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VAM 2024 recordings available now
Attendees of the 2024 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) can now access recordings of the sessions, including poster presentations, lectureships and more. The recordings are available through the SVS mobile app or the online planner, providing a convenient way for participants…
Grasping the nettle: The need to tackle PAD problem head on is huge, says 2024 Veith lecturer
Huge opportunities abound for vascular surgeons to take a leadership role on the frontlines of a developing peripheral arterial disease (PAD) treatment crisis in the U.S., says Michael Conte, MD, who gave the second annual Frank J. Veith Distinguished Lecture…
A calling seeded in childhood: Uniting vascular surgery for the betterment of patient care
Many attending the 2024 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM; June 19–22) might have been unaware of the early life of 2023–24 Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) President Joseph Mills, MD. Amongst an intrepid childhood following his father’s career as a dentist,…
Radiation safety session seeks to address variability and improve access to education
“Variability is a source of inferior quality, poor outcomes and harm,” says Anil Hingorani, MD, vascular surgeon at New York University (NYU) Langone in Brooklyn, speaking to VS@VAM ahead of Thursday morning’s VAM 2024 session on the past, present and…
Verified vascular! Quality care in vascular disease
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and American College of Surgeons (ACS) Vascular Verification Program (Vascular-VP) will be a central focus on the opening day of the 2024 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) as the topic of the E. Stanley Crawford…
VAM 2024: Enhancing clinical practice and patient interaction in CLTI
A key event on informed decision-making in chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) promises to be a highlight of the 2024 Vascular Annual Meeting (June 19–22). Funded by a grant from the Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) awarded to the SVS, the…
VAM 2024: Changes to carotid stenting landscape in United States set to be discussed
Sean P. Lyden, MD, chairman of the Department of Vascular Surgery at Cleveland Clinic’s Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute in Cleveland, Ohio, will discuss the national coverage determination (NCD) changes passed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)…
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of May 2024
In April, the most read stories from Vascular Specialist include new data from the C-GUARDIANS pivotal investigational device exemption (IDE) trial presented at the Leipzig Interventional Course (LINC) 2024 (28–31 May, Leipzig, Germany); recently released randomised data show cyanoacrylate glue…
SVS Foundation awards announced
The SVS Foundation has announced recipients for the 2023–2024 awards cycle. The slew of awardees is headed by the winner of the S.T. Yao Resident Research Award winner, Kevin D. Mangum, MD, an integrated vascular resident at the University of…
‘I’m a big fan of firsts’: Nationally renowned speaker on DEI set to headline new SVS keynote
Karith Foster, chief executive of Inversity Solutions, is set to headline the inaugural Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Keynote Speaker Series at the 2024 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM 2024). It starts with a title. For Foster, her keynote begins with…