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Apply for Wylie Scholarship
Applications are due March 2, 2018, for the Wylie Scholar Award, co-sponsored by Vascular Cures and the SVS Foundation. The three-year, $150,000 grant is awarded to a promising vascular surgeon-scientist in North America and is designed to support outstanding surgeon-scientists conducting innovative academic research in the early stages of their careers.
This year's recipient, Dr. Sean English, is conducting research on AAA. Dr. Mohamed Zayed, MD, PhD, the 2015 recipient, is investigating why diabetics develop a unique lipid profile leading to PAD. For each $150,000 award, Wylie Scholars have received $3.3 million in subsequent national research funding, for a return on investment of nearly 22 to1.
Applications are due March 2, 2018, for the Wylie Scholar Award, co-sponsored by Vascular Cures and the SVS Foundation. The three-year, $150,000 grant is awarded to a promising vascular surgeon-scientist in North America and is designed to support outstanding surgeon-scientists conducting innovative academic research in the early stages of their careers.
This year's recipient, Dr. Sean English, is conducting research on AAA. Dr. Mohamed Zayed, MD, PhD, the 2015 recipient, is investigating why diabetics develop a unique lipid profile leading to PAD. For each $150,000 award, Wylie Scholars have received $3.3 million in subsequent national research funding, for a return on investment of nearly 22 to1.
Applications are due March 2, 2018, for the Wylie Scholar Award, co-sponsored by Vascular Cures and the SVS Foundation. The three-year, $150,000 grant is awarded to a promising vascular surgeon-scientist in North America and is designed to support outstanding surgeon-scientists conducting innovative academic research in the early stages of their careers.
This year's recipient, Dr. Sean English, is conducting research on AAA. Dr. Mohamed Zayed, MD, PhD, the 2015 recipient, is investigating why diabetics develop a unique lipid profile leading to PAD. For each $150,000 award, Wylie Scholars have received $3.3 million in subsequent national research funding, for a return on investment of nearly 22 to1.
VRIC Abstracts Now Being Accepted
Abstracts for the 2018 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference are being accepted now, through Jan. 10, 2018. VRIC will be held May 9, 2018, in San Francisco, the day before the American Heart Association’s Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Scientific Sessions. Learn more about VRIC here.
Vascular trainees may apply for a VRIC scholarship until Jan. 10, 2018. The scholarship provides complimentary registration and a $1,000 travel stipend.
Abstracts for the 2018 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference are being accepted now, through Jan. 10, 2018. VRIC will be held May 9, 2018, in San Francisco, the day before the American Heart Association’s Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Scientific Sessions. Learn more about VRIC here.
Vascular trainees may apply for a VRIC scholarship until Jan. 10, 2018. The scholarship provides complimentary registration and a $1,000 travel stipend.
Abstracts for the 2018 Vascular Research Initiatives Conference are being accepted now, through Jan. 10, 2018. VRIC will be held May 9, 2018, in San Francisco, the day before the American Heart Association’s Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Scientific Sessions. Learn more about VRIC here.
Vascular trainees may apply for a VRIC scholarship until Jan. 10, 2018. The scholarship provides complimentary registration and a $1,000 travel stipend.
Letter from the Editor
This month we learned of the passing of Dr. Marv Sleisenger. There are few physicians who have had a greater impact on our field than Dr. Sleisenger. He was a consummate gentleman, enthusiastic teacher, great mentor, authored hundreds of research papers, and edited the most famous textbook of gastroenterology. Our thoughts and hearts are with his family and friends.
I would like to highlight our liver coverage. AASLD had their annual meeting in Washington in November. My colleague at University of Michigan (Anna Lok, MD) is the current president and helped spearhead a meeting that was packed with research and clinical information. We will be covering AASLD in greater depth in the months to come.
And while initial efforts to repeal the ACA have stalled, several key parts of the ACA continue to be modified or repealed either by Executive Orders or as part of the current tax reform efforts. We continue to view these efforts through the lens of our patients’ access to care.
