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Progress with limits: Female surgeons still face uneven playing field
For decades, vascular surgery had few female surgeons. The specialty carved out its territory with increasingly sophisticated techniques, but the operating rooms where surgeons performed carotid endarterectomies and aortic repairs remained overwhelmingly male. Only in recent years have women started…
APDVS launches vascular surgery curriculum e-book for medical students
The Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery (APDVS) has released a new ebook designed to enhance vascular surgery education for medical students. According to developers, the aim of The APDVS Medical Student Curriculum is to broaden the medical student’s…
SVS’ inaugural leadership and advocacy conference
The Society for Vascular Surgery’s (SVS) Advocacy team is thrilled to announce the inaugural Leadership and Advocacy Conference, set to take place Sept. 14–16, 2025, in Washington, D.C. The event is designed to bring together passionate vascular surgeons nationwide to…
Corner Stitch: Navigating pregnancy as a vascular surgery trainee
As a vascular surgery resident, our training emphasizes anticipating and planning for complications. This mindset is undoubtably critical clinically but can be less beneficial in settings outside of hospital confines. It certainly was my first reaction to the positive pregnancy…
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,…
‘Implementation of EPAs marks a paradigm shift in how we prepare vascular surgeons’
As the landscape of surgical education undergoes rapid evolution, one innovation promises to redefine how future vascular surgeons are trained and certified: Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs). A group of experts shed light yesterday on their potential to transform surgical training…
Leaders in their field: SVS bestows two awards for lifetime achievement
A standing ovation, flashing lights and a praiseworthy introduction greeted the recipients of the SVS Lifetime Achievement Award yesterday morning: Peter Gloviczki, MD, and Robert M. Zwolak, MD, took turns to soak in the highest honor a member can receive…
Early vascular evaluation can ‘significantly supplement’ wound healing and limit resource waste
“Our findings ultimately suggest that vascular evaluation within six weeks of wound appearance can significantly supplement wound healing in wound centers,” said Saranya Sundaram, MD, vascular surgery resident (PGY-3) at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, presenting data…
‘We are in this together’: SVS president set to issue call for vascular surgery unity amid tensions of modern medicine
SVS President Joseph Mills, MD, is set to issue a rallying call steeped in classical history and decades of collected vascular surgery wisdom in order to bring the specialty together for a common purpose: to overcome “unrest” and to drive…
Vascular community embraces learning from past operating room experiences in ‘My Worst Cases’
Transparency was at the forefront of a My Worst Cases session at VAM yesterday afternoon. Moderator William Robinson, MD, professor and chief in the Division of Vascular Surgery at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Illinois, set the…