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Dr. Ronald Dalman discusses this year's annual meeting and takes a brief look ahead to VAM'18.

The SVS Foundation expands its mission and delineates its vision to support new programs and goals. 

Coding course is all set for October 13 and 14, 2017. Claim CMEs and MOCs from VAM by December 31, 2017. And finally, the second annual Joint Review Course will be August 26-28, 2018. 

Dr. Ronald M. Fairman takes the stage at VAM'17, highlighting the personal side of vascular surgery and a career of service in his presidential address. 

Vascular surgeons in a community practice think of themselves first and foremost as surgeons – not business people.

Yet they are indeed running a business, with payrolls, payment processing, background checks on potential employees, insurance issues, and many other tasks.

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.

Award winners of the 2017 Vascular Annual Meeting are listed. 

A recent study finds that women undergoing TEVAR experience worse outcomes and that gender should be considered in an analysis of risk versus benefit.

Eat like an Italian (minus the pizza)

Nutrition Tips for Better Vascular Health

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. 

The Society for Vascular Surgery appreciates the time, commitment and energy of hundreds of volunteers who staff the Society’s committees and councils.

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.

Two disability insurance plans offered to SVS members The famous Lloyd’s of London has insured hands (the Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards), legs (Betty Grable and others), chest hair (Welsh crooner Tom Jones), nose (Jimmy Durante), tongues (Gene Simmons of Kiss and others), voice (Bruce Springstee

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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.