In response to member requests, the Vascular Quality Initiative now includes 30-day follow-up forms in most of its 12 registries.

Barry Posner and James M. Kouzes’ “The Truth About Leadership” describes 10 critical “truths.” In this latest column highlighting the evidence-based behaviors and attributes that define great leadership, we focus on “you either lead by example or you don’t lead at all.”

The April Journal of Vascular Surgery takes a look at the “adequate” proximal seal for complicated type B aortic dissections. Failure to achieve any intramural hematoma-free proximal seal zone during such surgeries may be associated with higher degrees of retrograde type A dissection.

2019 is in full swing, with work continuing on a wide array of SVS objectives, events and priorities.

But before shutting the door completely on 2018, SVS members will be interested to see the lengthy list of achievements for the year.

As of this Specialist deadline date in late February, the SVS staff was still settling in, unpacking boxes, creating new work spaces and – a very important task! – locating the coffeemaker.

Registration and housing have opened for the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting. This year’s premier educational event for vascular professionals will be June 12 to 15 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., outside of Washington, D.C.

Vascular calcification affects the vascular health of millions of patients. No current therapies exist to prevent or reverse it, and the problem has confounded researchers and physicians for decades.

The early response has been “spectacular.” That’s as in “Vascular Spectacular,” the gala that will be a central festivity of the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting.

SVS members can now use the Quality Payment Program (QPP) Participation Status Tool to check your preliminary eligibility status for the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) 2019 performance period.

The 2018 data submission period is open for Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligible clinicians who participated in the 2018 Quality Payment Program (QPP). Please note that your data must be submitted before the submission period closes on April 2, 2019.