Tag: vascular history
Gregorio A. Sicard, past SVS president, advocate for Latin American surgeons,...
Gregorio A. Sicard, MD, a transformative figure in vascular surgery and a revered mentor to generations of surgeons, has died. He was 81.
Sicard was...
Vascular Specialist–July 2025
In this issue:
Vascular unity: ‘Let’s stop standing on the sidelines while others define what vascular care looks like’
Vascular surgery history: Putting...
Vascular surgery history: Putting specialty on the map in a broader...
The people, discoveries, innovations and events that brought the vascular surgery profession to where it is today formed the bedrock of the subject matter...
The people and devices that put ‘the vascular in vascular’
The people, discoveries, innovations and events that brought the vascular surgery profession to where it is today will form the subject matter for this...
From Brazil to Baylor: Oderich assumes coveted role at cardiovascular ‘powerhouse’
Following in the footsteps of some of the pioneers of cardiovascular surgery, Gustavo Oderich, MD, recently stepped into position as the Michael E. DeBakey...
Founding fathers of EVAR set to gather to mark 40 years...
The 40-year history of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) of the aorta wends a circuitous route, from behind the Iron Curtain in Soviet Ukraine, to...
Vascular Specialist–August 2024
In this issue:
‘Choosing the right devices for the right patients’: Surgeon-scientist secures NIH funding to develop MRI technique for precision PAD care
SVS...
SVS History Work Group’s landmark project culminates in new book
The 2024 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) saw the culmination of a decade-long project by the Society for Vascular Surgery's (SVS) History Project Work Group....