John I. Allen, MD, MBA, AGAF
Editor in Chief
This month we learned of the passing of Dr. Marv Sleisenger. There are few physicians who have had a greater impact on our field than Dr. Sleisenger. He was a consummate gentleman, enthusiastic teacher, great mentor, authored hundreds of research papers, and edited the most famous textbook of gastroenterology. Our thoughts and hearts are with his family and friends.
I would like to highlight our liver coverage. AASLD had their annual meeting in Washington in November. My colleague at University of Michigan (Anna Lok, MD) is the current president and helped spearhead a meeting that was packed with research and clinical information. We will be covering AASLD in greater depth in the months to come.
And while initial efforts to repeal the ACA have stalled, several key parts of the ACA continue to be modified or repealed either by Executive Orders or as part of the current tax reform efforts. We continue to view these efforts through the lens of our patients’ access to care.
John I. Allen, MD, MBA, AGAF
Editor in Chief
This month we learned of the passing of Dr. Marv Sleisenger. There are few physicians who have had a greater impact on our field than Dr. Sleisenger. He was a consummate gentleman, enthusiastic teacher, great mentor, authored hundreds of research papers, and edited the most famous textbook of gastroenterology. Our thoughts and hearts are with his family and friends.
I would like to highlight our liver coverage. AASLD had their annual meeting in Washington in November. My colleague at University of Michigan (Anna Lok, MD) is the current president and helped spearhead a meeting that was packed with research and clinical information. We will be covering AASLD in greater depth in the months to come.
And while initial efforts to repeal the ACA have stalled, several key parts of the ACA continue to be modified or repealed either by Executive Orders or as part of the current tax reform efforts. We continue to view these efforts through the lens of our patients’ access to care.
John I. Allen, MD, MBA, AGAF
Editor in Chief
AGA’s investment in the future of GI
What will the practice of gastroenterology look like in 20 years? It is our hope that physicians will have an abundance of new tools and treatments to care for their patients suffering from digestive disorders.
How will we get there? New treatments and devices are the result of years of research.
A snapshot of the foundation’s impact this year is highlighted in the chart below. The AGA Research Foundation sincerely thanks all of its donors – without your gifts, this work wouldn’t be possible. Please join us in advancing GI research with a tax-deductible gift to the AGA Research Foundation at www.gastro.org/about/aga-research-foundation.
What will the practice of gastroenterology look like in 20 years? It is our hope that physicians will have an abundance of new tools and treatments to care for their patients suffering from digestive disorders.
How will we get there? New treatments and devices are the result of years of research.
A snapshot of the foundation’s impact this year is highlighted in the chart below. The AGA Research Foundation sincerely thanks all of its donors – without your gifts, this work wouldn’t be possible. Please join us in advancing GI research with a tax-deductible gift to the AGA Research Foundation at www.gastro.org/about/aga-research-foundation.
What will the practice of gastroenterology look like in 20 years? It is our hope that physicians will have an abundance of new tools and treatments to care for their patients suffering from digestive disorders.
How will we get there? New treatments and devices are the result of years of research.
A snapshot of the foundation’s impact this year is highlighted in the chart below. The AGA Research Foundation sincerely thanks all of its donors – without your gifts, this work wouldn’t be possible. Please join us in advancing GI research with a tax-deductible gift to the AGA Research Foundation at www.gastro.org/about/aga-research-foundation.
Simplify Your Life; Pay Dues Invoice Online
Don't forget that the end of the year is the time to keep up to date with your SVS membership dues. Invoices were emailed to all members earlier this month and are due by Dec. 31.
It's simple to pay your 2018 dues online -- and there's no need to write out a check or find a stamp! Just log on to vascular.org/payinvoice. (While you're at it, please make sure your record is up to date.) You also can make a donation to the SVS Foundation at the same time. For membership help, e-mail the SVS membership department, or call 312-334-2313
Don't forget that the end of the year is the time to keep up to date with your SVS membership dues. Invoices were emailed to all members earlier this month and are due by Dec. 31.
