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Peter Lawrence receives SVS Lifetime Achievement Award
A career that nearly began on the football field instead of in the operating room culminated at VAM 2026 in the highest honor of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), as Peter Lawrence, MD, received the SVS Lifetime Achievement Award…
Former SVS president named chair of AAMC board of directors
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has elected Julie A. Freischlag, MD, as chair of its 2024–25 board of directors. Her term will commence on Nov. 12 and extend through the conclusion of the AAMC’s “Learn Serve Lead” annual…
Deadlines coming for scholarships, grants, awards
Deadlines arrive by March 1, with some as early as this month, for a number of Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and SVS Foundation awards, grants and scholarships. SVS awards Feb. 1, 2023: Excellence in Community Practice Award, bestowed on…
SVS mourns passing of former president
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members are mourning the death of James (Jimmy) S.T. Yao, MD, 88, former SVS president and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Yao, professor emeritus at Northwestern University, died Tuesday, Dec. 20, in Chicago. He had been…
Jonathan Towne honored with SVS Lifetime Achievement Award
An “amazing clinician and leader.” Devoted to the specialty of vascular surgery. Investigator and researcher. Champion of the in-situ technique for lower-extremity bypass. Former SVS secretary and president. And a leader in creating the Vascular Surgery Board (VSB). For all…
VAM packed from beginning to end
From the opening session on the Wednesday morning of the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), to announcing the winners of the Poster Competition Championship Round on Saturday afternoon, attendees at the 2022 meeting will find plenty to keep them interested. That’s…
March 1 awards deadline nears
The deadline is March 1 for several awards and honors from the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the SVS Foundation. They include the SVS Lifetime Achievement Award, the Medal for Innovation in Vascular Surgery, the Distinguished Fellow Designation, as…
Deadlines near for slew of awards, honors
It’s awards season at the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and the SVS Foundation, with deadlines in January, February and March for many awards and honors—and two have been extended. “These awards honor both the past and the future,” said…
SVS honors Robert B. Smith III with Lifetime Achievement Award
Among his many professional achievements in a career of a “golden age of vascular surgery” that overlapped with the growth and maturation of vascular surgery and the endovascular revolution, Robert B. Smith III most remembers the “many young men and…
Robert B. Smith III: A lifetime of achievement
His was the golden age of vascular surgery, said Robert B. Smith III, MD, recipient of this year’s SVS Lifetime Achievement Award. And he enjoyed every moment of it, including getting in on the ground floor of the specialty by…