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Educational Needs Assessment
The SVS is asking all members of the vascular surgery community to fill out the 2024 Educational Needs Assessment. This 10–12-minute assessment will help to shape educational resources that are necessary to advancing your career.
SVS Education
CPVI Skills Course | Sept. 28-29 | Rosemont, Ill.
CPVI will introduce attendees to the latest innovations and techniques in treating patients with PAD. With didactic and case-based learning and 7+ hours of hands-on training, this course is great for surgeons at any career stage!
Coding & Reimbursement | Nov. 1-2 | Rosemont, Ill.
This coding & reimbursement program provides a comprehensive review of current information, including critical updates vital to anyone in the vascular surgery field.
Call for Nominations: SVS Executive Board Members-at-Large
SVS members passed a Bylaws Referendum in 2023 establishing five at-large positions on the SVS Executive Board (EB). This change aims to bring a broader range of perspectives, member experiences and skillsets to the governance structure. Visit the webpage to learn more and submit nominations for the open positions.
Vascular Health Step Challenge
The Vascular Health Step Challenge amplifies the importance of vascular health while also promoting healthy vascular health habits in communities everywhere.
The SVS Foundation challenges you to walk 60 miles this September for PAD Awareness Month. By participating in the challenge, every step you take helps spread the word about PAD + raise $60,000 to fund vascular research, education, and awareness initiatives. Invite your friends, family, and colleagues to join your team and make a difference together.
CME Credit Process Update
The American Board of Surgery (ABS) Discontinued the CME Credit Self-Claiming Process for Diplomates on July 1, 2023.
ABS recently made changes to its CME processes, which impact the way that Diplomates interact with the Board, upload CME credits and meet certification requirements. SVS is committed to complying with the new rules and making your ability to claim credit as seamless as possible, however, we are still aligning our systems to meet the new requirements. Ensure your CME credits earned with SVS are transferred to ABS by clicking the link below.
Upcoming Meetings
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2024 Complex Peripheral Vascular Intervention (CPVI) Skills Course
Join us in Rosemont, Ill., September 28-29 for the hands-on SVS Complex Peripheral Vascular Intervention (CPVI) Skills Course. Featuring didactic and case-based learning, along with over seven hours of hands-on training, this course is great for surgeons at any career stage!
VESAP6 comprises over 600 questions, and 102 continuing medical education credits (CME) with Vascular Lab Modules helping to meet RPVI (re)certification requirements through a total of 39.25 credits.
Practice Management
Access recent clinical practice guidelines in a handy digital pocket guide.
Improving the quality, safety, effectiveness and cost of vascular health care by collecting, analyzing and sharing data.
Communicate your tole in comprehensive vascular care with these customizable brochures, flyers and ads.
Download fliers created on vascular disease topics and lifestyle issues that affect vascular health to share with patients.
Latest Publications from SVS
Vascular Specialist: VAM Editions
In this issue:
- Day 1: June 19
- The Crawford Forum: Quality in care is this year’s critical issue
- National Coverage Determination: Data and discussion come at key moment in carotid disease treatment
- Toe and flow: The virtues of multidisciplinary care
- Wellness: Radiation safety session aims to address variability
- Day 2: June 20
- Attendees welcomed to ‘more inclusive, more innovative, and more educational’ VAM
- Endovascular CFA treatment associated with increased rate of long-term CFA-specific reintervention, study finds
- Carotid disease: How do CEA, TF-CAS and TCAR compare?
- Aortic disease: One-year AAA device data emerge
- Day 3: June 21
- Chickasaw Nation study exemplifies how diversity can boost patient access to specialized vascular care
- Young vascular surgeons on the PAD frontier: ‘This is the time to seize the day,’ 2024 Veith Lecturer declares
- New data on TAMBE outcomes in complex aortic aneurysms
- Biologic graft proves ‘resilient’ and safe in bypass treatment for CLTI
Networking
The SVS is dedicated to providing valuable networking opportunities to all member types. Visit the link below to unlock your access to the SVSConnect networking platform, membership sections and more.
Job Bank
The SVS Job Bank is the premier online listing of vascular surgery jobs. Find your next career move today!