BY BRYAN KAY

BY BRYAN KAY

The Stanford University, California, vascular chief had intended it to be constructed this way. As is custom, the at-that-point SVS president-elect had been charged with devising the coveted E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum.

BY BRYAN KAY

Joining other bodies of medical professionals, the two organizations highlighted the sacred oath taken by physicians to “save and extend the quality of life” of all people. They went on to state that as membership groups they abhorred “injustice and violence of any kind.”

BY BRYAN KAY

Delivering data demonstrating the composition of the SVS along age, gender and ethnic lines, he indicated work remained to be done to achieve a more diverse organization, telling the Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) replacement that “we ought to be able to do better.”

BY BETH BALES AND BRYAN KAY

The results were announced during the second session of the SVS Annual Business Meeting Saturday, June 20, when Dalman officially became SVS president, succeeding Kim Hodgson, MD.

The SVS Foundation honored its 2020 grant recipients during the first SVS Annual Business Meeting, held virtually on Monday, June 15.

BY BETH BALES

The fifth edition of the Vascular Educational Self-Assessment Program (VESAP), with a substantially enlarged section on vascular ultrasound and imaging, is expected to be introduced by Aug. 1. VESAP4 will expire on July 31.

BY ALI RIZVI, MD, SHERENE SHALHUB, MD, AND MEGAN TRACCI, MD

BY BRYAN KAY

Registration has opened for 2020 iteration of the Society for Vascular Surgery’s Coding and Reimbursement Workshop scheduled to take place from Sept. 25–26.

BY BETH BALES