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.

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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

2016 VEITHsymposium - Abstract deadline September 16th

Don't forget to submit an abstract to this years ISVS/VEITHsymposium Global Podium Presentations. Accepted abstracts will be published in the VEITHsymposium 2016 supplement in the journal VASCULAR.
DEADLINE for submission: September 16, 2016.
For submission guidelines: http://www.veithsymposium.org/index.php?pg=podium-sessions-2016

International Cardiovascular Summer School begins in Romania

An initiative called SAVING HEARTS will bring medical students from around Europe (Romania, Sweden, France and Ireland) to an intensive 2 week long INTERNATIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR SUMMER SCHOOL at the host institution, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu in Romania.

The summer school will begin in Sibiu on July 18-29 2016 for 2 weeks.

For more information go to http://savinghearts.eu/

WVI Fellowships

Welcome to the Western Vascular Institute Fellowship. Now accepting applications for nine week and two year fellowships beginning 2016 Click here for details.

Based on the tremendous innovations made by vascular surgeons, great progress has been made applying endovascular techniques to the treatment of vascular disease.  Although many vascular surgeons possess the skills to perform these procedures, there seems to be insufficient means by which these physicians can obtain the advanced training necessary to evolve their techniques to the level necessary to care for the most complex vascular patients. The Physicians at the Western Vascular Institute continue to set the pace in these fields with innovative research and ongoing physician education.  For many years our faculty has participated in training other physicians in the fields of vascular and endovascular medicine.  We continue to see an unmet need for physician training in these fields.  In an effort to meet this need we have established a nine week mini fellowship, and two year fellowship, with the aim in developing and enhancing physician surgical and skills.

Click here for details on how to apply.