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New JVS associate editor for diversity traces footsteps of her mother
It took Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) associate editor Ulka Sachdev-Ost, MD, a while to realize just how much of an impact her mother’s journey in medicine had had on her own career. Sachdev-Ost reveals an intriguing backdrop to an…
SVS makes commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
Following a year of study and including more than 40 separate goals, objectives and requested actions, the SVS Executive Board has received, reviewed and embraced the report of the SVS Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Task Force as a blueprint…
SVS: Building bridges between twin tracks of academic and private practice
For Laurel Hadley Hastings, MD, membership in the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) provides a great collection of valuable benefits. They include an ongoing connection to academia and research, potential mentoring, interacting and working with more experienced surgeons and with…
JVS appoints associate editor dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion
The Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) has announced the appointment of a new associate editor for clinical research who will be focused on diversity, equity and inclusion. Ulka Sachdev-Ost, MD, associate professor of vascular surgery at the University of Pittsburgh…
SVS president ponders challenges in year ahead
New SVS president Ronald L. Dalman, MD, has several initiatives he’d like to see move forward during the year of his presidency. These include a number of areas members have found challenging. “We put together the Crawford Forum [E. Stanley…
Professionalism: #Medbikini through the eyes of an aspiring medical student
The recent furor over the article published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) about unprofessional behavior among recent vascular surgery trainees occasioned a discussion between myself and my daughter, an exceptionally bright and perceptive young lady aged 23 who…
Through the looking glass: Addressing bias in surgery
The #Medbikini campaign spread like wildfire following the publication of the journal article in question. Reading the manuscript seemed like we crossed the threshold of Lewis Carroll’s looking glass into a bizarre, flipped universe of odd definitions of professionalism, unethical…
Letter: ‘Women must not only have a seat at the table, but be heard, respected and have a seat at the head of the table’
Dear editor: Submitted with little fanfare to the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery (SCVS) in July of 2019 and accepted later that year in October, an article entitled “Prevalence of unprofessional social media content among young vascular surgeons” was published…
Medicare reimbursement fails to adequately cover cost of care after open bypass surgery among most CLTI patients
For most patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), Medicare reimbursement for lower extremity bypass surgery does not adequately account for case complexity in the compensation of vascular surgeons, a study published in the September issue of the Journal of Vascular…
‘Significant’ number of vascular surgery faculty suffer workplace sexual harassment
The Journal of Vascular Surgery August issue featured a paper whose findings established a significant number of faculty of vascular surgery training programs had experienced workplace sexual harassment after an anonymous survey. “Gender disparity and sexual harassment in vascular surgery practices,”…