16 SOCIAL MEDIA #SoMe4Vascular New recommendations emerge on appropriate use of social media for vascular surgeons
Vol.18 No.01 JANUARY 2022 Official Publication
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VASCULAR COOLNESS Attracting bright young minds to the specialty
VETERANS AFFAIRS How to cut through research red tape
CORNER STITCH Introducing our new resident/fellow editor
COVID COLLABORATIVE
YEAR AHEAD
Priorities and objectives will guide 2022 SVS programs
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS The global VASCC COVID-19 registries have already helped identify a framework to tackle delayed cases with applicability both inside the context of the pandemic—and beyond
BY BETH BALES Whether it’s branding, advocacy or determining research initiatives, the process of setting Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) priorities and objectives begins with SVS members. The SVS conducts a census, which includes asking members to rank-order priorities, every other year. In the off-years, such as this one, SVS adds new and emerging priorities to the existing list and asks members of the Strategic Board of Directors (SBOD), and council and committee volunteers, to do new rank-ordering for the next fiscal year. The SBOD will meet virtually Jan. 14–15 to set priorities, programming and activities for the 2022–23 fiscal year, which begins April 1. The meeting was to have been in-person, but the Omicron variant forced a
BY BRYAN KAY BY BRYAN KAY
WHEN ROBERT CUFF, MD, and Max Wohlauer, MD, first launched the Vascular Surgery COVID-19 Collaborative (VASCC) back in the spring of 2020, the pandemic was still in its first wave, and the goal of a new vascular surgery registry to leverage key data with the the goal of preparing for the fallout from future outbreaks was in its nascent stages. Fast forward to the waning weeks of 2021, as the Omicron variant ravaged See page 3
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