It's simple to pay your 2018 dues online -- and there's no need to write out a check or find a stamp! Just log on to vascular.org/payinvoice. (While you're at it, please make sure your record is up to date.) You also can make a donation to the SVS Foundation at the same time. For membership help, e-mail the SVS membership department, or call 312-334-2313
Don't forget that the end of the year is the time to keep up to date with your SVS membership dues. Invoices were emailed to all members earlier this month and are due by Dec. 31.
It's simple to pay your 2018 dues online -- and there's no need to write out a check or find a stamp! Just log on to vascular.org/payinvoice. (While you're at it, please make sure your record is up to date.) You also can make a donation to the SVS Foundation at the same time. For membership help, e-mail the SVS membership department, or call 312-334-2313
#Giving Tuesday is Tuesday, Nov. 28
After the turkey, after the frenzy of post-holiday shopping, do something for others by donating to the SVS Foundation on #Giving Tuesday.
This day kicks off the charitable season, when many people focus on holiday and year-end giving. The global day of giving was founded in 2012 and is celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, on the heels of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping days.
This year, the expanded mission of the SVS Foundation provides even more reasons to give generously. So, on #GivingTuesday, think of the patients you treat and whose lives you’ve impacted – and donate to the SVS Foundation.
After the turkey, after the frenzy of post-holiday shopping, do something for others by donating to the SVS Foundation on #Giving Tuesday.
This day kicks off the charitable season, when many people focus on holiday and year-end giving. The global day of giving was founded in 2012 and is celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, on the heels of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping days.
This year, the expanded mission of the SVS Foundation provides even more reasons to give generously. So, on #GivingTuesday, think of the patients you treat and whose lives you’ve impacted – and donate to the SVS Foundation.
After the turkey, after the frenzy of post-holiday shopping, do something for others by donating to the SVS Foundation on #Giving Tuesday.
This day kicks off the charitable season, when many people focus on holiday and year-end giving. The global day of giving was founded in 2012 and is celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, on the heels of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping days.
This year, the expanded mission of the SVS Foundation provides even more reasons to give generously. So, on #GivingTuesday, think of the patients you treat and whose lives you’ve impacted – and donate to the SVS Foundation.
It's American Diabetes Month; Download Infographic
November is American Diabetes Month – and as we know, that disease goes hand in hand (and foot) with vascular disease. SVS has created a handy pdf for your office on how to keep feet healthy despite diabetes, available here, along with a press release on the topic. Please feel free to print the infographic out and share with patients, staff and coworkers.
November is American Diabetes Month – and as we know, that disease goes hand in hand (and foot) with vascular disease. SVS has created a handy pdf for your office on how to keep feet healthy despite diabetes, available here, along with a press release on the topic. Please feel free to print the infographic out and share with patients, staff and coworkers.
November is American Diabetes Month – and as we know, that disease goes hand in hand (and foot) with vascular disease. SVS has created a handy pdf for your office on how to keep feet healthy despite diabetes, available here, along with a press release on the topic. Please feel free to print the infographic out and share with patients, staff and coworkers.
GIs should be able to prescribe the most beneficial treatments
Appealing step therapy protocols can be time consuming and burdensome for physicians and patients, and can takes months to resolve. The Restoring the Patient’s Voice Act (HR 2077), introduced by physicians Reps. Brad Wenstrup, R-OH, and Raul Ruiz, D-CA, would provide a clear and timely appeals process when a patient has been subjected to step therapy by their insurance provider.
AGA endorsed this legislation to provide patients with a clear, equitable and fair appeals process when subjected to step therapy protocols. AGA is working with patient advocacy groups, like the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, provider, and professional societies to educate members of Congress on this issue and the implications it has for patients being able to access the right treatment at the right time.
Appealing step therapy protocols can be time consuming and burdensome for physicians and patients, and can takes months to resolve. The Restoring the Patient’s Voice Act (HR 2077), introduced by physicians Reps. Brad Wenstrup, R-OH, and Raul Ruiz, D-CA, would provide a clear and timely appeals process when a patient has been subjected to step therapy by their insurance provider.
