Ten Tips on Writing a Successful Application for the Lifeline/NHLBI Mentored Clinician-Scientist (K08) Research Award
The K08 Award is unlike other NIH research award programs (i.e., R-series awards), in that it is specifically intended to promote mentored research training for early career stage clinician-scientists.
Tips on Applying for Vascular Surgery Residency Programs
This article highlights 5 essential tips when applying to vascular surgery training programs.
Choosing Vascular Surgery in Medical School
Deciding on a field to pursue during medical school can take a great deal of soul-searching. For many, just deciding between a medical field and a surgical field alone can be difficult. This article focuses on how to make the most out of exploring the vascular surgery specialty.
Preparing for the Vascular Surgery Boards
This practice memo reviews the board certification process for vascular surgery and provides some helpful hints for preparation.
How to Start a Vascular Lab
For many vascular surgeons, the vascular lab has become an integral extension of the physical examination, offers an excellent modality of non-invasive testing, and validates the scientific basis for vascular surgery.This practice memo focuses on how to start a vascular lab, certification requirements, and the accreditation process.
Practice Mergers: Key Business Questions and Decisions
This practice memo is intended to aid vascular surgeons contemplating or in the process of a practice merger/acquisition with the business questions and decisions involved in the process.
Negotiating a Compensation Plan
This practice memo briefly describes how to design a compensation plan, pros and cons of various incentives, financial drivers in formulas, and recent trends in compensation formulas in private practices and hospital employed vascular surgeons, as well as a few negotiation tips.
Marketing Your Practice Series, Part 2: How to Introduce Yourself to a New Community
This is the second in a series of practice memos that are being developed to assist vascular surgeons to effectively market their practices. This section will focus on assessing your unique situation before beginning your introduction to the community.
Marketing Your Practice Series, Part 1: Defining Your Competitive Edge
This is the first in a series of practice memos developed to assist vascular surgeons to effectively market their practices. This section will focus on how to define your competitive edge.