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‘Nobody believed us’: Vascular giant discusses overcoming skeptics to make specialty-defining breakthroughs
Malachi Sheahan III, MD, Vascular Specialist’s medical editor, speaks to living legend and limb-salvage pioneer Frank J. Veith, MD, on the contents of his hard-hitting new book, The Medical Jungle: A Pioneering Surgeon’s Battle to Revolutionize Vascular Care and Challenge…
VAM 2023 beckons
Our annual gathering is almost here. After months of planning, our premiere educational event in vascular surgery, the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), opens June 14. Every president before me has said nothing can top this year’s event—and yet, somehow, year…
VAM 2023 meeting underscores commitment to DEI
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) have been a focus for the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and continue to grow in importance. VAM 2023 organizers are committed to making sessions and content more diverse, equitable and inclusive. “This year we…
Attendees preparing for VAM 2023 education, networking
More than 880 vascular professionals are preparing to pack their bags in preparation for the 2023 Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM). The specialty’s premiere educational event of the year takes place June 14 to 17 at…
Mix and mingle at SVS Connect@VAM
The 2023 Society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular Annual Meeting will end its first full day on Wednesday with an outdoor networking event—food and drink, games, entertainment, artist demonstrations and more—for attendees and their families. The inaugural SVS Connect@VAM: Building Community…
Contribute to PAC in April: Be honored at VAM in June
This year’s VAM will include an “enhanced” Society for Vascular Surgery Political Action Committee (SVS PAC) contributor display, which will recognize SVS PAC donors from both 2022 and 2023. Deadlines for recognition for 2023 are April 15 for groups and…
VAM 2023: Gala organizers seek auction donations
The “Great Gatsby Gala” Committee is turning its attention to gathering auction items to entice bidders in both the Live and Silent auctions. The sky’s the limit, organizers say—anyone up for donating rides in a hot-air balloon, for example? In…
Showcasing a ‘rewarding field’: student-trainee program at VAM deals with full spectrum of vascular surgery
Besides being able to attend the scientific and educational sessions at the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), medical students and general surgery residents have an entire program devoted specifically to their career stage. The VAM Resident and Student Program includes: Students…
VAM educational sessions set to cover gamut of clinical and vascular practice matters
With sessions covering a wide swath of topics important to vascular surgeons, including many proposed by Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members themselves, participants at the 2023 SVS Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) are sure to find valuable information on both…
SVS announces officer candidates for 2023 election
The 2023 Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Nominating Committee has announced the candidates for the 2023 officer election. They are: Voting is under way for and will continue through 2 p.m. CDT Thursday, June 15. This is the first year…