Submit ideas for VAM 2024 educational sessions
Organizers of VAM 2024 want members to consider what the modern-day vascular surgeon needs to know for optimal patient care and professional success. What’s...
‘Vascular surgery should be a key member of pulmonary embolism response...
“PERT care is the coalition of the willing,” quipped Dennis Gable, MD, a vascular surgeon at Texas Vascular Associates in Plano, Texas. He was...
Physical pain a risk factor for vascular surgery trainee burnout, survey...
A recent survey has indicated that physical pain is “prevalent” among vascular surgery trainees and represents a risk factor for burnout. Eric Pillado, MD,...
VAM attendees chime in on BEST-CLI and BASIL-2
VS@VAM journalist Will Date and videographer Jean-Philippe Bensoussan caught some VAM 2023 foot traffic outside the BEST-CLI and BASIL-2: Debate, Analysis and Implementation session...
Frailty status beats WIfI score as mortality predictor in all-comer CLTI...
A study presented during Plenary Session 3 at last week’s Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), concluded that the Wound, Ischemia, and Foot Infection (WIfI) stage...
SVS diversity celebration at VAM 2023
The Society for Vascular Surgery celebrates all of its members at the inaugural Celebration of Diversity Reception at the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) 2023....
Optimizing the clinical environment: ‘Mitigating Barriers to Inclusion and Advancement in...
America’s face is changing, becoming more diverse and with more women and immigrants in the country, medicine and the vascular surgery specialty.
Raghu L....
SVS honors two with Lifetime Achievement Award
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) honored two surgeons—instead of the traditional one—with its highest honors, the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Vascular Annual...
‘Vigilant’ surveillance and low threshold for further interventions ‘crucial’ following rescue...
The findings of a recent study on reinterventions and sac dynamics after fenestrated endovascular aneurysm repair (FEVAR) with a physician-modified endograft (PMEG) for index...
Nephrologist insights for vascular surgeons at hemodialysis access session
Friday afternoon in Potomac D will see VAM play host to a series of presentations on access for hemodialysis that will offer education on...
‘Excellent’ limb salvage rates for trauma bypass performed by vascular surgeons
Revascularization for extremity trauma can be performed with excellent limb salvage rates, though poor compliance with long-term surveillance raises some cause for concern.
These...
Improved fistulas and cost-effectiveness promised in plenary 5 abstract presentation
Friday morning’s Plenary Session 5 (8:00–9:30 a.m.) is set to feature new data on an external support device that may deliver more functional arteriovenous...
Last hours to bid on Gala Auction items
A night of grandeur, reminiscent of the parties hosted by the fictional character Jay Gatsby, awaits attendees on tonight (Friday) at the “Great Gatsby...
Presidential handover at VAM 2023
The annual business meeting (for members only).
The results of the just completed SVS election of officers (vice president and treasurer) will be announced at...
Future research needed to ‘optimize’ use of imaging technologies during aortic...
Imaging technologies in the aortic space will be a key feature of Saturday’s Plenary Session 8 (11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) in Potomac A/B,...
Study shows performance on the vascular qualifying examination does not predict...
A national cohort study of vascular trainees taking the Vascular Qualifying Examination (VQE) and the Vascular Certifying Examination (VCE) found performance during the former...
Novel drug candidate for slowing AAA growth demonstrates safety in humans
The local delivery of a glucose-derived compound in small- and medium-sized abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) has been deemed safe, with “promising” early efficacy data...
BEST-CLI investigators implore a move beyond endo vs. open ‘battle’ in...
The principal investigators behind the BEST-CLI trial struck a conciliatory tone during the inaugural Frank J. Veith Distinguished Lecture yesterday morning in which they...
Generational divide: Do baby boomers and millennials see eye-to-eye on vascular...
Older-generation vascular surgeons are keen to hone their endovascular skills, while the younger generation are looking to develop their capacity to treat aortic pathologies—but...
Special VAM session underscores ‘complementary’ nature of open and endovascular strategies...
A dedicated session at VAM 2023 saw speakers and delegates gather to debate, analyse and consider the implementation of the BEST-CLI and BASIL-2 randomized-controlled...
Carotid revascularization capable of improving mood in depressed patients with carotid...
A prospective study has demonstrated that carotid intervention can improve mood in depressed patients with advanced carotid disease, in addition to enabling cognitive improvements...
The global burden of CLTI: ESVS President points toward need for...
Early-bird VAM 2023 attendees yesterday gained broad insight into the issues facing vascular surgeons around the world, with the tone set from the opening...
SVS-VESS@VAM 2023: Observational study addresses ‘ongoing debate’ around intervention in asymptomatic...
Alessandro Gregio, MD, a vascular surgery trainee at the University of Bologna in Bologna, Italy, presented midterm results from the Carotid asymptomatic stenosis observational...
Cross-specialty approach to embolization ‘provides the best care for patients’
Shang Loh, MD, is chief of vascular surgery and endovascular therapy at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia and professor of clinical surgery at...
Trainees and students anticipate VAM experience
VAM brings together not only vascular surgeons but also residents, fellows and medical students keen to glean as much vascular education as possible. VS@VAM...
Learn the who, the when and the what of treating deep...
Between additional available therapies, multiple new devices now on the market and evolving research supporting thrombus removal, Patrick Muck, MD, and Madhavi Meka, MD,...
VAM 2023: Vascular Quality Initiative launches national smoking cessation drive
The SVS Patient Safety Organization (SVS PSO) has launched a national smoking cessation initiative.
SVS PSO Associate Medical Director Gary Lemmon, MD, and SVS PSO...
Risk assessment models “no better than coin toss” for predicting bleeding...
A study of two risk assessment models (RAMs) for predicting the bleeding risk in patients considered for pharmacologic prophylaxis to prevent venous thromboembolism (VTE)...
Opening ceremony heralds ‘power’ of VAM attendance
SVS President Michael Dalsing, MD, officially opened the 2023 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) yesterday morning, telling attendees at the early morning Opening Ceremony: “For...
VAM 2023: Bring your Twitter ‘A’ game
Who enjoys Twitter as part of their daily routine? The Society for Vascular Surgery Social Media Subcommittee plans a challenge during the Vascular Annual...
VAM 2023: Vascular trauma session to highlight the current role of...
A focused session on vascular trauma yesterday took a deep dive into emerging issues and controversies in the field.
Moderated by Sherene Shalhub, MD, of...
VAM 2023: Earn credits, contact hours at VAM, VQI@VAM and SVN...
Attendees at the society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Annual Meeting, the Vascular Quality Initiative meeting—VQI@VAM—and the Society for Vascular Nursing Annual Conference all can...
VAM 2023: Great Gatsby Gala announces after-party
Keep the party going at the Great Gatsby Gala after-party. New this year, enjoy two additional hours of Prohibition-era festivities by purchasing a ticket...
VAM 2023: Gala offers early check-in option for guests
Quell your anticipation for the upcoming Great Gatsby Gala by skipping the registration lines Friday evening and heading straight to the night’s festivities. This...
Prediction model offers new option for forecasting AAA growth
A predictive model incorporating 3D shape features such as aneurysmal flow lumen and outer wall structure extracted from computed tomography (CT) imaging can improve...
Make those VAM steps count: Compete to be the meeting’s top...
Any past VAM attendee knows he or she will put in a lot of steps on the way to educational sessions, the Exhibit Hall,...
VAM 2023: ‘What I wish I knew before retirement’ talk gives...
Reflecting on the positives and negatives of retirement, Peter Gloviczki, MD, from the Mayo Clinic, previously in Rochester, Minnesota, now in Scottsdale, Arizona, and...
VAM 2023: Endovascular thermal septotomy for chronic post-dissection aortic aneurysm
Aidin Baghbani-Oskouei, MD, and Gustavo S. Oderich, MD, from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas, detail the endovascular thermal septotomy...
CEA associated with less reintervention than stenting in first six months-study
A durability study that looks at reintervention risk among patients treated with carotid endarterectomy (CEA) versus carotid artery stenting (CAS) procedures established that CEA...
Special invited research presentations offered at VAM
VAM traditionally includes presentations from specially invited translational researchers that are performing cutting-edge work focused on vascular disease. All are held during plenary sessions.
“These...
Study weighs up total transfemoral and upper extremity approaches for F/BEVAR
In a prospective, non-randomized study, researchers found that a total transfemoral approach was associated with lower rates of cerebrovascular events and improved outcomes compared...
Onco-vascular session set to offer ‘clinical pearls’ in ‘new’ area of...
Randall DeMartino, MD, is Division Chair of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and a co-moderator of a session...
Educational opportunities abound at VAM 2023
Ok, so day one has lived up to the hype. From hearing about amazing research endeavors to listening to lively discussions on the latest...
Analyses offer a deeper dive into BEST-CLI trial data
As the vascular community continues to digest key insights from the BEST-CLI randomized controlled trial (RCT), attendees of Plenary Session 3 at the Vascular...
Sex-related disparities in lower-extremity revascularization outcomes brought into focus
Women are more likely to undergo reintervention after lower extremity revascularization for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) compared to male patients with similar limb salvage...
Endothelial cell granted superhero status in invited research presentation
“The endothelial cell is the superhero of the vascular system,” Kathryn L. Howe, MD, PhD, FRSCS, a vascular surgeon-scientist at the University of Toronto...
Significant life and limb gains for claudicants who stop smoking before...
Long-term overall survival (OS) and amputation-free survival (AFS) are outcomes that rebound in claudicants who quit smoking prior to elective surgery—and they mirror those...
VAM is ‘in the room where it happens’
To borrow from the hit musical “Hamilton,” VAM 2023 takes place right near Washington, D.C., the seat of power, and “the room where it...
Safety benefits mean TCAR may be preferable approach in radiation-induced carotid...
A study set to be presented at VAM (14–17 June, National Harbor, USA) has found that the long-term outcomes of transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR)...
Integrated vascular surgery program features may optimize trainee wellness and decrease...
Today’s program at the 2023 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) will feature the presentation of an abstract by R. Debbie Li, MD, Loyola University Medical...
Study finds carotid stent fracture rate to be negligible but long-term...
Presenter Neeta Karani, MD, from Bronson Healthcare, Kalamazoo, Michigan, is set to elucidate findings that consider the incidence of carotid stent fractures and their...
More research needed but lithotripsy plus TCAR ‘an answer’ in certain...
Earlier this year, researchers debuted single-center experiences indicating that intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) may be able to expand transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) into patients with...
Relax, recharge at VAM 2023 opening day social event
The opening day at the society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) starts with an educational session for the World Federation of Vascular...
Visit ‘SVS Central’ for headshots
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) will once again offer the 2023 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) attendees the opportunity to receive free headshots.
These...
VQI@VAM: Quality takes center stage at VQI meeting, initiative making much...
Over the past several months, the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) hit some important milestones, including registering procedure number 1,000,000 in...
VAM 2023 beckons
Our annual gathering is almost here. After months of planning, our premiere educational event in vascular surgery, the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), opens June...
VAM 2023 meeting underscores commitment to DEI
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) have been a focus for the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and continue to grow in importance. VAM 2023...
Attendees preparing for VAM 2023 education, networking
More than 880 vascular professionals are preparing to pack their bags in preparation for the 2023 Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Annual Meeting...
Mix and mingle at SVS Connect@VAM
The 2023 Society for Vascular Surgery's Vascular Annual Meeting will end its first full day on Wednesday with an outdoor networking event—food and drink,...
Contribute to PAC in April: Be honored at VAM in June
This year’s VAM will include an “enhanced” Society for Vascular Surgery Political Action Committee (SVS PAC) contributor display, which will recognize SVS PAC donors...
VAM educational sessions set to cover gamut of clinical and vascular...
With sessions covering a wide swath of topics important to vascular surgeons, including many proposed by Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members themselves, participants...
Trainees: Cases sought for three VAM sessions
Vascular trainees and medical students are invited to submit their best cases for three sessions at the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vascular Annual...
Pay SVS dues to receive SVS benefits, including VAM discount
With registration for the 2023 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) right around the corner, those people who have not paid their SVS 2023 dues have...
VAM 2023: Early-bird registration opens
Meeting registration and hotel reservations opened March 15 for the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) 2023 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM). This year’s premiere educational...
VAM 2023 meeting set to take place as exclusively in-person event
A block party on opening day, session recordings available daily and—of course—the educational and scientific sessions for which the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular...
SVS: Pay 2023 dues to avoid lapse in benefits
Members, have any of you missed your most recent issue of Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS)? If so, it could be because your 2023...
SVS Foundation: Get ‘Gatsby’ Gala tickets today
Tickets—both individual and for tables—are selling faster than a Gin Rickey during Prohibition for the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Foundation’s “Great Gatsby Gala,”...
SVS Foundation: ‘Gatsby’ Gala tickets on sale
Book your trip to the Roaring Twenties early, and save some money, perhaps for auction items. Early-bird ticket sales for the Society for Vascular Surgery...
Deadline extension: VRIC 2023 abstracts now due Jan. 18
The Jan. 11 deadline to submit research abstracts on vascular disease and treatment for the 2023 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) has been extended...
Students and residents: Attend VAM 2023 on a scholarship
Medical students and general surgery residents have the chance to change their lives. Perhaps they are still seeking some direction for their medical careers. Perhaps...
For SVS Foundation Gala, prepare to return to the Roaring 1920s
Attendees at the 2023 SVS Foundation Gala will be taking a trip 100 years back in time—to the Roaring Twenties and Prohibition.
The “Great Gatsby...
Conference watch: Submit research to VRIC, VAM
Submissions already are open for 2023 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC), which will be May 10, 2023, in Boston. The conference includes abstract sessions,...
VAM 2023: Apply for international scholars program by Dec. 31
Young vascular surgeons from outside the United States and Canada have until Dec. 31 to apply for scholarships to attend the 2023 Vascular Annual...
Prepare to submit research for VAM, VRIC 2023
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) wants members’ research on vascular disease for the 2023 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) and the 2023 Vascular...
Limb salvage in focus: New VAM lectureship, born of a pioneering...
It all started around the late 1970s, early 1980s. Back then, recalls Frank J. Veith, MD, the notion of aggressively pursuing limb salvage in...
Proposals sought for VAM 2023
Members are still raving about the 2022 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) even while organizers seek topics for educational sessions for the 2023 edition. Proposals...
Intraoperative vascular mapping during hemodialysis access ‘should be incorporated into routine...
Intraoperative ultrasonographic venous mapping is a useful tool to evaluate vessel suitability for arteriovenous fistula (AVF) creation, Yana Etkin, MD, associate professor of surgery...
Study of post-carotid endarterectomy surveillance prompts protocol discussion
The results of an analysis of nearly 2,000 carotid endarterectomies (CEAs) “challenge the notion” that patients benefit significantly from the current post-operative surveillance guidelines,...
Vascular Live: Variety of vascular concerns on the slate
Be sure to save time for the Vascular Live theater-in-the-round presentations in the Exhibit Hall at the 2022 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in Boston....
Urban or rural: Ensuring access to quality vascular care ‘no matter...
Michael Dalsing, MD, talks to Vascular Specialist about how his formative years growing up in rural Wisconsin, as well as experience of operating in...
VAM packed from beginning to end
From the opening session on the Wednesday morning of the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), to announcing the winners of the Poster Competition Championship Round...
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...
Boston calling: Registration for VAM 2022 is open
Registration and housing for the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) 2022 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) are now open. This year’s premiere educational event for...
VAM 2022 will offer innovative formats
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Postgraduate Education Committee is breaking up the format in favor of change and innovation for two sessions at...
VAM 2022: More science, discussion, streaming
With abstract selection finished this month and the lineup of many other sessions in place, organizers are excited about the offerings of the 2022...
Apply for VAM travel scholarships by March 9
Medical students and general surgery residents have until March 9 to apply for Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) travel scholarships that enable attendance at...
Members involved in suggesting topics for VAM 2022 sessions
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) program planners are finalizing the lineup and topics for several types of educational session for the 2022 Vascular Annual...
VAM travel scholarship applications available this month
Medical students and general surgery residents will be able to apply this month for travel scholarships to attend the 2022 Society for Vascular Surgery...
Planning underway for next VAM
One of the innovations—livestreaming— introduced at the 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), is influencing the 2022 schedule.
“The streaming option, particularly for international members,...
SVS Foundation seeks auction items for VAM 2022 Gala
The SVS Foundation is planning what promises to be 2022’s party of the year—and needs the help of Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) members....
VAM 2021 structural changes prove hit with attendees
It was an epic return: nearly 700 abstracts presented in six plenaries and several other forums; six concurrent sessions; six SVS breakfast sessions; three...
Dalman: Meeting challenges of COVID-19, SVS future direction head-on
In his introduction to the second of two Presidential Addresses on the 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) slate, new Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)...
SVS announces future launch of vascular verification program, aiming to enhance...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), in partnership with the American College of Surgeons (ACS), today (Thursday, Aug. 19) announced the future launch of...
Past presidents Hodgson, Dalman open VAM 2021
The Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) officially made its in-person comeback this morning (Wednesday, Aug. 18) in San Diego. Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Immediate...
It’s nearly here!
The 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) starts in just two days, and the excitement is building. Remember that Wednesday is the new Thursday.
The Society...
VAM: Industry-sponsored symposia
Industry-sponsored symposia at the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) will be presented Wednesday and Thursday evenings and at three breakfast sessions taking place Thursday morning....
Map out your VAM experience with the Online Planner
Get a jump start on planning your way through the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) with the SVS Online Planner. It includes the entire VAM...
Won’t be in San Diego? Register for livestreamed/on-demand sessions
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in San Diego (Aug. 18–21) starts in mere days. For those who face...
VAM plans for San Diego shape up: ‘The June gloom will...
Registration for the live, in-person 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) has begun—and organizers promise you won’t want to miss the meeting.
VAM will be...
In the room: Changes aplenty as VAM returns
The Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) is more anticipated than ever after the annus horribilis of 2020 and the pared-back, digital VAM alternative that was...
Registration to open for VAM 2021
Registration and housing are set to open in mid-May for the 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), which takes place Aug. 18–21 in San Diego.
Educational...
VAM: Session on diversity set to feature on Friday of SVS...
Racial and ethnically based disparities exist in healthcare. To highlight these disparities, and what the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is doing to address...
Emerging picture: VAM 2021 shaping up into blockbuster event
The moving pieces that comprise the 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), set to take place Aug. 18–21 at the San Diego Convention Center, San...
VRIC set to be held during VAM 2021
This year's Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) will be held during two sessions at the 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in August.
VAM is scheduled...
Supervised Exercise Therapy: There’s an app for that
Call it timing on several fronts, each part coming together for the benefit of patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD).
Included in the mix was...
UPDATED: First post-virus vascular meeting with in-person element declared success
The first major conference in the vascular surgery universe to incorporate an in-person element as part of a hybrid format has been declared a...
Why VAM was shifted to August amid COVID-19 vaccination rollout
To enhance the chances of being able to hold the 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in-person, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has moved...
Resident Research Award deadline moved to Feb. 17
The deadline for the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Resident Research Award has been extended to Feb. 17—a knock-on effect of the date shift...
Target 2021: SVS councils and committees drill down on key goals...
While there is little doubt the pandemic has impacted each vascular surgeon and the SVS as a Society in numerous ways, the commitment and...
VAM dates shifted to mid-August
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has shifted the 2021 iteration of its flagship conference, the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), to August in a...
VAM 2021 taking shape, schedule changes to expand programming
Though many individual components will remain the same, the 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) will have a different look and feel.
"The meeting has...
Clarion call: Application deadlines for research awards coming up
Applications for three Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Foundation awards are coming up early in the new year.
The Resident Research Award (Jan. 13,...
Abstracts for VRIC, VAM 2021
Calling surgeons and scientists: Your research is wanted. Submission sites are now open for two annual SVS meetings in 2021, the Vascular Research Initiatives...
SVS makes commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
Following a year of study and including more than 40 separate goals, objectives and requested actions, the SVS Executive Board has received, reviewed and...
Coming up: VRIC and VAM 2021 submission portals set to open
Abstracts for next year’s Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) will be accepted beginning Nov. 3. VRIC 2021 is held the day before and in...
SVS president ponders challenges in year ahead
New SVS president Ronald L. Dalman, MD, has several initiatives he’d like to see move forward during the year of his presidency.
These include...
VAM 2021 to celebrate 75th anniversary of SVS
The 2021 Vascular Annual Meeting—to be held June 2 to 5, 2021 in San Diego—will be a celebration as well as an educational and...
Students/residents: Free webinars and virtual program directory available
In early June, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Resident and Student Outreach Committee held the SVS Pathways to Vascular Surgery Practice 2020: "Planning...
Counting down till July 15 CME deadline
The SVS ONLINE conference may be firmly fixed in the rearview mirror but attendees are now staring down the barrel of the deadline for...
Study shows novel AI technology is better predictor of stroke than...
Boston-based medical technology company Elucid Bio, maker of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared and CE-marked vascuCAP software, announced Wednesday, July 1, that its...
Paper on EVAR for large AAAs named 2020 poster winner
Livia de Guerre, MD, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston has been named winner of this year’s poster contest. This year’s contest...
Save the dates for VQI online sessions
VQI@VAM, the Vascular Quality Initiative’s annual meeting held in conjunction with the Vascular Annual Meeting, will also take a digital format in the wake...
New paradigm in arteriovenous grafts opens up possibility of novel cure...
A novel twist to arteriovenous graft platforms—traditionally the preserve of hemodialysis—has the ability to open up a new paradigm of treatment across a host...
Von Liebig Forum part of SVS ONLINE opening day
The Vascular Annual Meeting’s scientific sessions traditionally kick off on the Thursday of VAM—opening day of the scientific sessions—with the William J. von Liebig...
Resident Research Award: Extracellular vesicles enhance DVT via RIPK3
Extracellular vesicles enhance deep vein thrombosis (DVT) via receptor interacting protein kinase-3 (RIPK3), the study that claimed this year’s SVS Foundation Resident Research Award...
VESS session to feature during SVS ONLINE
The Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) takes center stage at SVS ONLINE: "New Advances and Discoveries in Vascular Surgery," on Wednesday, June 24.
From...
Crawford Critical Issues Forum 2020 echoes founding charge
This year’s E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum is set to come full circle from its very genesis 32 years ago at the Vascular...
SVS ONLINE: Virtual program and associated events take shape
Planning continues unabated for the highly anticipated SVS ONLINE, set to kick off June 20 and run through July 2 in lieu of the...
SVS ONLINE: How VAM program was transformed for virtual alternative
How do you turn a live event for thousands of participants and exhibitors into a trimmed-down, online experience? Carefully, and not easily.
“We got here...
SVS ONLINE: Carving out virtual version of VAM invited sessions amid...
As Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Postgraduate Education Committee chair Vikram Kashyap, MD, tells it, the organizers behind programming for the Vascular Annual Meeting...
Official: SVS cancels VAM
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has officially pulled the plug on the 2020 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) scheduled to take place in Toronto...
Update on VAM 2020 issued by SVS
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has placed members on notice that the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) slated for June 17–20 in Toronto looks...
SVS now accepting late-breaking abstracts for VAM
Late-breaking abstracts are now being accepted for VAM 2020 by the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS). Preference will be given to prospective, multi-institutional trials...
View, Review VAM at Home with VAM on Demand Library
The inability to be in two places at one time makes VAM On Demand an essential component of the Vascular Annual Meeting.
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How to Earn Your CME, MOC Credits from VAM
Physician registrants can get a big boost in collecting required Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Maintenance of Certification (MOC) self-assessment credits at the Vascular...
‘Good outcomes not good enough’
A tradition at the Vascular Annual Meeting, the E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum is organized by the incoming SVS President and devotes itself...
Change Doesn’t Come Easy! But Is Needed
In selecting the subject of his presidential address, SVS President Michel Makaroun, MD, decided to focus on the inadequacy of vascular manpower to meet...
Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgeons Providing Alternative Perspectives
Cardiothoracic and vascular surgeons will – together – head for the top during the Aortic Summit, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
The event is...
Annual Business Meeting, for Members Only
Electing Secretary, Welcoming President, Presenting Awards
The SVS Annual Business Meeting serves a vital, mandated function, with members conducting important Society business. This year, not...
Is Surveillance Futile for Small AAAs in the Very Elderly?
To determine the necessity of permanent monitoring of small aortic aneurysms in the elderly, Mark Rockley, MD, of the Ottawa Hospital and his colleagues...
Early Outcomes To Be Presented From ROADSTER 2
Vikram S. Kashyap, MD, of the University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, will present results from ROADSTER 2, a prospective, multicenter, postapproval registry for patients...
Lifetime Achievement, Innovation Award On Tap
Three of the Vascular Annual Meeting’s signature events – celebrations along with distinguished lectures – occur on Saturday, VAM’s closing day. All conveniently occur...
Malnutrition Exacerbated Outcomes in Frail Elderly Patients Treated for PAD
Frailty increasingly has been seen as a factor in procedural outcomes, including vascular surgery. Nutrition factors among older adults have also become an issue...
Everyone Can Participate in Gala Silent Auction
After months of planning, the day is finally here! Friday evening, 500 people will be living the high life at the “Vascular Spectacular” gala,...
National Survey Examines the Extent, Effects of Pain in Vascular Surgeons
Work-related pain and disability have been reported in the literature among various surgical specialties and can influence surgeon productivity and burnout. In Friday’s Scientific...
Burnout Among Vascular Surgeons – A Report From the SVS Wellness...
Physician burnout has been linked to medical errors, decreased patient satisfaction, and reduced career longevity. In light of the increasing prevalence of cardiovascular disease,...
Gender disparity and sexual harassment in vascular surgery practices
Sexual harassment is known to be more pervasive in male-dominated workplaces and flourishes in a climate of tolerance and culture of silence, according to...
Vascular Live
Come see exhibitors present new ideas, showcase new technologies, and discuss the latest trends in vascular surgery. All Vascular Live events will take place...
Exhibit Hall: The Place to Be for Food, Fun, Education
The Exhibit Hall is an integral part of the Vascular Annual Meeting. All members of the vascular team, as well as other attendees, will...
Focus on Office-Based Care
This year’s VAM features an exhibit pavilion, special Vascular Live presentations, and a breakfast session geared specifically to clinicians who work in office and...
Macrophages, Regulation, and Impaired Diabetic Wound Healing
Nonhealing wounds in patients with diabetes are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and are increasing at an alarming...
Welcoming a New President, Presenting Awards
The Vascular Annual Meeting conducts important Society business at the SVS Annual Business Meeting. During Saturday’s meeting and luncheon, President R. Clement Darling III,...
A Six-Year Review of the First U.S. Vascular Simulation Course
Duty hour restrictions, changing training paradigms, and diminishing open surgical case volumes have caused dramatic shifts in the vascular trainee experience, according to Malachi...
Crawford Critical Issues Forum Covers the National Shortage of Vascular Surgeons
This year’s E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum addressed the current status of the vascular surgery workforce, its existing geographic distribution, the potential for...
Preop Cognitive Issues and Surgery Type Affect Postop Delirium
Postoperative delirium has a high prevalence among vascular surgery patients, increasing morbidity, mortality and length of stay (LOS),according to Rima G. Styra, MD, and...
Transcarotid vs. Transfemoral Carotid Artery Stenting in the SVS Vascular Quality...
The Safety and Efficacy Study for Reverse Flow Used during Carotid Artery Stenting Procedure (ROADSTER) multicenter trial reported the lowest stroke rate in high-risk...
Don’t Miss Practice Management Tips for Novice and Seasoned Surgeons
Young vascular surgeons looking to make their marks and balance their lives, as well as more experienced surgeons seeking tips for more effective practice...
Mix and Mingle at Friday’s Closing Reception
Mark the closing of the Exhibit Hall by attending the Closing Reception, set for 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Friday in the Auditorium on Level...
Learn About Vascular Training Programs at Residency Fair
For those considering a career as a vascular surgeon, deciding on a training program is an important decision. Should it be a vascular fellowship...
Advanced Practice Providers Vital to Vascular Team
The team approach has changed the entire field of medicine in the past 10-20 years and, in fact, is critical to optimal patient outcomes....
Closing Reception for Exhibit Hall
Friday evening’s Closing Reception, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. offers the final chance to visit the Exhibit Hall and talk with vendors, get information...
Visit the Residency Fair
Simon and Garfunkel’s “Scarborough Fair,” the “State Fair” of movie fame, Bruce Springsteen’s “County Fair” that will attract everybody in town. And the SVS...
Session for Young Surgeons
Young vascular surgeons can get guidance on successfully transitioning from training to practice in C5: Management Tips and Tricks for Young Vascular Surgeons. It...
Resident Research Award Highlights Diet-Based Strategy to Prevent Vein Graft Disease
This year’s SVS Foundation’s Resident Research Award is being presented to Kaspar M. Trocha, MD, for his research on vein graft disease. As a...
SVS von Liebig Forum: Complex Aortic Endografting
Innovative approaches to minimally invasive repair of the aorta will be featured during Thursday morning’s William J. von Liebig Forum.
Dr. R. Clement Darling III
“This...
A Look into the Future at the Crawford Forum
Will the demand be sufficient for the supply of the vascular surgery work force in the United States? That topic, along with potential solutions,...
SVS Booth will be in the Exhibit Hall
SVS members who are attending the Vascular Annual Meeting can get in-person help with any application issues, or, indeed any membership services concerns. The...
VAM Session: Physician, Heal Thyself
Between billing, coding, keeping electronic medical records up to date and … oh yes, … actual surgery, vascular surgeons increasingly report feeling overwhelmed and...
VESS: Hospital Volume Is Tied to the Outcomes of Thoracoabdominal Aortic...
Contemporary data on outcomes in open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair is limited to reports from major aortic reference centers showing excellent outcomes, rather...
VESS: Exploring the Surgical Management of Aberrant Subclavian Artery Associated With...
Tiziano Tallarita, MD, of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., and his colleagues performed a study to examine the surgical management of aberrant subclavian artery...
Treat Acute PE With a Team Approach
Current advancements and care of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) patients will be the focus of Wednesday morning’s session, “Treating Acute PE and Developing a...
Speaking of Receptions …
A record 17 alumni receptions, representing more than 20 vascular surgery programs, are planned for Thursday evening. All take place on the third floor...
Mix and Mingle at Opening Reception
The Exhibit Hall opens with a flourish at 10 a.m. Thursday. During the day enjoy visits with vendors and industry representatives. Play the SVS...
Planner, Mobile App Work Together to Simplify VAM Navigation
Something old, something new, something improved.
The old is providing a schedule of VAM’s myriad events. This year, find that schedule on “something new,” our...
Three Event Favorites Have Been Moved to Saturday
From the opening postgraduate courses on Wednesday morning to the RPVI exam review course and the Championship Round of the Poster Competition on Saturday...
VAM is Next Week – Are you Registered?
Don’t miss the vascular surgery world’s headline event! Join colleagues and friends in Boston for this year’s Vascular Annual Meeting, June 20 to 23....
Dear VESS Members and Attendees: Welcome to Spring Meeting
On the advent of this year’s Society for Vascular Surgery’s (SVS) Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM), I would like to welcome you to the 2018...
With Collaboration the Norm, Fitting For Nurses, Surgeons to Have Meetings...
It seems fitting, said Tiffany Street, President of the Society for Vascular Nursing, that SVN and SVS have their conferences in the same location...
Crawford Forum Celebrates 25 Years
The E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum – marking 25 years under that name this year – is a mainstay of the Vascular Annual...
See You in Beantown!
Boston is my hometown and I can’t wait to show it off at our Vascular Annual Meeting.
Come join me there June 20-23 for the...
Making it Personal Through a Career of Service
Ronald M. Fairman, MD, held center stage Friday to present his presidential address, highlighting the personal side of vascular surgery and a career of...
Session to Spotlight Key Research Papers
VAM attendees have the opportunity to learn about several medical journal articles of relevance to their vascular surgery practice during a session on Saturday.
Entitled...
How the Team Approach Can Drive a High-Performance Vascular Practice
On Saturday, June 3, at 10:30 a.m., vascular surgeons and other members of the vascular care team will come together for a session entitled...
Political Action Committee Reception Is Thursday
A meal and conversation with Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. An existing relationship with Dr. Tom Price, now...
Saturday – On Tap
It’s the final day of the Vascular Annual Meeting – and there is plenty on the agenda to keep you busy.
6:30 to 8:00 a.m....
For Dr. Dardik the First, a First-Rate Award
In the early 1950s, an aspiring teen pianist named Herbert Dardik got his big break – a chance to play on the “Ted Mack...
Highlights from new guidelines, and a chance to weigh in
Though the Society for Vascular Surgery has long published clinical practice guidelines, its 2017 annual meeting marks the first seminar dedicated to guidelines in...
How to get published in JVS and EJVES: Editors disclose secrets...
Over the past year, the Journal of Vascular Surgery and its two affiliated journals have undergone a number of important changes.
Editorial boards have been...
Friday – On Tap
What will happen Friday that people will be talking about Saturday? All of the below, and much more:
• 6:30 to 8:00 a.m. Breakfast Sessions:...
Stop By, Say Hi! 6 Great Reasons to Visit the Membership...
While you’re in the neighborhood, why not stop by the SVS Membership Booth, located just outside the plenary doors?
Whether you are a member of...
At Opening Reception: Vendors, Posters, Raffle
Meet up with friends, visit vendor booths to see the latest and greatest in all things vascular, peruse the posters.
And enter a high-tech raffle...
2017 Resident Research Award: Epigenetic Mechanisms in Type 2 Diabetic Wound...
The issue of impaired wound healing in type 2 diabetes is a serious one and the leading cause of lower extremity amputation in the...
On Tap – Thursday
Here are some of the events your colleagues will be talking about later. You won’t want to miss:
Thursday, June 1
Stop by the Exhibit Hall,...
How to Welcome a Patient Advisor to Your Research Team
When it comes to caring for those with vascular disease, who better to tell surgeons and researchers the effects of various treatments than …...
Curated Sessions: Look for the Labels
Something new has been added to this year’s Vascular Annual Meeting: icons identifying sessions of interest to two specific audiences: young surgeon attendees and...
VAM 2017 Features Alliances and Teamwork
This year’s Vascular Annual Meeting could be subtitled: “The Year of Inter-Society Collaboration.”
Last year, joint sessions with specialty societies that have overlapping interests proved...
Collaborative Approach on Wound Care Improves Patient Outcomes
Because revascularization and wound care are so closely linked, vascular surgeons and podiatrists can improve patient care when they work together.
That’s the thinking behind...
The Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society Welcomes You to VAM 2017
I would like to personally welcome everyone to San Diego and invite all 2017 Vascular Annual Meeting attendees to visit the Spring Meeting of...
VQI Adds Half-Day, Posters, Reception to Meeting
The 2016 Vascular Quality Initiative’s inaugural annual meeting proved so popular that the one-day session has been expanded by a half-day, and a networking...
Learn Ins and Outs of Launching a Multicenter Clinical Trial
To help SVS members learn the necessary steps of setting up a multicenter clinical research study, this year’s Vascular Annual Meeting offers “The Nuts...
VAM: Helping Patients with Vascular Disease
I always enjoy our Vascular Annual Meeting, and I look forward to it for months. It’s the leading forum for important and cutting-edge clinical...
Resident Research Prize: Seeking to Preserve AV Fistulae
Even though the use of arteriovenous fistulae (AVF) is considered optimal for hemodialysis access in patients with end-stage renal disease, outcomes for AVF are...
Benvenuto, Bienvenue, Velkommen, Willkommen!
Welcome to the Capitol of the USA! More than 100 attendees at the 2016 Vascular Annual Meeting hail from overseas, coming to the nation’s...
Finding Food, Fun and History in DC Environs
National Harbor is a gateway port to Washington, D.C., situated just across the Potomac. For things to see and do while at the Vascular...