AGA endorsed this legislation to provide patients with a clear, equitable and fair appeals process when subjected to step therapy protocols. AGA is working with patient advocacy groups, like the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, provider, and professional societies to educate members of Congress on this issue and the implications it has for patients being able to access the right treatment at the right time.
Appealing step therapy protocols can be time consuming and burdensome for physicians and patients, and can takes months to resolve. The Restoring the Patient’s Voice Act (HR 2077), introduced by physicians Reps. Brad Wenstrup, R-OH, and Raul Ruiz, D-CA, would provide a clear and timely appeals process when a patient has been subjected to step therapy by their insurance provider.
AGA endorsed this legislation to provide patients with a clear, equitable and fair appeals process when subjected to step therapy protocols. AGA is working with patient advocacy groups, like the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, provider, and professional societies to educate members of Congress on this issue and the implications it has for patients being able to access the right treatment at the right time.
AGA remembers former AGA President Marvin Sleisenger, MD, AGAF
Marvin H. Sleisenger, MD, AGAF, of Kentfield, Calif., died at age 93 on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Sleisenger served as editor of Gastroenterology from 1965 to 1970, and as president of AGA in 1976.
Sleisenger attended Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. He trained at Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and Cornell Medical School. During the Korean War, he served in the U.S. Naval Medical Corps. He was a member of the faculty at Cornell Medical School and in 1954, was appointed as chief of the division of gastroenterology. In 1968, he became professor and vice chairman of the department of medicine of the University of California, San Francisco and chief of the medical service at the Veterans Administration Hospital. His achievements as an outstanding educator were recognized in 1994 when he became the recipient of the AGA Distinguished Educator Award.
Sleisenger’s full obituary was published in the SFGate. Members, colleagues, and friends posted remembrances in the Community.
Memorial services were held on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at 11 a.m., at the Chapel of the Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery, 2500 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael, Calif.
Marvin H. Sleisenger, MD, AGAF, of Kentfield, Calif., died at age 93 on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Sleisenger served as editor of Gastroenterology from 1965 to 1970, and as president of AGA in 1976.
Sleisenger attended Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. He trained at Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and Cornell Medical School. During the Korean War, he served in the U.S. Naval Medical Corps. He was a member of the faculty at Cornell Medical School and in 1954, was appointed as chief of the division of gastroenterology. In 1968, he became professor and vice chairman of the department of medicine of the University of California, San Francisco and chief of the medical service at the Veterans Administration Hospital. His achievements as an outstanding educator were recognized in 1994 when he became the recipient of the AGA Distinguished Educator Award.
Sleisenger’s full obituary was published in the SFGate. Members, colleagues, and friends posted remembrances in the Community.
Memorial services were held on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at 11 a.m., at the Chapel of the Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery, 2500 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael, Calif.
Marvin H. Sleisenger, MD, AGAF, of Kentfield, Calif., died at age 93 on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Sleisenger served as editor of Gastroenterology from 1965 to 1970, and as president of AGA in 1976.
Sleisenger attended Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. He trained at Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and Cornell Medical School. During the Korean War, he served in the U.S. Naval Medical Corps. He was a member of the faculty at Cornell Medical School and in 1954, was appointed as chief of the division of gastroenterology. In 1968, he became professor and vice chairman of the department of medicine of the University of California, San Francisco and chief of the medical service at the Veterans Administration Hospital. His achievements as an outstanding educator were recognized in 1994 when he became the recipient of the AGA Distinguished Educator Award.
Sleisenger’s full obituary was published in the SFGate. Members, colleagues, and friends posted remembrances in the Community.
Memorial services were held on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017, at 11 a.m., at the Chapel of the Mt. Tamalpais Cemetery, 2500 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael, Calif.
A letter from Dr. Robert S. Sandler, MPH, AGAF
Dear Colleagues,
Where would clinical practice be today without GI research?
The way we diagnose and treat patients is thanks to years of research. But as you know, federal research funding is at risk. Promising, early-stage investigators find it increasingly difficult to secure funding and many leave the field because they are unable to sustain a research career.
This is bad news for digestive health patients and the clinicians who care for them.
