News from the SVS

The Society for Vascular Surgery and the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at University of California Los Angeles have merged their board review programs, resulting in the First Annual UCLA/SVS Symposium: A Comprehensive Review and Update of What’s New in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery.”

The three-day course will be Aug. 27 to 29 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif.

This program will offer an in-depth review for those preparing to take the vascular board examinations as well as providing the basic didactic education for vascular residents and fellows in training.

For more information, visit vsweb.org/JointSymposium.

The Society for Vascular Surgery and the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at University of California Los Angeles have merged their board review programs, resulting in the First Annual UCLA/SVS Symposium: A Comprehensive Review and Update of What’s New in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery.”

The three-day course will be Aug. 27 to 29 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif.

This program will offer an in-depth review for those preparing to take the vascular board examinations as well as providing the basic didactic education for vascular residents and fellows in training.

For more information, visit vsweb.org/JointSymposium.

The Society for Vascular Surgery and the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at University of California Los Angeles have merged their board review programs, resulting in the First Annual UCLA/SVS Symposium: A Comprehensive Review and Update of What’s New in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery.”

The three-day course will be Aug. 27 to 29 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif.

This program will offer an in-depth review for those preparing to take the vascular board examinations as well as providing the basic didactic education for vascular residents and fellows in training.

For more information, visit vsweb.org/JointSymposium.

The Coding & Reimbursement for Vascular Surgeons Workshop will be held October 21-22, 2016 at the Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel in Chicago.

Vascular surgeons and their support staff need to maintain knowledge and competence for appropriate billing and coding procedures. The Coding and Reimbursement for Vascular Surgeons course is an intensive two-day program designed to address the 2016 updates including changes to endovascular stent placement outside the lower extremity and PQRS as well as coding for intravascular embolization and retrograde intrathoracic carotid stenting.

Additionally, the course will review the proposed updates for 2016 with a focus on reporting standards for interventional and open surgical procedures. The program also includes information about the global surgical package and how it impacts billing and reimbursement, along with the application of modifiers for streamlined reimbursement. This will be accomplished by using a multi-modality educational forum with didactic lectures, panel discussions, case studies, and question-answer sessions.

For further information and to sign up click here.

The Coding & Reimbursement for Vascular Surgeons Workshop will be held October 21-22, 2016 at the Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel in Chicago.

Vascular surgeons and their support staff need to maintain knowledge and competence for appropriate billing and coding procedures. The Coding and Reimbursement for Vascular Surgeons course is an intensive two-day program designed to address the 2016 updates including changes to endovascular stent placement outside the lower extremity and PQRS as well as coding for intravascular embolization and retrograde intrathoracic carotid stenting.

Additionally, the course will review the proposed updates for 2016 with a focus on reporting standards for interventional and open surgical procedures. The program also includes information about the global surgical package and how it impacts billing and reimbursement, along with the application of modifiers for streamlined reimbursement. This will be accomplished by using a multi-modality educational forum with didactic lectures, panel discussions, case studies, and question-answer sessions.

For further information and to sign up click here.

The Coding & Reimbursement for Vascular Surgeons Workshop will be held October 21-22, 2016 at the Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel in Chicago.

Vascular surgeons and their support staff need to maintain knowledge and competence for appropriate billing and coding procedures. The Coding and Reimbursement for Vascular Surgeons course is an intensive two-day program designed to address the 2016 updates including changes to endovascular stent placement outside the lower extremity and PQRS as well as coding for intravascular embolization and retrograde intrathoracic carotid stenting.

Additionally, the course will review the proposed updates for 2016 with a focus on reporting standards for interventional and open surgical procedures. The program also includes information about the global surgical package and how it impacts billing and reimbursement, along with the application of modifiers for streamlined reimbursement. This will be accomplished by using a multi-modality educational forum with didactic lectures, panel discussions, case studies, and question-answer sessions.

For further information and to sign up click here.

The Society for Vascular Surgery’s highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award, was presented during the Vascular Annual Meeting to Dr. Jack Cronenwett.

This honor recognizes an individual’s outstanding and sustained contributions to the profession and SVS, as well as his or her exemplary professional practice and leadership.

