Articles & Press Releases
Recent Articles
Post-thrombotic venous obstructions and stenting across the inguinal ligament
“Contemporary Outcomes of Elective Iliocaval and Infrainguinal Venous Intervention for Post-Thrombotic Chronic Venous Occlusive Disease." Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Diseases, November, 2017.
Vaping - E-Cigs Have Their Own Risks
CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 17, 2017 – Are electronic cigarettes, which have been booming in popularity over the past 10 years, safer than regular cigarettes?
Time to Renew Your 2018 SVS Member Dues
Enjoy Member Benefits, Perks of Belonging to SVS
The 2018 dues statements recently were emailed to all members.
Protect your practice, staff
Consider Business, Disability Insurance, Plans for Staff
SVS members who are in private practice care not only for their patients but also their employees, with attendant financial obligations.
Tales From the Road Less Traveled: From the Executive Director
As Executive Director of SVS, one of my priorities, and great joys, is to find opportunities to meet and talk with SVS members locally in their own communities and practices. I hear a lot of ideas expressed at meetings of course, but seeing things first-hand, and talking to partners and team members about their local issues and practice environments and their needs, helps me to understand how SVS can best help.
FOCUS ON RESEARCH: Harnessing Biology to Rescue CVI Sufferers
Despite affecting 25 million Americans, including two to six million with ulcer conditions, chronic venous insufficiency is relatively understudied compared to other vascular diseases. Yet for patients with venous leg ulcers, their condition is debilitating, painful and embarrassing.
Are you Ready For Medicare Payment Adjustments?
News From SVS | First Data Collection Year Coming to an End
SVS members have a narrow window remaining to participate in the Quality Payment Program (QPP) this year and avoid a 4 percent Medicare reimbursement penalty in 2019. The final 90-day reporting period began Oct. 2.
Medicare: What's on Tap for 2018?
Don’t get too comfortable with today’s knowledge on the Quality Payment Program. Some changes are being proposed for 2018, mostly related to increased reporting requirements to avoid the 5 percent Medicare payment penalty in 2020.
2017 SVS Foundation Annual Report Published
The Foundation has had a consequential year, with another beckoning, as the Foundation Board of Directors expanded the mission to add an emphasis on disease prevention and patient education.
ADVOCACY: Work Progressing on Official SVS APM
After nearly six months of preliminary work, the APM Task Force now is focusing on developing a vascular-specific Advanced Alternative Payment Model.
Study - Asymptomatic carotid stenosis patients show a symptom: Cognitive impairment
CHICAGO, Illinois, October, 2017 – Asymptomatic carotid stenosis may not be as silent as once thought.
A new prospective trial reported in the October Journal of Vascular Surgery found that around half of asymptomatic carotid stenosis patients had mild to moderate cognitive impairment.
Darling letter: Our hearts are with our disaster responders
Colleagues:
Please join me in sending our heartfelt prayers and thoughts to our Society members in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Florida, Texas and all the areas recently hit by disaster.
Welcome to our new members
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6 Tips to Get Patients Back for Follow-up Tests (Hint: The Personal Touch Can Make a Big Difference)
For surgeons, it can be difficult to get patients to come back a year after surgery for follow-up tests or an office visit.
Often misdiagnosed, PAD can be mild or deadly
As we age, it is common to be concerned about heart disease or high blood pressure. But many people don’t know that those conditions are also related to another common health issue, peripheral artery disease (PAD). Unfortunately, many patients are not diagnosed until it has progressed.
Don't Fall For These 6 Internet Myths About Statins
Thanks to mailings and websites that claim statin medications are harmful or unnecessary, many patients are confused about whether they should take them. That’s unfortunate.
VQI: ‘Badge Buddy’ Improves Discharge Meds Compliance
The simple introduction of a color-coded card has helped two Texas facilities improve discharge medication compliance and documentation, potentially improving patient outcomes.
New study finds TOS complications are rare
“Current practice of thoracic outlet decompression surgery in the United States.” J Vasc Surg Sept. 2017.
Your SVS: Meet Your New President, Dr. Darling
Dr. R. Clement Darling III began his presidency of the Society for Vascular Surgery on Saturday, June 3, during the Vascular Annual Meeting.
1. What would you like your presidency remembered for?
Your SVS: Task Force to Explore Inpatient, Outpatient Vascular Certification
The SVS Executive Board has established a task force charged with exploring the potential for developing a vascular certification program for inpatient and outpatient vascular care settings.
FOCUS ON RESEARCH: Trial Studies Transfusion in High Cardiac Risk Patients
Does the anemic – but high cardiac risk – patient need a blood transfusion, or not?
SVS member Dr. Panos Kougias is leading a study on the best transfusion approach when treating patients at high cardiac risk who become anemic postoperatively.
Meet the Other Executive Committee Members
Other members of the 2017-2018 Executive Committee include:
Dr. Michel Makaroun, president-elect
Recent Articles
See 2019 VAM Sessions At Your Own Pace
With VAM on Demand, re-live the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting, review sessions already attended or participate in others for the first time.
Education: Know Your Coding, Keep the Money You Earned; Learn at Sept. Workshop
SVS members: Are you getting all the reimbursement money to which you are entitled? Are you leaving that money on the table, instead of in your practice?
Good news for PAD intervention patients who take statins
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Review VAM 2019 with VAM on Demand; Propose Ideas for Sessions for VAM 2020
Here in the present, the Society for Vascular Surgery has information on both a past and future Vascular Annual Meeting.Access to the 2019 VAM on Demand online library is now available.
