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George Lavenson, Vietnam and Gulf War veteran, advocate for carotid disease screening in seniors, dies
George S. Lavenson Jr., lovingly referred to as “Doc” by his many friends, died Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, on the beautiful island of Maui, Hawaii, where he chose to share a life in majestic Lahaina with his loving wife, Judy.…
Vascular community starts process of wrestling with findings from BEST-CLI
One of the earliest multispecialty public gatherings of the vascular community following the release of the first results from the BEST-CLI randomized controlled trial (RCT) raised some of the early fault lines developing between different interpretations of the study’s key…
‘Impressive’ 12-month Flex vessel prep data presented at VEITHsymposium
VentureMed Group, a medical device innovator in access management for arteriovenous (AV) fistulas and grafts and vessel preparation for peripheral arterial disease (PAD), announced data presented at the 2022 VEITHsymposium (Nov. 15–19) in New York City that demonstrated that Flex…
The 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of November 2022
Among November’s most read Vascular Specialist stories were updates from the BEST-CLI trial in the form of new data and funding; a guest editorial calling for (better) training vis-à-vis counseling patients about their treatment options; news of positive results from…
VEITHsymposium panel probes ‘value’ of artificial intelligence in vascular surgery
A session at the 2022 VEITHsymposium in New York City (Nov. 15–19) focused on new concepts, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) in vascular surgery, with a panel discussion honing in on the cost-effectiveness and wider “value” of emerging technologies…
VEITHsymposium to include world federation session
The World Federation of Vascular Societies (WFVS) is set to hold a session in November during the VEITHsymposium in New York City. The 90-minute session will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, on Friday, Nov. 18, at…
SVS creates limb salvage-focused Frank J. Veith Lectureship
Next year’s Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) will include a new named lecture: the Frank J. Veith Lecture, named in honor of former Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) President Frank Veith, MD. Immediate Past President Ali AbuRahma, MD, announced the new…
Powell: Studies linking EVAR and cancer risk continue to mount
Evidence continues to accumulate of a link between endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) and cancer, with even small amounts of radiation potentially converting epithelial cells “to a precancerous or a cancerous state in smokers or ex-smokers,” according to world-renowned vascular disease…
Amplifi vein dilation system demonstrates ‘encouraging’ clinical results in hemodialysis access
Artio Medical announced that full results from its first-in-human clinical study of the Amplifi vein dilation system were presented at the 2021 VEITHSymposium (Nov. 16–20, Orlando) by Surendra Shenoy, MD, associate professor of surgery in the Washington University School of…
VEITH 2021: Researchers present ex vivo demonstration of fluoroscopy-free complex AAA stent placement
“I think this represents the beginning of the end of an era where we have to use lead to perform these procedures.” Those were the words delivered by Gustavo Oderich, MD, professor and chief of vascular and endovascular surgery at…