Videos
The THRIVE study - which shows that computer-assisted vacuum thrombectomy (CAVT™) is associated with reduced related readmissions and complication rates in the management of lower extremity acute limb ischemia (ALI) when compared to surgical embolectomy - offers “compelling evidence...
Vascular surgeons should come together to present a unified voice in the world of medicine—it’s time for a change, to recommit, build bridges and find common ground across a fragmented membership, and time for leaders who are willing to...
“The reason to avoid a heart and vascular paradigm is there really is no paradigm. There's no set standard for how these things should function. There's certainly no evidence that they benefit patient care,” says Malachi Sheahan III,...
“Go back home and get a vascular center or get a vascular department, or, you know, assess the compensation results and, at least start considering a union, if it's something feasible.” That was the new Society for...
Dennis Gable, MD, from The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano in Plano, Texas, discusses the unique imprint of the five-year follow-up from the GREAT registry and analyses the results in patients with aortic dissection.
“We have just over 97% of patients...
Dennis Gable, MD, from The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano in Plano, Texas, principal investigator for the thoracic component of the GREAT registry, explains that this is a real-world evaluation of use of WL Gore’s aortic products in the abdomen...
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Jean Bismuth, MD, the University of South Florida Health and Tampa General Hospital chief of vascular surgery, talks to Vascular Specialist about the evolving nature of vascular...
Vascular surgeon-scientist Elsie Gyang Ross, MD, recently secured coveted funding through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Project Grant Program (R01)—a rare feat for one so young having managed to achieve the career landmark before the age of...
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The benefits of Shockwave Medical’s new Shockwave L6 Peripheral Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) catheter—designed for use in large, calcified vessels (available in 8-12 mm diameter sizes), —were highlighted...
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Experts gathered at the Society for Vascular Surgery’s 2023 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in National Harbor, Maryland (June 14–17) to discuss the latest innovation from Shockwave...
As the vascular community continues to unpack the key learnings from two of the biggest trials to date in chronic limb threatening ischemia—BEST-CLI and BASIL-2—attendees of the 2023 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in National Harbor, Maryland (June 14–17) told...
Vascular Specialist medical editor Malachi Sheahan III, MD, sits down with Frank J. Veith, MD, to discuss his new book, The Medical Jungle, ahead of the maiden named Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) lecture created in the former SVS President's honor. The...
David Gillespie (Boston, USA) talks to Vascular Specialist about the PRESERVE study—established by the Society for Vascular Surgery and Society of Interventional Radiology—which is the largest prospective study to investigate real-world outcomes with contemporary use of inferior vena cava...
Daniel Bertges, MD, talks to Vascular Specialist about recent findings from his work investigating the IN.PACT Admiral drug-coated balloon (DCB). He related how they showed promising results in treating femoropopliteal in-stent restenosis in a Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)...
This video is sponsored by Centerline Biomedical.
Matthew Eagleton, MD, chief in the division of vascular and endovascular surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, is joined by fellow vascular surgeons Francis Caputo, MD, vascular surgery director of the Cleveland...
The Women’s Vascular Summit was established five years ago with the twin purposes of delving deeper into the issues that surround women’s vascular health and disparate outcomes, and establishing a venue where women vascular surgeons could help elevate and...
This video is sponsored by Silk Road Medical.
Richard Powell, MD, from Lebanon, New Hampshire, talks to Vascular Specialist at the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Vascular Annual Meeting (SVS VAM; June 15–18) in Boston about his initial interest in the transcarotid...
"There are not enough vascular surgeons to do the work our specialty provides." Those are the stark words of Jason T. Lee, MD, president of the Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery (APDVS), as he reflects on some...
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is no longer the organization it was half a century ago. That was one of the core messages from the Society’s now Immediate Past President Ali AbuRahma, MD, during his Presidential Address at...
Michael Dalsing, MD, who took over as Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) president at the 2022 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) in Boston (June 15–18), talks about the priorities he has set out for his time at the helm, which...
It’s been more than 18 months since the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS) implemented changes aimed in part at diversifying involvement with the publication and addressing how papers on social determinants of health are written and reviewed. Part of...
The World Federation of Vascular Societies (WFVS) recently entered a new era of governance with the aim of better disseminating science and best practices for vascular surgeons operating in every corner of the globe. Palma Shaw, MD, the WFVS...
Former Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) President Julie A. Freischlag recently took over the presidential reins of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). Here she talks to Vascular Specialist about her journey as a vascular surgeon and leader both...
This video is sponsored by Philips.
This web-based multidisciplinary course, streaming live from UNC Rex in Raleigh, North Carolina, with Martyn Knowles, MD, George Adams, MD, and Kumar Madassery, MD, is focused on how the effective utilization of interventional techniques—including...
New Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Vice President Joseph Mills, MD, talks to Vascular Specialist about how inclusivity is at the forefront of SVS diversity and equity efforts; the benefits of global collaboration in the treatment of vascular disease;...
This video is sponsored by Philips.
In the first segment of a five-part virtual series for attending physicians, fellows and allied health professionals, Craig Walker, MD, Chris LeSar, MD, Sreekumar Madassery, MD, and Timothy Yates, MD, discuss the state of...
This video is sponsored by Philips.
Craig Walker, MD, of Houma, Louisiana; Bryan Fisher, MD, of Nashville, Tennessee; and Andre Biuckians, MD, of Towson, Maryland, give a multi-specialty perspective in regards to the new Philips QuickClear device. They discuss how...
