In this episode, we explore the role of vascular surgeons in oncologic surgery. We will be discussing the nuances of vascular involvement in oncologic resection, common practices, and future directions of this collaborative surgical culture.

Dr. Adam Beck (@AWBeckMD) is a vascular surgeon and Professor of Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham where he serves as the Director of the Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, holds the Holt A. McDowell, Jr, MD Endowed Chair in Vascular Surgery and serves as the Director of Quality and Associate Chief Medical Quality Officer for the UAB Cardiovascular Institute. Dr. Beck completed his general surgery residency training and a surgical oncology research fellowship at the University of Texas-Southwestern Medical Center. He trained in vascular surgery at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and then completed a fellowship in advanced endovascular techniques, including branched and fenestrated endografts for aortic aneurysmal disease, at the University Medical Center of Groningen in The Netherlands. You can learn more about Dr. Adam Beck here.

Dr. Xavier Berard (@XavierBerardMD)  is a French vascular surgeon and serves as a Consultant in the Department of Vascular Surgery and Professor of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery in Bordeaux University Hospital in Bordeaux, France. He is board certified from the French College of Vascular and Endovascular Surgeons and from the European Society for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. He has also completed a PhD in Vascular Biomaterials and has built a library of educational video content. He works closely with Institut Bergonié Bordeaux Cancer Center for sarcomas. You can see educational videos and learn more about Dr. Xavier Berard here

Dr. Sharif Ellozy (@SharifEllozy)  is a vascular surgeon at the New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center where he serves as Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, and Program Director of the Vascular Surgery Fellowship program. He is also one of the founders of Audible Bleeding. He is readily involved in oncologic resection at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and works closely with surgical oncologists on operative cases that have vessel involvement.

Authors/Interviewers:

Dr. Sree Kanna, MD - McGill, Montreal (@VulnerableAorta)

Dr. Nakia Sarad, DO, MS - New York-Presbyterian/Queens - Weill Cornell, New York (@NakSaradDO)

Editors:

Morgan Gold, MD,CM candidate - McGill, Montreal (@MorganSGold)

Ezra Schwartz, MD,CM, MS, MMSc-Med Ed candidate - Harvard, Boston (@EzraSchwartz10)

Helpful Resources:

To learn more about sarcoma resections, check out the Schwarzbach papers on lower extremity sarcomas and retroperitoneal sarcomas

Click here to learn more about the NCCN Guidelines on Resectability of Pancreatic Cancers

Click here to learn more about IVC Reconstruction Techniques in Oncologic Surgery

Video of IVC Leiomyosarcoma Reconstructions here (courtesy of Dr. Berard)

Click here to learn more about the Renal Cell Carcinoma Mayo Staging System

Click here to find the original article on the Shamblin Classification for Carotid Body Tumors

Check out this review paper on Oncovascular Surgery 

Check out this paper on spiral endografts here Video of spiral saphenous vein graft technique here (courtesy of Dr. Berard)

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Drs. Kush Sharma and Ashraf Mansour review vascular disease affecting the upper extremity.  Originally published on Jan 29, 2021.

Vascular Surgery Exam Prep Ebook - Upper Extremity

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Nicole Rich, Adam Johnson, and Kevin Kniery review cerebrovascular.

Vascular Surgery Exam Prep Ebook - Cerebrovascular

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Audible Bleeding editors Matt (@chia_md) and Wen (@WenKawaji) are joined by JVS-CIT Editor Matthew Smeds (@Mattsmeds) and JVS Assistant Editor Dr. Paul Dimuzio (@pdimuziomd) , to discuss two great articles in the JVS family of journals.  They’re joined by Dr. Callie Dowdy and Dr. Larry Kraiss, the first authors of each of the papers discussing endovascular use of biocomposite antibiotics material and VQI frailty assessment.  

