Tag: residents
Grit: The value of growth mindset and persistence as a vascular...
One of the biggest mental shifts I had to make during residency was my view on failure. I literally had to rebrand failure. As...
More than half of medical students altered Match ranking order after...
Amid the build-up to residency Match Day 2024, the Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery (APDVS) has delivered data from a VISIT (Vascular...
Beyond ‘do better’: New year reflections from a vascular surgery trainee
The new year is a time for reflection. It is also an opportunity to rededicate, or if needed, reinvent ourselves. Vascular surgery training is...
On gratefulness as a vascular surgery trainee
I enjoy listening to podcasts. In addition to my usual rotation through Audible Bleeding and Behind the Knife, I’ve found insight in listening to...
SAVS makes travel scholarship applications call for 2024 meeting
The Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) has put out a call for applications from medical students and general surgery residents for 20 travel...
Corner Stitch: Supplementing our formal learning as vascular trainees
As a vascular surgery trainee, there are multiple aspects of vascular surgery that I’ve had the opportunity to learn about. And to be honest,...
VQI Fellows in Training program marks one year
The Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) Fellows in Training (FIT) program is a success, said leaders as they provided a one-year review.
FIT introduces residents and...
Second edition of VSITE review text released
The second edition of a hit trainee-created textbook primarily aimed at those taking the Vascular Surgery In-Training Exam (VSITE) has hit the shelves.
The Vascular...
Showcasing a ‘rewarding field’: student-trainee program at VAM deals with full...
Besides being able to attend the scientific and educational sessions at the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), medical students and general surgery residents have an...
Corner Stitch: What I wish I had known in vascular training
Welcome newly matched vascular surgery residents into the fold! I am just over six months into my first attending position after completing my residency...
Vascular surgery oral boards text seeks to fill certifying void
Think of it as the omega of the vascular surgical textbook literature, quips Andrew M. Wishy, DO. As a training resource, it fits neatly...
Back to basics: All the things I love about vascular surgery
Recently, after completing a difficult open aortic operation with my attending, a bright M3 asked me, “Why vascular surgery?” The question didn’t catch me...
Vascular Specialist–January 2023
In this issue:
From SAVS 2023: Study probing which CKD patients would benefit most from renal artery stenting points toward those who experience a...
Learning culture, errors and Melinda French Gates
Workplace culture is fascinating to observe because it is nebulous and hard to measure. There is also often a perceived gap between the existing...
Students and residents: Attend VAM 2023 on a scholarship
Medical students and general surgery residents have the chance to change their lives. Perhaps they are still seeking some direction for their medical careers. Perhaps...
Vascular trainee-developed VSITE review book sees sales soar
A new review textbook developed by a vascular surgery resident with the aim of helping fellow trainees prepare for milestones like the Vascular Surgery...
Deadline extension: SAVS extends travel scholarship application cut-off for 2023 meeting
The Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) has announced a deadline extension to Dec. 5 for 20 travel scholarships that are available to medical...
Signal-to-noise ratio: Thoughts on fine-tuning feedback during vascular surgery training
I recently took the Registered Physician in Vascular Interpretation (RPVI) exam. While studying for it, one of the concepts that stood out was the...
Vascular surgery review book seeks to plug hole in VSITE preparation...
When University of Massachusetts Medical School integrated vascular surgery resident Thomas Creeden, DO, was preparing for his first Vascular Surgery In-Training Exam (VSITE), it...
Bolstering the workforce: Session details how to start a vascular training...
The workforce shortage issues set to plague vascular surgery over the next few decades, alongside an aging population and increase in vascular disease, formed...
From proposal to podium: Tips for getting your abstract accepted at...
Striving for excellence in research is one of the defining characteristics of an academic surgeon. But simply doing great research is not enough. The...
Supply & demand: [Private] practice matters
Vascular surgeons in private practice could play a crucial role in alleviating one of the existential problems currently vexing the specialty: The training of...
Moments suspended in time: Joining the vascular fold
Noon on March 19, 2021, marked the end of an unprecedented year in the world of resident recruiting. Months of virtual interviews, “away” rotations...
Lesson learned: Entering vascular residency during first wave of pandemic
An insight into the benefits of virtual learning from the perspective of a medical student on the cusp of residency as the early stages...