As a member of the GI community, you understand the need to continually advance the science and practice of gastroenterology. You understand the physical, emotional, and financial costs of digestive diseases. And you understand the tremendous value of research to advance patient care.
At a time when we are on the brink of major scientific breakthroughs, there is a growing gap in federal funding for research. Many well-qualified young investigators cannot get government funding. Gifts to the AGA Research Foundation this year directly supported 52 talented investigators. Despite this success, over 200 other innovative and promising research ideas went unfunded.
I am asking you to support a cause important to me and equally important to you. You can help fill the funding gap and protect the next generation of investigators by joining me in supporting the AGA Research Foundation through a personal gift.
Every dollar is a step forward...to new treatments. To cures impacting patients’ lives. To new generations of talented investigators in digestive disease research.
Please help us continue our efforts by making your tax-deductible donation. Donate today at www.gastro.org/donate.
Thank you in advance for your support and best wishes for a happy, healthy holiday season and successful New Year.
Three easy ways to give
Online: www.gastro.org/donateThrough the mail:
AGA Research Foundation
4930 Del Ray Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
Over the phone: 301-222-4002
All gifts are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of U.S. law.
Dear Colleagues,
Where would clinical practice be today without GI research?
The way we diagnose and treat patients is thanks to years of research. But as you know, federal research funding is at risk. Promising, early-stage investigators find it increasingly difficult to secure funding and many leave the field because they are unable to sustain a research career.
This is bad news for digestive health patients and the clinicians who care for them.
As a member of the GI community, you understand the need to continually advance the science and practice of gastroenterology. You understand the physical, emotional, and financial costs of digestive diseases. And you understand the tremendous value of research to advance patient care.
At a time when we are on the brink of major scientific breakthroughs, there is a growing gap in federal funding for research. Many well-qualified young investigators cannot get government funding. Gifts to the AGA Research Foundation this year directly supported 52 talented investigators. Despite this success, over 200 other innovative and promising research ideas went unfunded.
I am asking you to support a cause important to me and equally important to you. You can help fill the funding gap and protect the next generation of investigators by joining me in supporting the AGA Research Foundation through a personal gift.
Every dollar is a step forward...to new treatments. To cures impacting patients’ lives. To new generations of talented investigators in digestive disease research.
Please help us continue our efforts by making your tax-deductible donation. Donate today at www.gastro.org/donate.
Thank you in advance for your support and best wishes for a happy, healthy holiday season and successful New Year.
Three easy ways to give
Online: www.gastro.org/donateThrough the mail:
AGA Research Foundation
4930 Del Ray Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
Over the phone: 301-222-4002
All gifts are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of U.S. law.
Dear Colleagues,
Where would clinical practice be today without GI research?
The way we diagnose and treat patients is thanks to years of research. But as you know, federal research funding is at risk. Promising, early-stage investigators find it increasingly difficult to secure funding and many leave the field because they are unable to sustain a research career.
This is bad news for digestive health patients and the clinicians who care for them.
As a member of the GI community, you understand the need to continually advance the science and practice of gastroenterology. You understand the physical, emotional, and financial costs of digestive diseases. And you understand the tremendous value of research to advance patient care.
At a time when we are on the brink of major scientific breakthroughs, there is a growing gap in federal funding for research. Many well-qualified young investigators cannot get government funding. Gifts to the AGA Research Foundation this year directly supported 52 talented investigators. Despite this success, over 200 other innovative and promising research ideas went unfunded.
I am asking you to support a cause important to me and equally important to you. You can help fill the funding gap and protect the next generation of investigators by joining me in supporting the AGA Research Foundation through a personal gift.
Every dollar is a step forward...to new treatments. To cures impacting patients’ lives. To new generations of talented investigators in digestive disease research.
Please help us continue our efforts by making your tax-deductible donation. Donate today at www.gastro.org/donate.
Thank you in advance for your support and best wishes for a happy, healthy holiday season and successful New Year.
Three easy ways to give
Online: www.gastro.org/donateThrough the mail:
AGA Research Foundation
4930 Del Ray Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
Over the phone: 301-222-4002
All gifts are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of U.S. law.