There are only seven days left to submit your abstracts and surgical videos  for the Vascular Annual Meeting, to be held June 17 - 20, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. 
 
The deadline to make your submission is February 10, 2015, through the official abstract submission website.  Visit the website to read submission guidelines.

The Society for Vascular Surgery Lower Extremity Guidelines Committee has released practice guidelines for atherosclerotic occlusive disease of the lower extremities.

The document focuses on the evaluation and management of asymptomatic disease and intermittent claudication (IC). 

Have you purchased VESAP3 yet?  Accessed completely online, VESAP3 has 550 questions and includes detailed discussions and references for each question. The program offers a learning mode and exam mode for each module. 

Candidate members receive a special price of $399.  

The Society for Vascular Surgery is offering General Surgery Resident/Medical Student Travel Scholarships and Minority Medical Student Travel Scholarships for the 2015 Vascular Annual Meeting.

The program allows residents and students to explore their interest in vascular surgery and importantly provides students and residents with the opportunity to meet members and leaders of the vascular surgical community. 

The AMA Wire has compiled a list and brief analysis of different potential career paths to choose after training.

Whether solo practice, group practice, or academic practice, the feature is a good starting point for considering where you would like your next career step to lead.

 

Although vascular surgery training prepares surgeons with knowledge and experience for their future practices, there are intangible lessons that are not learned from journals or diligent training.

Dr. Frank J Veith has provided some insight and advice to vascular surgery trainees in the January's edition of the Vascular Specialist.