(A shorter version of this article can be found in the March 2021 Vascular Specialist.)

New officers are in place with the SVS Section on Outpatient and Office Vascular Care (SOOVC) Executive Committee.

The mobile app for the fifth edition Vascular Educational Self-Assessment Program (VESAP5)—for both Android and Apple operating systems— is now available. Apple users need to visit the App Store, while Android users should visit Google Play (play.Google.com).

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Foundation recognizes and thanks all SVS surgeons and physicians on National Doctors’ Day, which falls on March 30.

Despite it being a year unlike any other, the increased generosity of the SVS Foundation donors allowed for the mission work to continue as planned.

In order to recognize the diverse ways members interact and consume information, a new Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Communications Committee, replete with three subcommittees, has been formed.

A new Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) report highlights both the critical skills vascular surgeons provide to a healthcare system and the specialty’s benefit to an institution’s bottom line.

Call it timing on several fronts, each part coming together for the benefit of patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD).

Report Finds the Role of Vascular Surgeons May be Underappreciated and an Investment in Vascular Surgeons will Provide a Substantial Return for the Health Care System

ROSEMONT, Illinois, Feb. 15, 2021 – A new report demonstrates not only the critical skills vascular surgeons provide to a health care system, but also the specialty’s benefit to an institution’s bottom line.

Existing registries have now combined into a single resource focused on improving care and outcomes of patients with vascular disease

WASHINGTON (Feb. 4, 2021) — The American College of Cardiology and Society for Vascular Surgery have moved to a single vascular registry to harness the strengths of both organizations in improving care and outcomes of patients with vascular disease.