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SAVS 2024: A journey to the heart of DEI like no other
David L. Cull, MD, delivers a captivating presidential address, laying bare his own challenging journey as a vascular surgeon and the hidden lessons on diversity, equity and inclusion his life story may hold. Like nearly everyone else assembled, when Alan…
MVSS president outlines why vascular surgery is special and how ‘people need to know what we do’
Outgoing Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society (MVSS) President Jeffrey Jim, MD, used his recent presidential address to call upon vascular surgeons to spread the word far and wide—from Main Street to hospital C-suites—of what marks out vascular surgery as the truly…
WVS 2023: President emphasizes importance of ‘tolerance’ in vascular specialty
Outgoing Western Vascular Society (WVS) President Wei Zhou, MD, used her presidential address to put out a call for the vascular specialty to embrace tolerance in order that it thrives amid rising cases of physician burnout and the mounting pressures…
WVS 2023: Western Vascular Society presidency passes from Zhou to Fujitani
Roy M. Fujitani, MD, president of the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Medical Center medical staff, took over as Western Vascular Society (WVS) president at the conclusion of the WVS annual meeting recently held in Koloa, Hawaii (Sept. 9–12). He…
Presidential address: ‘The annual meeting is only part of our story’
Friday morning will see Michael C. Dalsing, MD, MBA, deliver what is an annual hallmark of the VAM program—the SVS Presidential Address. From 11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m. in Potomac A/B, Dalsing will chart his personal journey from “small-town boy with some…
New book penned by vascular icon charts career in surgery, revolutionary spirit
A new memoir penned by former Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) President and vascular surgery leader Frank J. Veith, MD, which touches on a lifetime of service to the specialty and tackles some of its most monumental and controversial moments,…
SAVS 2023: President reveals upcoming change to Society seal
Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) President William D. Jordan Jr., MD, used a portion of his 2023 Presidential Address to outline ways in which SAVS is set to further evolve as a professional body going forward. Titled “Anatomy and…
NESVS 2022 Presidential Address: ‘We can create a bold new future for vascular surgery: It’s go time’
“Collaborate, innovate, mentor, champion DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion] and relish the opportunity to form deep connections with our amazing patients.” This was the key take-home message delivered by Andres Schanzer, MD, chief of vascular surgery at the UMass Memorial…
Eastern Vascular gathering challenged to forge next generation of evolution
Evolution was the core theme of the Presidential Address Robert Rhee, MD, delivered from the Eastern Vascular Society (EVS) annual meeting stage in Philadelphia (Sept. 29–Oct. 1). “Let’s Evolve,” it was entitled. But, Rhee told those gathered, the society lays…
Regional vascular presidents measure state of specialty
Vincent Rowe, MD, and Raghu Motaganahalli, MD, delivered Presidential Addresses at the Western Vascular Society (WVS) and the Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society (MVSS) that spelled out ways in which vascular surgery can advance—and thrive. Rowe has been on the regional…