The Society for Vascular Surgery appreciates the time, commitment and energy of hundreds of volunteers who staff the Society’s committees and councils. These individuals plan the Vascular Annual Meeting, interact with federal lawmakers and leaders on legislative issues important to vascular surgeons, develop and update clinical practice guidelines, hammer out coding issues, even preserve our history. These activities barely scratch the surface of the responsibilities of those who work to fulfill the Society’s mission of advancing excellence and innovation in vascular health.

“Female Sex Independently Predicts Mortality After Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for Intact Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms.” July, 2017, Journal of Vascular Surgery.

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Dr. Kim J. Hodgson, chair of the division of vascular surgery at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Ill., was elected vice president of the Society for Vascular Surgery for 2017-18 at the organization’s Vascular Annual Meeting in early June.

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NEW LEADER TO STRESS IMPORTANCE OF A TEAM APPROACH TO PATIENT CARE

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