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Matt Chia and Ali Irshad sit down with Drs. Regina Husman and Kirthi Bellamkonda to answer your questions from Twitter about how newly-matched vascular residents can set themselves up for success in their residency. Show Guests: * Dr. Regina Husman (@reginahusman [https://twitter.com/reginahusman]) is a first-year integrated vascular surgery resident at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. She is originally from Jakarta, Indonesia, and earned her medical degree at UCLA. She is interested in pursuing research in hemodialysis access complications and innovative endovascular techniques in treating peripheral arterial disease. * Dr. Kirthi Bellamkonda (@kirthisb [https://twitter.com/kirthisb]) is finishing her 4th year of medical school at Yale and is the incoming integrated vascular intern at Dartmouth. She is passionate about using medical innovation to increase access to vascular care and spent her research time in medical school developing low-cost vascular tools with Butterfly Network. Relevant Links: * APDVS Course List [https://vascular.org/apdvs/program-directors/education] * Audible Bleeding Episode on Vascular Decision Making Book [https://www.audiblebleeding.com/vascular-decision-making] * Methodist Intern Bootcamp [http://bit.ly/Pre-Intern-2021] Host Introductions: * Dr. Ali Irshad (@AIrshad_MD [https://twitter.com/AIrshad_MD]) is an assistant professor at the University of Connecticut in Hartford. He completed his integrated vascular surgery residency at the Houston Methodist Hospital, earned his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts in Worcester. He has special interests in medical innovation, novel devices, complex aortic disease, and diagnostic imaging. * Dr. Matt Chia (@chia_md [https://twitter.com/chia_md]) is in his 5th of 7 years in the integrated vascular surgery program at Northwestern University. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine and is obtaining a Master’s in Health Services and Outcomes Research at Northwestern. He is part of the Vascular SECOND trial team at the Surgical Outcomes and Quality Improvement Center and is an avid podcast fan. Follow us @audiblebleeding [https://twitter.com/AudibleBleeding?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] Learn more about us at https://www.audiblebleeding.com/about-1/ [https://www.audiblebleeding.com/about-1/] and #jointheconversation.

Adam, Robin, and Dr. Forbes sit down with Drs Eldrep-Jorgensen and Nelson to discuss in detail the SVS Foundation’s newest initiative, the VISTA program, and one of the first funded pilot projects. * Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen, MD is a professor of surgery at Tufts University and Maine Medical Center and medical director for the Society of Vascular Surgery for the Vascular Quality Initiative. He is the innovative force behind the development of the Vascular Volunteers Improve Service to All Program, also known as VISTA. * Peter Nelson, MD (@prn19 [https://twitter.com/prn19?lang=en]) is the Professor and Chief of Vascular Surgery, Mary Louise Todd Chair in Cardiovascular Research, OU College of Medicine and leads one of the first funded pilot projects working with indigenous communities in Oklahoma. Relevant Links: * Vascular Volunteers Improve Service to All (VISTA) Program [https://vascular.org/about/svs-foundation/vista-program] Co-host introductions * Thomas Forbes, MD (@TL_forbes [https://twitter.com/TL_Forbes]) is a professor of surgery and RJ Elliot Chair and Division Head of Vascular Surgery at the University of Toronto and was our 4th guest on the podcast and has been a major supporter of our work and will be joining our team more regularly. * Robin Osofsky, MD (@OsofskyRobin [https://twitter.com/OsofskyRobin]) is a general surgery resident at the University of New Mexico who is interested in applying for vascular surgery. Follow us @audiblebleeding [https://twitter.com/AudibleBleeding?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] Learn more about us at https://www.audiblebleeding.com/about-1/ [https://www.audiblebleeding.com/about-1/] and #jointheconversation.

In this episode of our monthly JVS series, Jacob, Kate, and Philip discuss the latest Editor’s Choice articles with Senior Editor, Dr. Peter Lawrence. Dr. Lawrence YouTube Video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd4rlUgfcKk] * Association between surgeon case volume and years of practice experience with open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair outcomes [https://www.jvascsurg.org/article/S0741-5214(20)31713-4/fulltext] (Editor’s Choice) * Lipoprotein(a) levels and risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm in the Women's Health Initiative [https://www.jvascsurg.org/article/S0741-5214(20)31908-X/fulltext] * Safety of vascular interventions performed in an office-based laboratory in patients with low/moderate procedural risk [https://www.jvascsurg.org/article/S0741-5214(20)32154-6/fulltext] * Temporary intravascular shunt use improves early limb salvage after extremity vascular injury [https://www.jvascsurg.org/article/S0741-5214(20)32116-9/fulltext] (CME) If you enjoy our content, please contribute to Support Audible Bleeding! [https://www.audiblebleeding.com/support/] Help us improve through our ALL NEW Listener Survey! [https://redcap.ctsc.weill.cornell.edu/redcap_protocols/surveys/?s=HWCNYDLAFF] Follow us on Twitter: @AudibleBleeding [https://twitter.com/AudibleBleeding]

Rachael and Francesca discuss with Mr. Jonathan Boyle and Aminder vascular surgery registries in the UK, how they contribute to device safety and lessons learned from the Nellix experience. Mr. Jonathan Boyle MD FRCS graduated from the University of Leicester in 1991, completed a Doctor of Medicine postgraduate research degree in 2000, and was appointed as a consultant vascular surgeon in Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust in 2002, where he was Clinical Lead for Vascular Surgery from 2014-17. He has held numerous national and international leadership roles. Amongst others, he is Vice President of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland (VSGBI), Past President of the British Society for Endovascular Therapy, and Section Editor of the European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. During his roles as Clinical Lead for the UK’s National Vascular Registry (NVR) and Chair of the VSGBI Audit and Quality Improvement Committee, he led the development of the Peripheral Artery Disease Quality Improvement Framework and, more recently, has introduced the incorporation of device-specific information into the NVR. Under his leadership, the NVR team won the HQIP Team of the Year 2020 award in recognition of their “outstanding work on registry device capture, quality improvement and a rapid response to COVID-19”. He has also worked closely with Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on failing vascular devices. Aminder Singh MBBS is an Academic Clinical Fellow at the University of Cambridge and vascular surgery specialty trainee in the East of England, currently undertaking research investigating the development of stem cell models to characterize aortopathy variants. He is the venous and European rep on the Rouleaux Club Executive Committee. Co-host:Francesca Guest MBChB is a vascular surgery specialty trainee on the South West England training program, currently working in Exeter. She is the Association for Surgeons in Training (ASiT) rep on the Rouleaux Club Executive Committee. Resources: * UK Vascular Services Quality Improvement Programme (including the National Vascular Registry): https://www.vsqip.org.uk [https://www.vsqip.org.uk] * Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland: https://www.vascularsociety.org.uk [https://www.vascularsociety.org.uk] * UK National Joint Registry: https://www.njrcentre.org.uk/njrcentre/ [https://www.njrcentre.org.uk/njrcentre/] * British Society for Endovascular Therapy: https://www.bset.co.uk [https://www.bset.co.uk] Relevant papers: * Singh AA, Benaragama KS, Pope T, Coughlin PA, Winterbottom AP, Harrison SC, Boyle JR. Progressive Device Failure at Long Term Follow Up of the Nellix EndoVascular Aneurysm Sealing (EVAS) System. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2021 Feb;61(2):211-218. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2020.11.004. Epub 2020 Dec 7 * Singh AA, Boyle JR. Introduction of New Medical Devices: Lessons Learned From Experience With Endovascular Aneurysm Sealing. J Endovasc Ther. 2020 Feb;27(1):160-162. * Singh AA, Boyle JR. Readmission and Re-intervention are Better Measures of EVAR Quality. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2020 Oct;60(4):518. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2020.08.011

April 12th, 2021 APDVS Lifetime Achievement in Education Award Winner, Dr. Jack Cronenwett: History of the APDVS, the vascular integrated residency, and the VQI Dr. Jack Cronenwett was recently awarded the first Lifetime Achievement in Education Award from the Association for Program Directors in Vascular Surgery (APDVS). We are very excited to have Dr. Cronenwett join us to give us his perspective on the history of the APDVS, the Vascular Integrated Residency, and the Vascular Quality Initiative. Dr. Cronenwett is an Active Emeritus Professor of Surgery at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, in Lebanon, New Hampshire. He was Chair of the section of Vascular Surgery at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center from 1984 to 2007. He is a past president of the Society for Vascular Surgery, as well as the New England Society for Vascular Surgery. He served as the medical director for the vascular surgery study group of New England from 2002 to 2014, and was the medical director of the SVS Patient Safety Organization (also known as the Vascular Quality Initiative) at its creation in 2011. He is also a past member of the Residency Review Committee for Surgery for the ACGME. In that role, he developed the first program requirements for integrated residency for the RRC, and in 2007, Dartmouth was one of the first three programs to create an integrated vascular residency. He is editor emeritus of the Journal of Vascular Surgery and the seventh and eighth additions of Rutherford's Vascular Surgery. He is the current editor of Vascular Decision Making. In 2016, Dr. Cronenwett received the lifetime achievement award of the society for vascular surgery. He is the inaugural recipient for the 2021 APDVS lifetime achievement award. Dr. Joseph Mills Sr. article, "Vascular surgery training in the United States: A half-century of evolution" [https://www.jvascsurg.org/article/S0741-5214(08)01378-5/fulltext] Dr. Cronenwett's 2019 John Homans Lecture, "Why should I join the Vascular Quality Initiative" [https://www.jvascsurg.org/article/S0741-5214(19)32416-4/abstract] Vascular Specialist Online: APDVS honors Jack L. Cronenwett with inaugural Lifetime Achievement in Education Award [https://vascularspecialistonline.com/apdvs-honors-jack-l-cronenwett-with-inaugural-lifetime-achievement-in-education-award/] What other topics would you like to hear about? Let us know more about you and what you think of our podcast through our Listener Survey [https://redcap.ctsc.weill.cornell.edu/redcap_protocols/surveys/?s=HWCNYDLAFF] or email us at AudibleBleeding@vascularsociety.org [AudibleBleeding@vascularsociety.org]. Follow us on Twitter @audiblebleeding [https://twitter.com/AudibleBleeding?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] Learn more about us at https://www.audiblebleeding.com/about-1/ [https://www.audiblebleeding.com/about-1/] and #jointheconversation.