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VAM: Spotlight on Tuesday and Wednesday
It’s nearly opening day for the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) and our schedule is jammed with sessions of interest. Here are presentations to consider for Wednesday, as well as activities on Tuesday. (If tickets are required, they can be obtained…
VAM double header: Presidential Addresses to feature nod to SVS past, roadmap to specialty’s future direction
Following a year like no other comes a Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) like no other—sort of. This year, the key date on the vascular conference calendar features a seemingly unprecedented double header: a Presidential Address tandem. After the cancellation of…
Map out your VAM experience with the Online Planner
Get a jump start on planning your way through the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) with the SVS Online Planner. It includes the entire VAM schedule plus those for the the Society for Vascular Nursing (SVN) Annual Conference, the Society for…
WFVS undergoes transformation, looks for vascular ’haves‘ to better help ‘have nots‘
The World Federation of Vascular Societies (WFVS) has entered a new era of transformation, seeking to better pave the way for disparate vascular surgeons and societies to disseminate the latest science and best practices to every corner of the globe.…
Mills becomes next SVS vice president
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) voting members have elected Joseph Mills, MD, of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, as their next vice president. He now joins a line of succession that includes the new SVS President Ali AbuRahma,…
Spotlight: Outstanding women in business award
American College of Surgeons (ACS) President-elect Julie A. Freischlag, MD, CEO of Wake Forest Baptist Health and a past president of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), has been named the Triad Business Journal 2021 recipient of the Outstanding Women…
SVS: Progress made during year like no other
While the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects dominated 2020–21 fiscal year—including the cancellation of the live 2020 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM)—it did not deter progress on many important initiatives. “When COVID hit, it intensified our focus on what was truly…
Candidates for 2021-22 SVS vice president revealed
The candidates in the running to be the next Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) vice president—and a future SVS president—have been unveiled. They are William Shutze, MD, and Joseph Mills, MD, both of whom operate in Texas and who, respectively,…
Voting on bylaws, vice president begins May 17
Voting runs from May 17 to 24 on proposed bylaws amendments and for the position of vice president of the Society for Vascular Surgery. Immediately preceding the opening of voting, SVS leaders will host a Town Hall from 6 to…
Patients with AAAs who had COVID-19 may need ‘more frequent surveillance’ until better understanding of link emerges
Patients who have known abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), who may have had a COVID-19 infection, might need to have more frequent or a different surveillance regimen until a better understanding of the relationship between the virus and potential symptomatic progression…