In this issue: 02 G uest editorial Welcome to the new age of vascular surgery influencer 05 C omment & analysis Corner Stitch looks at the trainee’s role in tackling disparities in peripheral arterial disease
FEBRUARY 2023 Volume 19 Number 02
THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE
SAVS PRESIDENT REVEALS UPCOMING CHANGE TO SOCIETY SEAL
12 B EST-CLI Analysis finds correlation between WIfI stage and reports of poorer mental health 17 VAM 2023 SVS annual meeting all-set to be an exclusively in-person event www.vascularspecialistonline.com
VENOUS STENTING
Southern Association for Vascular Surgery (SAVS) President William D. Jordan Jr., MD, used a portion of his 2023 Presidential Address to outline ways in which SAVS is set to further evolve as a professional body going forward. Titled “Anatomy and physiology: 2.0,” Jordan’s lecture tackled the structure and function of vascular surgery as a specialty, and SAVS as a surgical society, as he addressed a need for change. One aspect of SAVS set to evolve, he revealed, is the Society’s signature seal, a depiction of 19th-century pioneering surgeon Rudolph Matas, MD, (1860–1957) who was selected by SAVS founding members to adorn the logo as an embodiment of the qualities they believed a southern vascular surgeon should possess. Jordan told the SAVS 2023 annual meeting (Jan. 18–21) in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, that the Society had become aware of concern “that our image among many young surgeons is negatively impacted by having his likeness on our seal. “Many of us have great respect for the work he has done,” he said, “but some have expressed concern about parts of his academic work that was offensive and not respectful to disadvantaged groups of the day. He wrote about medical conditions of many Black
Prominent venous disease experts discuss venous stenting, appropriate care, and the pursuit of refined data and better education in a space where part of the problem involves practitioners moving “freely from being able to do arterial intervention and suddenly assume they can do a venous intervention.” By Jocelyn Hudson and Bryan Kay
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