Link to “A Minimally Invasive Approach to the Infected Aorta with Novel Endovascular Use of Biocomposite Antibiotic Material” by Dowdy et al. : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2022.09.002

Link to “A Vascular Quality Initiative frailty assessment predicts postdischarge mortality in patients undergoing arterial reconstruction,” by Kraiss et al. : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2022.05.017

Show Guests:

• Dr. Callie Dowdy (@CDNanoMD) is a vascular surgeon practicing in Kentucky, she finished her vascular surgery fellowship at Pennsylvania hospital in June of this year. 
• Dr. Larry Kraiss is a Professor of Surgery and Medical Director of the University of Utah Hospital Vascular Laboratory.

Information for the SVS VQI FIT Program can be found using this hyperlink: https://www.vqi.org/quality-fellowship-in-training-fit-program/. A link for New FIT Trainee Applications will be available starting January 9, 2023.

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Adam and Matt introduce the new exam prep curriculum and accompanying e-book.

• Vascular Surgery Exam Prep E-Book
• Vascular Surgery Exam Prep Curriculum Calendar

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We are excited to have Dr. Robert Molnar, Dr. Anil Hingorani, and Dr. Edward Arous to discuss the SVS Sub-Section on Outpatient & Office Vascular Care (SOOVC). In 2018, the SVS created a new membership section for clinicians who work in outpatient and office vascular care centers. The section’s mission is to establish a forum where members can work to advance the care of patients with vascular disease in outpatient settings by enhancing SVS efforts in education, advocacy, quality practice, ethics and research. Since its start, the section has grown to more than 130 members. It is now a subsection of the SVS Community Practice Section (SVSCPS). 

Dr. Robert Molnar has practiced with the Michigan Vascular Center since 1998. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Notre Dame, his medical degree at the Medical College of Ohio, his General Surgery at Michigan State University and his Vascular Fellowship at Vanderbilt University. He serves as the chair of the SVS Community Practice Section and is on the SVS executive Board. One of his main interests is in high quality outpatient vascular care, especially in the OBL space.

Dr. Anil Hingorani has been practicing vascular surgery in Brooklyn, New York since 1998. He completed his undergraduate studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and graduated medical school from Albany Medical college. He performed his general surgery residency at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Medical center at Columbia University and his vascular fellowship at Maimonides Medical Center. He serves as the chair of the Subsection  for Outpatient and Office Vascular Care. He is affiliated with NYU Langone in Brooklyn New York

Dr. Edward Arous received his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, his master’s in public health from the Harvard School of Public Health, and completed his residency in vascular surgery at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Prior to joining The Vascular Care Group, Dr. Arous was an Assistant Professor of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and the Director of the Limb Preservation Center. 

Learn more about the SOOVC here: SVS SOOVC webpage 

Learn more about the SVS Clinical Practice Section here:

SVS Community Practice Section webpage

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In this second episode highlighting the SVS women’s section, Wen (@WenKawaji) and Amanda (@AmandaFobare) are joined by Dr. Furey, Dr. Bunnell and Dr. Kumar to discuss important topics such as the needs of a young vascular surgeon and how to pick your optimal practice. 

Show Guests:

Dr. Bunnell @avi-bunnell: Private practice vascular Surgeon in Tampa Florida specializing in venous disease, PAD, and carotid revascularization

Dr. Furey @drpfureymd: Chief of vascular surgery and president of medical staff at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, NH. Associate director of surgical services for New England Heart and Vascular 

Dr. Kumar @ShivaniKumarMD : Graduates of Mount Sinai Medical Center in 2021, currently a vascular surgeon at Tufts medical center.

Show Resource:

We have shared a list of questions recent graduates have generated for the job search process. Check it out!

For those of you who are not familiar with the women’s section, we have a great episode that was recently published in September (see link below). To learn more about the Women’s Section, please visit the SVS Women’s Section website below.

https://www.audiblebleeding.com/svs-womens-section/

https://vascular.org/vascular-specialists/networking/svs-womens-section

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We are very excited to have Dr. Bruce Gewertz on the pod today, with guest hosts Dr. Ali Azizzadeh and Dr. Ben Pearce. We discuss Dr. Gewertz’s career as a surgeon-scientist, with an emphasis on the importance of emotional intelligence and the leadership lessons he has learned along the way.

