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VRIC 2025: Consider the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference a path to becoming a surgeon-scientist
When Frank Davis, MD, attended the SVS Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) for the first time in 2014, he found not only meaningful discussions on research but also a pathway to the life he wanted. And he encourages those interested…
SVS member picks up prestigious American Heart Association accolade for scientific work
A prominent surgeon-scientist and Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) member is the 2024 recipient of the American Heart Association (AHA) Joseph A. Vita Award, which recognizes published work that has had a transformative impact on basic, translational or clinical cardiovascular…
NIH funding for vascular surgeon-scientists: ‘We need more funded vascular surgeons and better coverage of SVS priorities’
Presenting at the 2023 Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) annual meeting in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, Amin A. Mirzaie—a pre-medical student at Emory University in Atlanta—offered observations on the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) “modestly” aligned vascular surgical funding…
Journey of a trainee surgeon-scientist: Mentorship, passion and the importance of parallel projects
In August, University of Michigan general surgery resident W. James Melvin, MD, picked up the coveted Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Foundation Resident Research Award for work investigating the role of the enzyme SETDB2 in diabetes patients infected with COVID-19.…
VRIC trainee award winners announced
The SVS Foundation has announced the four recipients for the Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) Trainee Award. The SVS Basic and Translational Research Committee selected the awardees from the top-scoring abstracts that were submitted by trainees. They will present their…
Indianapolis vascular surgeon selected for National Academy of Medicine fellowship
Vascular surgeon Andrew Gonzalez, MD, has been selected as the 2021–2023 National Academy of Medicine (NAM) Omenn Fellow. NAM fellowships enable talented, early-career scholars combining biomedical science and population health to participate actively in the work of the NAM and National…
SVS advocacy efforts help spark landmark change in research effort requirements
The recent decision from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to reduce the dedicated research effort from 75 to 50% for K awards is a landmark change and will have a tremendous impact on vascular surgeons. The decision…
Fund hope with the SVS Foundation
A gift to the SVS Foundation funds not just things—patient education fliers, research awards and community awareness projects—but also hope for a better future. Hope that screenings identify people at risk for a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. That research uncovers…