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Radiation protection: Lightweight shield designed to reduce dose during complex endovascular procedures gains ground
It all started with a “we should do research together; this is fascinating.” The result—the production of a prototype eyewear that decreases radiation to the eye and brain—is the more-than-decade-long toil of Melissa Kirkwood, MD, and colleagues at UT Southwestern…
SAVS 2022: ‘Recruiting more women without knowing race/ethnicity of those women only tells part of story’
Failure to stratify gender by race or ethnicity, or vice versa, leads to missed opportunities in the recruitment of underrepresented members from the potential vascular surgery trainee pool. That was one of the examples delivered in a poster presentation at…
SAVS 2022: Skyrocketing vascular nursing costs hammer division’s financial bottom line
The profit margin of a vascular surgery division at a prominent health system in New Orleans was severely eroded during the COVID-19 pandemic period—despite consistent revenue generation throughout—as nursing labor costs dramatically escalated, according to a deep financial analysis carried…
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in July
The digital version of our July 2021 print issue, an argument in favor of a multidisciplinary approach to limb salvage and look back at the career of a former Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) president were among the most-read stories…
A lifetime of achievement: Former SVS president looks back on career milestones
The first time Bruce A. Perler, MD, attended the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) annual meeting, he was a young faculty member who had already started developing the keen interest in carotid disease for which he is now well…
Former SAVS president David Rosenthal dies at 76
Renowned vascular surgeon David Rosenthal, MD, co-founder of the Atlanta Vascular Society and a former president of both the Southern Association for Vascular Society (SAVS) and the Georgia Vascular Society, has died. He was 76. Beginning practice in Atlanta in…
SAVS issues 2021–2022 officer line-up
The Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) has announced its officer slate for 2021–2022. Incoming president is William A. Marston, MD, professor in the department of surgery at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, North…
Tracci elected Southern Vascular recorder
The Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) has announced the election of Margaret (Megan) Tracci, MD, as its next recorder. Tracci is currently associate professor of vascular and endovascular surgery at UVA Health in Charlottesville, Virginia, and a past president…
EVAR improves one-year survival in octogenarians with AAAs, study finds
Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) in those 80-plus decreases one-year mortality rates compared to non-operative management, researchers at the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas found. Working from a cohort of 11,829 patients…
‘Leading when everyone is watching—and when no one knows what to do’
The title of the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) Jesse E. Thompson, MD, Distinguished Guest Lecture was heralded as “Leading when everyone is watching,”—but COVID-19 lent the message Julie Ann Freischlag, MD, was attempting to transmit a certain sharpness.…