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FRIDAY 21 JUNE 2024 | CONFERENCE EDITION 3
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE
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SPOT LIGHT
PREVIEW MILLS ADDRESS
‘WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER’: SVS PRESIDENT SET TO ISSUE CALL FOR VASCULAR SURGERY UNITY AMID TENSIONS OF MODERN MEDICINE By Bryan Kay SVS PRESIDENT JOSEPH MILLS, MD, is set to issue a rallying call steeped in classical history and decades of collected vascular surgery wisdom in order to bring the specialty together for a common purpose: to overcome “unrest” and to drive forward vascular care. Mills will tackle the consolidation of medicine into ever-larger for-profit enterprises, along with the stresses inherent within a body of people such as the SVS. In that way, he will tell his audience, it is no different than wider human society. Mills’ 2023–24 presidency saw vascular disease enter the mainstream media spotlight in the context of the appropriateness—or inappropriateness—of vascular care. His address tackles the topic as he places the SVS and vascular surgery at the heart of efforts to ensure quality in vascular care. Mills will invoke the democratic ideals of the ancient Greeks and how these principles drive collected interests in societies. Mills is currently professor and chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He started his vascular surgery career further west in Texas at Wilford Hall USAF
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LIMB SALVAGE
CHICKASAW NATION STUDY EXEMPLIFIES HOW DIVERSITY CAN BOOST PATIENT ACCESS TO SPECIALIZED VASCULAR CARE By Jamie Bell
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“feasible and reproducible” intervention bundle characterized by surveys, provider education and patient screening has demonstrated the potential to not only identify gaps in peripheral arterial disease (PAD) primary care practices, but also to help address them. This was a salient concluding message delivered yesterday morning by Zoe Davis, a third-year medical student at the University
of Oklahoma (OU) in Tulsa, whose team set out to identify and reduce limb-amputation risks among Oklahoma’s Chickasaw Nation community. VAM audience discussions around this research were led by Fernanda Costa Sampaio Silva, MD, a board-certified vascular surgeon and vascular sonographer at the Federal University of Bahia in Salvador, Brazil, who is also part of the SVS’ Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee. “Your work is an example of how diversity in vascular teams can improve patient access to specialized care,” Costa Sampaio Silva said. “By assessing primary care practices, a multi-professional vascular team can achieve impacts on early diagnosis and promote standardized PAD management among underserved populations.” Costa Sampaio Silva also noted that, through the
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COMING UP TODAY AND TOMORROW
Here’s what to look forward to in the final days of VAM 2024. On Friday, general surgery residents will participate in a session covering how to be successful as a vascular fellowship applicant. The International Fast Talk Session will begin at 7:15 a.m., followed by the Plenary Session 5. SVS President Joseph Mills, MD, will take to the podium at 11:00 a.m. for his Presidential Address. The afternoon will host sessions from the SVS Physician Assistants, Young Surgeons and Women’s Sections, as well as sessions covering CREST-2, vascular surgery leadership, infrainguinal bypass and more. The Career Fair begins at 12:30 p.m. and residents are encouraged to attend the Residency Fair starting at 1:30 p.m. The day closes with the International Young Surgeons Competition and the Poster Competition. The SVS Foundation Gala will occur this evening at the Museum of Science and Industry. Saturday is the final dayof VAM, which will kick-off with the Plenary Session 7 with continental breakfast at 8 a.m., followed by the poster championship, second annual Frank Veith Distinguished Lecture, Plenary Session 8, and will wrap with the SVS Annual Business Meeting. —Kristin Spencer