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Subspecialty certification: Solution or added burden?
Should vascular surgeons receive additional certification in specific areas of practice? That question was explored at VAM 2026, where Kellie Brown, MD, professor of surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin, discussed the potential benefits and challenges of formal subspecialty…
Retirement for Vascular Surgeons: Considerations at the Crossroads of Skill and Ethics
Becoming an experienced vascular surgeon requires years of rigorous training, profound sacrifice, and sustained dedication. Many accumulate substantial financial debt in pursuit of their education. Even those who move directly from undergraduate studies to medical school and then into an…
Microlearning: The non-clinical realties of vascular surgery
In residency and fellowships, vascular surgeons learn the techniques and skills to help them diagnose, manage and treat vascular disease. But there are still important proficiencies to absorb. That is why the SVS has launched a series of seven free…
Government Grand Rounds: What happens next? The importance of the lame duck session for vascular surgeons
Post election and with the end of the year on the horizon, a crucial but often overlooked period in the legislative calendar begins: the lame duck congressional session. This period, which occurs between the November elections and the start of…
Vascular care is a ‘team sport’ founded on infrastructure, personnel and standards
The E. Stanley Crawford critical issues forum at VAM 2024 in Chicago—which featured the tagline ‘Quality Care Everywhere’—underscored the importance of standards, infrastructure, personnel and verification programs in vascular surgery. Multiple speakers throughout the session described vascular care as a…
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…
Community affairs: Optimizing, protecting and enhancing clinical practice
The SVS Community Practice Section (CPS) has put together an extensive 90-minute program for Thursday afternoon at VAM. The session, entitled Community Practice Section: Optimizing and Protecting your Clinical Practice, will take place on Thursday, June 20, from 1:30 to…
JVS-CIT releases special issue on genetic arteriopathy
The Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases, Innovations and Techniques (JVS-CIT) has published its latest virtual special issue, which covers genetic arteriopathy. This is the second special issue published in the journal. JVS-CIT currently plans to publish four per year. JVS-CIT…
A proposal to save vascular surgery
In response to recent articles in the lay press suggesting vascular surgeons were performing unnecessary procedures, Vascular Specialist medical editor, Malachi Sheahan, has asked me to write an editorial based on a talk I presented at the 2023 VEITHsymposium. At…