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SVS president to close out virtual conference with focus on quality in vascular care
As SVS ONLINE: “New Advances and Discoveries in Vascular Surgery” prepares to become part of the past, the final presentation will look toward the future. It is part of the tradition of the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), which SVS ONLINE…
Outgoing SVS president outlines state of Society diversity
Outgoing Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) president Kim Hodgson, MD, delivered a data-driven insight into diversity within the organization during his June 20 State of the SVS address at the start of SVS ONLINE, one of his final acts atop…
Crawford Forum sets the stage for vascular surgery future
It was an encapsulation of the existential questions surrounding vascular surgery. And it was just as the newly installed Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) president Ronald L. Dalman, MD, had designed. The Stanford University, California, vascular chief had intended it…
SVS joins Surgical Care Coalition in fight against Medicare cuts
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has joined the Surgical Care Coalition as part of a show of solidarity against pending Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) payment cuts. News of the move was announced in a communique from…
SVS Foundation Board structure changed
The SVS Foundation Board of Directors has altered its infrastructure, including expanding the board and adding seats specifically for public members and changing the term of the Foundation chair to a three-year instead of a one-year term. Expanding the board…
SVS vice president, treasurer announced on SVS ONLINE opening day
Michael C. Dalsing, MD, has been chosen as the next SVS vice president, joining a line of succession that now includes new president Ronald L. Dalman, MD, and president-elect Ali AbuRahma, MD, while Keith Calligaro, MD, is the new SVS…
President Hodgson to address ‘State of the SVS’
Just don’t call it the Presidential Address: Instead, on Saturday, June 20, SVS President Kim Hodgson, MD, will present a “State of the SVS” address to kick off this year’s SVS ONLINE: New Discoveries and Advances in Vascular Surgery and…
Vascular surgeons will survive these ‘troubled waters,’ says SVS president
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is a “solidly built bridge” across the troubled waters of the coronavirus pandemic, president Kim Hodgson, MD, today proclaimed. The path to the other side of the current COVID-19 crisis may not be clear…
SVS president presents point-by-point defense of Society position on paclitaxel controversy
NEW YORK—Kim Hodgson, MD, president of the Society for Vascular Surgery, delivered a robust defense of the SVS position on the drug-coated balloon (DCB) and drug-eluting stent (DES) issue that is currently enveloping the vascular community during the 2019 iteration…