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The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of June 2023
Last month, Vascular Specialist garnered readers’ attention with an array of commentary on the BEST-CLI and BASIL-2 trials; the medical editor’s interview with vascular surgery’s ‘living legend’ Frank J. Veith, MD; the news of the death of Past SVS President…
VAM 2023 attendees have their say on the impact of BEST-CLI and BASIL-2 trials
As the vascular community continues to unpack the key learnings from two of the biggest trials to date in chronic limb threatening ischemia—BEST-CLI and BASIL-2—attendees of the 2023 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in National Harbor, Maryland (June 14–17) told Vascular…
The Big Interview: Pioneering surgeon recounts career as new VAM lectureship is birthed
Vascular Specialist medical editor Malachi Sheahan III, MD, sits down with Frank J. Veith, MD, to discuss his new book, The Medical Jungle, ahead of the maiden named Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) lecture created in the former SVS President’s honor. The Frank…
VAM attendees chime in on BEST-CLI and BASIL-2
VS@VAM journalist Will Date and videographer Jean-Philippe Bensoussan caught some VAM 2023 foot traffic outside the BEST-CLI and BASIL-2: Debate, Analysis and Implementation session last week to get their take on the two trials and how it has impacted their…
Frailty status beats WIfI score as mortality predictor in all-comer CLTI study
A study presented during Plenary Session 3 at last week’s Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), concluded that the Wound, Ischemia, and Foot Infection (WIfI) stage is predictive of major amputation at one-year follow-up in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), while…
SVS diversity celebration at VAM 2023
The Society for Vascular Surgery celebrates all of its members at the inaugural Celebration of Diversity Reception at the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) 2023. In previous years, many specific groups held smaller receptions while at VAM, including young surgeons, women…
Optimizing the clinical environment: ‘Mitigating Barriers to Inclusion and Advancement in Academic Surgery’ presented at VAM 2023
America’s face is changing, becoming more diverse and with more women and immigrants in the country, medicine and the vascular surgery specialty. Raghu L. Motaganahalli, MD, of the Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine,…
SVS honors two with Lifetime Achievement Award
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) honored two surgeons—instead of the traditional one—with its highest honors, the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) last week. It’s only the third time the Society has done so in the…
‘Vigilant’ surveillance and low threshold for further interventions ‘crucial’ following rescue of prior EVAR with PMEG
The findings of a recent study on reinterventions and sac dynamics after fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair (FEVAR) with a physician-modified endograft (PMEG) for index aneurysm repair and following prior EVAR led researchers to conclude that “vigilant” surveillance and a low…
SVS announces new vice president and treasurer following 2023 election
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has announced the latest additions to its officer roll following the 2023 elections for Society vice president and treasurer. Keith Calligaro, MD, of Pennsylvania Hospital and a professor of clinical surgery at the University…