Boston calling: Registration for VAM 2022 is open

Registration and housing for the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) 2022 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) are now open. This year’s premiere educational event for all vascular professionals is set for June 15–18 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. The…
VAM 2022 will offer innovative formats

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Postgraduate Education Committee is breaking up the format in favor of change and innovation for two sessions at this year’s Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM). These in-person-only events will involve both networking and social media. …
Time’s nearly up: Apply for VAM travel scholarships by March 9

Time is quickly running out for medical students and general surgery residents to apply for Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) travel scholarships to attend the 2022 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in Boston this June. “I wasn’t sure what I wanted…
Tickets selling briskly for Gala: ‘Cheers to 75 Years’

More than 330 people have registered their intentions to raise a glass to toast the Society for Vascular Surgery’s quarter-century of helping vascular patients during the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in Boston this summer. They have already purchased tables…
VAM 2022: More science, discussion, streaming

With abstract selection finished this month and the lineup of many other sessions in place, organizers are excited about the offerings of the 2022 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM). VAM 2022 will be held June 15–18 at the Hynes Convention Center…
VRIC input in 2021 helped strengthen research, says award-winner

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) in 2021 helped Sriganesh (Sri) Sharma, MD, better understand his own work. During the free-wheeling discussion following his presentation, “I got a lot of meaningful input into my research,”…
Apply for VAM travel scholarships by March 9

Medical students and general surgery residents have until March 9 to apply for Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) travel scholarships that enable attendance at the 2022 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in Boston this June. The scholarships are the SVS General…
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in January

January’s top 10 includes “Our forever plague,” a combined editorial by Malachi Sheahan III, MD, our medical editor, on fake news and science, and coverage of the U.S. investigational device exemption (IDE) Aortic Research Consortium and how the chief investigators…
Conveying vascular surgery’s essential ‘coolness’

Let’s start with a question: how do we communicate coolness? No, I am not referring to a cool or cold foot in the emergency room in need of assessment for acute limb ischemia. We have validated clinical scales to communicate…
Priorities and objectives will guide 2022 SVS programs

Whether it’s branding, advocacy or determining research initiatives, the process of setting Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) priorities and objectives begins with SVS members. The SVS conducts a census, which includes asking members to rank-order priorities, every other year. In…

