A nearly record-breaking 794 Abstracts were submitted for the SVS 2024 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM 2024). The abstracts were scored by the VAM Program Committee in early February 2024 and notice letters were sent out later that month. VAM 2024 is taking place June 19–22 in Chicago.
Several types of abstracts can be submitted each year for VAM, such as plenary, “How I Do It,” the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) session, International Forum and posters. The abstracts are submitted topic areas like aortic, practice management, wound care and more. Once the submission period closes, the Program Committee breaks into small groups when the abstracts are blindly reviewed, given a score and then presented to the full Program Committee. Of the 756 submitted abstracts, 407 were accepted and added to the meeting’s program, which is consistent with the levels in previous years.
“I’m really excited about the diversity of content. This year proved to be one of the most difficult when it came to abstract scoring,” said VAM Program Committee Chair Andres Schanzer, MD. “Every submission was great, but we can’t choose them all. I’m confident that the meeting will have pieces of content that will resonate with vascular surgeons at all career levels.”
VAM 2024 will be the third and final year of Schanzer’s tenure as the chair of the VAM Program Committee. The full VAM 2024 program will be available later this month. To learn more, visit vascular.org/VAM.
Registration will launch March 20 with an early-bird rate that will be in place through April 10, after which prices will increase to the advance registration rate, which will last through June 17. An increased, on-site registration fee will be available to anyone who cannot register for VAM 2024 in advance.
In addition to the early-bird registration discounted prices, SVS members will see an additional discount on their rates when compared to those of non-members. Any non-member wanting to take advantage of the member discount can apply for SVS membership by May 1 to receive the refunded difference, pending application approval.
