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Recent Articles
Spotlight on Leadership: Interview with Omaida Velazquez, MD
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See the Light: VAM Scholarships
Attending the Vascular Annual Meeting as a scholarship recipient helped turn on a lightbulb in Katharine Wolf’s mind.
Your SVS: Membership in SVS, Getting Actively Involved, are Career Catalysts
Take it on good authority from a recently approved Active Member regarding early career development: "Join the SVS," urges Jeffrey Siracuse, MD. "It’s a great opportunity to be involved, to learn, to make an impact."
Washington Update: The Quality Payment Program, Year 2
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As the Song Said, Please Come to Boston
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We need your help with benchmarking
Please Complete Benchmarking Surveys
Curious how vascular services are benchmarked and valued? Wouldn’t you want to have this information to share with your administrators and colleagues?
SVS Victory in DC - Grassroots Effort Leads to CMS Reimbursement Change
CMS Change a Big Victory for Vascular Surgeons, Patients SVS Led Grassroots Effort on Ultrasound Procedures Following a grassroots effort by SVS and in a move that will protect reimbursements for vascular surgeons, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a correction notic
Endovenous thermal ablation and thrombotic complications
“CLINICAL CORRELATION OF SUCCESS AND ACUTE THROMBOTIC COMPLICATIONS OF LOWER EXTREMITY ENDOVENOUS THERMAL ABLATION.”
Journal of Vascular Surgery Venous and Lymphatic Disorders, January 2018
When to consider TEVAR in uncomplicated TBAD
PREDICTORS OF LATE AORTIC INTERVENTION IN PATIENTS WITH MEDICALLY TREATED TYPE B AORTIC DISSECTION, Journal of Vascular Surgery, January 2018.
FOCUS ON RESEARCH: Researching Today for Tomorrow's Patients
With her research, Omaida C. Velazquez, MD, searches for "what’s missing today that we can make available for tomorrow’s patients." She presented at the 2017 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference, discussing gene therapy and peripheral arterial disease. Abstracts are being accepted through Jan. 10, 2018, for the May 9 conference.
SVS Foundation Launches Community Practitioner Grants
News From SVS
SVS members: have you ever dreamed about planning and running an event to help improve your community’s vascular health?
Calling all PAs: Join the Charter SVS Section for Physician Assistants
If you work with PAs, please urge them to apply
Thanks to requests and feedback from physician assistants, the SVS has created a new membership section for PAs. In just a short time, we have already seen a significant and heartwarming response from incoming members.
Recent Articles
Spotlight on Leadership: Interview with Omaida Velazquez, MD
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See the Light: VAM Scholarships
Attending the Vascular Annual Meeting as a scholarship recipient helped turn on a lightbulb in Katharine Wolf’s mind.
Your SVS: Membership in SVS, Getting Actively Involved, are Career Catalysts
Take it on good authority from a recently approved Active Member regarding early career development: "Join the SVS," urges Jeffrey Siracuse, MD. "It’s a great opportunity to be involved, to learn, to make an impact."
Washington Update: The Quality Payment Program, Year 2
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As the Song Said, Please Come to Boston
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We need your help with benchmarking
Please Complete Benchmarking Surveys
Curious how vascular services are benchmarked and valued? Wouldn’t you want to have this information to share with your administrators and colleagues?
SVS Victory in DC - Grassroots Effort Leads to CMS Reimbursement Change
CMS Change a Big Victory for Vascular Surgeons, Patients SVS Led Grassroots Effort on Ultrasound Procedures Following a grassroots effort by SVS and in a move that will protect reimbursements for vascular surgeons, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a correction notic
Endovenous thermal ablation and thrombotic complications
“CLINICAL CORRELATION OF SUCCESS AND ACUTE THROMBOTIC COMPLICATIONS OF LOWER EXTREMITY ENDOVENOUS THERMAL ABLATION.”
Journal of Vascular Surgery Venous and Lymphatic Disorders, January 2018
When to consider TEVAR in uncomplicated TBAD
PREDICTORS OF LATE AORTIC INTERVENTION IN PATIENTS WITH MEDICALLY TREATED TYPE B AORTIC DISSECTION, Journal of Vascular Surgery, January 2018.
FOCUS ON RESEARCH: Researching Today for Tomorrow's Patients
With her research, Omaida C. Velazquez, MD, searches for "what’s missing today that we can make available for tomorrow’s patients." She presented at the 2017 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference, discussing gene therapy and peripheral arterial disease. Abstracts are being accepted through Jan. 10, 2018, for the May 9 conference.
SVS Foundation Launches Community Practitioner Grants
News From SVS
SVS members: have you ever dreamed about planning and running an event to help improve your community’s vascular health?
Calling all PAs: Join the Charter SVS Section for Physician Assistants
If you work with PAs, please urge them to apply
Thanks to requests and feedback from physician assistants, the SVS has created a new membership section for PAs. In just a short time, we have already seen a significant and heartwarming response from incoming members.