...

The September issue of Annals of Vascular Surgery featured 37 original, peer-reviewed scientific papers whose lead authors and researchers are women vascular surgeons. Here,...

Rates of stroke, death and myocardial infarction post-TCAR do not differ...

While sex disparities regarding the outcomes of carotid revascularization have “long been a concern,” new prospective data published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery...

EVS 2023: New data chart underrepresentation of women at the head...

The underrepresentation of women vascular surgeons in national clinical trial leadership formed the central theme of data coming out of a new study that...

When women are PIs: A story foretold on the vascular frontlines

“Multifactorial” issues persist in gender representation in vascular leadership and trial enrollment, leading women vascular surgeons tell Vascular Specialist.  "We would have fewer untoward side...

Vascular Specialist–September 2023

In this issue: When women are PIs: A story foretold on the vascular frontlines SVS members rally to respond to CMS carotid stenting coverage...

Vascular Specialist–May 2023

In this month's issue: BASIL-2 points towards endovascular-first revascularization strategy in CLTI patients (p. 1 and 3) A vascular mission: Defying assumptions in the...

Research on aortic size index as predictor of AAAs in men...

Seeking a better understanding of why women with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) have worse outcomes when compared with men, a new study champions...

Women’s Vascular Summit 2023: The ‘changing’ landscape of AAAs in women

Since conducting an initial U.S. population-based study of gendered abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) trends spanning 40 years, Indrani Sen, MBBS, an assistant professor of...

SCVS 2023: Four decades of AAAs in the US: Rare epidemiological...

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) diagnosis and repair occurs among women almost 10 years later than in men—with similar age-adjusted mortality—the 2023 Society for Clinical...

‘Voices of Vascular’ series celebrates Women’s History Month

The contributions of the Society for Vascular Surgery’s women members take center stage this month as part of the SVS Foundation’s “Voices of Vascular”...

Sex found to be ‘important variable’ in study and treatment of...

A systematic review and meta-analysis have demonstrated “convincing evidence” that sex differences exist in carotid atherosclerosis, with all types of plaque features—including those relating...

Summit dedicated to tackling key issues related to women’s vascular health...

Linda Harris, MD, is a prolific attendee on the national and regional vascular meeting circuit, a noteworthy academic vascular surgeon with trainees and papers...

Women’s Vascular Summit: Diving into issues around women’s vascular health and...

The Women’s Vascular Summit was established five years ago with the twin purposes of delving deeper into the issues that surround women’s vascular health...

EVS 2022: New study shows ‘encouraging increase in academic footprint of...

How does vascular surgery compare to other specialties in the growth of gender diversity in published research? “Are we leaders in the field, or...

Vascular Specialist–December 2022

In this issue: Women in vascular: Annual summit dedicated to tackling key issues related to women’s vascular health and female workforce seeks to ‘enable...

Annals of Vascular Surgery announces special issue dedicated to original work...

The Annals of Vascular Surgery peer-review journal has announced an upcoming special issue dedicated to original work by women that is set to be...

Female sex is associated with reintervention and mortality following elective EVAR

Women are more likely to die within five years of having elective surgery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) or need repeat surgery, according to...

Female sex is associated with additional treatments following surgery for intermittent...

A new U.S. study has found that female sex is associated with more reinterventions after surgical treatment for intermittent claudication. Additionally, guideline-directed medical therapy,...

Female sex ‘should be considered an independent risk factor’ for new...

A preliminary report lends evidence to support female sex being considered as an independent risk factor for new stroke occurrence after carotid revascularization in...

First results from BEST-CLI poised to reveal ‘very low’ quality of...

An analysis from the Best Endovascular versus Best Surgical Therapy in Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia (BEST-CLI) trial presented at the 2022 Vascular Annual...

Sex discordance and postoperative outcomes: We should be vigilant of a...

The recent JAMA Surgery publication “Association of surgeon-patient sex concordance with postoperative outcomes” is a population-based, retrospective cohort study of more than 1 million...

‘Female sex predicts reintervention after elective EVAR for AAA’

Females were found to be at greater risk of reintervention following elective endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) at both the...

Spotlight: Vascular surgeons in the news

Daniel Clair, MD, has been named the inaugural chair of the newly formed Department of Vascular Surgery in the Section of Surgical Sciences at...

‘Do we need to do a better job of making devices...

It was a burning question posed from the conference floor, and it led to some approving social media nods in its aftermath: Does the...

Females were 30% less likely to undergo surgery for PAD, national...

A review of more than 1 million patients receiving vascular surgery over a 16-year period identified significant sex-related disparities in the treatment of abdominal...

It is time to end the interview

INTERVIEWER: “Good morning, nice to meet you. Are you going to get pregnant?” While this may seem like a shocking way to begin a...

Special session on diversity enters VAM agenda

Over the course of more than a year, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) have been brought into sharp focus by a compendium of events...

Population Health Task Force volunteers needed by Oct. 8

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is seeking volunteers to serve on a task force focused on population health. Applications are due by Oct. 8. The...

Leadership: Spotlight on Amy Reed, MD

This interview continues our series of conversations with national vascular surgery leaders based on topics from the Kouznes and Pozner book “The Truth About...