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SVS Lifetime Achievement Award Winner: Dr. Gregorio Sicard, a ‘Surgeon’s Surgeon’
Back at the dawn of the endovascular revolution, many other surgical specialties were vying to dominate minimally invasive endovascular procedures. Vascular surgery, the standard bearer of open vascular surgery, could have gone the way of buggy whips.
Saving the Community’s Health, One Project at a Time
A handful of SVS members will soon begin implementing projects to improve community health in three areas throughout the United States.
The national shortage of vascular surgeons
This year’s E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum addressed the current status of the vascular surgery workforce, its existing geographic distribution, the potential for a worsening shortage, and proposed solutions to ensure future vascular care delivery.
Members Asked to Complete New Survey on Burnout
Leaders of the SVS Wellness Task Force urge all SVS members to complete a new survey on physician burnout, this one aimed at physical debility.
AAA Patients Should Be Considered for Statin Therapy
STATIN THERAPY IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER LONG-TERM BUT NOT PERIOPERATIVE SURVIVAL AFTER ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR. August, 2018. Journal of Vascular Surgery.
Carotid stenting, filter debris and better patient selection
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS AND PREDICTORS OF EMBOLIC FILTER DEBRIS LOAD DURING CAROTID ARTERY STENTING IN ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS. Journal of Vascular Surgery, July 2018.
New follow-up guidelines for imaging after vascular surgery announced by SVS
CHICAGO, Illinois, July 19, 2018 – New clinical practice guidelines on follow-up imaging after vascular arterial surgery are now available in both print and digital versions from the Society for Vascular Surgery.
Dr. Michel S. Makaroun elected president of SVS
CHICAGO, Ill., July 1, 2018 – Vascular surgeon Dr. Michel S. Makaroun was elected president of the Society for Vascular Surgery at its annual meeting in June. He will serve in this role for one year. Dr.
Dr. Ronald L. Dalman Elected Vice President of SVS
Dr. Ronald L. Dalman was elected vice president of the Society for Vascular Surgery at the organization’s annual meeting in Boston. With his new position, he joins the line of leadership to the presidency.
Dr. Kim J. Hodgson new president-elect of the SVS
Dr. Kim J. Hodgson, chair of the division of vascular surgery at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Ill., was elected president-elect of the Society for Vascular Surgery for 2018-19 at the organization’s Vascular Annual Meeting in June. He will be slated for president next year.
Dr. R. Clement Darling III to head SVS Foundation
Dr. R. Clement Darling III was elected chair of the Society for Vascular Surgery Foundation at the 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting in June.
SVS Elects New Leaders for 2018-19
CHICAGO, Ill., July 1, 2018 – New leaders were elected at the June annual business meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery in Boston. They are:
2018 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Dr. Gregorio Sicard
CHICAGO, Illinois, June 27, 2018 – The Society for Vascular Surgery has named Dr. Gregorio Sicard, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the Lifetime Achievement Award Winner for 2018. The award is the highest honor bestowed by the society each year.
Guideline for Follow-up Imaging Unveiled
The Society for Vascular Surgery now has a clinical practice guideline devoted solely to imaging following vascular surgery interventions.
Recent Articles
SVS Lifetime Achievement Award Winner: Dr. Gregorio Sicard, a ‘Surgeon’s Surgeon’
Back at the dawn of the endovascular revolution, many other surgical specialties were vying to dominate minimally invasive endovascular procedures. Vascular surgery, the standard bearer of open vascular surgery, could have gone the way of buggy whips.
Saving the Community’s Health, One Project at a Time
A handful of SVS members will soon begin implementing projects to improve community health in three areas throughout the United States.
The national shortage of vascular surgeons
This year’s E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum addressed the current status of the vascular surgery workforce, its existing geographic distribution, the potential for a worsening shortage, and proposed solutions to ensure future vascular care delivery.
Members Asked to Complete New Survey on Burnout
Leaders of the SVS Wellness Task Force urge all SVS members to complete a new survey on physician burnout, this one aimed at physical debility.
AAA Patients Should Be Considered for Statin Therapy
STATIN THERAPY IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER LONG-TERM BUT NOT PERIOPERATIVE SURVIVAL AFTER ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR. August, 2018. Journal of Vascular Surgery.
Carotid stenting, filter debris and better patient selection
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS AND PREDICTORS OF EMBOLIC FILTER DEBRIS LOAD DURING CAROTID ARTERY STENTING IN ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS. Journal of Vascular Surgery, July 2018.
New follow-up guidelines for imaging after vascular surgery announced by SVS
CHICAGO, Illinois, July 19, 2018 – New clinical practice guidelines on follow-up imaging after vascular arterial surgery are now available in both print and digital versions from the Society for Vascular Surgery.
Dr. Michel S. Makaroun elected president of SVS
CHICAGO, Ill., July 1, 2018 – Vascular surgeon Dr. Michel S. Makaroun was elected president of the Society for Vascular Surgery at its annual meeting in June. He will serve in this role for one year. Dr.
Dr. Ronald L. Dalman Elected Vice President of SVS
Dr. Ronald L. Dalman was elected vice president of the Society for Vascular Surgery at the organization’s annual meeting in Boston. With his new position, he joins the line of leadership to the presidency.
Dr. Kim J. Hodgson new president-elect of the SVS
Dr. Kim J. Hodgson, chair of the division of vascular surgery at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Ill., was elected president-elect of the Society for Vascular Surgery for 2018-19 at the organization’s Vascular Annual Meeting in June. He will be slated for president next year.
Dr. R. Clement Darling III to head SVS Foundation
Dr. R. Clement Darling III was elected chair of the Society for Vascular Surgery Foundation at the 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting in June.
SVS Elects New Leaders for 2018-19
CHICAGO, Ill., July 1, 2018 – New leaders were elected at the June annual business meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery in Boston. They are:
2018 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Dr. Gregorio Sicard
CHICAGO, Illinois, June 27, 2018 – The Society for Vascular Surgery has named Dr. Gregorio Sicard, of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the Lifetime Achievement Award Winner for 2018. The award is the highest honor bestowed by the society each year.
Guideline for Follow-up Imaging Unveiled
The Society for Vascular Surgery now has a clinical practice guideline devoted solely to imaging following vascular surgery interventions.