November 17, 2020 • Press Release [3]

Society for Vascular Surgery Launches Mobile Apps for Staging of Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia [4]

ROSEMONT, ILL, Nov. 18, 2020 – The Society for Vascular Surgery introduces three new mobile apps to guide surgeons in the treatment and management of Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia (CLTI).

November 9, 2020 • Article [5]

Diabetes Awareness Month: The utility of SVS branding fliers for diabetic foot ulcers [6]

November is Diabetes Awareness Month. The Branding Toolkit (see cover story) can help SVS members promote the valuable care they provide those with the disease.

November 9, 2020 • Press Release [3]

Varicose Versus Spider Veins: Understand the Difference and Know When to Seek Treatment Help [8]

The vascular system is like the highway of the body – composed of blood vessels including arteries, veins and capillaries. Vascular disease is any condition of the almost 100,000 miles of blood vessels in the body; any complication along this highway can cause problems and health risk. In most cases, however, vascular conditions are highly treatable, often without surgery. Two common vein conditions include spider veins and varicose veins, but what are the differences?

November 9, 2020 • Article [5]

Anatomy of a Branding Campaign: Making Vascular Surgery More Visible [9]

Members asked; SVS listened. The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) has launched a Branding Toolkit to help its members brand the specialty in order to elevate and differentiate their practices. This first set of branding tools tells referring physicians what vascular surgeons do and why they are critical partners when it comes to treating their patients with circulatory disease.

November 9, 2020 • Article [5]

Freischlag unveiled as ACS president-elect [10]

Julie Ann Freischlag, MD, the first and so far only female president of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), will be the next president of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).