The Society for Vascular Surgery is creating a private online community, SVSConnect, with a number of resources for SVS members and their peers.

The turkey has been reduced to sandwiches and a wishbone and the mashed potatoes are just a memory. And between the frenzy of Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping promotions, you’ve put a dent in your holiday shopping.

The dynamic environment in which vascular surgeons are currently practicing has created abundant opportunities for physicians to move into administrative leadership positions across the spectrum of healthcare. An advanced business degree teaches a surgeon the “language” of health care business.

Are you an active member or Distinguished Fellow? Let everyone know The SVS Executive Board has announced that all SVS Active Members in good standing will now be considered Fellows of the Society of Vascular Surgery™ (FSVS™). 

The SVS Foundation is releasing its second new patient information flier – on diabetes and vascular disease – just in time for National Diabetes Month in November.

Dr. Norman Rich decided his career path early in life, listening to the doctor who delivered him relay the horrors of the amputations of World War I. “‘Someday, blood vessels will be repaired,’ he told me,” said Dr. Rich of his early mentor, Dr. Otto Utzinger of Ray, Ariz.

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Before the end of the year, members will be able to connect in a big -- new -- way: our online community. To emphasize this linking together, we've named this new community SVSConnect.

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Due to popular demand, the SVS Foundation has developed a new set of patient education fliers. The first one – on Peripheral Arterial Disease – is now available and was released to coincide with PAD Awareness Month in September.