ACTIVE SMOKING IN CLAUDICANTS UNDERGOING LOWER EXTREMITY BYPASS PREDICTS DECREASED GRAFT PATENCY AND WORSE OVERALL SURVIVAL. Journal of Vascular Surgery, September 2018.
STATIN THERAPY IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER LONG-TERM BUT NOT PERIOPERATIVE SURVIVAL AFTER ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM REPAIR. August, 2018. Journal of Vascular Surgery.
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS AND PREDICTORS OF EMBOLIC FILTER DEBRIS LOAD DURING CAROTID ARTERY STENTING IN ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS. Journal of Vascular Surgery, July 2018.
CHICAGO, Illinois, July 19, 2018 – New clinical practice guidelines on follow-up imaging after vascular arterial surgery are now available in both print and digital versions from the Society for Vascular Surgery.
CHICAGO, Ill., July 1, 2018 – Vascular surgeon Dr. Michel S. Makaroun was elected president of the Society for Vascular Surgery at its annual meeting in June. He will serve in this role for one year. Dr.
Dr. Kim J. Hodgson, chair of the division of vascular surgery at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Ill., was elected president-elect of the Society for Vascular Surgery for 2018-19 at the organization’s Vascular Annual Meeting in June. He will be slated for president next year.
Dr. Ronald L. Dalman was elected vice president of the Society for Vascular Surgery at the organization’s annual meeting in Boston. With his new position, he joins the line of leadership to the presidency.
Dr. R. Clement Darling III was elected chair of the Society for Vascular Surgery Foundation at the 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting in June.
CHICAGO, Ill., July 1, 2018 – New leaders were elected at the June annual business meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery in Boston. They are: