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Jan. 23, 2017 • Article

Washington Update: Physician Fee Schedule Includes Positive Changes

The 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule includes many changes beneficial to SVS members, following many months of work, including submission of comments, by SVS members and advocacy staff...

Jan. 23, 2017 • Article

Committee Spotlight: What's Coming? Changes to ACA but MACRA Stays

While Dr. Michael Dalsing doesn’t have a crystal ball, he is nonetheless making two predictions in the wake of the November presidential election: 1.    Changes will come to the...

Jan. 23, 2017 • Article

Focus on Research: Wylie Winner Brings Home Amputation Innovations

In an instant in April 2013, Dr. Jeffrey A. Kalish went from Boston Marathon spectator to surgeon at Boston Medical Center, performing amputations, complex vascular repairs and other procedures....

Jan. 23, 2017 • Article

Your SVS: Join SVS; Be Part of This 'Amazing Community'

Dr. Venita Chandra has some simple advice for those mulling membership in the Society for Vascular Surgery: Don’t hesitate. At all.   “Once you’re in, you can do as much...

Jan. 23, 2017 • Article

Membership Application Deadline is March 1

Applications for membership in SVS are due by March 1 and will be considered during the 2017 Vascular Annual Meeting, May 31-June 3. VAM is the only time each year that the Society votes on...