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SVS officer elections 2022: A glimpse into the electorate
The SVS Executive Board highlights details of the most recent Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) elections to inform members and further strengthen the process. In 2020, Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) leadership proposed, and SVS members resoundingly approved with a…
SVS charts its course ahead for diversity, equity and inclusion
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) President Michael Dalsing, MD, has added two more liaisons—Vincent Rowe, MD, and Palma Shaw, MD—to the SVS Executive Board to “increase the diversity of perspective.” They will serve for the remainder of the fiscal year…
DEI initiatives in vascular surgery: How are we doing?
The 2022 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) has been touted as the most diverse to date. As attendees ourselves, we can attest to the increased representation among attendees, presenters and moderators. A dedicated session, named “Building diversity and equitable systems in…
Outgoing SVS president’s message of unity: ‘We must work together to improve, advance vascular care’
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is no longer the organization it was half a century ago. That was one of the core messages from the Society’s now Immediate Past President Ali AbuRahma, MD, during his Presidential Address at the…
Jonathan Towne honored with SVS Lifetime Achievement Award
An “amazing clinician and leader.” Devoted to the specialty of vascular surgery. Investigator and researcher. Champion of the in-situ technique for lower-extremity bypass. Former SVS secretary and president. And a leader in creating the Vascular Surgery Board (VSB). For all…
SVS creates limb salvage-focused Frank J. Veith Lectureship
Next year’s Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) will include a new named lecture: the Frank J. Veith Lecture, named in honor of former Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) President Frank Veith, MD. Immediate Past President Ali AbuRahma, MD, announced the new…
New SVS president outlines priorities for his tenure as Society aims to reach out
Michael Dalsing, MD, who took over as Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) president at the 2022 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in Boston (June 15–18), talks about the priorities he has set out for his time at the helm, which include…
VAM 2022 Opening Ceremony: ‘Our Society is what it is because of you,’ SVS members hear
From the first Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) that featured just eight papers, to VAM 2022 with many more times that number of presentations, each gathering through this year’s 75th edition has featured research, friendships and the desire to improve patient…
Diversity in care: ‘From being exclusive to more inclusive’
The role diversity played in the past, how it functions in the present, and where it might take vascular surgery in the future formed one of the central themes running through the Presidential Address delivered by outgoing Society for Vascular…
Eagleton and Shutze: SVS members elect new vice president, secretary
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) announced that Matthew Eagleton, MD, has been elected as the organization’s next vice president. The news was revealed during the SVS Annual Business Meeting, which took place on Saturday, June 18, in Boston during…