Less than one week left to submit your VAM27 Hot Topic Session Proposals! ⏰ Hot Topics in vascular surgery is an educational session designed to highlight the most current, practice-changing developments in the field. 👉 Submit your proposal: vam.vascular.org/hot-topics #VAM27 #VascSurg #VascularResearch #Vascular

More than 75 million people in the United States live in a county without a vascular surgeon, according to new data released today by @AmCollSurgeons. The findings reveal an alarming gap in access to care just as more Americans than ever reach the age when the risk of vascular disease is highest. By 2030, all baby boomers will be at least 65. The ACS Surgical Workforce Mapping Tool, developed in collaboration with SVS, for the first time shows the distribution of vascular surgeons practicing in each county across the United States. The tool identifies 4,685 vascular surgeons practicing nationwide, an average of 1.4 per 100,000 people, and shows why access must be measured where patients actually live. While 290 hospital referral regions include at least one vascular surgeon, 2,320 counties within those regions do not. 📰 Read our full press release: ow.ly/Uu8C50ZSmJt 🗺️ Explore the Vascular Surgery Workforce Map: ow.ly/BKZf50ZSmJs #VascSurg #VascularCare #WorkforceShortage #VascularDisease #PAD

Yesterday, @TGHCares, in partnership with the SVS Foundation, hosted the first in-person Walk for Your Vascular Health in Tampa, FL! 🚶 Nearly 30 team members came together to raise their step counts and to raise awareness of PAD and the importance of vascular health. Thank you to SVS Foundation Board member Murray Shames, MD, for organizing the walk, and Drs. Inkollu, Courtright and Sachdev-Ost for joining us. #VascSurg #PAD #PeripheralArteryDisease #VascularHealth #HighwaytoHealth

Coldness or numbness in your leg or foot may be a sign of peripheral artery disease (PAD), a common vascular disease that occurs when blood vessels become narrowed or blocked, reducing blood flow. Other signs of PAD can include pain or cramping while walking, weakness and changes in skin color. If you experience coldness or numbness in your leg or foot, don’t ignore it. When in doubt, get checked out. Ask your doctor if seeing a vascular surgeon is right for you. #VascSurg #VascularHealth #PAD #PeripheralArteryDisease #HighwaytoHealth

Have a timely issue or emerging trend that vascular surgeons should be talking about? 🔥 VAM27 Hot Topics is your opportunity to share current, practice-changing developments.  Proposals may address clinical or non-clinical topics, with selected individual lectures combined into one Hot Topics session focused on rapidly evolving areas of patient care, technology and research. 👉 Submit your proposal: vam.vascular.org/hot-topics #VAM27 #VascSurg #VascularResearch #Vascular

Vascular surgery 🤝 never a dull moment #VascSurg #Meme #MedHumor

This September, for PAD Awareness Month, SVS and the SVS Foundation will host a Virtual Walk for Your Vascular Health Weekend from Sept. 26-27. 💻 Registration is FREE and open now: ow.ly/uhVv50ZGHOj #WalkForPAD #PADAwarenessMonth #VascularHealth

There are many pressures that can make a career in medicine difficult to sustain — burnout, prior authorization, regulatory requirements and demanding workloads. Women in surgery can face additional challenges, including gender bias, fewer opportunities for mentorship and advancement and the disproportionate career impact of caregiving. The impact is significant: women in vascular surgery are more than twice as likely to leave practice as their male colleagues. Across medicine, women who leave clinical practice do so at a median age of 49, compared with 64 for men. At a time when vascular surgery is already facing a significant workforce shortage, losing experienced women from the field is a loss our specialty, and our patients, cannot afford. Supporting women in vascular surgery means investing in mentorship, education and leadership development; improving pregnancy, parental leave and return-to-work policies; and being the kind of colleague who helps others access those opportunities and resources. 🤝 Who has supported, mentored or inspired you in your career? Tag them below or share a story in the comments. #WomensEqualityDay #VascSurg #WomenInMedicine

Dr. Lauren N. West-Livingston of @DukeVascular presented at #VAM26 on the safety, efficacy & durability of left renal vein transposition (LRVT) for nutcracker syndrome (NCS) in the largest reported case series to date. 💻 Watch this & other plenary sessions on SVS's YouTube.