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Recent Articles
Recent Articles
Washington Update: In Big Win, CMS to Cover Exercise Therapy
In a significant victory for PAD patients and their surgeons, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is offering national Medicare coverage for supervised exercise therapy (SET) beyond the hospital setting to include a physician’s office or a hospital outpatient setting.
JVS: Gender Important Consideration for TEVAR
A recent study finds that women undergoing TEVAR experience worse outcomes and that gender should be considered in an analysis of risk versus benefit.
Education: VESAP4 Is Coming Soon
VESAP4 set to debut soon, including a companion app that will let users access the program off-line and then sync with the desktop version.
2017 VAM: One for the Record Books
VAM'17 attracted the most attendees ever - 1,807 - and set another record for international attendance with 362 registrations.
Record Attendance and Energy Ensure the Vitality of VAM for Years to Come
Dr. Ronald Dalman discusses this year's annual meeting and takes a brief look ahead to VAM'18.
From the Editor: Here There Be Dragons...
For the public, navigating the complex world of vascular care must seem like being adrift on the high seas, with brigands and pirates galore. Vascular surgeons, cardiac surgeons, interventional radiologists, and interventional cardiologists all raise their friendly flags to lure patients.
For Dr. Dardik the First, a First-Rate Award
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Education: VESAP4 Launching this Summer
Students and surgeons will soon have a valuable new learning tool, with the anticipated summer release of VESAP4. The new edition of VESAP will come just in time for the September board qualifying, certification and recertification exams.
Leadership Spotlight: A Conversation with Dr. Joseph Mills
This month’s leadership spotlight is on Joseph L. Mills, MD, FACS, Professor and Chief of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. Dr. Mills has been President of the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society (now VESS), Western Vascular Society, and the Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery (APDVS). He has a strong interest in education and is a past-chair of the Vascular Surgery Board (VSB) of the American Board of Surgery (ABS), and a member of the Surgery Residency Review Committee (RRC) of the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education. We discussed his approach to leadership from the viewpoint of the Kouzes/Posner trait of ‘Encouraging the Heart.’
VRIC a Big Success
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News from JVS-VL: Study on Treatment of Venous Ulceration
New evidence suggests that minimally invasive methods to ablate superficial venous reflux in patients with end-stage venous insufficiency are as effective as traditional open venous stripping.
Committee Spotlight: Appointments Committee Helps Keep SVS Humming
The Society for Vascular Surgery appreciates the time, commitment and energy of hundreds of volunteers who staff the Society’s committees and councils.
Washington Update: Support Repeal of IPAB
The Independent Payment Advisory Board, created by the 2010 Affordable Care Act to control Medicare spending, threatens the ability of Congress to ensure access to needed health care, say SVS advocacy staff and members.
Recent Articles
Washington Update: In Big Win, CMS to Cover Exercise Therapy
In a significant victory for PAD patients and their surgeons, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is offering national Medicare coverage for supervised exercise therapy (SET) beyond the hospital setting to include a physician’s office or a hospital outpatient setting.
JVS: Gender Important Consideration for TEVAR
A recent study finds that women undergoing TEVAR experience worse outcomes and that gender should be considered in an analysis of risk versus benefit.
Education: VESAP4 Is Coming Soon
VESAP4 set to debut soon, including a companion app that will let users access the program off-line and then sync with the desktop version.
2017 VAM: One for the Record Books
VAM'17 attracted the most attendees ever - 1,807 - and set another record for international attendance with 362 registrations.
Record Attendance and Energy Ensure the Vitality of VAM for Years to Come
Dr. Ronald Dalman discusses this year's annual meeting and takes a brief look ahead to VAM'18.
From the Editor: Here There Be Dragons...
For the public, navigating the complex world of vascular care must seem like being adrift on the high seas, with brigands and pirates galore. Vascular surgeons, cardiac surgeons, interventional radiologists, and interventional cardiologists all raise their friendly flags to lure patients.
For Dr. Dardik the First, a First-Rate Award
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Education: VESAP4 Launching this Summer
Students and surgeons will soon have a valuable new learning tool, with the anticipated summer release of VESAP4. The new edition of VESAP will come just in time for the September board qualifying, certification and recertification exams.
Leadership Spotlight: A Conversation with Dr. Joseph Mills
This month’s leadership spotlight is on Joseph L. Mills, MD, FACS, Professor and Chief of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. Dr. Mills has been President of the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society (now VESS), Western Vascular Society, and the Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery (APDVS). He has a strong interest in education and is a past-chair of the Vascular Surgery Board (VSB) of the American Board of Surgery (ABS), and a member of the Surgery Residency Review Committee (RRC) of the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education. We discussed his approach to leadership from the viewpoint of the Kouzes/Posner trait of ‘Encouraging the Heart.’
VRIC a Big Success
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News from JVS-VL: Study on Treatment of Venous Ulceration
New evidence suggests that minimally invasive methods to ablate superficial venous reflux in patients with end-stage venous insufficiency are as effective as traditional open venous stripping.
Committee Spotlight: Appointments Committee Helps Keep SVS Humming
The Society for Vascular Surgery appreciates the time, commitment and energy of hundreds of volunteers who staff the Society’s committees and councils.
Washington Update: Support Repeal of IPAB
The Independent Payment Advisory Board, created by the 2010 Affordable Care Act to control Medicare spending, threatens the ability of Congress to ensure access to needed health care, say SVS advocacy staff and members.