Articles & Press Releases

Donna Parks had a sensation of heaviness in her legs for a couple of years – then sharp, stabbing pains began.

NEW CAROTID ARTERY STENT PROCEDURE TO BE EVALUATED BY
THE SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY PATIENT SAFETY ORGANIZATION

Dr. Grace Wang interviews SVS President Dr. Ron Fairman on how we define leadership skills.

New thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) reporting standards have been published by the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) in the September 2016 issue of Journal of Vascular Surgery.

CHICAGO, Illinois - Vascular surgeons and vein specialists made their case for newer lower extremity chronic venous disease treatments at a recent MEDCAC panel.

The Real Story on Traveler's Thrombosis

Answers to Questions about Leg Blood Clots

VAM Recordings Now Available via Access Code

Want to re-visit the 2016 Vascular Annual Meeting, or view it for the first time?

Read the SVS letter to CMS

Dr. Michel S. Makaroun, a professor of surgery and of clinical and translational science at the University of Pittsburgh, was elected vice president of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) at the Society’s 2016 Vascular Annual Meeting in June.

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CHICAGO, Ill., July 11, 2016 — As he completed his term as president of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), Dr. Bruce A. Perler began his term as chair of the SVS Foundation at the society’s 2016 Vascular Annual Meeting near Washington, D.C. in June.

R. Clement Darling III, MD, was elected president-elect of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) at the 2016 Vascular Annual Meeting in June.

A new reporting standards document on Endovascular Treatment of Chronic Lower Extremity Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) has been posted on the website of the July 2016 issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery. Lead authors are Drs. Mike Stoner and Keith Calligaro.

The variety of endovascular devices and techniques to treat occlusive disease has exploded over the past 10 years and critical evaluation of the reported results may be problematic. The Society for Vascular Surgery has released new reporting standards focused on endovascular treatment of chronic lower extremity peripheral artery disease. Recommended reporting standards for lower extremity ischemia were last published by the SVS in 1997.

Call him profoundly influential – but also call him ‘Jack’

This year’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner gets called a lot of things by his many nominators: quadruple hitter, visionary, mentor, revolutionary, unsurpassed, profoundly effective.