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VAM 2023: SVS descends on Capitol Hill
Nearly 50 SVS members took advantage of VAM’s location near Washington, D.C., visiting Capitol Hill Tuesday to discuss legislation related to vascular surgery with members of Congress and their staffs. The meetings were constituent-driven, with members talking with elected officials…
VAM 2023: Learn at lunchtime
The Society for Vascular Surgery has added four lunchtime learning sessions to the VAM opening day. Topics are both clinical and non-clinical, ranging from planning for retirement, embolization tips and tricks, new deep vein thrombosis treatments and a session on…
VAM 2023: SVS Connect@VAM social event is tonight
As part of its ongoing commitment to foster collaboration and strengthen the vascular community, the SVS will host the inaugural SVS Connect@VAM: Building Community Wednesday evening, to close out the first day of VAM. This event allows attendees a unique…
‘First’ study to identify endothelial cell-cell communication via bidirectional secretion of extracellular vesicle cargo wins SVS Foundation award, place on VAM stage
Award-winning vascular resident talks about the science behind her work, which her mentor says is “moving the needle on every front.” University of Toronto surgeon-scientist trainee Sneha Raju, MD, has been awarded the SVS Foundation Resident Research Award for 2023…
The essential ‘need’ for vascular surgeons in pulmonary embolism treatment paradigm
The specter of pulmonary embolism (PE) as a common and lethal disease process—with mortality of massive PE static at about 50% for decades while rapid advances were made in stroke and STEMI care—forms the backdrop to a VAM 2023 breakfast…
VQI@VAM: Social media helps promote safe technique, study finds
A social media campaign promoting educational videos proved efficient and cost-effective, and similar campaigns will be useful for quality improvement projects directed toward medical trainees. That’s the message from “A social media campaign to promote safe technique in femoral access,”…
‘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…
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…