Dr. Gewertz (@jackgiraffe1) is the H and S Nichols Distinguished Chair, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Vice President, Interventional Services at Cedars-Sinai Health System. Prior to his tenure at Cedars-Sinai, he spent 25 years at the University of Chicago, the last 14 of which as the Dallas Phemister Chair of the Department of Surgery. He also served as the inspiration for Harrison Ford’s character, Dr. Richard Kimble, in the Academy Award nominated 1993 movie classic, “The Fugitive”, starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones.  

Dr. Ali Azizzadeh (@DrAliAzizzadeh)is a Professor and Director of the Division of Vascular Surgery at Cedars-Sinai, Vice Chair of the Department of Surgery, Associate Director, Smidt Heart Institute, and Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs. Before being recruited by Dr. Gewertz to join the staff at Cedars-Sinai in 2017, he served as Professor and Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth and the Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute in Houston, TX.

Dr. Ben Pearce (@HawkeyeBJP) is the William D. Jordan, Jr. Endowed Professor of Vascular Surgery and Program Director of the Vascular Training Programs at the University of Alabama-Birmingham.   Dr. Pearce completed his general surgery residency at the University of Chicago Hospitals where he was mentored by today's guest. He even wore Dr. Richard Kimble's loupes as an intern! He then completed his fellowship at UAB in Vascular Surgery and was an assistant professor at UT Health before returning to Birmingham to take on his current position. He is pleased to count Dr. Gewertz as a trusted mentor, but, more importantly, dear friend for the past 22 years

Learn more about Dr. Gewertz here: https://brucegewertzmd.com/about/

Selected videos and publications by Dr. Gewertz

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Audible Bleeding editors Matt (@chia_md) and Wen (@WenKawaji) are joined by JVS-VL Editor Anahita Dua (@AnahitaDua), JVS Assistant Editor Dr. Paul Dimuzio (@pdimuziomd) , and JVS Editor-in-Chief Dr. Thomas Forbes (@TL_Forbes) to discuss two great articles in the JVS family of journals.  They’re joined by Dr. Steven Deak and Dr. Rens Varkevisser, the first authors of each of the papers discussing polidocanol endovenous microfoam and mortality difference between open and endovascular aneurysm repair in the VQI.  

Link to “Treatment of superficial venous insufficiency in a large patient cohort with retrograde administration of ultrasound-guided polidocanol endovenous microfoam versus endovenous laser ablation,” by Deak:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvsv.2021.11.007 

Link to “Long-term age-stratified survival following endovascular and open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair,” by Varkevisser et al:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2022.03.867 

Show Guests:

• Dr. Steven Deak is a vascular surgeon who specializes in the treatment of venous disease. He practices at the Deak Vein NJ Clinic.
• Dr. Rens Varkevisser is a trainee at the Erasmus University medical center in Rotterdam, as well as being a clinical research fellow at the department of vascular and endovascular surgery at the Beth Israel Deaconess medical center.

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As part of the Race & Representation (R&R) Series, we are doing spotlights on vascular trainees and faculty that identify as racial/ethnic minorities underrepresented in medicine (URiM), who have been historically excluded from the field. We hope to amplify these voices as examples of the unique challenges faced by URiMs within vascular surgery and as a source of inspiration and mentorship. 

In this episode, Imani talks with Dr. Bryan T. Fisher (@AmputationSuck) about finding balance in your life, practicing in the private-academic sector, and caring for high-risk patients with peripheral arterial disease. 

Dr. Fisher is a board-certified vascular surgeon and the physician lead for Tri-Star Health for Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky. 

To learn more about the NMQF 40 Under 40 and the Congressional Black Caucus.

To learn more about Lead Public Schools Nashville.

To learn more about Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs).

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