Vascular Specialist–March 2022
In this issue:
Dedicated vs. non-dedicated: Researchers place venous stenting under the spotlight at the American Venous Forum (AVF) 2022 annual meeting (p. 1 and...
Time’s nearly up: Apply for VAM travel scholarships by March 9
Time is quickly running out for medical students and general surgery residents to apply for Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) travel scholarships to attend...
Diversity efforts while in training: Is it just another box to...
2020 was a herald year. It ushered in a global pandemic and a reckoning with issues of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in our...
Apply for VAM travel scholarships by March 9
Medical students and general surgery residents have until March 9 to apply for Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) travel scholarships that enable attendance at...
SAVS 2022: ‘Recruiting more women without knowing race/ethnicity of those women...
Failure to stratify gender by race or ethnicity, or vice versa, leads to missed opportunities in the recruitment of underrepresented members from the potential...
Formally introducing Christopher Audu
The team at Vascular Specialist—led by Malachi Sheahan III, MD—is pleased to announce the appointment of University of Michigan resident Christopher Audu, MD, as...
Corner Stitch: From intentions to gratitude in 2022
A time of transition, like the dawn of a New Year, usually commences the mass drive for New Year’s resolutions and intentions. Many of...
New recommendations promote ‘appropriate and effective’ use of social media in...
In response to a rapid augmentation of social media use in medicine over the past five years, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has...
VAM travel scholarship applications available this month
Medical students and general surgery residents will be able to apply this month for travel scholarships to attend the 2022 Society for Vascular Surgery...
VESS: A society primed for young vascular surgeons, trainees and medical...
Welcome to December where the calendar is filled with abstract and registration deadlines to various meetings through the summer of 2022. In this month‘s...
VSIGs increase early exposure to vascular surgery in med school
This month, we are focusing on medical student recruitment into vascular surgery. In many medical schools, students do not get any exposure to the...
Journey of a trainee surgeon-scientist: Mentorship, passion and the importance of...
In August, University of Michigan general surgery resident W. James Melvin, MD, picked up the coveted Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Foundation Resident Research...
Survey on radiation safety in vascular trainees demonstrates a quarter received...
A collaborative effort is needed to establish and adhere to best practice guidelines for radiation safety and exposure, Jasmine Bhinder, MD, a general surgery...
Corner Stitch: The art of surgery in the present moment
As a young surgeon-in-training, and a millennial, the concept of mindfulness and wellbeing perfuses my day-to-day life. Reminders of the importance of “being present”...
Caring for the veteran, training the surgeon: The role of the...
In May 1945, President Harry Truman appointed Gen. Omar Bradley to lead what is now the United States Department of Veteran Affairs, with Paul...
Corner Stitch: If you want to go far, go together
The COVID-19 pandemic left many of us missing social interaction and hungry for a change of scenery. As someone who had never been to...
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...
VESS session: ‘Concerted effort’ made to feature science, discussion from widest...
At its very essence, says Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) President Jason T. Lee, MD, vascular surgery is a “social sport.” The specialty...
Corner Stitch: Acing the final training years
In academia, the start of summer brings about new beginnings and a changing of the guard. Chief residents and senior fellows graduate and start...
A lifetime of achievement: Former SVS president looks back on career...
The first time Bruce A. Perler, MD, attended the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) annual meeting, he was a young faculty member who...
Pearls of wisdom for interns
It’s June and, in less than a month, a swarm of new faces, and freshly minted MDs and DOs will descend upon most academic...
Overcoming prejudice and uniting vascular surgery
The United States has been living through some charged times recently. Our profession is not immune to these conflagrations. In recent times, minority members...
A love for writing
Welcome to Corner Stitch, a brand new section by and for trainees. First up is outgoing Vascular Specialist residents and fellows editor Laura Marie...
VAM travel scholarships open up to applicants April 21
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) travel scholarships for trainees to attend the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) are set to begin accepting applications on April...
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...
Study: Mentoring, social events may decrease burnout in surgery residents
Burnout in surgery residents—associated with higher levels of depression and perceived stress—may be alleviated by programmatic social events, limiting weekend work and formal mentoring...