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SVS updates patient reading materials to ‘improve accessibility’
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has revamped the patient flyers on YourVascularHealth.org—the Society’s patient-facing online patient resource—in an effort to lower the reading level of the material and improve accessibility for patients. The site contains five flyers on the most…
New era beckons: Vascular Specialist moves in-house as new chapter opens for SVS official newspaper
Malachi Sheahan III, MD, has been at the helm of Vascular Specialist for more than seven years. In that time, it is fair to say the newspaper—the official voice of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)—has evolved. About a year…
A global concern: WFVS seeks to level up vascular education in every corner of the world
WFVS secretary general details how the organization has evolved in recent years, seeing gains in representation and access to education among members from underserved regions. In the stew of national and regional vascular societies that dot the globe, the World…
Sheahan takes over as Vascular Surgery Board chair
Malachi Sheahan III, MD, chair of the Department of Surgery and chief of vascular surgery at Louisiana State University in New Orleans, is the new chair of the Vascular Surgery Board (VSB) of the American Board of Surgery (ABS). Sheahan…
Step Challenge: Walk for wellness
Get ready to join the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Foundation this September for the 2025 Vascular Health Step Challenge. Hosted during National Vascular Disease Awareness Month, the annual challenge promotes healthy vascular habits and raises critical funds for research,…
Complex PAD skills course registration is open
Registration is now open for the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Complex Peripheral Vascular Interventions (CPVI) Skills Course, taking place from Sept. 20–21 in Rosemont, Illinois. The two-day course will provide participants with hands-on training in the latest techniques and…
SVS seeks feedback on VESAP6 mobile app
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is inviting users to participate in a brief survey regarding their experiences with the sixth edition of the Vascular Education and Self-Assessment Program (VESAP6)—which bears 600 questions—on mobile devices. The insights gathered will aid…
SVS encourages participation in compensation survey
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is encouraging members to participate in the 2024 Compensation Survey, a key initiative designed to provide vascular surgeons with tailored insights into compensation, productivity and practice data. This effort, conducted in collaboration with Phairify—a…
SVS disseminates educational needs assessment survey to members
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has called om members to detail their educational and professional development needs in order that it can seek to better support vascular surgery careers. The Society recently sent an educational needs assessment surgery to…
We are not ‘and vascular’: SVS set to launch ambitious new phase in branding campaign
SVS secretary details the spirit and the cause behind the next phase of the Society’s branding campaign aimed at helping vascular surgery become an instantly recognizable specialty inside and outside of the hospital. “We are not going to apologize for…