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SVS vascular leaders: Cohort four of Leadership Development Program selected
Twenty-nine people have been selected for development as future leaders of the profession and the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS). They represent cohort four of the Leadership Development Program (LDP), a nine-month-long interactive course designed to help them reach their…
A recent snapshot of pediatric vascular trauma injuries
A study of major pediatric vascular injuries delivered in the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) Paper Session during the 2022 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in June found that 70.2% of the cohort analyzed presented with penetrating trauma. More specifically,…
Engaging with primary care providers ‘critically important’ to improving AAA screening
Matthew Mell, MD, has spent a lot of time looking into issues around screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). The problem, says the chief of vascular surgery at University of California Davis in Sacramento, California, is a difficult one to…
Leadership program applications due by Aug. 15
Learn to be a leader or enhance your leadership skills—applications to be part of the fourth cohort of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Leadership Development Program (LDP) are due Aug. 15. The year-long, highly interactive learning experience is recommended…
ALI can occur with or without atherosclerotic disease, portends worse prognosis in COVID-19 patients, VESS session told
Acute limb ischemia (ALI) can occur with or without atherosclerotic disease and portends a worse prognosis in patients with COVID-19. This risk persists after COVID-19 infection due to a lingering co-inflammatory state, and D-dimer may be a useful screening test…
Getting the most out of meetings like VAM
It’s Friday at Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) 2022 in Boston! Hopefully, many of us trainees are getting to mingle and meet leaders in the field in addition to other trainees outside of our usual orb. In his 2020 Vascular and…
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in April 2022
The digital version of the April 2022 issue of Vascular Specialist, the most recent editorial by our medical editor focusing on diversity within the vascular surgery workforce, and an interview chronicling the new age about to begin at the Journal…
SCAI releases multi-society position statement focused on core competencies for endovascular specialists providing care for CLTI
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) has released a position statement outlining competencies for endovascular specialists who provide care for chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI). The first-of-its-kind document, “SCAI/ACR/APMA/SCVS/SIR/SVM/SVS/VESS position statement on competencies for endovascular specialists providing CLTI care,”…
SCAI issues position paper on transaxillary arterial access
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) has released an official position statement providing evidence-based recommendations for percutaneous transaxillary arterial access and training for clinicians. The document was published in the Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography &…
VAM: How abstracts are selected
The abstracts presented at the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) are the result not just of thorough research, but also a meticulous—and blind—selection process. The procedure starts months ahead of the yearly annual meeting, with the…