Volunteers Needed for New IT Task Force
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JVS: Early results found similar risks for TCAR and CEA at 30 days and 1 year
A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS OF TRANSCAROTID ARTERY REVASCULARIZATION COMPARED TO CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY, July 2019, Journal of Vascular Surgery.
Are athletes getting more injuries from TOS?
ROSEMONT, Ill., July 22, 2019 – Hardly a sports season goes by without at least one professional player going on the injured list for thoracic outlet syndrome, also called TOS.
Change Doesn’t Come Easy! But It Is Needed
In selecting the subject of his presidential address, SVS President Michel Makaroun, MD, decided to focus on the inadequacy of vascular manpower to meet the demands and needs of the public.
Innovation Medal: Honoring ‘Pioneer of Venous Surgery’
Groundbreaking. Innovative. Pioneer. “Father of Modern Venous Surgery.” A man who “truly changed the world with respect to treatment of venous disease.” All of the above – and more – describe Dr. Robert Kistner, recipient of the SVS Medal for Innovation in Vascular Surgery, presented at the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting. He was the first awardee in six years.
LEADERSHIP: Spotlight on Michael Conte, MD
BY BRYAN W. TILLMAN, MD, PHD ON BEHALF OF THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSITY COMMITTEE
VRIC 2019 a Big Success; Scientists Look Forward to 2020 in Chicago
With a record number of attendees, abstracts submitted, and abstracts presented, not to mention outstanding research presentations and high enthusiasm throughout, the 2019 SVS Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) has been dubbed a big success.
Compassion’s other name: Dr. William Pearce
It may have come as no surprise to his colleagues, mentees and patients at Northwestern University that Dr.
EDUCATION: Learn To Get the Reimbursement You’re Due at SVS Coding Course to Be Held Sept. 20-21
Don’t leave reimbursement money on the table. Learn what you need to know about proper coding at the SVS 2019 Coding and Reimbursement Workshop.
SVS Foundation-Sponsored Screening Uncovers 2 Aneurysms: Will Help Screen Vets in July
Arecent free AAA and PAD screening was well worth the time for two patients diagnosed with aneurysms.
Dr. Kim J. Hodgson elected SVS President
Dr. Kim J. Hodgson, chair of the division of vascular and endovascular surgery at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Ill., was elected president of the Society for Vascular Surgery for 2019-20 at the organization’s Vascular Annual Meeting in June.
Recent Articles
See 2019 VAM Sessions At Your Own Pace
With VAM on Demand, re-live the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting, review sessions already attended or participate in others for the first time.
Education: Know Your Coding, Keep the Money You Earned; Learn at Sept. Workshop
SVS members: Are you getting all the reimbursement money to which you are entitled? Are you leaving that money on the table, instead of in your practice?
Good news for PAD intervention patients who take statins
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Review VAM 2019 with VAM on Demand; Propose Ideas for Sessions for VAM 2020
Here in the present, the Society for Vascular Surgery has information on both a past and future Vascular Annual Meeting.Access to the 2019 VAM on Demand online library is now available.
Volunteers Needed for New IT Task Force
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JVS: Early results found similar risks for TCAR and CEA at 30 days and 1 year
A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS OF TRANSCAROTID ARTERY REVASCULARIZATION COMPARED TO CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY, July 2019, Journal of Vascular Surgery.
Are athletes getting more injuries from TOS?
ROSEMONT, Ill., July 22, 2019 – Hardly a sports season goes by without at least one professional player going on the injured list for thoracic outlet syndrome, also called TOS.
Change Doesn’t Come Easy! But It Is Needed
In selecting the subject of his presidential address, SVS President Michel Makaroun, MD, decided to focus on the inadequacy of vascular manpower to meet the demands and needs of the public.
Innovation Medal: Honoring ‘Pioneer of Venous Surgery’
Groundbreaking. Innovative. Pioneer. “Father of Modern Venous Surgery.” A man who “truly changed the world with respect to treatment of venous disease.” All of the above – and more – describe Dr. Robert Kistner, recipient of the SVS Medal for Innovation in Vascular Surgery, presented at the 2019 Vascular Annual Meeting. He was the first awardee in six years.
LEADERSHIP: Spotlight on Michael Conte, MD
BY BRYAN W. TILLMAN, MD, PHD ON BEHALF OF THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSITY COMMITTEE
VRIC 2019 a Big Success; Scientists Look Forward to 2020 in Chicago
With a record number of attendees, abstracts submitted, and abstracts presented, not to mention outstanding research presentations and high enthusiasm throughout, the 2019 SVS Vascular Research Initiatives Conference (VRIC) has been dubbed a big success.
Compassion’s other name: Dr. William Pearce
It may have come as no surprise to his colleagues, mentees and patients at Northwestern University that Dr.
EDUCATION: Learn To Get the Reimbursement You’re Due at SVS Coding Course to Be Held Sept. 20-21
Don’t leave reimbursement money on the table. Learn what you need to know about proper coding at the SVS 2019 Coding and Reimbursement Workshop.
SVS Foundation-Sponsored Screening Uncovers 2 Aneurysms: Will Help Screen Vets in July
Arecent free AAA and PAD screening was well worth the time for two patients diagnosed with aneurysms.
Dr. Kim J. Hodgson elected SVS President
Dr. Kim J. Hodgson, chair of the division of vascular and endovascular surgery at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Ill., was elected president of the Society for Vascular Surgery for 2019-20 at the organization’s Vascular Annual Meeting in June.