Vascular Specialist

Mar. 1, 2020 • Article

How SVS-STS tandem developed TBAD reporting standards

The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) and Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) teamed up to release new reporting standards in order to ensure patients with type B aortic dissections (TBADs) receive...

Mar. 1, 2020 • Article

VRIC discussion agenda: Immune cell dysfunction and immunotherapy for vascular disease

Drugs and therapies that target immune cells and pathways within the body already exist to fight a number of diseases. Can vascular disease join the list? Internationally renowned immunologists and...

Mar. 1, 2020 • Article

VSIG webinar from APDVS coming soon

Much has been made of the impending shortage of physicians in the United States, with worrying predictions that it could be as soon as 2030. The driving force is a rising, aging population and an...

Mar. 1, 2020 • Article

Your SVS: Storming into 2020 and horizons beyond

BY KENNETH M. SLAW, PHD With significant progress made on many fronts in 2019, the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is looking forward to the next horizon in 2020. In late January, I updated the...

Mar. 1, 2020 • Article

O Canada: VAM 2020 housing, registration now open

Registration and housing for the 2020 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) are now open. The 2020 Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) meeting will be held June 17 to 20 in Toronto, Canada. VAM starts with a...