Dr. Cronenwett’s achievements include building the vascular surgery division at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Center into a “powerhouse, a division of vascular surgery that has national and international recognition,” as one fellow SVS member wrote in his nomination. In addition, he was largely responsible for the development at Dartmouth of a new vascular surgery training paradigm – the 0 + 5 residency. He spearheaded the Vascular Study Group of New England, which became the model for the future Vascular Quality Initiative; with Dr. Tom Riles, then president of the American Association for Vascular Surgery, led the merger of AAVS with SVS, creating today’s more inclusive SVS; was senior co-editor of the Journal of Vascular Surgery, was co-editor of the 7th and 8th editions of Rutherford’s Vascular Surgery textbook and helped launch the SVS-PSO as an official new entity and served as its medical director.

View the video of him receiving this award and a story of Dr. Cronenwett’s accomplishments.

The Society for Vascular Surgery’s highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award, was presented during the Vascular Annual Meeting to Dr. Jack Cronenwett.

This honor recognizes an individual’s outstanding and sustained contributions to the profession and SVS, as well as his or her exemplary professional practice and leadership.

Dr. Cronenwett’s achievements include building the vascular surgery division at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Center into a “powerhouse, a division of vascular surgery that has national and international recognition,” as one fellow SVS member wrote in his nomination. In addition, he was largely responsible for the development at Dartmouth of a new vascular surgery training paradigm – the 0 + 5 residency. He spearheaded the Vascular Study Group of New England, which became the model for the future Vascular Quality Initiative; with Dr. Tom Riles, then president of the American Association for Vascular Surgery, led the merger of AAVS with SVS, creating today’s more inclusive SVS; was senior co-editor of the Journal of Vascular Surgery, was co-editor of the 7th and 8th editions of Rutherford’s Vascular Surgery textbook and helped launch the SVS-PSO as an official new entity and served as its medical director.

View the video of him receiving this award and a story of Dr. Cronenwett’s accomplishments.

The Society for Vascular Surgery’s highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award, was presented during the Vascular Annual Meeting to Dr. Jack Cronenwett.

This honor recognizes an individual’s outstanding and sustained contributions to the profession and SVS, as well as his or her exemplary professional practice and leadership.

Dr. Cronenwett’s achievements include building the vascular surgery division at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Center into a “powerhouse, a division of vascular surgery that has national and international recognition,” as one fellow SVS member wrote in his nomination. In addition, he was largely responsible for the development at Dartmouth of a new vascular surgery training paradigm – the 0 + 5 residency. He spearheaded the Vascular Study Group of New England, which became the model for the future Vascular Quality Initiative; with Dr. Tom Riles, then president of the American Association for Vascular Surgery, led the merger of AAVS with SVS, creating today’s more inclusive SVS; was senior co-editor of the Journal of Vascular Surgery, was co-editor of the 7th and 8th editions of Rutherford’s Vascular Surgery textbook and helped launch the SVS-PSO as an official new entity and served as its medical director.

View the video of him receiving this award and a story of Dr. Cronenwett’s accomplishments.

Check out the June issue of Vascular Specialist now online in our enhanced digital edition and standard PDF. This month includes stories on vascular trainee case loads, the difficulties surgeons have at estimating blood loss, and an editorial by Dr. Russell Samson asking “Why be a vascular surgeon?”

Our Point/Counterpoint features a debate on the importance of the angiosome concept in revascularization for limb salvage between Dr. Richard Neville and Dr. Bauer Sumpio, and our Medicolegal Issues column examines the liability issues raised by the new move to value-based care.

Check out the June issue of Vascular Specialist now online in our enhanced digital edition and standard PDF. This month includes stories on vascular trainee case loads, the difficulties surgeons have at estimating blood loss, and an editorial by Dr. Russell Samson asking “Why be a vascular surgeon?”

Our Point/Counterpoint features a debate on the importance of the angiosome concept in revascularization for limb salvage between Dr. Richard Neville and Dr. Bauer Sumpio, and our Medicolegal Issues column examines the liability issues raised by the new move to value-based care.

