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VAM 2023: Vascular trauma session to highlight the current role of endovascular therapy
A focused session on vascular trauma yesterday took a deep dive into emerging issues and controversies in the field. Moderated by Sherene Shalhub, MD, of Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, and Rishi Kundi, MD, of the R Adams…
VAM 2023: Earn credits, contact hours at VAM, VQI@VAM and SVN meetings
Attendees at the society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Annual Meeting, the Vascular Quality Initiative meeting—VQI@VAM—and the Society for Vascular Nursing Annual Conference all can receive credits or project hours for their participation in the meetings. The Accreditation Council for Continuing…
VAM 2023: Great Gatsby Gala announces after-party
Keep the party going at the Great Gatsby Gala after-party. New this year, enjoy two additional hours of Prohibition-era festivities by purchasing a ticket for $150. Gala tickets do not include access to the after-party. Also, get “Glam” before the…
VAM 2023: Gala offers early check-in option for guests
Quell your anticipation for the upcoming Great Gatsby Gala by skipping the registration lines Friday evening and heading straight to the night’s festivities. This year, the SVS Foundation offers guests early check-in for a no muss/no-fuss experience. Registrants should already…
Prediction model offers new option for forecasting AAA growth
A predictive model incorporating 3D shape features such as aneurysmal flow lumen and outer wall structure extracted from computed tomography (CT) imaging can improve the ability to predict the growth of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). This is according to research…
Make those VAM steps count: Compete to be the meeting’s top walker
Any past VAM attendee knows he or she will put in a lot of steps on the way to educational sessions, the Exhibit Hall, receptions, plenaries and dancing the night away at the Gala. This year those steps will count…
VAM 2023: ‘What I wish I knew before retirement’ talk gives insight into adaptation and emeritus life
Reflecting on the positives and negatives of retirement, Peter Gloviczki, MD, from the Mayo Clinic, previously in Rochester, Minnesota, now in Scottsdale, Arizona, and editor-in-chief emeritus of the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) regaled attendees of his “Lessons learned: What…
VAM 2023: Endovascular thermal septotomy for chronic post-dissection aortic aneurysm
Aidin Baghbani-Oskouei, MD, and Gustavo S. Oderich, MD, from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas, detail the endovascular thermal septotomy technique for chronic post-dissection thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAAs), which featured as a video presentation at the…
Special invited research presentations offered at VAM
VAM traditionally includes presentations from specially invited translational researchers that are performing cutting-edge work focused on vascular disease. All are held during plenary sessions. “These presentations inform the larger VAM audience about cutting-edge translational science performed by our members and,…
Onco-vascular session set to offer ‘clinical pearls’ in ‘new’ area of vascular surgery
Randall DeMartino, MD, is Division Chair of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and a co-moderator of a session dedicated to onco-vascular surgery, taking place today from 3:30–5 p.m. in National Harbor 12 A series…