Veith Symposium 2016 - a great success!

Esraa Hegazy (left), Frank Veith, Sherif Sultan (ISVS President), Patrick Canning (right)

Esraa Hegazy (left), Frank Veith, Sherif Sultan (ISVS President), Patrick Canning (right)

The Western Vascular was extremely successful at this years Veith symposium.

First and Second prize for the best clinical paper and cost effectiveness paper went to the Irish team, Esraa Hegazy (1st) and Patrick Canning (2nd), both from the WVI. Congratulations!!

Top NUIG students also won awards for best research on AAA, carotid surgery and overall academic achievement.

All VEITHsymposium and International Society For Vascular Surgery, Inc. associate faculty abstracts have been published in a special supplement of Vascular.
A huge thank you to everyone who made the supplement a fantastic success.

Outgoing ISVS president Professor Alan Dardik meets incoming ISVS president Professor Sherif Sultan at this years VEITHsymposium

Outgoing ISVS president Professor Alan Dardik meets incoming ISVS president Professor Sherif Sultan at this years VEITHsymposium

Outgoing ISVS president Professor Alan Dardik meets incoming ISVS president Professor Sherif Sultan at this years VEITHsymposium.

As this years president, the ISVS Symposium will be hosted in Sibiu, Romania with a special theme.

Easts Meets West The ISVS Symposium for Central and Eastern Europe.

19th-22nd July 2017

Ramada Hotel, Sibiu, Romania

More information to follow....

Aortic Dissection Awareness Day - Galway

The Galway Clinic will be hosting Aortic Dissection Awareness Day on Saturday, October 1, 2016. The aim of this day is to bring together those in the field so they may share their clinical experience with their peers and the public. Registration and attendance for this event is free. 

This event is endorsed by the International Society for Vascular Surgery (ISVS).

UPDATE: This event has now been CPD approved (3.5 CPD credits).

Download the final program here.

Click on the image to register or register here.

Physicians, students and the public are encouraged to attend.


New publication in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Insights from complex aortic surgery with a Streamliner device for aortic arch repair (STAR)

This article is a computational study on six patient specific aortic arch anatomies treated with the MFM device. Correct placement of the MFM device was shown to not only reduce aortic pressure but also increase distal perfusion. Incorrect placement was found to promote failure mode I.

Read the full article on the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery