First of 9 Patient Education Fliers Available

Oct 22, 2018 Re-posted from the October 2018 issue of Vascular Specialist

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.

All members are welcome to download and start using the PAD flier, which has a writable area for your name, clinic name and address.

More fliers are coming soon on:

• What is a vascular surgeon?

• Carotid artery disease

• Abdominal aortic aneurysms

• Varicose veins

• Cholesterol/nutrition

• Smoking

• Diabetes

• Physical activity

All will have updated SVS branding and were written and edited by task force members Drs. Tej Singh and Benjamin Pearce.

“Our goal is to provide handouts on key vascular health topics that surgeons can share with primary care physicians and patients,” said Dr. R. Clement Darling III, Foundation chair. “This aligns with our expanded mission of providing materials and tools for community health and education.”

Members do not need to order the fliers and wait for them to arrive in the mail, he noted. The materials are free to download and print immediately with personal office information.

Members may download either an easy-share flier version to print in their offices or email to a patient at vsweb.org/PADflier, or a higher-quality one to email to a local print shop at vsweb.org/PAD_flier_for_printing. Members should be sure to add their contact information in the writable area.

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