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Executive Board commits to DEI changes
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Task Force’s findings and recommendations are taking shape, with some already implemented. After more than a year of study and information-gathering, the task force presented its findings and recommendations…
Missing your journals? Be sure your dues are paid
Have you paid your 2021 Society for Vascular Surgery dues? If you haven’t, you’re missing access to all of the latest research in the Journal of Vascular Surgery publications. And that’s not all. SVS membership confers an array of benefits.…
New SVS learning platform due to go live in late January
Educational content will soon be as close as the nearest Internet connection. SVS OnDemand is slated to go live at the end of this month along with a new Education section/portal on the SVS website through which to access not…
Deadlines near for Society, Foundation awards
Applications are due early in 2021 for a number of Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and SVS Foundation awards, honors and grants. Information on all awards and scholarships is available at vsweb.org January: Applications are due Jan. 13 for the…
Pre-emptive embolization of aneurysm sac side branches prevents post-EVAR type II endoleak, study finds
According to Daniela Branzan, MD, a senior vascular surgeon at University Hospital Leipzig, in Leipzig, Germany, and colleagues, pre-emptive embolization of aneurysm sac side branches for patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is “safe and effective” in preventing type II…
RelayPlus thoracic stent graft post-approval study reports low operative mortality
Terumo Aortic has announced the midterm results from the RelayPlus thoracic stent graft system post-approval study, revealing low operative mortality and morbidity— supporting its use as a “safe and effective” thoracic aortic aneurysm treatment. Over a three-year period, the RelayPlus…
COVID-related hypercoagulability linked to elevated malfunction rate in temporary hemodialysis catheters
Hypercoagulability in COVID-19 patients leads to an increase in the malfunction rate of temporary hemodialysis catheters—but heparin locking of the catheters is linked to decreased malfunction rates. Those are among the main findings of a study recently published in the…
President Dalman reflects on year of adversity—and positive change
The last nine months took away much. The Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) was canceled. The Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) suffered a similar fate—its content latterly resuscitated in virtual form earlier this month. The traditional Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)…
Give people a fair chance and watch the results
Ten years ago when we wrote a paper on diversity that was published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS), it barely caused a ripple. Entitled “Diversity in membership and leadership positions in a regional vascular society,” it was co-authored…
Help diversity effort by completing member survey
To know where to go, you first have to know the starting point. “We cannot adequately measure our progress in the SVS on diversity, equity and inclusion if we do not have the requisite data to measure,” said Society for Vascular…