We’re Changing Our Address

Feb 13, 2019 Re-posted from the February 2019 issue of Vascular Specialist

By the end of this month, the Society for Vascular Surgery will be working out of its new headquarters in Rosemont, Ill., just minutes from O’Hare International Airport.

The SVS Foundation and the SVS Patient Safety Organization share SVS’ workspace. The Society also provides management services for the Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery, the Society for Vascular Nursing and the Delaware Vascular Society.

The new space is nearly twice the size of the current main office in Chicago. It has room for expansion and additional programming to meet the future needs of vascular surgeons, including ongoing training. Its location near O’Hare is convenient for meeting attendees and will eliminate the need to rent meeting room space near the airport, as has been routine for many years. The new headquarters also includes access to a surgical simulation center where surgeons can hone their skills on the latest endovascular procedures and maintain their open surgery skills.

SVS will show off its new headquarters in photos in the March Vascular Specialist, as well as in Pulse and on the SVS website. Be sure to check out our new look! We’re proud of our new space and can’t wait for members to see it as well.

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