Mobile App: VAM Info at Your Fingertips
At the Vascular Annual Meeting, there’s no need to cart around a lot of paper. Instead, the Mobile App puts all the information you...
Presidential Address: ‘We Care!’
“Vascular surgeons are unique in the management of patients with circulatory disease. We are unique because we are exclusively devoted, 100% of our specialty,...
Dr. Gloviczki: Of Ties, VAM and a New Challenge
On Wednesday morning, the Society for Vascular Surgery bumped into SVS Past President Dr. Peter Gloviczki. Here’s what we learned about one of our...
We Must Lead on BEST-CLI Trial, Enroll Patients: Dr. Conte
Dr. Michael Conte issued an urgent call Thursday for vascular surgeons to enroll patients in the BEST-CLI Trial, designed to answer this question: What’s...
Crawford Forum: Clarifying SFA-Popliteal Treatment Options
“In a follow-up to Peter Lawrence’s Presidential Address last year about appropriateness of care, I have selected the topic ‘In Search of Clarity –...
Scenes from the Vascular Annual Meeting
Beyond the Plenary Sessions and scientific abstract presentations, there were many exciting events in which to participate and presentations to attend throughout the Vascular...
Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Cronenwett
This year’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner is called many things by his many nominators: quadruple hitter, visionary, mentor, revolutionary, unsurpassed, profoundly effective. But one...
Tracking the Decline of AAA Repair in the United States
Has the advent of branched-fenestrated aortic endografts increased the number of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repairs due to patients who otherwise would not be...
Learn Radiation Safety During Vascular Surgery
Practical tips for protecting your vascular surgery patients and yourselves from radiation exposure will be featured as part of this morning’s session “Radiation Safety...
Enjoy a ‘Capitol’ Performance with the Capitol Steps
First, combine a Washington, D.C. venue and an upcoming and hotly debated presidential election. Add a date shortly before the GOP and Democratic national...
Presidentially Speaking
Dr. Bruce Perler, Johns Hopkins Hospital, will give his SVS Presidential Address Friday after a short introduction by President-Elect Dr. Ronald Fairman.
Friday: 11 a.m....
Are You Going to the Fair? A Guide to What You...
There’s no Ferris Wheel or tilt-a-whirl at this fair – just useful information on 73 vascular training programs and the chance for aspiring vascular...
Special Events on Tap at VAM Thursday
Special activities are everywhere today at the Vascular Annual Meeting, including the official welcome and an opening reception, not to mention the opening of...
Charting the Benefits of AAA Screening in England
The United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) in England has invited around 1.3 million 65-year-old men for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening since 2009....
Tracking Endovascular Treatment of the Femoral Arteries
Dr. Jeffrey Siracuse will report on the study he and his colleagues performed to analyze practice patterns and outcomes from endovascular treatment of the...
Hospital volume found linked to EVAR success
Higher hospital and surgeon volumes have been found to be correlated with improved outcomes after open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). However, the...
Learn More About the Benefits of Belonging
It’s a chance to:
• Meet the man who will be president (of SVS, of course)!
• Learn ways to become involved with SVS, and reap...
Attend SVS PAC Reception in Washington, D.C.
When meeting near Washington, D.C., meeting with members of Congress is a natural choice.
US Capitol dome
The SVS Political Action Committee Reception will be held...
Earn CME, Maintenance of Certification Credits
Beyond learning what’s new in the world of vascular surgery, paid physicians also can earn both Continuing Medical Education credits and Maintenance of Certification...
Industry-Supported Satellite Symposia Offered at VAM
Vascular Annual Meeting attendees are invited to the satellite symposia offered by industry, including three breakfast sessions on Thursday, June 9. These sessions are...
Postgraduate Courses: Six Sessions Offered
The 2016 Vascular Annual Meeting is offering six postgraduate courses on Wednesday, with two held concurrently in three time slots. SVS members get in...
Homans Lecture: A Look Ahead in Vascular Surgery
Vascular surgery has a rich, varied and enormously interesting history, filled with innovators and creators whose inventions changed the course of patient care. This...
Schedule-At-A-Glance
Wednesday, June 8
6:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Registration
7:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Postgraduate Courses
P1: Controversies and Management of Lower Extremity Arterial Occlusive Disease
P2: Complete Management of Venous...
Concurrent Sessions Provide Younger Surgeons Information
From learning how to make research a career focus to learning what tools are needed to help adapt to the changing world of vascular...
The Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society Welcomes You
I would like to invite all Vascular Annual Meeting attendees to join us for the Spring Meeting of the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society...
National Harbor – Gateway to Washington, D.C.
For things to see and do while at the Vascular Annual Meeting, consider National Harbor as a gateway port to Washington, D.C., situated just...
Welcome from the Vascular Quality Initiative
I am pleased to welcome you to the first Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) Annual Meeting (VQI@VAM), which will be held on June 8th, in...
SFA-Popliteal Claudication: What’s Appropriate Care?
In past years the Crawford Critical Issues Symposium has served as a forum in which nonclinical issues took center stage. At the 2016 Vascular...
Vascular Annual Meeting: A ‘Must-Attend’ Event
Our nation’s capital is the perfect venue for the pre-eminent vascular surgical educational and social meeting of the year – the 2016 SVS Vascular...
