Tag: VSB
Vascular Specialist–April 2025
In this issue:
The question of Vascular Surgery Board independence: Federated or free-standing
From Brazil to Baylor: Gustavo Oderich lands at cardiovascular powerhouse
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The question of Vascular Surgery Board independence: Federated or free-standing?
A survey recently went out to Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members asking them to contribute their voice to an opinion poll over whether...
ABS seeks vascular surgeon nominations for council position
The American Board of Surgery (ABS) is accepting nominations for vascular surgeons to serve on its council for a six-year term, beginning on...
Vascular surgery Entrustable Professional Activities available to view
The American Board of Surgery (ABS) has unveiled the 15 proposed core Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) that will be evaluated in vascular surgery residents.
They...
SVS launches Vascular Board Certification Model Task Force
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Executive Board has established the Vascular Board Certification Model Task Force to deliver a final report entitled “Free-standing...
UCLA-SVS review course is this month
Time is running out to plan attendance at the annual course, A Comprehensive Review and Update of What’s New in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery,...
SCVS president becomes chair of American Board of Surgery
The American Board of Surgery (ABS) has named Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery (SCVS) President M. Ashraf Mansour, MBBS, as its 2023–24 chair. He...
SVS responds to New York Times article on overuse of vascular...
In an official Society response, SVS President Joseph Mills, MD, tackles recent coverage in the mainstream media of inappropriateness in vascular care.
There have been...
Vascular surgery moves to assess trainees’ competence with EPAs
For surgeons, “EPA” means not the “Environmental Protection Agency” but “Entrustable Professional Activity”—and they’re going to change surgery training. A pilot rollout for vascular...
Vascular surgery oral boards text seeks to fill certifying void
Think of it as the omega of the vascular surgical textbook literature, quips Andrew M. Wishy, DO. As a training resource, it fits neatly...
SVS issues membership dues reminder
To avoid a lapse in their benefits, Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members are encouraged to pay their 2023 member dues by Dec. 31.
These...
Prepare for Board exams at UCLA/SVS review course
Planning to take the upcoming Vascular Surgery Board (VSB) exams? Prepare for them at the “Seventh Annual UCLA/SVS Symposium: A Comprehensive Review and Update...
The ABS-VSB: Extolling the virtues of vascular surgery’s independent board
The evolutionary process by which vascular surgery became a bona fide independent discipline has much to thank the American Board of Vascular Surgery (ABVS),...
Register for August Vascular Surgery Board review course
Get ready for the American Board of Surgery Vascular Surgery Board (ABS-VSB) Qualifying Exam in September by attending a comprehensive review course in August.
The...
Vascular Surgery Board seeks director nominees
The Vascular Surgery Board (VSB) of the American Board of Surgery (ABS) is seeking director nominees to serve a six-year term beginning July 1,...
Registration for UCLA-SVS vascular review course open
The Sixth Annual University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)-Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Symposium returns as a live course for 2021 from Oct. 1...
‘VSITE predicts Qualifying Exam success’
The Vascular Surgery In-Training Examination (VSITE) is “highly predictive” of a Vascular Qualifying Examination pass for examinees following both the integrated vascular surgery (0+5)...