Tag: WVS
Regional societies see presidential changing of the guards
Brajesh K. Lal, MD, assumed the Eastern Vascular Society (EVS) presidency during the 2024 EVS annual meeting. He took over from Kathleen Ozsvath, MD.
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The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories of September 2024
In September, the most read stories from Vascular Specialist included a change in leadership for the Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society; study results examining new treatment...
Regional vascular presidents measure state of specialty
Vincent Rowe, MD, and Raghu Motaganahalli, MD, delivered Presidential Addresses at the Western Vascular Society (WVS) and the Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society (MVSS) that...
Slew of regional vascular societies welcome new leaders for 2022–23
A number of regional vascular societies across the U.S. and Canada introduced their 2022–23 slew of officers during their annual meetings across the fall...
WVS 2022: Study probes who benefits from EVAR among patients with...
Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) represent a high-risk group who may not benefit from elective endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for abdominal aortic...
Regional society leaders look forward to VAM and beyond
We asked the presidents of all five major regional vascular societies in the United States for an update on the latest goings-on in their...
The top 10 most popular Vascular Specialist stories in February
February's top 10 includes a highlight from the 2022 Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) winter annual meeting and an interview with Melissa Kirkwood,...
CLI at a crossroads: Which direction now?
Vascular surgery once again finds itself at a crossroads, Michael Belkin, MD, chief of the division of vascular and endovascular surgery at Brigham and...
Wei Zhou: Prepared for change—and a more diverse, vocal generation of...
There was something of a different pulse to some of the matters around this year’s Western Vascular Society (WVS) annual meeting, recalls Wei Zhou,...
Rise in cardiovascular disease, vascular surgeon burnout presents a public health...
Cases of cardiovascular disease are rising across the U.S., with large disparities seen in ethnic groups and poorer geographical areas. In combination with increased...
Open repair: In good hands?
The twin issues of center volumes for open AAA repair as well as training implications came under the spotlight at two recent regional vascular...
Vascular Specialist–November 2021
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"In good hands?" The twin issues of center volumes for open AAA repair as well as training implications came under the...
Trainee wellness: ‘No one really prepared me for the failures’
Communication and an awareness of how often vascular surgery fails emerged as key talking points during a Vascular Surgery Interest Group (VSIG) Lunch Symposium...
WVS 2021: Western Vascular Society names new president-elect
University of Southern California (USC) vascular chief Vincent Rowe, MD, took over as the new president of the Western Vascular Society (WVS)—with University of...
WVS 2021: Community surgeons report improved rAAA survival after adoption of...
Overall survival improved from 71% to 80% after a group of community practice surgeons started using an endovascular-first approach to ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm...
September slate of regional vascular meetings goes digital
This time last year, the ranks of vascular surgery were gearing up to head for points East, West, Midwest and Northeast as the slew...