SVS Foundation Board structure changed

BY BETH BALES

Expanding the Board provides for broader representation while the three-year term for the chair provides continuity, said Michel S. Makaroun, MD, whose term as chair ended June 20. The changes as a whole “position the SVS Foundation Board for further growth,” he said.

In addition, the immediate past president of the SVS will no longer succeed to the chair position, but will serve on the Foundation board.

SVS ONLINE: How remote support systems will transform medical care

BY BRYAN KAY

Lumsden gave the address—entitled “TeleWhat? Beyond the office: How remote support systems will transform education, case support and care delivery”—on the second day of SVS ONLINE, on June 23, as the digital alternative to the canceled Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) moved onto Scientific Session 2 and its first Invited Session, “American Venous Forum Debates 2020: Are DVT & PE interventions unnecessary?”

SVS ONLINE: Crawford Forum sets the stage for vascular surgery future

BY BRYAN KAY

The Stanford University, California, vascular chief had intended it to be constructed this way. As is custom, the at-that-point SVS president-elect had been charged with devising the coveted E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum.

This year, of course, it took place during SVS ONLINE, the digital alternative to the Vascular Annual Meeting, canceled in the face of the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was part of the conference’s opening day, a pivotal session aimed at guiding the vascular specialty into the future.

SVS issues statement abhorring injustice and violence amid unrest in US

BY BRYAN KAY

Joining other bodies of medical professionals, the two organizations highlighted the sacred oath taken by physicians to “save and extend the quality of life” of all people. They went on to state that as membership groups they abhorred “injustice and violence of any kind.”

Medical bodies had come under renewed pressure to take action to help address systemic racism as it exists in the medical profession and healthcare.  

Society for Vascular Surgery and Cell-Ed Partner to launch pilot of SVS SET: A mobile exercise therapy app that may prevent and delay progression of peripheral artery disease

SVS SET’s remote digital program is the first of its kind offered by a surgical association 

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has announced the launch into pilot testing of its Supervised Exercise Therapy (SET) app – SVS SET. The app is geared to helping patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) better manage their disease at home through supervised exercise as well as coaching and education. The app is powered by remote learning and telehealth company Cell-Edand incorporates Apple’s new mobility metrics tools.  

SVS Foundation Announces Awards, Grants

The SVS Foundation honored its 2020 grant recipients during the first SVS Annual Business Meeting, held virtually on Monday, June 15.

SVS Foundation and American College of Surgeons Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08)
Areck A. Ucuzian, MD, PhD
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Project: Mechanisms of aortopathy in LRP1 deficiency

Bridge Grant
BEST-CLI Investigators

Clinical Competence Statement on Training and Credentialing for Trans-carotid Artery Revascularization: a Report of the Society for Vascular Writing Committee

ROSEMONT, Ill., June 22, 2020 – The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has released a Clinical Competence Statement on training and credentialing for Trans-Carotid Artery Revascularization (TCAR) to ensure that patients who are at risk of a stroke receive safe and effective preventative care with this new and promising technology by an experienced and appropriately trained physician.