Check out the June issue of Vascular Specialist now online in our enhanced digital edition and standard PDF. This month includes stories on vascular trainee case loads, the difficulties surgeons have at estimating blood loss, and an editorial by Dr. Russell Samson asking “Why be a vascular surgeon?”

Our Point/Counterpoint features a debate on the importance of the angiosome concept in revascularization for limb salvage between Dr. Richard Neville and Dr. Bauer Sumpio, and our Medicolegal Issues column examines the liability issues raised by the new move to value-based care.

We understand membership applicants are anxious for a decision!

Check your mailbox. All those who submitted applications to be members of SVS will receive a letter about the membership decision around July 1.

We understand membership applicants are anxious for a decision!

Check your mailbox. All those who submitted applications to be members of SVS will receive a letter about the membership decision around July 1.

We understand membership applicants are anxious for a decision!

Check your mailbox. All those who submitted applications to be members of SVS will receive a letter about the membership decision around July 1.

At the Vascular Annual Meeting last week, members voted on new officers and approved selection of new members of the Board of Directors.

Officers elected are:

• Vice president, Dr. Michel Makaroun

• Secretary, Dr. Ali AbuRahma

• Treasurer, Dr. Kim Hodgson

New members of the Board of Directors are:

Dr. Frank Pomposelli, Clinical Practice Council chair
Dr. Michael Golden, Eastern Vascular Society
Dr. Thomas Forbes, Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery
Dr. Donald Jacobs, Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society
Dr. William Marston, Southern Association for Vascular Surgery
Dr. Thomas Bower, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
Dr. Darrin Clouse, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society
Dr. William Jordan, Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery.

At the Vascular Annual Meeting last week, members voted on new officers and approved selection of new members of the Board of Directors.

Officers elected are:

• Vice president, Dr. Michel Makaroun

• Secretary, Dr. Ali AbuRahma

• Treasurer, Dr. Kim Hodgson

New members of the Board of Directors are:

Dr. Frank Pomposelli, Clinical Practice Council chair
Dr. Michael Golden, Eastern Vascular Society
Dr. Thomas Forbes, Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery
Dr. Donald Jacobs, Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society
Dr. William Marston, Southern Association for Vascular Surgery
Dr. Thomas Bower, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
Dr. Darrin Clouse, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society
Dr. William Jordan, Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery.

At the Vascular Annual Meeting last week, members voted on new officers and approved selection of new members of the Board of Directors.

Officers elected are:

• Vice president, Dr. Michel Makaroun

• Secretary, Dr. Ali AbuRahma

• Treasurer, Dr. Kim Hodgson

New members of the Board of Directors are:

Dr. Frank Pomposelli, Clinical Practice Council chair
Dr. Michael Golden, Eastern Vascular Society
Dr. Thomas Forbes, Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery
Dr. Donald Jacobs, Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society
Dr. William Marston, Southern Association for Vascular Surgery
Dr. Thomas Bower, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
Dr. Darrin Clouse, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society
Dr. William Jordan, Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery.

Julie Ann Freischlag, MD, FACS, vice-chancellor for human health sciences; dean, University of California (UC) Davis School of Medicine; and Past-Chair, American College of Surgeons Board of Regents, and former President of the Society for Vascular Surgery was inducted into the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) on April 22.

For more than 15 years, Dr. Freischlag has led education and training programs at medical schools in her role as professor and chair of surgery and vascular surgery departments. Dr. Freischlag also has more than 25 years of experience leading patient care services as chief of surgery or vascular surgery.

Dr. Freischlag currently oversees UC Davis Health System’s academic, research, and clinical programs, including the School of Medicine, the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, the 1,000-member physician practice group, and UC Davis Medical Center, a 619-bed acute care hospital. Before joining UC Davis, she served as professor and chair, surgery department, and surgeon-in-chief at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD. At Johns Hopkins, she led initiatives to expand research, add specialty clinical services, improve patient-centered care and patient safety, redesign the surgical training program, and enhance academic career paths for faculty.

Established in 1505, the RCSEd is among the world’s oldest surgical organizations, and admittance into its fellowship is based on professional prominence. With a worldwide membership, the RCSEd pursues excellence and advancement in surgical and dental practice via education, training, and examinations.

Julie Ann Freischlag, MD, FACS, vice-chancellor for human health sciences; dean, University of California (UC) Davis School of Medicine; and Past-Chair, American College of Surgeons Board of Regents, and former President of the Society for Vascular Surgery was inducted into the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) on April 22.

For more than 15 years, Dr. Freischlag has led education and training programs at medical schools in her role as professor and chair of surgery and vascular surgery departments. Dr. Freischlag also has more than 25 years of experience leading patient care services as chief of surgery or vascular surgery.

Dr. Freischlag currently oversees UC Davis Health System’s academic, research, and clinical programs, including the School of Medicine, the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, the 1,000-member physician practice group, and UC Davis Medical Center, a 619-bed acute care hospital. Before joining UC Davis, she served as professor and chair, surgery department, and surgeon-in-chief at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD. At Johns Hopkins, she led initiatives to expand research, add specialty clinical services, improve patient-centered care and patient safety, redesign the surgical training program, and enhance academic career paths for faculty.

Established in 1505, the RCSEd is among the world’s oldest surgical organizations, and admittance into its fellowship is based on professional prominence. With a worldwide membership, the RCSEd pursues excellence and advancement in surgical and dental practice via education, training, and examinations.

Julie Ann Freischlag, MD, FACS, vice-chancellor for human health sciences; dean, University of California (UC) Davis School of Medicine; and Past-Chair, American College of Surgeons Board of Regents, and former President of the Society for Vascular Surgery was inducted into the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd) on April 22.

For more than 15 years, Dr. Freischlag has led education and training programs at medical schools in her role as professor and chair of surgery and vascular surgery departments. Dr. Freischlag also has more than 25 years of experience leading patient care services as chief of surgery or vascular surgery.

Dr. Freischlag currently oversees UC Davis Health System’s academic, research, and clinical programs, including the School of Medicine, the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, the 1,000-member physician practice group, and UC Davis Medical Center, a 619-bed acute care hospital. Before joining UC Davis, she served as professor and chair, surgery department, and surgeon-in-chief at Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD. At Johns Hopkins, she led initiatives to expand research, add specialty clinical services, improve patient-centered care and patient safety, redesign the surgical training program, and enhance academic career paths for faculty.

Established in 1505, the RCSEd is among the world’s oldest surgical organizations, and admittance into its fellowship is based on professional prominence. With a worldwide membership, the RCSEd pursues excellence and advancement in surgical and dental practice via education, training, and examinations.

For individual stories every day and to see the complete daily issues of Vascular Connections, the official on-site newspaper of the Vascular Annual Meeting, check us out at our website.

Featuring the President’s Address, the E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum and ‘person on the street’ interviews, as well as plenary talks and breakfast sessions, it is your one stop shopping for coverage.

And be sure to follow our continuing advanced coverage of the Vascular Annual Meeting in future issues of Vascular Specialist.

For individual stories every day and to see the complete daily issues of Vascular Connections, the official on-site newspaper of the Vascular Annual Meeting, check us out at our website.

Featuring the President’s Address, the E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum and ‘person on the street’ interviews, as well as plenary talks and breakfast sessions, it is your one stop shopping for coverage.

And be sure to follow our continuing advanced coverage of the Vascular Annual Meeting in future issues of Vascular Specialist.

For individual stories every day and to see the complete daily issues of Vascular Connections, the official on-site newspaper of the Vascular Annual Meeting, check us out at our website.

Featuring the President’s Address, the E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum and ‘person on the street’ interviews, as well as plenary talks and breakfast sessions, it is your one stop shopping for coverage.

And be sure to follow our continuing advanced coverage of the Vascular Annual Meeting in future issues of Vascular Specialist.

Special activities are everywhere today at the Vascular Annual Meeting, including the official welcome and an opening reception, not to mention the opening of the Exhibit Hall.

Activities include:

• The Opening Ceremony, 8 to 8:30 a.m. in Potomac Ballroom A/B.

• The SVS Awards Ceremony, 2:50 to 3 p.m., Potomac Ballroom A/B. Who will receive SVS’ highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award? Find out at the ceremony.

• Opening of the Exhibit Hall at 12 p.m. Exhibits will close at 6 p.m.

• The Opening Reception, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Exhibit Halls A-C.

• Alumni receptions. Alums from many institutions – Harvard, Yale, UCLA, Montefiore, Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Baylor and many others – will catch up with former classmates and other graduates at receptions Thursday evening. The full list can be found in the Mobile App. Only the Baylor reception is off-site; all others are held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center.

Special activities are everywhere today at the Vascular Annual Meeting, including the official welcome and an opening reception, not to mention the opening of the Exhibit Hall.

Activities include:

• The Opening Ceremony, 8 to 8:30 a.m. in Potomac Ballroom A/B.

• The SVS Awards Ceremony, 2:50 to 3 p.m., Potomac Ballroom A/B. Who will receive SVS’ highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award? Find out at the ceremony.

• Opening of the Exhibit Hall at 12 p.m. Exhibits will close at 6 p.m.

• The Opening Reception, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Exhibit Halls A-C.

• Alumni receptions. Alums from many institutions – Harvard, Yale, UCLA, Montefiore, Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Baylor and many others – will catch up with former classmates and other graduates at receptions Thursday evening. The full list can be found in the Mobile App. Only the Baylor reception is off-site; all others are held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center.

Special activities are everywhere today at the Vascular Annual Meeting, including the official welcome and an opening reception, not to mention the opening of the Exhibit Hall.

Activities include:

• The Opening Ceremony, 8 to 8:30 a.m. in Potomac Ballroom A/B.

• The SVS Awards Ceremony, 2:50 to 3 p.m., Potomac Ballroom A/B. Who will receive SVS’ highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award? Find out at the ceremony.

• Opening of the Exhibit Hall at 12 p.m. Exhibits will close at 6 p.m.

• The Opening Reception, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Exhibit Halls A-C.

• Alumni receptions. Alums from many institutions – Harvard, Yale, UCLA, Montefiore, Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Baylor and many others – will catch up with former classmates and other graduates at receptions Thursday evening. The full list can be found in the Mobile App. Only the Baylor reception is off-site; all others are held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center.

Thursday’s lineup includes special lectures and invited speakers, including:

John Homans Lecture, 10 to 10:30 a.m., Potomac Ballroom A/B. Dr. Frank Veith will take “A Look at the Future of Vascular Surgery."

E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum, Potomac Ballroom A/B, will discuss “In Search of Clarity: SFA-Popliteal Interventions for Claudication.” 

Roy Greenberg Distinguished Lecture, 3 to 3:30 p.m., Potomac Ballroom A/B. Dr. Timothy A. Resch will present a talk on “Aortic Disease – The Quest to Improve Patient Outcomes.”

Thursday’s lineup includes special lectures and invited speakers, including:

John Homans Lecture, 10 to 10:30 a.m., Potomac Ballroom A/B. Dr. Frank Veith will take “A Look at the Future of Vascular Surgery."

E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum, Potomac Ballroom A/B, will discuss “In Search of Clarity: SFA-Popliteal Interventions for Claudication.” 

Roy Greenberg Distinguished Lecture, 3 to 3:30 p.m., Potomac Ballroom A/B. Dr. Timothy A. Resch will present a talk on “Aortic Disease – The Quest to Improve Patient Outcomes.”

Thursday’s lineup includes special lectures and invited speakers, including:

John Homans Lecture, 10 to 10:30 a.m., Potomac Ballroom A/B. Dr. Frank Veith will take “A Look at the Future of Vascular Surgery."

E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum, Potomac Ballroom A/B, will discuss “In Search of Clarity: SFA-Popliteal Interventions for Claudication.” 

Roy Greenberg Distinguished Lecture, 3 to 3:30 p.m., Potomac Ballroom A/B. Dr. Timothy A. Resch will present a talk on “Aortic Disease – The Quest to Improve Patient Outcomes.”