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DAY ONE HIGHLIGHTS
ANOTHER YEAR IS IN THE books, and another jam-packed VAM schedule beckons. Here is a smattering of meeting highlights featured in the first edition of VS@VAM. First things first, Registration opens at 6 a.m. and remains so through 5 p.m. in the West Building, Level 3, Hall F1 Foyer. The VAM 2024 Opening Ceremony takes place at 8 a.m. in the West Building, Level 3, Skyline Ballroom. It will be followed by the William J. von Liebig Forum. This includes the coveted Resident Research Award presentation, our main cover story. A full day of educational and scientific sessions awaits. The Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) Annual Meeting completes its two-day run today in the West Building, Level 4. See story on p. 6. The Firefighters of the OR: Intraoperative Vascular Emergencies Education session takes place at. 3:15 p.m. in the West Building, Level 1. See story on p. 8. The Society for Vascular Nursing (SVN), Annual Conference opens today in the West Building, Level 1. For more, see article on p. 11. The Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) also has a slew of scientific sessions from 1:30 p.m. onwards in West Building, Level 1, as part of its summer gathering. See story on p. 13.—Bryan Kay
RESIDENT RESEARCH AWARD This year’s James S. T. Yao Resident Research Award winner looks at novel therapeutic target for nonhealing diabetic wounds. Kevin D. Mangum, MD, PhD, speaks to VS@VAM about his paper ahead of presenting the work at the 2024 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM).
By Jocelyn Hudson
Drilling down on the roots of pathologic inflammation and wound healing challenges in diabetic patients MANGUM, WHO IS A VASCULAR SURGERY integrated resident at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, was announced as the winner of the James S. T. Yao Resident Research Award by the SVS Foundation for his paper ‘The STAT3-SETDB2 axis dictates NFKB-mediated inflammation in macrophages during wound repair.” This award is designed to support emerging medical professionals exploring vascular disease biology and innovative translational therapies. It recognizes
unpublished, original scientific work in manuscript form that demonstrates publication quality. The recipient will present his research during the William J. von Liebig Forum, which takes place on the morning of Wednesday, June 19, at 8:10 a.m. (West Building, Level 3, Skyline Ballroom). In the prize-winning paper set to be presented at this year’s Chicago gathering, Mangum sought
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