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New diversity, equity and inclusion pillar signals additional priority for SVS Foundation
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Foundation has been guided by the three long-term pillars of research and innovation, community vascular care and patient education, and disease prevention. Recently, the Foundation added a fourth pillar—for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)…
Proposals sought for VAM 2023
Members are still raving about the 2022 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) even while organizers seek topics for educational sessions for the 2023 edition. Proposals are due at 3 p.m. Central Time on Wednesday, Aug. 24. Submissions for the invited…
Wound healing research earns SVS Foundation prize, place on VAM stage
University of Michigan resident and Vascular Specialist resident/fellow editor Christopher Audu, MD, has been granted the SVS Foundation Resident Research Award for 2022. And, already, he is looking ahead to where the research might go next, and the wider importance…
SVS has patient resources and guidelines on strokes
May was Stroke Awareness Month, and the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and SVS Foundation offer educational resources for Society members to provide as a resource to their patients at risk of the potentially devastating disease no matter the time…
Urban or rural: Ensuring access to quality vascular care ‘no matter what’
Michael Dalsing, MD, talks to Vascular Specialist about how his formative years growing up in rural Wisconsin, as well as experience of operating in inner-city Indianapolis, helped inform the topic he chose for this year’s Crawford Critical Issues Forum set…
SVS Foundation continues call for VISTA project applicants
The SVS Foundation VISTA (Vascular Volunteers In Service To All) pilot project continues to seek applications for innovative, community-based projects. The initiative grants support for those projects designed to explore solutions to the significant disparities in vascular surgical care across…
SVS Foundation seeks applicants for VISTA projects
The SVS Foundation started to seek proposals in mid-April for pilot outreach projects to help identify needed vascular services in underserved portions of the U.S. The projects will be part of the Foundation’s VISTA (Vascular Volunteers In Service To All)…
Tickets selling briskly for Gala: ‘Cheers to 75 Years’
More than 330 people have registered their intentions to raise a glass to toast the Society for Vascular Surgery’s quarter-century of helping vascular patients during the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in Boston this summer. They have already purchased tables…
‘Cheers to 75 Years’: Anniversary Gala tickets go on sale on Feb. 22
How will you help the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) celebrate “Cheers to 75 Years?” Maybe it’s offering an adventure in the wilderness, on a mountain or secluded location. Perhaps it’s providing the chance to stay in a house by…
VRIC input in 2021 helped strengthen research, says award-winner
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) in 2021 helped Sriganesh (Sri) Sharma, MD, better understand his own work. During the free-wheeling discussion following his presentation, “I got a lot of meaningful input into my research,”…