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.

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

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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.

But one thing is mentioned by all. “Everybody,” they say, “calls him Jack.” That may be because Dr. Jack Cronenwett is not just a legend among SVS members, but he is also unassuming.

The unique relationship that vascular surgeons enjoy with their patients has enabled our specialty to have a special claim on the way we care for patients. Outgoing SVS President Bruce Perler spoke during the 2016 Vascular Annual Meeting near Washington, D.C. on June 10.

‘CAN YOU SAVE MY LEG?’
RESEARCHERS NOW HAVE A BETTER ANSWER FOR PATIENTS

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 1, 2016 -- Some patients who are in danger of losing an arm or leg due to  hardening of the arteries have been getting more hopeful news from vascular surgeons at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston.

A groundbreaking trial needs more patients enrolled – quickly – and the SVS is asking for your help.

CHICAGO, Illinois - Conventional wisdom might suppose that everyone would avoid surgery if possible.

But a research team in Houston has found that veterans who could choose between regular exercise or a surgical procedure to improve their leg pain were more likely to choose surgery if they had lower socioeconomic status, if they smoked or if they knew someone who had the same procedure.